MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sahanaj mean?
The Persian royal name Shahnaz has the vernacular form Sahanaj. The compound joins shāh, king, with nāz, pride or graceful charm, a word also used in Urdu.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सहनाज
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sahanaj in Indian usage
205,472 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 201,306 records (98%).
- Recorded as male: 4,166 records (2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 260 |
| 1940s | 1,408 |
| 1950s | 7,906 |
| 1960s | 30,374 |
| 1970s | 53,436 |
| 1980s | 66,814 |
| 1990s | 45,072 |
| Other decades | 202 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 94,307 |
| Bihar | 50,452 |
| Rajasthan | 18,893 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 15,237 |
| Jharkhand | 14,080 |
| Uttarakhand | 4,988 |
| Haryana | 3,724 |
| Maharashtra | 3,226 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 270 |
| Punjab | 145 |
| Other states | 150 |
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