Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1956

RankNameGender
1Sunday
100%
2Emmanuel
100%
3Grace
100%
4Samuel
100%
5Joseph
100%
6Elizabeth
100%
7Mary
100%
8John
100%
9Victoria
100%
10Ibrahim
100%
11Esther
100%
12Comfort
100%
13Adamu
100%
14Abubakar
100%
15Peter
100%
16Florence
100%
17Felicia
100%
18Musa
100%
19Juliana
100%
20Alice
100%
21James
100%
22Mohammed
100%
23Abdullahi
100%
24Christiana
100%
25David
100%
26Janet
100%
27Sule
99%
 
28Taiwo
 
54%
29Michael
100%
30Maria
100%
31Moses
100%
32Anthony
100%
33Godwin
100%
34Muhammed
100%
35Rose
100%
36Usman
100%
37Daniel
100%
38Kehinde
 
59%
39Micheal
100%
40Gabriel
100%
41Francis
100%
41Roseline
100%
43Adam
99%
 
44Christopher
100%
45Isaac
100%
46Paul
100%
47Mercy
100%
48Ali
100%
49Cecilia
100%
49Johnson
100%
51Sani
100%
52Hassan
99%
 
53Agnes
100%
54Eunice
100%
55Abiodun
72%
 
56Umar
100%
57Iyabo
100%
58Aliyu
100%
58Friday
100%
60Deborah
100%
60Tajudeen
100%
62Jimoh
100%
63Yusuf
100%
64Stephen
100%
65Funmilayo
100%
66Fatima
100%
67Theresa
100%
68Augustine
100%
69Ajoke
100%
69Veronica
100%
71Muhammad
100%
72Ngozi
100%
73Regina
100%
74Patrick
100%
75Monday
100%
76Idowu
50%
 
77Adebayo
99%
 
77Solomon
100%
79Haruna
100%
79Innocent
100%
81Beatrice
100%
82Samson
100%
83Garba
98%
 
83Umaru
99%
 
85Babatunde
100%
86Gana
100%
87Bello
99%
 
87Olusegun
100%
89Helen
100%
90Rebecca
100%
91Dorcas
100%
92Lawrence
100%
93Jacob
100%
93Josephine
100%
95Dauda
100%
96Ruth
100%
97Ganiyu
100%
98Muhammadu
97%
 
99Clement
100%
100Isiaka
100%