MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shahajahan mean?
Persian shāh denotes a king or sovereign. Joined with jahān, the world, it gives Shahajahan the sense king of the world.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शाहजहाँ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शाहजहां
49,863 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shahajahan in Indian usage
53,303 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (94.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 50,460 records (94.7%).
- Recorded as male: 2,843 records (5.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 851 |
| 1940s | 2,933 |
| 1950s | 7,070 |
| 1960s | 14,494 |
| 1970s | 14,664 |
| 1980s | 9,474 |
| 1990s | 3,634 |
| Other decades | 183 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 38,930 |
| Bihar | 6,882 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,010 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,564 |
| Delhi | 1,279 |
| Jharkhand | 832 |
| Rajasthan | 461 |
| Haryana | 160 |
| Other states | 185 |
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