NAMES ACROSS GENERATIONS
Names of people born in the 1970s
Names of people born in each decade, from historical records of adults; not baby-name rankings.
Sunita and Ram lead the girls’ and boys’ lists for India’s 1970s 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 1970s
| Rank | Name and meaning | Records | Per 100,000 cohort records | Cohort shares, 1950s–1990s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunita well guided | 722,035 | 729 | |
| 2 | Gita song; sacred song | 482,354 | 487 | |
| 3 | Anita Grace; Anna | 438,962 | 443 | |
| 4 | Meena fish | 352,410 | 356 | |
| 5 | Lakshmi good fortune; prosperity; Lakshmi | 321,301 | 324 | |
| 6 | Rekha line; streak | 307,813 | 311 | |
| 7 | Usha dawn | 304,163 | 307 | |
| 8 | Asha hope; wish | 278,959 | 282 | |
| 9 | Mamata affection; attachment | 270,745 | 273 | |
| 10 | Susila of good conduct | 262,792 | 265 | |
| 11 | Seema boundary; limit | 242,680 | 245 | |
| 12 | Suman flower; well disposed | 231,916 | 234 | |
| 13 | Saroj lotus; born in a lake | 219,587 | 222 | |
| 14 | Rita Pearl; cosmic order; truth | 215,322 | 217 | |
| 15 | Kamala lotus; Lakshmi | 210,845 | 213 | |
| 16 | Munni Little girl | 209,407 | 211 | |
| 17 | Pushpa flower; blossom | 207,190 | 209 | |
| 18 | Mira Mirabai, the Krishna bhakti poet | 205,600 | 208 | |
| 19 | Poonam full moon; full-moon day | 202,186 | 204 | |
| 20 | Kiran ray; beam of light | 201,031 | 203 | |
| 21 | Sangita music; singing together | 198,501 | 200 | |
| 22 | Sheela conduct; character | 193,832 | 196 | |
| 23 | Nirmala spotless; pure | 189,571 | 191 | |
| 24 | Sita furrow; Sita of the Ramayana | 182,132 | 184 | |
| 25 | Neelam sapphire; blue gemstone | 173,470 | 175 | |
| 26 | Manju lovely; pleasing | 166,839 | 168 | |
| 27 | Vimala stainless; pure | 158,475 | 160 | |
| 28 | Lalita playful; graceful; charming | 156,616 | 158 | |
| 29 | Santhi peace; tranquillity | 156,046 | 157 | |
| 30 | Savitri belonging to Savitr; Savitri | 153,400 | 155 | |
| 31 | Reena Joy; singing | 151,528 | 153 | |
| 32 | Savita sun; the impeller | 150,422 | 152 | |
| 33 | Rani queen | 148,941 | 150 | |
| 34 | Sarita river; flowing stream | 145,933 | 147 | |
| 35 | Radha Radha; success; accomplishment | 143,922 | 145 | |
| 36 | Renu dust; fine particle | 140,269 | 142 | |
| 37 | Maya illusion; creative appearance | 139,978 | 141 | |
| 38 | Urmila wave-related; full of waves | 138,562 | 140 | |
| 39 | Malti jasmine; fragrant flowering creeper | 138,358 | 140 | |
| 40 | Pramila Pramila; closing the eyes | 129,243 | 130 | |
| 41 | Sumitra good friend | 128,759 | 130 | |
| 42 | Parvati daughter of the mountain; Parvati | 107,513 | 109 | |
| 43 | Shakuntala protected by birds; Shakuntala | 106,196 | 107 | |
| 44 | Leela play; divine play | 102,828 | 104 | |
| 45 | Kusum flower; blossom | 101,381 | 102 | |
| 46 | Subha auspicious; beautiful | 99,564 | 100 | |
| 47 | Sudha nectar; ambrosia | 97,351 | 98 | |
| 48 | Uma Uma; Parvati | 96,380 | 97 | |
| 49 | Rajani night | 92,850 | 94 | |
