Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1947

RankNameGender
1Joseph
100%
2Samuel
100%
3Sunday
100%
4Emmanuel
100%
5John
100%
6Comfort
100%
7Grace
100%
8Anthony
100%
9Victoria
100%
10Mary
100%
11Esther
100%
12Felicia
100%
13Alice
100%
14Florence
100%
15Ibrahim
100%
16Elizabeth
100%
17James
100%
18Peter
100%
19David
100%
19Janet
100%
21Michael
100%
22Moses
100%
23Maria
100%
24Gabriel
100%
25Micheal
100%
26Godwin
100%
27Christiana
100%
28Deborah
100%
29Isaac
100%
30Jimoh
100%
31Johnson
100%
32Francis
100%
33Eunice
100%
34Daniel
100%
35Christopher
100%
36Rose
100%
37Abubakar
100%
38Dorcas
100%
39Juliana
100%
40Cecilia
100%
41Beatrice
100%
42Mercy
100%
42Paul
100%
44Musa
100%
45Ganiyu
100%
46Friday
100%
47Taiwo
 
54%
48Agnes
100%
48Jacob
100%
48Solomon
100%
48Stephen
100%
52Kehinde
 
59%
53Roseline
100%
54Patrick
100%
55Samson
100%
56Theresa
100%
57Augustine
100%
58Racheal
100%
59Mohammed
100%
60Lawrence
100%
61Okon
89%
 
62Julius
100%
63Sarah
100%
64Ezekiel
100%
65Usman
100%
66Rebecca
100%
67Monday
100%
68Mathew
100%
69Abdullahi
100%
70Clement
100%
71Veronica
100%
72Innocent
100%
73Adebayo
99%
 
73Rafatu
100%
75Iyabo
100%
76Amos
100%
77Regina
100%
78Idowu
50%
 
78Umaru
99%
 
80Sariyu
100%
81Adamu
100%
82Lateef
100%
83Joshua
100%
84Kalu
88%
 
85Ruth
100%
86Effiong
88%
 
87Muhammadu
97%
 
88Felix
100%
88Josephine
100%
90Abiodun
72%
 
91Lydia
100%
92Helen
100%
92Simon
100%
94Tajudeen
100%
95Rachael
100%
96Modupe
100%
97Pius
100%
97Timothy
100%
99Benjamin
100%
100Yusuf
100%