MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ranjana mean?
Colouring and delight share the Sanskrit root rañj, from which Rañjanā is formed. Ranjan is the related form without the feminine final ā.
Pronunciation
IAST: rañjanā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रंजना
Letter-by-letter: rañjanā
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ರಂಜನಾ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रन्जना
Letter-by-letter: ranjanā
195 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ranjana in Indian usage
186,065 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 184,124 records (99%).
- Recorded as male: 1,941 records (1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 226 |
| 1940s | 952 |
| 1950s | 4,591 |
| 1960s | 15,640 |
| 1970s | 37,386 |
| 1980s | 68,134 |
| 1990s | 59,023 |
| Other decades | 113 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 83,765 |
| Bihar | 36,619 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 31,300 |
| Rajasthan | 8,128 |
| Jharkhand | 5,089 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4,210 |
| Delhi | 3,355 |
| Uttarakhand | 3,100 |
| Haryana | 3,051 |
| Karnataka | 2,881 |
| Odisha | 1,120 |
| Maharashtra | 1,078 |
| Goa | 854 |
| Chandigarh | 344 |
| Kerala | 294 |
| Manipur | 238 |
| Sikkim | 154 |
| Other states | 485 |
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