MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rati mean?
Rati is a Sanskrit noun for delight or love. In Sanskrit mythology she is Kama's consort, connecting the abstract noun with a divine figure.
Pronunciation
IAST: rati
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रति
Letter-by-letter: rati
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रती
Letter-by-letter: ratī
21,206 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
राठी
Letter-by-letter: rāṭhī
17,931 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rati in Indian usage
60,398 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: 34,278 records (56.8%).
- Recorded as male: 26,120 records (43.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,258 |
| 1940s | 5,215 |
| 1950s | 8,870 |
| 1960s | 13,347 |
| 1970s | 14,059 |
| 1980s | 10,953 |
| 1990s | 5,062 |
| Other decades | 634 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 18,263 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 9,184 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 8,357 |
| Kerala | 5,997 |
| Haryana | 4,762 |
| Rajasthan | 3,769 |
| Gujarat | 2,115 |
| Jharkhand | 2,087 |
| Odisha | 1,594 |
| Bihar | 1,549 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 820 |
| Punjab | 553 |
| Tripura | 476 |
| Uttarakhand | 392 |
| Assam | 155 |
| Other states | 325 |
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, rati, p. 867,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.