MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rampal mean?
Rama is paired with the Sanskrit pāla member in this compound. Pāla describes a guard or protector, so the name can evoke either service to Rama or protection associated with him.
Pronunciation
IAST: rāmapāla
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रामपाल
Letter-by-letter: rāmapāla
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਰਾਮਪਾਲ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rampal in Indian usage
121,248 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 503 records (0.4%).
- Recorded as male: 120,745 records (99.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,450 |
| 1940s | 9,913 |
| 1950s | 20,772 |
| 1960s | 29,935 |
| 1970s | 24,156 |
| 1980s | 21,796 |
| 1990s | 11,874 |
| Other decades | 352 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 76,089 |
| Rajasthan | 15,785 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 12,649 |
| Haryana | 9,121 |
| Punjab | 2,931 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,219 |
| Delhi | 1,107 |
| Bihar | 437 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 337 |
| Jharkhand | 220 |
| Maharashtra | 188 |
| Other states | 165 |
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
- Monier-Williams, rāmacandra, p. 877,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, pāla, p. 622,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.