Most Popular Names in India in 1951

RankNameGender
1Ram
92%
 
2Shanti
 
99%
3Laxmi
 
99%
4Lakshmi
 
98%
5Shankar
100%
6Narayan
100%
7Kamala
100%
8Sita
 
94%
9Mohan
100%
10Ashok
100%
11Ramesh
100%
12Abdul
100%
13Suresh
100%
14Saraswati
100%
15Rama
54%
 
16Sushila
100%
17Shakuntala
100%
18Krishna
64%
 
19Mohammad
100%
20Gita
100%
21Gopal
100%
22Parvati
100%
23Radha
 
98%
24Kamla
100%
25Sumitra
100%
26Savitri
100%
27Kamal
51%
 
28Mohammed
100%
29Suman
 
85%
30Basanti
100%
31Laxman
100%
32Shantabai
100%
33Rajendra
100%
34Vijay
100%
35Nirmala
100%
36Prem
60%
 
37Pushpa
100%
38Subhash
100%
39Urmila
100%
40Santosh
80%
 
41Prakash
100%
42Jayamma
100%
43Malati
100%
44Hari
100%
45Lalita
100%
46Madan
100%
47Ganga
 
74%
48Pramila
100%
49Raj
72%
 
50Babu
100%
51Shivaji
100%
52Mahadev
100%
53Pandurang
100%
54Kalavati
100%
55Kaushalya
100%
56Shiv
88%
 
57Ramchandra
100%
58Gangamma
100%
59Vimal
 
88%
60Arjun
100%
61Mahendra
100%
62Maya
100%
63Nagamma
100%
64Ganesh
100%
65Janaki
 
97%
66Jagdish
100%
67Venkata
65%
 
68Ramlatun
82%
 
69Kusum
100%
70Usha
100%
71Sulochana
100%
72Asha
100%
73Surendra
100%
74Tara
 
83%
75Lakshmamma
100%
76Raghunath
100%
77Shyam
96%
 
78Laksmamma
100%
79Vasant
100%
80Mani
 
52%
81Sabitri
100%
82Dilip
100%
83A
89%
 
84Ratan
86%
 
85Hira
50%
 
86Gulab
65%
 
87Champa
100%
88Vitthal
100%
89Anil
100%
90Chandra
67%
 
91Vijaya
 
88%
92Jagannath
100%
93Namdev
100%
94Tukaram
100%
95Venkatamma
100%
96Kailash
95%
 
97Gauramma
100%
98Bhagwan
100%
99Jagadish
100%
100Uma
 
92%