MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ratan mean?
Sanskrit ratna, a jewel, becomes Ratan in vernacular naming. The Sanskrit source ratna denotes a jewel and can also describe something especially precious.
Pronunciation
IAST: ratana
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रतन
Letter-by-letter: ratana
Conventional spelling
Bengali
রতন
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ratan in Indian usage
212,294 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (82%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 38,203 records (18%).
- Recorded as male: 174,091 records (82%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,946 |
| 1930s | 7,938 |
| 1940s | 19,430 |
| 1950s | 31,942 |
| 1960s | 45,110 |
| 1970s | 41,706 |
| 1980s | 39,138 |
| 1990s | 24,933 |
| Other decades | 151 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 61,206 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 33,517 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 25,828 |
| Bihar | 25,731 |
| Haryana | 13,706 |
| Punjab | 13,362 |
| Jharkhand | 10,780 |
| Tripura | 9,061 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 7,686 |
| Uttarakhand | 4,840 |
| Delhi | 1,770 |
| Assam | 1,397 |
| Maharashtra | 936 |
| Chandigarh | 329 |
| Goa | 299 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 298 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 287 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 284 |
| Meghalaya | 279 |
| Sikkim | 135 |
| Manipur | 133 |
| Other states | 430 |
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: रतन ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.