| 50 | Sushama beauty; splendour | 92,598 | 93 |
Boys: people born in the 1970s
| Rank | Name and meaning | Records | Per 100,000 cohort records | Cohort shares, 1950s–1990s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram Rama; pleasing | 697,679 | 704 | |
| 2 | Rajesh lord of kings | 514,647 | 519 | |
| 3 | Sanjay victory; victorious | 445,832 | 450 | |
| 4 | Manoj born of the mind | 392,881 | 397 | |
| 5 | Muhammad praised; praiseworthy | 362,222 | 366 | |
| 6 | Suresh lord of the gods | 357,738 | 361 | |
| 7 | Ashok free from sorrow | 348,081 | 351 | |
| 8 | Ramesh Vishnu; lord of Rama (Lakshmi) | 339,657 | 343 | |
| 9 | Vinod delight; recreation | 324,339 | 327 | |
| 10 | Anil wind; air | 302,863 | 306 | |
| 11 | Sunil deep blue; dark blue | 298,640 | 301 | |
| 12 | Vijay victory; triumph | 287,974 | 291 | |
| 13 | Rajendra chief of kings; emperor | 267,383 | 270 | |
| 14 | Dinesh sun; lord of the day | 258,718 | 261 | |
| 15 | Rakesh lord of the full moon | 255,982 | 258 | |
| 16 | Mukesh Shiva | 227,702 | 230 | |
| 17 | Raju king; familiar form of Raj | 223,699 | 226 | |
| 18 | Surendra chief of the gods; Indra | 206,047 | 208 | |
| 19 | Ajay unconquered; invincible | 201,529 | 203 | |
| 20 | Mahendra great Indra | 177,395 | 179 | |
| 21 | Mahesh Shiva; great lord | 170,455 | 172 | |
| 22 | Jagadish Vishnu; lord of the world | 161,323 | 163 | |
| 23 | Abdul servant of the | 158,997 | 160 | |
| 24 | Pramod joy; delight | 156,957 | 158 | |
| 25 | Jitendra conqueror of Indra | 145,309 | 147 | |
| 26 | Naresh king; lord of people | 144,470 | 146 | |
| 27 | Babu affectionate or respectful address | 143,455 | 145 | |
| 28 | Pradeep lamp; illuminating light | 141,625 | 143 | |
| 29 | Umesh Shiva; lord of Uma | 137,679 | 139 | |
| 30 | Dilip Dilipa, the ancestral king | 134,576 | 136 | |
| 31 | Mohan Krishna; one who enchants | 129,597 | 131 | |
| 32 | Rajkumar prince; king's son | 128,592 | 130 | |
| 33 | Shyam dark; Krishna | 124,992 | 126 | |
| 34 | Kailash Kailash, the sacred mountain | 124,722 | 126 | |
| 35 | Pavan wind; purifier | 122,812 | 124 | |
| 36 | Jai victory | 122,666 | 124 | |
| 37 | Subhash good speech; eloquent expression | 121,987 | 123 | |
| 38 | Shankar Shiva; maker of well-being | 114,948 | 116 | |
| 39 | Gopal Krishna; protector of cows | 114,127 | 115 | |
| 40 | Sanjiv reviving; bringing to life | 113,884 | 115 | |
| 41 | Arun reddish; colour of dawn | 113,398 | 114 | |
| 42 | Aravind lotus | 113,316 | 114 | |
| 43 | Satish Shiva; lord of Sati | 112,341 | 113 | |
| 44 | Krishn Krishna; dark | 110,213 | 111 | |
| 45 | Rajeev blue lotus | 108,989 | 110 | |
| 46 | Prakash Light; radiance | 108,056 | 109 | |
| 47 | Deepak lamp; light | 103,601 | 105 | |
| 48 | Munna Little boy | 102,887 | 104 | |
| 49 | Ravindra lord of the sun; sun-chief | 102,860 | 104 | |
| 50 | Omaprakash light of Om | 91,009 | 92 |
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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.