Most Popular Names in India in 1959
| Rank | Name | Gender |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram | 92% |
| 2 | Ashok | 100% |
| 3 | Shanti | 99% |
| 4 | Mohammad | 100% |
| 5 | Lakshmi | 98% |
| 6 | Suresh | 100% |
| 7 | Ramesh | 100% |
| 8 | Gita | 100% |
| 9 | Shankar | 100% |
| 10 | Krishna | 64% |
| 11 | Abdul | 100% |
| 12 | Laxmi | 99% |
| 13 | Rajendra | 100% |
| 14 | Narayan | 100% |
| 15 | Dilip | 100% |
| 16 | Gopal | 100% |
| 17 | Sita | 94% |
| 18 | Mohan | 100% |
| 19 | Kamala | 100% |
| 20 | Sumitra | 100% |
| 21 | Sushila | 100% |
| 22 | Saraswati | 100% |
| 23 | Vijay | 100% |
| 24 | Mohammed | 100% |
| 25 | Santosh | 80% |
| 26 | Nirmala | 100% |
| 27 | Kamal | 51% |
| 28 | Sandhya | 100% |
| 29 | Rama | 54% |
| 30 | Pushpa | 100% |
| 31 | Anil | 100% |
| 32 | Subhash | 100% |
| 33 | Malati | 100% |
| 34 | Manju | 100% |
| 35 | Basanti | 100% |
| 36 | Sunil | 100% |
| 37 | Prakash | 100% |
| 38 | Urmila | 100% |
| 39 | Usha | 100% |
| 40 | Kalpana | 100% |
| 41 | Shakuntala | 100% |
| 42 | Asha | 100% |
| 43 | Pramila | 100% |
| 44 | Arati | 100% |
| 45 | Shobha | 100% |
| 46 | Raj | 72% |
| 47 | Suman | 85% |
| 48 | Mina | 100% |
| 49 | Madan | 100% |
| 50 | Lalita | 100% |
| 51 | Ganesh | 100% |
| 52 | Savitri | 100% |
| 53 | Kamla | 100% |
| 54 | Maya | 100% |
| 55 | Arun | 100% |
| 56 | Radha | 98% |
| 57 | Rekha | 100% |
| 58 | Prem | 60% |
| 59 | Ramlatun | 82% |
| 60 | Mahendra | 100% |
| 61 | Sunita | 100% |
| 62 | Jayamma | 100% |
| 63 | Surendra | 100% |
| 64 | Ratan | 86% |
| 65 | Anita | 100% |
| 66 | Parvati | 100% |
| 67 | Kailash | 95% |
| 68 | Vimal | 88% |
| 69 | Shiv | 88% |
| 70 | Kalavati | 100% |
| 71 | Babu | 100% |
| 72 | Uma | 92% |
| 73 | Mangal | 59% |
| 74 | Arjun | 100% |
| 75 | Mo | 100% |
| 76 | Mira | 100% |
| 77 | Vijaya | 88% |
| 78 | Laxman | 100% |
| 79 | Hari | 100% |
| 80 | Jagdish | 100% |
| 81 | Shivaji | 100% |
| 82 | A | 89% |
| 83 | Ganga | 74% |
| 84 | Bharat | 100% |
| 85 | Kusum | 100% |
| 86 | Tapan | 100% |
| 87 | Mani | 52% |
| 88 | Venkata | 65% |
| 89 | Kaushalya | 100% |
| 90 | Tara | 83% |
| 91 | Shyam | 96% |
| 92 | Anjali | 100% |
| 93 | Sabitri | 100% |
| 94 | Sabita | 100% |
| 95 | Ka | 96% |
| 96 | Biswanath | 100% |
| 97 | Dinesh | 100% |
| 98 | Gangamma | 100% |
| 99 | Durga | 73% |
| 100 | Pa | 91% |