MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Udham mean?
Udham is related to the Indo-Aryan word udyama, effort or enterprise, in Punjabi name usage. Hindi ūdhām also denotes lively activity or commotion, giving the regional form a broader everyday sense.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
ऊधम
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਉਧਮ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Udham in Indian usage
6,763 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 312 records (4.6%).
- Recorded as male: 6,451 records (95.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 498 |
| 1950s | 671 |
| 1960s | 971 |
| 1970s | 1,331 |
| 1980s | 1,704 |
| 1990s | 1,237 |
| Other decades | 351 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,660 |
| Punjab | 1,582 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,191 |
| Haryana | 931 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 764 |
| Rajasthan | 225 |
| Delhi | 184 |
| Other states | 226 |
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 | Udham / M | 4 | 4,275 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
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 Udham; Table_6, C5062 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Udham; Table_6, C5062
- Monier-Williams, udyama, p. 191,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.