Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1960
| Rank | Name | Gender |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace | 100% |
| 2 | Mary | 100% |
| 3 | Aisha | 100% |
| 4 | Elizabeth | 100% |
| 5 | Comfort | 100% |
| 6 | Fatima | 100% |
| 7 | Esther | 100% |
| 8 | Emmanuel | 100% |
| 9 | Victoria | 100% |
| 10 | Hadiza | 100% |
| 11 | Alice | 100% |
| 12 | Amina | 100% |
| 13 | Felicia | 100% |
| 14 | Hauwa | 100% |
| 15 | Florence | 100% |
| 16 | Inno | 100% |
| 17 | Hauwau | 100% |
| 18 | Janet | 100% |
| 19 | Maria | 100% |
| 20 | Rabi | 97% |
| 21 | Aishatu | 100% |
| 22 | Ibrahim | 100% |
| 23 | Abubakar | 100% |
| 24 | Sunday | 100% |
| 25 | Musa | 100% |
| 26 | Abdullahi | 100% |
| 26 | Mohammed | 100% |
| 28 | Adamu | 100% |
| 29 | John | 100% |
| 30 | Joseph | 100% |
| 31 | Samuel | 100% |
| 32 | Usman | 100% |
| 33 | Muhammadu | 97% |
| 34 | Garba | 98% |
| 35 | Sani | 100% |
| 36 | Umaru | 99% |
| 37 | Muhammed | 100% |
| 38 | Aliyu | 100% |
| 39 | Peter | 100% |
| 40 | Muhammad | 100% |
| 41 | Umar | 100% |
| 42 | Rose | 100% |
| 43 | Bello | 99% |
| 44 | Taiwo | 54% |
| 45 | Christiana | 100% |
| 46 | James | 100% |
| 47 | Keith | 100% |
| 48 | Halima | 100% |
| 49 | Ali | 100% |
| 50 | Shehu | 99% |
| 51 | Hassan | 99% |
| 52 | Kehinde | 59% |
| 53 | Haruna | 100% |
| 54 | Yusuf | 100% |
| 55 | Alhaji | 98% |
| 56 | Cecilia | 100% |
| 57 | Roseline | 100% |
| 58 | Mercy | 100% |
| 59 | Agnes | 100% |
| 60 | Maryam | 100% |
| 61 | David | 100% |
| 62 | Moses | 100% |
| 63 | Isah | 100% |
| 64 | Iyabo | 100% |
| 65 | Theresa | 100% |
| 66 | Michael | 100% |
| 67 | Deborah | 100% |
| 68 | Veronica | 100% |
| 69 | Eunice | 100% |
| 70 | Zainab | 100% |
| 71 | Funmilayo | 100% |
| 72 | Friday | 100% |
| 73 | Ngozi | 100% |
| 74 | Daniel | 100% |
| 75 | Helen | 100% |
| 76 | Godwin | 100% |
| 77 | Regina | 100% |
| 78 | Juliana | 100% |
| 79 | Anthony | 100% |
| 80 | Jimoh | 100% |
| 81 | Sule | 99% |
| 82 | Yahaya | 100% |
| 83 | Eno | 93% |
| 84 | Micheal | 100% |
| 85 | Paul | 100% |
| 86 | Yakubu | 100% |
| 87 | Mariam | 100% |
| 88 | Audu | 97% |
| 89 | Monday | 100% |
| 90 | Idowu | 50% |
| 91 | Beatrice | 100% |
| 92 | Hajara | 100% |
| 93 | Blessing | 100% |
| 94 | Bala | 100% |
| 95 | Okon | 89% |
| 96 | Gabriel | 100% |
| 97 | Rebecca | 100% |
| 98 | Affiong | 100% |
| 99 | Charity | 100% |
| 100 | Idris | 100% |