MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shokh mean?
Persian shokh entered Urdu with lively, playful and bold senses. The adjective is also familiar in poetry describing spirited speech or manner.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शोख़
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शोख
14,842 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shokh in Indian usage
21,973 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 9,143 records (41.6%).
- Recorded as male: 12,830 records (58.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 807 |
| 1940s | 1,747 |
| 1950s | 3,056 |
| 1960s | 4,287 |
| 1970s | 5,342 |
| 1980s | 4,805 |
| 1990s | 1,720 |
| Other decades | 209 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 15,012 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,273 |
| Jharkhand | 1,857 |
| Bihar | 1,679 |
| Haryana | 544 |
| Rajasthan | 192 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 145 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 137 |
| Other states | 134 |
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