MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shishupal mean?
Shishupal is the Sanskrit compound for a protector of children. The Mahabharata’s Shishupala is the king of Chedi. His opposition to Krishna ends at Yudhishthira’s royal sacrifice, giving the name a particular epic setting.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शिशुपाल
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shishupal in Indian usage
27,665 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling शिशुपाल.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 302 records (1.1%).
- Recorded as male: 27,363 records (98.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,215 |
| 1960s | 3,456 |
| 1970s | 5,566 |
| 1980s | 9,017 |
| 1990s | 7,998 |
| Other decades | 413 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 13,935 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 7,142 |
| Rajasthan | 2,674 |
| Bihar | 2,516 |
| Uttarakhand | 690 |
| Jharkhand | 401 |
| Maharashtra | 307 |
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, śiśupāla, p. 1076,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.