Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1957

RankNameGender
1Sunday
100%
2Emmanuel
100%
3Samuel
100%
4Grace
100%
5Joseph
100%
6John
100%
7Mary
100%
8Elizabeth
100%
9Victoria
100%
10Comfort
100%
11Esther
100%
12Musa
100%
13Florence
100%
14Hassan
99%
 
15Audu
97%
 
16Felicia
100%
17Ibrahim
100%
18Peter
100%
19James
100%
20Alice
100%
21David
100%
22Taiwo
 
54%
23Janet
100%
24Abubakar
100%
25Michael
100%
26Anthony
100%
27Maria
100%
27Mohammed
100%
29Moses
100%
30Godwin
100%
31Christiana
100%
32Rose
100%
33Abiodun
72%
 
34Abdullahi
100%
35Kehinde
 
59%
36Micheal
100%
37Usman
100%
38Gabriel
100%
39Isaac
100%
40Francis
100%
41Christopher
100%
42Adamu
100%
43Daniel
100%
44Eunice
100%
45Cecilia
100%
46Patrick
100%
47Simon
100%
47Tajudeen
100%
49Friday
100%
50Deborah
100%
51Johnson
100%
52Roseline
100%
53Paul
100%
54Funmilayo
100%
55Jimoh
100%
55Mercy
100%
57Agnes
100%
58Iyabo
100%
58Lydia
100%
60Augustine
100%
60Sadiq
100%
62Stephen
100%
63Juliana
100%
64Muhammed
100%
65Beatrice
100%
66Solomon
100%
67Idowu
50%
 
68Veronica
100%
69Aliyu
100%
70Theresa
100%
71Dorcas
100%
72Ngozi
100%
73Monday
100%
74Innocent
100%
75Muhammadu
97%
 
76Lawrence
100%
77Abdussalam
100%
78Samson
100%
79Ganiyu
100%
80Helen
100%
81Fatima
100%
82Okon
89%
 
83Victor
100%
84Racheal
100%
85Titilayo
100%
86Rebecca
100%
87Babatunde
100%
88Regina
100%
89Olusegun
100%
90Blessing
100%
91Yusuf
100%
92Patience
100%
93Felix
100%
94Kayode
100%
95Kudirat
100%
96Jacob
100%
97Sani
100%
98Stella
100%
99Garba
98%
 
100Fatai
100%