MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rato mean?
Rato can reflect the Himalayan word rāto, red. It can also continue Sanskrit rata, devoted or absorbed in something, a form used in devotional compounds.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रतो
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rato in Indian usage
2,375 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: 1,771 records (74.6%).
- Recorded as male: 604 records (25.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 147 |
| 1940s | 329 |
| 1950s | 461 |
| 1960s | 584 |
| 1970s | 462 |
| 1980s | 262 |
| Other decades | 130 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Himachal Pradesh | 857 |
| Rajasthan | 407 |
| Jharkhand | 338 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 305 |
| Punjab | 138 |
| Haryana | 110 |
| Other states | 220 |
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, rata, p. 867,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.