NAMES ACROSS GENERATIONS
Names of people born in the 1960s
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 1960s 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 1960s
| Rank | Name and meaning | Records | Per 100,000 cohort records | Cohort shares, 1950s–1990s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamala lotus; Lakshmi | 288,756 | 395 | |
| 2 | Gita song; sacred song | 270,253 | 370 | |
| 3 | Meena fish | 255,801 | 350 | |
| 4 | Sunita well guided | 250,515 | 343 | |
| 5 | Susila of good conduct | 229,645 | 314 | |
| 6 | Lakshmi good fortune; prosperity; Lakshmi | 225,914 | 309 | |
| 7 | Usha dawn | 216,452 | 296 | |
| 8 | Munni Little girl | 205,382 | 281 | |
| 9 | Santhi peace; tranquillity | 201,684 | 276 | |
| 10 | Asha hope; wish | 193,323 | 264 | |
| 11 | Vimala stainless; pure | 173,458 | 237 | |
| 12 | Savitri belonging to Savitr; Savitri | 168,170 | 230 | |
| 13 | Nirmala spotless; pure | 165,400 | 226 | |
| 14 | Sita furrow; Sita of the Ramayana | 162,107 | 222 | |
| 15 | Anita Grace; Anna | 153,907 | 210 | |
| 16 | Sheela conduct; character | 153,788 | 210 | |
| 17 | Mira Mirabai, the Krishna bhakti poet | 148,060 | 202 | |
| 18 | Saroj lotus; born in a lake | 147,417 | 202 | |
| 19 | Pushpa flower; blossom | 142,716 | 195 | |
| 20 | Radha Radha; success; accomplishment | 131,966 | 180 | |
| 21 | Sumitra good friend | 127,730 | 175 | |
| 22 | Urmila wave-related; full of waves | 125,175 | 171 | |
| 23 | Malti jasmine; fragrant flowering creeper | 124,605 | 170 | |
| 24 | Kalavati possessing arts or skills | 120,763 | 165 | |
| 25 | Maya illusion; creative appearance | 120,367 | 165 | |
| 26 | Shakuntala protected by birds; Shakuntala | 117,958 | 161 | |
| 27 | Leela play; divine play | 109,709 | 150 | |
| 28 | Parvati daughter of the mountain; Parvati | 105,737 | 145 | |
| 29 | Rekha line; streak | 102,738 | 140 | |
| 30 | Suman flower; well disposed | 98,961 | 135 | |
| 31 | Kiran ray; beam of light | 95,936 | 131 | |
| 32 | Lalita playful; graceful; charming | 90,815 | 124 | |
| 33 | Pramila Pramila; closing the eyes | 90,673 | 124 | |
| 34 | Manju lovely; pleasing | 87,716 | 120 | |
| 35 | Neelam sapphire; blue gemstone | 85,716 | 117 | |
| 36 | Rita Pearl; cosmic order; truth | 81,362 | 111 | |
| 37 | Bimala pure; spotless | 81,200 | 111 | |
| 38 | Rani queen | 80,892 | 111 | |
| 39 | Janaki daughter of Janaka; Sita | 79,730 | 109 | |
| 40 | Kusum flower; blossom | 79,142 | 108 | |
| 41 | Uma Uma; Parvati | 77,525 | 106 | |
| 42 | Kaushalya Kaushalya; woman of Kosala | 74,844 | 102 | |
| 43 | Tara star | 74,067 | 101 | |
| 44 | Saraswati Saraswati, goddess of learning and speech | 72,568 | 99 | |
| 45 | Gayatri Gayatri, a Vedic metre and mantra | 68,304 | 93 | |
| 46 | Veena veena; stringed musical instrument | 66,281 | 91 | |
| 47 | Sudha nectar; ambrosia | 65,239 | 89 | |
| 48 | Poonam full moon; full-moon day | 64,920 | 89 | |
| 49 | Mamata affection; attachment | 63,452 | 87 | |
