“What is in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare’s famous quote is a cliché – a tired, stale phrase or idiom that, because of overuse, has lost its impact.

Names matter. A name identifies us. It does so much more: it is our public face.

Over the last five decades, MGIMS enrolled 3478 medical students. Which names could make it to the list of top 10 first names in Sevagram? My curiosity got the better of me, and I delved deep in the spreadsheet to figure out which names occupy the top 10 rungs of the names ladder.

Here is a list of top 10. From the baby boomer to the post-millennial generations, names have constantly evolved. Will the alpha generation— those born after 2010— like these names? Only time will tell.