NAME TOOLS
How Rare Is My Name?
This tool shows how often a name appears in historical Indian electoral-roll records, chiefly of adults, and where it ranks among the names in this reference.
To protect privacy, a count under 100 is never displayed: the tool says fewer than 100 instead. These are historical aggregates, not a baby-name ranking or a census of all names in India.
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How to use it
- Type a name and choose it from the suggestions.
- Read the count and rank, and the nearest ranked names.
- Open the name page for state and birth-decade charts.
Sample results
The ten most-recorded names in this reference. Counts under 100 are never shown; such names read “fewer than 100”.
| Rank | Name | Historical records |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ram | 33,90,014 |
| #2 | Sunita | 25,22,569 |
| #3 | Muhammad | 20,60,742 |
| #4 | Rajesh | 17,48,849 |
| #5 | Anita | 17,40,975 |
| #6 | Gita | 16,77,834 |
| #7 | Lakshmi | 15,65,718 |
| #8 | Sunil | 14,44,579 |
| #9 | Manoj | 14,06,123 |
| #10 | Sanjay | 14,00,279 |