Most Popular Names in India in 1961

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