MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ranjan mean?
Rañjana is an action noun from rañj, to colour or please, with Ranjan the conventional shortened name form. Ranjana is a related feminine name with a long final ā.
Pronunciation
IAST: rañjana
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रंजन
Letter-by-letter: rañjana
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ranjan in Indian usage
119,954 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: 30,311 records (25.3%).
- Recorded as male: 89,643 records (74.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 207 |
| 1940s | 570 |
| 1950s | 2,145 |
| 1960s | 7,279 |
| 1970s | 21,353 |
| 1980s | 43,535 |
| 1990s | 44,650 |
| Other decades | 215 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 91,089 |
| Jharkhand | 9,515 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,247 |
| Delhi | 2,910 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,197 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,306 |
| Rajasthan | 1,238 |
| Haryana | 955 |
| Maharashtra | 816 |
| Uttarakhand | 647 |
| Kerala | 490 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 305 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 201 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 171 |
| Meghalaya | 135 |
| Goa | 130 |
| Chandigarh | 129 |
| Other states | 473 |
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
- Behind the Name: Ranjan ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: रंग ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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