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20 Most Common Indonesian Names

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Ricky Mohammad Nugraha

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Petir Garda Bhwana

2 February 2023 10:24 WIB

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A name is used to determine a person’s identity and differentiate from other individuals, however, it is not uncommon to find thousands of people sharing the same name. 

Zudan Arif Fakrulloh, who is the Home Affairs Ministry’s Director General of the Department of Population and Civil Registration,  through a TikTok post revealed the list of Indonesia’s most popularly used names. 

Posted under his social media name @zudanariffakrulloh, Fakrulloh shared the 20 most popular names for males and females in Indonesia. 

Most Common Male Names

  1. Sutrisno
  2. Slamet
  3. Mulyadi
  4. Herman
  5. Supardi
  6. Ismail
  7. Suprianto
  8. Suparman
  9. Junaidi
  10. Wahyudi

Most Common Female Names:

  1. Nurhayati
  2. Sulastri
  3. Sumiati
  4. Sri Wahyuni
  5. Sumarni
  6. Sunarti
  7. Siti Aminah
  8. Aminah
  9. Ernawati
  10. Kartini

It should be noted that the list of popular names is prominent among the older generation, which is rarely found in the millennial and gen Z generations. This widely opens the possibility that the trend may shift in the future.

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