MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Talib mean?
Arabic talib, written طالب, is an active participle for one who seeks. Its established educational use means a student or seeker of knowledge.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
तालिब
Conventional spelling
Arabic
طالب
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Talib in Indian usage
9,059 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 116 records (1.3%).
- Recorded as male: 8,943 records (98.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 297 |
| 1960s | 674 |
| 1970s | 1,097 |
| 1980s | 2,133 |
| 1990s | 4,677 |
| Other decades | 181 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,469 |
| Uttarakhand | 726 |
| Rajasthan | 490 |
| Bihar | 394 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 344 |
| Haryana | 250 |
| Maharashtra | 155 |
| Jharkhand | 106 |
| Other states | 125 |
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
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Talib ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001