MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rakhi mean?
Rakhi names the thread associated with Raksha Bandhan, joining the everyday object with the festival's protection vocabulary. The thread is central to the festival of Raksha Bandhan.
Pronunciation
IAST: rākhī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
राखी
Letter-by-letter: rākhī
Conventional spelling
Bengali
রাখী
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਰਾਖੀ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rakhi in Indian usage
138,689 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 137,404 records (99.1%).
- Recorded as male: 1,285 records (0.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 170 |
| 1940s | 221 |
| 1950s | 520 |
| 1960s | 2,350 |
| 1970s | 17,243 |
| 1980s | 53,602 |
| 1990s | 64,450 |
| Other decades | 133 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 49,897 |
| Bihar | 22,046 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 20,921 |
| Jharkhand | 9,646 |
| Rajasthan | 7,690 |
| Haryana | 6,299 |
| Uttarakhand | 5,795 |
| Kerala | 5,295 |
| Tripura | 4,361 |
| Delhi | 2,303 |
| Punjab | 1,396 |
| Assam | 840 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 722 |
| Goa | 316 |
| Chandigarh | 251 |
| Meghalaya | 193 |
| Odisha | 141 |
| Maharashtra | 126 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 124 |
| Other states | 327 |
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
- Wiktionary: राखी ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Behind the Name: Rakhi ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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