MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Yog mean?
Sanskrit yoga first expresses joining or union. It also denotes the discipline of concentrated meditation taught in the philosophical system connected with Patanjali.
Pronunciation
IAST: yoga
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
योग
Letter-by-letter: yoga
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Yog in Indian usage
5,813 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (87.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 750 records (12.9%).
- Recorded as male: 5,063 records (87.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 306 |
| 1950s | 629 |
| 1960s | 1,047 |
| 1970s | 1,193 |
| 1980s | 1,526 |
| 1990s | 964 |
| Other decades | 148 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Himachal Pradesh | 3,222 |
| Punjab | 808 |
| Bihar | 468 |
| Haryana | 434 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 392 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 136 |
| Other states | 353 |
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 | Yog / M | 3 | 5,137 |
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 Yog; Table_6, C6542 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Yog; Table_6, C6542
- Monier-Williams, yoga, p. 856,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.