MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rakam mean?
Rakam is the South Asian form of Arabic raqam, a word that developed senses involving a number or written figure. In Hindi and Urdu, rakam usually denotes a sum of money or an amount.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रकम
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rakam in Indian usage
3,482 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 858 records (24.6%).
- Recorded as male: 2,624 records (75.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 426 |
| 1960s | 798 |
| 1970s | 726 |
| 1980s | 703 |
| 1990s | 520 |
| Other decades | 309 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,308 |
| Rajasthan | 910 |
| Haryana | 589 |
| Uttarakhand | 356 |
| Other states | 319 |
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