Most Popular Names in India in 1957

RankNameGender
1Ram
92%
 
2Lakshmi
 
98%
3Shanti
 
99%
4Ashok
100%
5Suresh
100%
6Mohammad
100%
7Ramesh
100%
8Laxmi
 
99%
9Shankar
100%
10Abdul
100%
11Krishna
64%
 
12Gita
100%
13Narayan
100%
14Mohan
100%
15Mohammed
100%
16Kamala
100%
17Sita
 
94%
18Rajendra
100%
19Sushila
100%
20Sumitra
100%
21Kamal
51%
 
22Gopal
100%
23Rama
54%
 
24Saraswati
100%
25Vijay
100%
26Shakuntala
100%
27Nirmala
100%
28Savitri
100%
29Santosh
80%
 
30Dilip
100%
31Prakash
100%
32Subhash
100%
33Urmila
100%
34Suman
 
85%
35Pushpa
100%
36Raj
72%
 
37Sandhya
100%
38Malati
100%
39Basanti
100%
40Lalita
100%
41Ramlatun
82%
 
42Radha
 
98%
43Asha
100%
44Anil
100%
45Usha
100%
46Kamla
100%
47Pramila
100%
48Madan
100%
49Parvati
100%
50Shobha
100%
51Sunil
100%
52Manju
100%
53Prem
60%
 
54Ganesh
100%
55Maya
100%
56Mina
100%
57Jayamma
100%
58Sivataben
100%
59Mahendra
100%
60Shiv
88%
 
61Vimal
 
88%
62Kalavati
100%
63Arun
100%
64Vijaya
 
88%
65Venkata
65%
 
66Kalpana
100%
67Babu
100%
68Arati
100%
69Hari
100%
70Surendra
100%
71A
89%
 
72Shivaji
100%
73Sunita
100%
74Mani
 
52%
75Saradaben
100%
76Laxman
100%
77Kailash
95%
 
78Rekha
100%
79Arjun
100%
79Mangal
 
59%
81Uma
 
92%
82Ganga
 
74%
83Kusum
100%
84Lakshmamma
100%
85Kaushalya
100%
86Nagamma
100%
87Bharat
100%
88Ratan
86%
 
89Satyavathi
100%
90Janaki
 
97%
91Tara
 
83%
92Sathyanarayan
100%
93Pa
91%
 
94Mira
100%
95Shyam
96%
 
96Ka
96%
 
97Babulal
100%
98Mo
100%
99Anita
100%
100Munni
100%