Most Popular Names in India in 1946

RankNameGender
1Ram
92%
 
2Shanti
 
99%
3Laxmi
 
99%
4Lakshmi
 
98%
5Narayan
100%
6Shankar
100%
7Kamala
100%
8Sita
 
94%
9Saraswati
100%
10Abdul
100%
11Rama
54%
 
12Mohan
100%
13Mohammad
100%
14Shakuntala
100%
15Parvati
100%
16Krishna
64%
 
17Sushila
100%
18Radha
 
98%
19Shantabai
100%
20Savitri
100%
21Gita
100%
22Gopal
100%
23Sumitra
100%
24Ramesh
100%
25Laxman
100%
26Ganga
 
74%
27Kamla
100%
28Kamal
51%
 
29Ramlatun
82%
 
30Suresh
100%
31Basanti
100%
32Gangamma
100%
33Malati
100%
34Mohammed
100%
35Nagamma
100%
36Hari
100%
37Pushpa
100%
38Suman
 
85%
39Ramchandra
100%
40Urmila
100%
41Pandurang
100%
42Kaushalya
100%
43Lakshmamma
100%
44Nirmala
100%
45Ashok
100%
46Mahadev
100%
47Prem
60%
 
48Rajendra
100%
49Madan
100%
50Venkatamma
100%
51Raj
72%
 
52Vijay
100%
53Janaki
 
97%
54Maya
100%
54Santosh
80%
 
56Subhash
100%
57Shiv
88%
 
58Babu
100%
59Kalavati
100%
60Subbamma
100%
61Pramila
100%
62Lalita
100%
63Raghunath
100%
64Laksmamma
100%
65Venkata
65%
 
66Jayamma
100%
67Ganesh
100%
68Gulab
65%
 
69A
89%
 
70Mahendra
100%
70Sabitri
100%
72Shivaji
100%
73Jagannath
100%
74Champa
100%
75Tukaram
100%
76Arjun
100%
76Tara
 
83%
78Sulochana
100%
79Hira
50%
 
80Vitthal
100%
81Narayanamma
100%
82Vasant
100%
83Namdev
100%
84Gauramma
100%
85Ka
96%
 
86Usha
100%
87Kusum
100%
88Jagadish
100%
89Ratan
86%
 
90Anusaya
100%
91Vimal
 
88%
92Shyam
96%
 
93Mallamma
100%
94Indubai
100%
95Jagdish
100%
96Parwati
100%
97Subhadra
100%
98Chandra
67%
 
99Janabai
100%
100Prakash
100%