Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1959

RankNameGender
1Sunday
100%
2Emmanuel
100%
3Grace
100%
4Samuel
100%
5John
100%
6Joseph
100%
7Mary
100%
8Elizabeth
100%
9Victoria
100%
10Esther
100%
11Comfort
100%
12Peter
100%
13Ibrahim
100%
14Felicia
100%
15Florence
100%
16Abubakar
100%
17James
100%
18Musa
100%
19Abdullahi
100%
20Alice
100%
21Janet
100%
22Godwin
100%
23Christiana
100%
24Taiwo
 
54%
25David
100%
26Michael
100%
27Anthony
100%
28Mohammed
100%
29Maria
100%
30Moses
100%
31Kehinde
 
59%
32Rose
100%
33Daniel
100%
34Adamu
100%
35Christopher
100%
36Gabriel
100%
37Francis
100%
38Usman
100%
39Friday
100%
40Micheal
100%
41Cecilia
100%
42Eunice
100%
43Isaac
100%
43Mercy
100%
43Paul
100%
46Roseline
100%
47Abiodun
72%
 
48Agnes
100%
49Theresa
100%
50Sani
100%
51Stephen
100%
52Aliyu
100%
53Ngozi
100%
54Funmilayo
100%
55Patrick
100%
56Veronica
100%
57Helen
100%
58Augustine
100%
59Monday
100%
60Muhammadu
97%
 
61Fatai
100%
62Tajudeen
100%
63Johnson
100%
64Deborah
100%
65Muhammed
100%
65Solomon
100%
67Regina
100%
68Iyabo
100%
68Jimoh
100%
70Hassan
99%
 
70Okon
89%
 
72Umar
100%
73Patience
100%
74Muhammad
100%
75Idowu
50%
 
76Beatrice
100%
77Victor
100%
78Garba
98%
 
79Aisha
100%
80Charity
100%
81Josephine
100%
82Bello
99%
 
83Juliana
100%
84Innocent
100%
85Stella
100%
86Fatima
100%
87Olusegun
100%
88Yusuf
100%
89Umaru
99%
 
90Effiong
88%
 
91Lamba
98%
 
92Charles
100%
93Rebecca
100%
94Felix
100%
94Modupe
100%
96Justina
100%
97Blessing
100%
98Samson
100%
99Kayode
100%
99Patricia
100%