NAMES ACROSS GENERATIONS
Names of people born in the 1990s
Names of people born in each decade, from historical records of adults; not baby-name rankings.
Pooja and Muhammad lead the girls’ and boys’ lists for India’s 1990s 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 1990s
| Rank | Name and meaning | Records | Per 100,000 cohort records | Cohort shares, 1950s–1990s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pooja worship; honour | 680,764 | 733 | |
| 2 | Sunita well guided | 500,978 | 540 | |
| 3 | Anita Grace; Anna | 418,513 | 451 | |
| 4 | Mamata affection; attachment | 408,683 | 440 | |
| 5 | Seema boundary; limit | 380,671 | 410 | |
| 6 | Priyanka dear; beloved | 371,513 | 400 | |
| 7 | Poonam full moon; full-moon day | 367,443 | 396 | |
| 8 | Rekha line; streak | 349,762 | 377 | |
| 9 | Lakshmi good fortune; prosperity; Lakshmi | 337,601 | 364 | |
| 10 | Suman flower; well disposed | 326,053 | 351 | |
| 11 | Sangita music; singing together | 314,410 | 339 | |
| 12 | Aarti ritual offering of light | 312,640 | 337 | |
| 13 | Preeti love; affection | 294,759 | 317 | |
| 14 | Reena Joy; singing | 293,918 | 317 | |
| 15 | Jyoti light; radiance | 289,082 | 311 | |
| 16 | Gita song; sacred song | 247,434 | 266 | |
| 17 | Pinki Pinky | 242,085 | 261 | |
| 18 | Soni Golden; beautiful | 239,873 | 258 | |
| 19 | Kiran ray; beam of light | 236,591 | 255 | |
| 20 | Kavitha poetry; poem | 228,448 | 246 | |
| 21 | Sarita river; flowing stream | 223,286 | 240 | |
| 22 | Neha affection; love | 210,962 | 227 | |
| 23 | Nitu Familiar form of Nita or Neeti; guidance; right conduct | 192,179 | 207 | |
| 24 | Neelam sapphire; blue gemstone | 178,348 | 192 | |
| 25 | Manisha understanding; wisdom | 172,174 | 185 | |
| 26 | Savita sun; the impeller | 171,652 | 185 | |
| 27 | Meena fish | 168,820 | 182 | |
| 28 | Asha hope; wish | 168,264 | 181 | |
| 29 | Rani queen | 163,255 | 176 | |
| 30 | Nisa Women; night | 161,980 | 174 | |
| 31 | Renu dust; fine particle | 155,598 | 168 | |
| 32 | Rubi ruby | 153,080 | 165 | |
| 33 | Lalita playful; graceful; charming | 149,624 | 161 | |
| 34 | Radha Radha; success; accomplishment | 146,038 | 157 | |
| 35 | Pushpa flower; blossom | 144,083 | 155 | |
| 36 | Kumari girl; maiden | 142,490 | 153 | |
| 37 | Rita Pearl; cosmic order; truth | 142,447 | 153 | |
| 38 | Archana worship; honouring | 142,165 | 153 | |
| 39 | Rajani night | 133,280 | 144 | |
| 40 | Saroj lotus; born in a lake | 130,738 | 141 | |
| 41 | Reshama silk | 125,130 | 135 | |
| 42 | Anjali reverent greeting; joined hands | 124,552 | 134 | |
| 43 | Usha dawn | 124,324 | 134 | |
| 44 | Kanchan gold; golden | 120,309 | 130 | |
| 45 | Sapna dream | 119,585 | 129 | |
| 46 | Sita furrow; Sita of the Ramayana | 110,016 | 118 | |
| 47 | Anju Affectionate short form of Anjali or Anjana | 109,663 | 118 | |
| 48 | Susila of good conduct | 108,487 | 117 | |
| 49 | Priya dear; beloved | 107,114 | 115 | |
