NAMES ACROSS GENERATIONS

Names of people born in the 1950s

Names of people born in each decade, from historical records of adults; not baby-name rankings.

Kamala and Ram lead the girls’ and boys’ lists for India’s 1950s birth cohort in Naampy v3. Each group shows its top 50 names by Latin-script records, with meanings. Unisex names are outside these two groups.

Girls: people born in the 1950s

Rank	Name and meaning	Records	Per 100,000 cohort records
1	Kamala lotus; Lakshmi	203,502	470
2	Santhi peace; tranquillity	146,486	338
3	Lakshmi good fortune; prosperity; Lakshmi	132,913	307
4	Susila of good conduct	119,710	276
5	Savitri belonging to Savitr; Savitri	109,967	254
6	Munni Little girl	96,210	222
7	Gita song; sacred song	92,621	214
8	Vimala stainless; pure	91,918	212
9	Sita furrow; Sita of the Ramayana	90,019	208
10	Kalavati possessing arts or skills	82,252	190
11	Usha dawn	76,523	177
12	Sumitra good friend	70,294	162
13	Shakuntala protected by birds; Shakuntala	69,333	160
14	Asha hope; wish	68,329	158
15	Nirmala spotless; pure	68,280	158
16	Leela play; divine play	66,940	155
17	Parvati daughter of the mountain; Parvati	66,109	153
18	Radha Radha; success; accomplishment	65,639	152
19	Meena fish	64,064	148
20	Urmila wave-related; full of waves	63,098	146
21	Maya illusion; creative appearance	62,973	145
22	Malti jasmine; fragrant flowering creeper	60,473	140
23	Bimala pure; spotless	58,509	135
24	Saroj lotus; born in a lake	57,904	134
25	Sheela conduct; character	57,777	133
26	Pushpa flower; blossom	57,633	133
27	Champa champak flower	57,479	133
28	Janaki daughter of Janaka; Sita	56,902	131
29	Mira Mirabai, the Krishna bhakti poet	49,359	114
30	Saraswati Saraswati, goddess of learning and speech	47,239	109
31	Pramila Pramila; closing the eyes	44,944	104
32	Uma Uma; Parvati	44,703	103
33	Tara star	43,435	100
34	Kaushalya Kaushalya; woman of Kosala	41,252	95
35	Ramvati Devoted to Rama	40,613	94
36	Sunita well guided	38,447	89
37	Lalita playful; graceful; charming	35,849	83
38	Chandravati Moonlit; possessing moonlight	34,681	80
39	Bhagwati the goddess; revered lady	33,742	78
40	Kusum flower; blossom	33,278	77
41	Prabhavati radiant; possessing splendour	30,664	71
42	Vidya knowledge; learning	30,051	69
43	Ramrati love or delight in Rama	29,245	68
44	Gayatri Gayatri, a Vedic metre and mantra	29,226	67
45	Kiran ray; beam of light	29,017	67
46	Prema love; affection	28,959	67
47	Rani queen	28,861	67
48	Mary Mary; Miriam	28,428	66
49	Devaki Devaki; Krishna's mother	27,494	63
50	Veena veena; stringed musical instrument	26,771	62

Boys: people born in the 1950s

Rank	Name and meaning	Records	Per 100,000 cohort records
1	Ram Rama; pleasing	579,176	1,338
2	Muhammad praised; praiseworthy	137,861	318
3	Rajendra chief of kings; emperor	125,619	290
4	Jagadish Vishnu; lord of the world	121,222	280
5	Suresh lord of the gods	103,849	240
6	Ramesh Vishnu; lord of Rama (Lakshmi)	101,822	235
7	Ashok free from sorrow	92,464	214
8	Abdul servant of the	91,719	212
9	Mohan Krishna; one who enchants	77,592	179
10	Vijay victory; triumph	75,732	175
11	Mahendra great Indra	75,710	175
12	Babu affectionate or respectful address	69,743	161
13	Shyam dark; Krishna	68,560	158
14	Hari Vishnu; Krishna; tawny or green	66,040	153
15	Surendra chief of the gods; Indra	65,289	151
16	Shankar Shiva; maker of well-being	62,567	144
17	Jai victory	59,969	138
18	Kailash Kailash, the sacred mountain	57,725	133
19	Gopal Krishna; protector of cows	52,235	121
20	Krishn Krishna; dark	51,833	120
21	Narayan Vishnu; Narayana	48,529	112
22	Ramchandra Rama; moon-like Rama	48,511	112
23	Madan love; passion; Kama	47,318	109
24	Rameshwara Shiva; lord of Rama	44,761	103
25	Vinod delight; recreation	43,647	101
26	Omaprakash light of Om	43,057	99
27	Lal dear one; beloved son; red	42,791	99
28	Mahesh Shiva; great lord	41,157	95
29	Bhagavan the blessed or exalted one; Lord	40,330	93
30	Prakash Light; radiance	39,625	92
31	Radheshyam Radha and Krishna	39,599	91
32	Amar immortal; undying	38,851	90
33	Anil wind; air	38,601	89
34	Arjun Arjuna; bright; clear	37,829	87
35	Sitaram Sita and Rama	37,417	86
36	Subhash good speech; eloquent expression	36,178	84
37	Naresh king; lord of people	36,123	83
38	Dinesh sun; lord of the day	35,316	82
39	Lakshman Lakshmana; bearing auspicious marks	33,282	77
40	Raju king; familiar form of Raj	32,723	76
41	Ratan jewel; gem	31,942	74
42	Bhola innocent; guileless	31,882	74
43	Sukhdev Divine happiness; Shukdev	30,090	69
44	Rajaram Rama as king	29,833	69
45	Mahavir Mahavira; great hero	28,687	66
46	Yogendra lord of yoga	28,430	66
47	Baladev Balarama; god of strength	26,911	62
48	Moti pearl	26,837	62
49	Dharam duty; right conduct; dharma	26,832	62
50	Kamal lotus	25,702	59

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Source and method

Source: Naampy v3, released 10 June 2025, CC0. The records come from historical Indian electoral rolls and chiefly describe adults. Birth years are filtered to 1910–2001; the partial 2000s cohort is excluded from comparisons. Age fields may contain errors, and coverage differs by place and cohort. These are records, not counts of unique people or a representative national survey.

Rankings and quiz answers use only the Latin-script table and indexable profiles with editorial meanings. Gender groups come from the name’s editorial gender, and describe names rather than the identity of any bearer. Each name can group the spellings listed on its profile. Native-script tables are separate views and are never added to these totals.

A share is a name’s published decade count divided by all records in that decade, multiplied by 100,000. Only counts of at least 100 are used. Missing and grouped withheld cells are excluded from charts and comparisons; an omission does not mean zero. Shares and ratios are rates, not record counts. Full methodology.

Names of people born in the 1950s

Girls: people born in the 1950s

Boys: people born in the 1950s

Source and method

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