MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sitara mean?
Sitara is the Persian sitāra star word used in Urdu and Hindi. It has a separate linguistic history from Sanskrit tārā despite the shared celestial meaning.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सितारा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sitara in Indian usage
56,773 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 56,091 records (98.8%).
- Recorded as male: 682 records (1.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,320 |
| 1950s | 3,298 |
| 1960s | 8,615 |
| 1970s | 13,704 |
| 1980s | 18,084 |
| 1990s | 11,305 |
| Other decades | 447 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 37,101 |
| Bihar | 9,452 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,007 |
| Rajasthan | 2,073 |
| Jharkhand | 1,699 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,021 |
| Haryana | 615 |
| Odisha | 255 |
| Punjab | 252 |
| Assam | 135 |
| Other states | 163 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Sitara / F | 6 | 3,705 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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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
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Sitara; Table_6, C4147 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Sitara; Table_6, C4147