Most Popular Names in India in 1949

RankNameGender
1Ram
92%
 
2Shanti
 
99%
3Laxmi
 
99%
4Mohammad
100%
5Narayan
100%
6Lakshmi
 
98%
7Kamala
100%
8Gita
100%
9Abdul
100%
10Saraswati
100%
11Shankar
100%
12Sita
 
94%
13Krishna
64%
 
14Shakuntala
100%
15Sushila
100%
16Ramesh
100%
17Mohan
100%
18Gopal
100%
19Suresh
100%
20Sumitra
100%
21Rama
54%
 
22Ashok
100%
23Kamal
51%
 
24Parvati
100%
25Mohammed
100%
25Ramlatun
82%
 
27Savitri
100%
28Radha
 
98%
29Pushpa
100%
30Rajendra
100%
31Malati
100%
32Sandhya
100%
33Urmila
100%
34Basanti
100%
35Maya
100%
36Suman
 
85%
37Nirmala
100%
38Kamla
100%
39Santosh
80%
 
40Subhash
100%
41Vijay
100%
42Laxman
100%
43Raj
72%
 
44Arati
100%
45Shantabai
100%
46Madan
100%
47Ganga
 
74%
48Shiv
88%
 
49Pramila
100%
50Gangamma
100%
51A
89%
 
52Kaushalya
100%
53Hari
100%
54Ramchandra
100%
55Anil
100%
56Lalita
100%
57Mahendra
100%
58Ganesh
100%
59Usha
100%
60Prem
60%
 
61Janaki
 
97%
62Ka
96%
 
63Kalavati
100%
64Prakash
100%
65Nagamma
100%
66Jayamma
100%
67Mahadev
100%
68Laksmamma
100%
69Sabitri
100%
70Tara
 
83%
71Arjun
100%
72Mo
100%
73Pandurang
100%
74Ratan
86%
 
75Dilip
100%
76Asha
100%
77Kusum
100%
78Vimal
 
88%
79Jagadish
100%
80Babu
100%
81Shyam
96%
 
82Shivaji
100%
83Gulab
65%
 
84Jagannath
100%
85Sulochana
100%
86Uma
 
92%
87Venkatamma
100%
88Venkata
65%
 
89Gauramma
100%
90Jagdish
100%
91Raghunath
100%
92Vasant
100%
93Durga
 
73%
94Surendra
100%
95Kalpana
100%
96Chandra
67%
 
97Pa
91%
 
98Biswanath
100%
99Shobha
100%
100Arun
100%