MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rama mean?
Ramā is a Sanskrit name of Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity. The word also carries the senses of good fortune, splendour and opulence.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रमा
Conventional spelling
Odia
ରମା
Conventional spelling
Odia
ର୍ମା
3,607 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rama in Indian usage
4,093 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (93.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,817 records (93.3%).
- Recorded as male: 276 records (6.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 361 |
| 1950s | 759 |
| 1960s | 1,116 |
| 1970s | 1,016 |
| 1980s | 561 |
| 1990s | 142 |
| Other decades | 138 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 3,718 |
| Other states | 375 |
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, ramā, p. 868,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.