Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1948

RankNameGender
1Joseph
100%
2Samuel
100%
3Sunday
100%
4Emmanuel
100%
5Grace
100%
6John
100%
7Comfort
100%
8Mary
100%
9Esther
100%
10Victoria
100%
11Felicia
100%
12Florence
100%
13Elizabeth
100%
14Alice
100%
15James
100%
16Peter
100%
17Solomon
100%
18David
100%
19Michael
100%
20Gabriel
100%
21Janet
100%
22Ibrahim
100%
23Yaya
98%
 
24Mohammed
100%
25Moses
100%
26Micheal
100%
27Maria
100%
28Christopher
100%
29Christiana
100%
30Jimoh
100%
31Johnson
100%
32Cecilia
100%
33Abubakar
100%
34Godwin
100%
35Isaac
100%
36Taiwo
 
54%
37Anthony
100%
38Eunice
100%
39Deborah
100%
39Musa
100%
41Rose
100%
42Francis
100%
43Beatrice
100%
44Okon
89%
 
45Roseline
100%
46Agnes
100%
47Paul
100%
48Daniel
100%
49Patrick
100%
50Lawrence
100%
50Stephen
100%
52Mercy
100%
53Friday
100%
54Ganiyu
100%
55Jacob
100%
56Ezekiel
100%
57Kehinde
 
59%
58Usman
100%
59Juliana
100%
60Dorcas
100%
61Adamu
100%
61Theresa
100%
63Augustine
100%
64Abdullahi
100%
65Tajudeen
100%
66Amos
100%
67Idowu
50%
 
67Muhammadu
97%
 
69Veronica
100%
70Adebayo
99%
 
71Julius
100%
71Regina
100%
73Abiodun
72%
 
74Racheal
100%
75Rebecca
100%
76Joshua
100%
77Samson
100%
78Babatunde
100%
79Umaru
99%
 
80Clement
100%
80Fatima
100%
80Yusuf
100%
83Mathew
100%
84Fatai
100%
84Iyabo
100%
86Muhammed
100%
87Lateef
100%
87Sule
99%
 
89Monday
100%
90Olusegun
100%
91Modupe
100%
92Innocent
100%
93Effiong
88%
 
94Saka
100%
95Akpan
89%
 
96Helen
100%
97Felix
100%
98Sarah
100%
99Benjamin
100%
99Timothy
100%