Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1958

RankNameGender
1Sunday
100%
2Emmanuel
100%
3Grace
100%
4John
100%
5Joseph
100%
6Samuel
100%
7Mary
100%
8Elizabeth
100%
9Victoria
100%
10Comfort
100%
11Esther
100%
12Ibrahim
100%
13Florence
100%
14Felicia
100%
14Peter
100%
16James
100%
17Abubakar
100%
18Alice
100%
19Taiwo
 
54%
20Musa
100%
21Mohammed
100%
22David
100%
23Janet
100%
24Michael
100%
25Godwin
100%
26Christiana
100%
27Maria
100%
28Abdullahi
100%
29Usman
100%
30Anthony
100%
31Micheal
100%
32Kehinde
 
59%
33Moses
100%
34Adamu
100%
35Daniel
100%
36Christopher
100%
37Friday
100%
38Rose
100%
39Umaru
99%
 
40Gabriel
100%
41Cecilia
100%
42Paul
100%
43Roseline
100%
44Abiodun
72%
 
45Tajudeen
100%
46Francis
100%
47Isaac
100%
48Jimoh
100%
49Mercy
100%
50Augustine
100%
51Muhammed
100%
52Theresa
100%
53Eunice
100%
54Agnes
100%
55Ngozi
100%
56Solomon
100%
57Patrick
100%
58Veronica
100%
59Deborah
100%
60Iyabo
100%
61Monday
100%
62Beatrice
100%
63Stephen
100%
63Yusuf
100%
65Helen
100%
66Funmilayo
100%
67Idowu
50%
 
68Innocent
100%
69Johnson
100%
70Isiaka
100%
71Juliana
100%
72Fatima
100%
73Samson
100%
74Regina
100%
75Aliyu
100%
76Okon
89%
 
77Josephine
100%
78Blessing
100%
79Kayode
100%
80Sani
100%
81Charity
100%
82Jacob
100%
83Dorcas
100%
84Olusegun
100%
85Ganiyu
100%
85Garba
98%
 
87Justina
100%
87Patience
100%
89Hassan
99%
 
90Babatunde
100%
91Felix
100%
92Muhammadu
97%
 
93Fatai
100%
94Simon
100%
95Bello
99%
 
96Rebecca
100%
97Umar
100%
98Lawrence
100%
99Mathew
100%
100Muhammad
100%