Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1953

RankNameGender
1Sunday
100%
2Emmanuel
100%
3Samuel
100%
4Grace
100%
5Joseph
100%
6John
100%
7Mary
100%
8Elizabeth
100%
9Comfort
100%
10Victoria
100%
11Esther
100%
12Florence
100%
13Ibrahim
100%
14Abubakar
100%
15Felicia
100%
16Peter
100%
17Alice
100%
18James
100%
19Mohammed
100%
20Musa
100%
21Janet
100%
22David
100%
23Abdullahi
100%
23Muhammadu
97%
 
25Maria
100%
26Christiana
100%
27Rose
100%
28Anthony
100%
28Michael
100%
30Adamu
100%
31Usman
100%
32Moses
100%
33Cecilia
100%
33Godwin
100%
35Taiwo
 
54%
36Agnes
100%
37Gabriel
100%
38Roseline
100%
39Isaac
100%
40Umaru
99%
 
41Paul
100%
42Micheal
100%
43Francis
100%
44Christopher
100%
45Mercy
100%
46Jimoh
100%
47Eunice
100%
48Stephen
100%
49Beatrice
100%
50Garba
98%
 
51Abiodun
72%
 
51Patrick
100%
53Deborah
100%
54Kehinde
 
59%
55Aliyu
100%
56Daniel
100%
57Juliana
100%
57Muhammed
100%
59Theresa
100%
60Iyabo
100%
61Fatima
100%
61Veronica
100%
63Johnson
100%
64Sani
100%
65Funmilayo
100%
66Friday
100%
66Hassan
99%
 
68Solomon
100%
69Tajudeen
100%
70Rebecca
100%
71Augustine
100%
72Ngozi
100%
73Bello
99%
 
73Samson
100%
75Yahaya
100%
76Helen
100%
77Monday
100%
78Aisha
100%
79Josephine
100%
79Okon
89%
 
81Dorcas
100%
82Muhammad
100%
83Idowu
50%
 
84Lawrence
100%
85Jacob
100%
86Yusuf
100%
87Ganiyu
100%
88Patience
100%
88Regina
100%
90Amina
100%
90Charity
100%
92Julius
100%
92Sarah
100%
94Ali
100%
95Ruth
100%
96Felix
100%
96Haruna
100%
96Racheal
100%
99Hauwa
100%
100Joshua
100%