Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1949

RankNameGender
1Sunday
100%
2Samuel
100%
3Emmanuel
100%
4Joseph
100%
5John
100%
6Mary
100%
7Grace
100%
8Comfort
100%
9Victoria
100%
10Esther
100%
11Elizabeth
100%
12Alice
100%
13Felicia
100%
14Florence
100%
15James
100%
16Peter
100%
17Ibrahim
100%
18Nana
 
84%
19David
100%
20Janet
100%
21Michael
100%
22Moses
100%
23Gabriel
100%
24Maria
100%
25Abubakar
100%
26Godwin
100%
27Christiana
100%
28Micheal
100%
29Francis
100%
30Daniel
100%
30Rose
100%
32Taiwo
 
54%
33Abdullahi
100%
34Friday
100%
35Anthony
100%
36Isaac
100%
37Deborah
100%
38Johnson
100%
39Jimoh
100%
39Mohammed
100%
41Eunice
100%
42Musa
100%
43Agnes
100%
44Patrick
100%
44Paul
100%
46Christopher
100%
47Muhammadu
97%
 
48Beatrice
100%
49Stephen
100%
50Solomon
100%
51Kehinde
 
59%
52Okon
89%
 
53Augustine
100%
54Adamu
100%
54Mercy
100%
56Dorcas
100%
57Cecilia
100%
58Jacob
100%
59Lawrence
100%
60Roseline
100%
61Juliana
100%
62Veronica
100%
63Theresa
100%
64Ganiyu
100%
64Usman
100%
66Monday
100%
67Rebecca
100%
68Samson
100%
69Yusuf
100%
70Funmilayo
100%
71Ezekiel
100%
71Julius
100%
73Regina
100%
74Idowu
50%
 
75Abiodun
72%
 
76Tajudeen
100%
77Joshua
100%
78Mathew
100%
79Clement
100%
80Garba
98%
 
81Babatunde
100%
81Effiong
88%
 
83Aisha
100%
83Umaru
99%
 
85Fatima
100%
85Muhammed
100%
87Innocent
100%
87Racheal
100%
89Aliyu
100%
90Akpan
89%
 
90Ruth
100%
92Amos
100%
93Sarah
100%
94Felix
100%
94Helen
100%
96Benjamin
100%
97Olusegun
100%
98Fatai
100%
99Adebayo
99%
 
99Modupe
100%