MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vaishali mean?
Vaishali names the ancient city traditionally founded by Vishala. The place is prominent in Buddhist and Jain history. The same name is also used for a district in Bihar and as a feminine personal name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
वैशाली
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vaishali in Indian usage
34,888 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 34,487 records (98.9%).
- Recorded as male: 401 records (1.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 416 |
| 1960s | 878 |
| 1970s | 4,702 |
| 1980s | 11,775 |
| 1990s | 16,985 |
| Other decades | 132 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 8,499 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,116 |
| Karnataka | 6,152 |
| Delhi | 2,876 |
| Rajasthan | 2,163 |
| Maharashtra | 2,154 |
| Haryana | 1,435 |
| Goa | 1,425 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,039 |
| Bihar | 456 |
| Punjab | 432 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 366 |
| Jharkhand | 236 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 130 |
| Other states | 409 |
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, vaiśālī, p. 1026,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: वैशाली ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.