Most Popular Names in India in 1972
| Rank | Name | Gender |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanjay | 100% |
| 2 | Sunita | 100% |
| 3 | Anita | 100% |
| 4 | Ram | 92% |
| 5 | Lakshmi | 98% |
| 6 | Ashok | 100% |
| 7 | Ramesh | 100% |
| 8 | Santosh | 80% |
| 9 | Suresh | 100% |
| 10 | Sunil | 100% |
| 11 | Gita | 100% |
| 12 | Vijay | 100% |
| 13 | Rekha | 100% |
| 14 | Rajesh | 100% |
| 15 | Mohammad | 100% |
| 16 | Manju | 100% |
| 17 | Anil | 100% |
| 18 | Sangeeta | 100% |
| 19 | Mohammed | 100% |
| 20 | Rajendra | 100% |
| 21 | Manoj | 100% |
| 22 | Raju | 98% |
| 23 | Dilip | 100% |
| 24 | Asha | 100% |
| 25 | Usha | 100% |
| 26 | Mina | 100% |
| 27 | Krishna | 64% |
| 28 | Vinod | 100% |
| 29 | Laxmi | 99% |
| 30 | Shankar | 100% |
| 31 | Lalita | 100% |
| 32 | Kalpana | 100% |
| 33 | Shobha | 100% |
| 34 | Nirmala | 100% |
| 35 | Gopal | 100% |
| 36 | Prakash | 100% |
| 37 | Shanti | 99% |
| 38 | Ganesh | 100% |
| 39 | Sumitra | 100% |
| 40 | Pushpa | 100% |
| 41 | Mohan | 100% |
| 42 | Sita | 94% |
| 43 | Rita | 100% |
| 44 | Dinesh | 100% |
| 45 | Savita | 100% |
| 46 | Subhash | 100% |
| 47 | Abdul | 100% |
| 48 | Raj | 72% |
| 49 | Kamal | 51% |
| 50 | Vijaya | 88% |
| 51 | Arun | 100% |
| 52 | Lata | 100% |
| 53 | Pramila | 100% |
| 54 | Padma | 100% |
| 55 | Ajay | 100% |
| 56 | Urmila | 100% |
| 57 | Rama | 54% |
| 58 | Suman | 85% |
| 59 | Kiran | 73% |
| 60 | Sushila | 100% |
| 61 | Malati | 100% |
| 62 | Radha | 98% |
| 63 | Ravi | 100% |
| 64 | Ravindra | 100% |
| 65 | Surendra | 100% |
| 66 | Narayan | 100% |
| 67 | Munni | 100% |
| 68 | Kailash | 95% |
| 69 | Mahesh | 100% |
| 70 | Maya | 100% |
| 71 | Savitri | 100% |
| 72 | Pramod | 100% |
| 73 | Basanti | 100% |
| 74 | Saraswati | 100% |
| 75 | Venkata | 65% |
| 76 | Uma | 92% |
| 77 | Umesh | 100% |
| 78 | Mahendra | 100% |
| 79 | Rani | 100% |
| 80 | Sujata | 100% |
| 81 | Vandana | 100% |
| 82 | Kamala | 100% |
| 83 | Meena | 100% |
| 84 | Mira | 100% |
| 85 | Surekha | 100% |
| 86 | Saroj | 77% |
| 87 | Bharat | 100% |
| 88 | Rina | 100% |
| 89 | Mo | 100% |
| 90 | Sabita | 100% |
| 91 | Sandhya | 100% |
| 92 | Naresh | 100% |
| 93 | Pradip | 100% |
| 94 | Madan | 100% |
| 95 | Uttam | 100% |
| 96 | Pratima | 100% |
| 97 | Mangal | 59% |
| 98 | Renu | 100% |
| 99 | Jyoti | 100% |
| 100 | Archana | 100% |