MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sahab mean?
Sahab developed from Arabic ṣāḥib through Persian and Urdu usage. It is familiar in South Asia as a respectful title and personal-name element.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
साहब
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sahab in Indian usage
40,584 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (93.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,721 records (6.7%).
- Recorded as male: 37,863 records (93.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 893 |
| 1940s | 2,989 |
| 1950s | 5,423 |
| 1960s | 8,685 |
| 1970s | 9,127 |
| 1980s | 8,461 |
| 1990s | 4,773 |
| Other decades | 233 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 19,365 |
| Haryana | 7,903 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,680 |
| Rajasthan | 3,425 |
| Bihar | 1,757 |
| Punjab | 1,097 |
| Uttarakhand | 629 |
| Delhi | 613 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 506 |
| Jharkhand | 246 |
| Maharashtra | 172 |
| Other states | 191 |
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