| 50 | Monika Monica; Saint Monica | 104,254 | 112 |
Boys: people born in the 1990s
| Rank | Name and meaning | Records | Per 100,000 cohort records | Cohort shares, 1950s–1990s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muhammad praised; praiseworthy | 660,609 | 711 | |
| 2 | Deepak lamp; light | 463,503 | 499 | |
| 3 | Sunil deep blue; dark blue | 444,383 | 479 | |
| 4 | Rahul Rahula, the name of the Buddha's son | 406,483 | 438 | |
| 5 | Mukesh Shiva | 387,274 | 417 | |
| 6 | Rajesh lord of kings | 369,603 | 398 | |
| 7 | Ajay unconquered; invincible | 365,057 | 393 | |
| 8 | Anil wind; air | 362,853 | 391 | |
| 9 | Amit unmeasured; boundless | 349,030 | 376 | |
| 10 | Jitendra conqueror of Indra | 343,063 | 369 | |
| 11 | Rakesh lord of the full moon | 333,060 | 359 | |
| 12 | Manoj born of the mind | 330,901 | 356 | |
| 13 | Sandeep kindled; illuminated | 327,406 | 353 | |
| 14 | Vikas unfolding; development | 322,413 | 347 | |
| 15 | Ravi sun | 313,168 | 337 | |
| 16 | Sanjay victory; victorious | 292,962 | 315 | |
| 17 | Ram Rama; pleasing | 285,107 | 307 | |
| 18 | Dinesh sun; lord of the day | 269,822 | 291 | |
| 19 | Vijay victory; triumph | 266,023 | 286 | |
| 20 | Pradeep lamp; illuminating light | 259,563 | 280 | |
| 21 | Rohit red; reddish | 259,447 | 279 | |
| 22 | Pavan wind; purifier | 243,106 | 262 | |
| 23 | Raju king; familiar form of Raj | 236,425 | 255 | |
| 24 | Manish mind; understanding | 236,233 | 254 | |
| 25 | Pankaj lotus; born in mud | 235,637 | 254 | |
| 26 | Vinod delight; recreation | 227,710 | 245 | |
| 27 | Ashok free from sorrow | 201,978 | 218 | |
| 28 | Suresh lord of the gods | 193,124 | 208 | |
| 29 | Ramesh Vishnu; lord of Rama (Lakshmi) | 187,991 | 202 | |
| 30 | Ashish blessing; benediction | 186,708 | 201 | |
| 31 | Abhishek anointing; consecration | 184,224 | 198 | |
| 32 | Suraj sun | 183,248 | 197 | |
| 33 | Ankit marked; inscribed | 177,343 | 191 | |
| 34 | Aravind lotus | 161,241 | 174 | |
| 35 | Arun reddish; colour of dawn | 159,971 | 172 | |
| 36 | Dharmendra lord of dharma; lord of justice | 159,223 | 171 | |
| 37 | Dilip Dilipa, the ancestral king | 155,528 | 167 | |
| 38 | Chandan sandalwood | 153,938 | 166 | |
| 39 | Mahesh Shiva; great lord | 151,524 | 163 | |
| 40 | Mahendra great Indra | 150,367 | 162 | |
| 41 | Subham auspiciousness; good | 148,896 | 160 | |
| 42 | Kuldeep lamp of the family | 147,592 | 159 | |
| 43 | Praveen skilled; proficient | 147,509 | 159 | |
| 44 | Surendra chief of the gods; Indra | 143,516 | 155 | |
| 45 | Pramod joy; delight | 138,112 | 149 | |
| 46 | Ajit unconquered | 137,314 | 148 | |
| 47 | Rajendra chief of kings; emperor | 136,003 | 146 | |
| 48 | Arjun Arjuna; bright; clear | 134,907 | 145 | |
| 49 | Sachin Shachindra; Indra, lord of Shachi | 134,536 | 145 | |
| 50 | Akash sky; open space | 133,908 | 144 |
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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.