MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ruma mean?
Ruma is a female character in the Ramayana and the wife of Sugriva. Her story belongs to the Kishkindha episode, which centres on Sugriva, Vali and Rama's alliance.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रुमा
Conventional spelling
Bengali
রুমা
Conventional spelling
Odia
ରୁମା
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ruma in Indian usage
20,453 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 20,178 records (98.7%).
- Recorded as male: 275 records (1.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 422 |
| 1950s | 805 |
| 1960s | 1,761 |
| 1970s | 3,256 |
| 1980s | 6,837 |
| 1990s | 7,076 |
| Other decades | 296 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Tripura | 4,927 |
| Bihar | 3,590 |
| Assam | 2,325 |
| Jharkhand | 2,243 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,117 |
| Odisha | 1,767 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,380 |
| Haryana | 1,040 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 473 |
| Rajasthan | 363 |
| Punjab | 115 |
| Other states | 113 |
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, rumā, p. 884,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.