MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ramu mean?
Ramu is an affectionate name derived from Ram. The longer name refers to the central prince of the Ramayana, associated with Ayodhya. Rama is Sita's husband and Dasharatha's son in the epic.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Malayalam
രാമു
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रामू
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ramu in Indian usage
185,472 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (82.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 32,671 records (17.6%).
- Recorded as male: 152,801 records (82.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 3,189 |
| 1940s | 8,113 |
| 1950s | 15,847 |
| 1960s | 27,955 |
| 1970s | 38,642 |
| 1980s | 53,259 |
| 1990s | 37,653 |
| Other decades | 814 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 60,008 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 37,439 |
| Rajasthan | 21,957 |
| Bihar | 19,634 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 19,512 |
| Jharkhand | 9,257 |
| Karnataka | 6,081 |
| Haryana | 3,377 |
| Punjab | 1,440 |
| Kerala | 942 |
| Tripura | 809 |
| Uttarakhand | 746 |
| Gujarat | 705 |
| Puducherry | 662 |
| Maharashtra | 450 |
| Odisha | 423 |
| Assam | 379 |
| Delhi | 339 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 331 |
| Meghalaya | 257 |
| Goa | 204 |
| Chandigarh | 182 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 114 |
| Other states | 224 |
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: രാമു ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.