MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rahis mean?
Arabic rais denotes a head or chief. Urdu raees also describes a wealthy or socially distinguished person, the sense familiar in the northern name Rahis.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रईस
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रहीस
33,404 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rahis in Indian usage
1,981 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (93.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 128 records (6.5%).
- Recorded as male: 1,853 records (93.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 348 |
| 1980s | 748 |
| 1990s | 684 |
| Other decades | 201 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Haryana | 609 |
| Bihar | 339 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 326 |
| Rajasthan | 253 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 169 |
| Other states | 285 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001