Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1939

RankNameGender
1Samuel
100%
2Joseph
100%
3Sunday
100%
4Emmanuel
100%
5John
100%
6Grace
100%
7Comfort
100%
8Alice
100%
9Esther
100%
10Mary
100%
11James
100%
12Victoria
100%
13Felicia
100%
14Elizabeth
100%
15Florence
100%
16Moses
100%
17Michael
100%
18Peter
100%
19David
100%
20Gabriel
100%
21Ibrahim
100%
22Janet
100%
23Micheal
100%
24Eunice
100%
25Maria
100%
26Dorcas
100%
26Jacob
100%
28Ezekiel
100%
29Daniel
100%
30Solomon
100%
31Abubakar
100%
31Isaac
100%
31Johnson
100%
34Okon
89%
 
35Anthony
100%
35Francis
100%
35Jimoh
100%
38Augustine
100%
39Godwin
100%
39Musa
100%
39Stephen
100%
42Amos
100%
42Julius
100%
44Christopher
100%
44Lawrence
100%
46Christiana
100%
46Deborah
100%
48Paul
100%
48Taiwo
 
54%
50Ganiyu
100%
50Juliana
100%
52Agnes
100%
53Lateef
100%
54Beatrice
100%
54Mathew
100%
56Joshua
100%
56Samson
100%
58Muhammadu
97%
 
59Usman
100%
60Racheal
100%
60Rose
100%
62Adamu
100%
62Adebayo
99%
 
62Mercy
100%
62Rebecca
100%
66Aisha
100%
67Garba
98%
 
67Mohammed
100%
69Akpan
89%
 
69Friday
100%
71Patrick
100%
71Regina
100%
73Idowu
50%
 
74Effiong
88%
 
74George
100%
76Ruth
100%
77Cecilia
100%
77Monday
100%
77Muhammed
100%
77Ojo
100%
77Umaru
99%
 
82Fatai
100%
82Sarah
100%
82Timothy
100%
85Abdullahi
100%
85Udo
88%
 
87Clement
100%
87Lydia
100%
89Amina
100%
89Benjamin
100%
89Fatima
100%
89Hannah
100%
89Rasheed
100%
94Kalu
88%
 
95Bassey
78%
 
95Kehinde
 
59%
95Roseline
100%
95Rufus
100%
99Bello
99%
 
100Babatunde
100%