Most Popular Names in India in 1979
| Rank | Name | Gender |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunita | 100% |
| 2 | Santosh | 80% |
| 3 | Sanjay | 100% |
| 4 | Anita | 100% |
| 5 | Manoj | 100% |
| 6 | Rekha | 100% |
| 7 | Lakshmi | 98% |
| 8 | Sunil | 100% |
| 9 | Mohammed | 100% |
| 10 | Ramesh | 100% |
| 11 | Rajesh | 100% |
| 12 | Mohammad | 100% |
| 13 | Vijay | 100% |
| 14 | Gita | 100% |
| 15 | Raju | 98% |
| 16 | Manju | 100% |
| 17 | Anil | 100% |
| 18 | Ashok | 100% |
| 19 | Suresh | 100% |
| 20 | Vinod | 100% |
| 21 | Savita | 100% |
| 22 | Sangeeta | 100% |
| 23 | Kavita | 100% |
| 24 | Ram | 92% |
| 25 | Lalita | 100% |
| 26 | Asha | 100% |
| 27 | Ganesh | 100% |
| 28 | Kiran | 73% |
| 29 | Rita | 100% |
| 30 | Ajay | 100% |
| 31 | Dilip | 100% |
| 32 | Dinesh | 100% |
| 33 | Krishna | 64% |
| 34 | Usha | 100% |
| 35 | Rajendra | 100% |
| 36 | Sujata | 100% |
| 37 | Jyoti | 100% |
| 38 | Prakash | 100% |
| 39 | Rina | 100% |
| 40 | Mina | 100% |
| 41 | Kalpana | 100% |
| 42 | Laxmi | 99% |
| 43 | Shankar | 100% |
| 44 | Ravi | 100% |
| 45 | Mamata | 100% |
| 46 | Mukesh | 100% |
| 47 | Manisha | 100% |
| 48 | Sachin | 100% |
| 49 | Abdul | 100% |
| 50 | Manjula | 100% |
| 51 | Nirmala | 100% |
| 52 | Suman | 85% |
| 53 | Sarita | 100% |
| 54 | Sumitra | 100% |
| 55 | Pramod | 100% |
| 56 | Archana | 100% |
| 57 | Sandeep | 100% |
| 58 | Sri | 88% |
| 59 | Rakesh | 100% |
| 60 | Amit | 100% |
| 61 | Sangita | 100% |
| 62 | Pushpa | 100% |
| 63 | Lata | 100% |
| 64 | Mahesh | 100% |
| 65 | Gopal | 100% |
| 66 | Arun | 100% |
| 67 | Shobha | 100% |
| 68 | Padma | 100% |
| 69 | Pramila | 100% |
| 70 | Ravindra | 100% |
| 71 | Mohan | 100% |
| 72 | Vijaya | 88% |
| 73 | Sita | 94% |
| 74 | Raj | 72% |
| 75 | Vaishali | 100% |
| 76 | Radha | 98% |
| 77 | Deepak | 100% |
| 78 | Umesh | 100% |
| 79 | Urmila | 100% |
| 80 | Rani | 100% |
| 81 | Saroj | 77% |
| 82 | Jitendra | 100% |
| 83 | Mo | 100% |
| 84 | Seema | 100% |
| 85 | Subhash | 100% |
| 86 | Surendra | 100% |
| 87 | Uma | 92% |
| 88 | Renu | 100% |
| 89 | Sabita | 100% |
| 90 | Rama | 54% |
| 91 | Babita | 100% |
| 92 | Punam | 100% |
| 93 | Kailash | 95% |
| 94 | Shanti | 99% |
| 95 | Sima | 100% |
| 96 | Basanti | 100% |
| 97 | Pradip | 100% |
| 98 | Venkata | 65% |
| 99 | Vandana | 100% |
| 100 | Surekha | 100% |