| 50 | Savita sun; the impeller | 63,351 | 87 |
Boys: people born in the 1960s
| Rank | Name and meaning | Records | Per 100,000 cohort records | Cohort shares, 1950s–1990s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram Rama; pleasing | 804,826 | 1,101 | |
| 2 | Suresh lord of the gods | 268,553 | 367 | |
| 3 | Ramesh Vishnu; lord of Rama (Lakshmi) | 243,695 | 333 | |
| 4 | Rajendra chief of kings; emperor | 243,548 | 333 | |
| 5 | Ashok free from sorrow | 239,493 | 327 | |
| 6 | Muhammad praised; praiseworthy | 227,558 | 311 | |
| 7 | Vijay victory; triumph | 176,578 | 241 | |
| 8 | Jagadish Vishnu; lord of the world | 174,941 | 239 | |
| 9 | Surendra chief of the gods; Indra | 155,783 | 213 | |
| 10 | Anil wind; air | 146,693 | 201 | |
| 11 | Vinod delight; recreation | 140,884 | 193 | |
| 12 | Rajesh lord of kings | 138,697 | 190 | |
| 13 | Abdul servant of the | 134,353 | 184 | |
| 14 | Mahendra great Indra | 130,710 | 179 | |
| 15 | Mohan Krishna; one who enchants | 122,591 | 168 | |
| 16 | Babu affectionate or respectful address | 122,159 | 167 | |
| 17 | Dinesh sun; lord of the day | 121,322 | 166 | |
| 18 | Kailash Kailash, the sacred mountain | 110,450 | 151 | |
| 19 | Shyam dark; Krishna | 108,266 | 148 | |
| 20 | Sanjay victory; victorious | 107,279 | 147 | |
| 21 | Shankar Shiva; maker of well-being | 106,747 | 146 | |
| 22 | Mahesh Shiva; great lord | 105,887 | 145 | |
| 23 | Raju king; familiar form of Raj | 101,870 | 139 | |
| 24 | Sunil deep blue; dark blue | 100,090 | 137 | |
| 25 | Jai victory | 98,782 | 135 | |
| 26 | Rakesh lord of the full moon | 97,918 | 134 | |
| 27 | Naresh king; lord of people | 96,009 | 131 | |
| 28 | Gopal Krishna; protector of cows | 94,404 | 129 | |
| 29 | Krishn Krishna; dark | 93,267 | 128 | |
| 30 | Hari Vishnu; Krishna; tawny or green | 92,134 | 126 | |
| 31 | Manoj born of the mind | 91,434 | 125 | |
| 32 | Subhash good speech; eloquent expression | 83,157 | 114 | |
| 33 | Madan love; passion; Kama | 80,793 | 110 | |
| 34 | Omaprakash light of Om | 79,767 | 109 | |
| 35 | Umesh Shiva; lord of Uma | 75,379 | 103 | |
| 36 | Ajay unconquered; invincible | 74,535 | 102 | |
| 37 | Prakash Light; radiance | 74,489 | 102 | |
| 38 | Rajkumar prince; king's son | 74,276 | 102 | |
| 39 | Radheshyam Radha and Krishna | 69,628 | 95 | |
| 40 | Arun reddish; colour of dawn | 69,214 | 95 | |
| 41 | Lal dear one; beloved son; red | 68,720 | 94 | |
| 42 | Narayan Vishnu; Narayana | 67,002 | 92 | |
| 43 | Pradeep lamp; illuminating light | 66,654 | 91 | |
| 44 | Pramod joy; delight | 66,134 | 90 | |
| 45 | Munna Little boy | 64,207 | 88 | |
| 46 | Dilip Dilipa, the ancestral king | 63,224 | 86 | |
| 47 | Arjun Arjuna; bright; clear | 61,525 | 84 | |
| 48 | Ramchandra Rama; moon-like Rama | 60,099 | 82 | |
| 49 | Satish Shiva; lord of Sati | 59,506 | 81 | |
| 50 | Ravindra lord of the sun; sun-chief | 57,833 | 79 |
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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.