Most Popular Names in India in 1961
| Rank | Name | Gender |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram | 92% |
| 2 | Ashok | 100% |
| 3 | Lakshmi | 98% |
| 4 | Ramesh | 100% |
| 5 | Shanti | 99% |
| 6 | Suresh | 100% |
| 7 | Shankar | 100% |
| 8 | Laxmi | 99% |
| 9 | Rajendra | 100% |
| 10 | Gita | 100% |
| 11 | Mohan | 100% |
| 12 | Abdul | 100% |
| 13 | Narayan | 100% |
| 14 | Mohammad | 100% |
| 15 | Sita | 94% |
| 16 | Krishna | 64% |
| 17 | Vijay | 100% |
| 18 | Kamala | 100% |
| 19 | Dilip | 100% |
| 20 | Sushila | 100% |
| 21 | Mohammed | 100% |
| 22 | Santosh | 80% |
| 23 | Prakash | 100% |
| 24 | Nirmala | 100% |
| 25 | Gopal | 100% |
| 26 | Rama | 54% |
| 27 | Sumitra | 100% |
| 28 | Pushpa | 100% |
| 29 | Kamla | 100% |
| 30 | Saraswati | 100% |
| 31 | Manju | 100% |
| 32 | Basanti | 100% |
| 33 | Anil | 100% |
| 34 | Kamal | 51% |
| 35 | Shobha | 100% |
| 36 | Pramila | 100% |
| 37 | Asha | 100% |
| 38 | Subhash | 100% |
| 39 | Usha | 100% |
| 40 | Suman | 85% |
| 41 | Lalita | 100% |
| 42 | Urmila | 100% |
| 43 | Shakuntala | 100% |
| 44 | Sunita | 100% |
| 45 | Sunil | 100% |
| 46 | Savitri | 100% |
| 47 | Prem | 60% |
| 48 | Radha | 98% |
| 49 | Raj | 72% |
| 50 | Mina | 100% |
| 51 | Malati | 100% |
| 52 | Madan | 100% |
| 53 | Jayamma | 100% |
| 54 | Ganesh | 100% |
| 55 | Babu | 100% |
| 56 | Surendra | 100% |
| 57 | Kalpana | 100% |
| 58 | Anita | 100% |
| 59 | Arun | 100% |
| 60 | Kailash | 95% |
| 61 | Mangal | 59% |
| 62 | Rekha | 100% |
| 63 | Vijaya | 88% |
| 64 | Parvati | 100% |
| 65 | Shivaji | 100% |
| 66 | Mahendra | 100% |
| 67 | Vimal | 88% |
| 68 | Maya | 100% |
| 69 | Laxman | 100% |
| 70 | Venkata | 65% |
| 71 | Bharat | 100% |
| 72 | Jagdish | 100% |
| 73 | Kalavati | 100% |
| 74 | Raju | 98% |
| 75 | Hari | 100% |
| 76 | Sanjay | 100% |
| 77 | Arjun | 100% |
| 78 | Uma | 92% |
| 79 | Ratan | 86% |
| 79 | Sandhya | 100% |
| 81 | Ganga | 74% |
| 82 | Sri | 88% |
| 83 | Mani | 52% |
| 84 | Shiv | 88% |
| 85 | Lata | 100% |
| 86 | Kusum | 100% |
| 87 | Shyam | 96% |
| 88 | Sunanda | 100% |
| 89 | Sulochana | 100% |
| 90 | Vinod | 100% |
| 91 | Nagamma | 100% |
| 92 | Tara | 83% |
| 93 | Ramlatun | 82% |
| 94 | Uttam | 100% |
| 95 | Mira | 100% |
| 96 | Arati | 100% |
| 96 | Sathyanarayan | 100% |
| 98 | Kaushalya | 100% |
| 99 | Saroj | 77% |
| 100 | Dinesh | 100% |