MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vikrama mean?
Vikrama is a Sanskrit noun for a stride and for heroic power. The legendary King Vikramaditya gives the name an enduring royal and storytelling association.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
विक्रम
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
विक्रमा
Letter-by-letter: vikramā
13,770 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vikrama in Indian usage
16,013 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (91.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,349 records (8.4%).
- Recorded as male: 14,664 records (91.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 547 |
| 1940s | 1,748 |
| 1950s | 3,204 |
| 1960s | 4,018 |
| 1970s | 3,225 |
| 1980s | 2,100 |
| 1990s | 1,060 |
| Other decades | 111 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 7,136 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,840 |
| Karnataka | 1,164 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 895 |
| Jharkhand | 443 |
| Uttarakhand | 242 |
| Other states | 293 |
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, vikrama, p. 955,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.