MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sarada mean?
Sharada is an established epithet of Saraswati, the goddess of learning and music. Sanskrit sources also use it for Durga, preserving more than one goddess referent.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शारदा
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सारदा
Letter-by-letter: sāradā
16,646 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sarada in Indian usage
1,875 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (94%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,763 records (94%).
- Recorded as male: 112 records (6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 195 |
| 1960s | 285 |
| 1970s | 596 |
| 1980s | 491 |
| 1990s | 138 |
| Other decades | 170 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 1,394 |
| Sikkim | 116 |
| Odisha | 114 |
| Other states | 251 |
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, śāradā, p. 1066,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.