Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1961

RankNameGender
1Sunday
100%
2Grace
100%
3Emmanuel
100%
4Mary
100%
5Samuel
100%
6Ibrahim
100%
7John
100%
8Elizabeth
100%
9Esther
100%
10Musa
100%
11Joseph
100%
12Victoria
100%
13Abubakar
100%
14Comfort
100%
15Aliyu
100%
16Felicia
100%
17Mohammed
100%
18Abdullahi
100%
19Taiwo
 
54%
20Peter
100%
21Adamu
100%
22Florence
100%
23Kehinde
 
59%
24James
100%
25Alice
100%
26Christiana
100%
27Maria
100%
28Usman
100%
29Janet
100%
30Umar
100%
31Michael
100%
32David
100%
33Muhammed
100%
34Godwin
100%
35Rose
100%
36Roseline
100%
37Anthony
100%
38Ngozi
100%
39Abiodun
72%
 
40Funmilayo
100%
41Mercy
100%
41Moses
100%
43Sani
100%
44Fatima
100%
45Paul
100%
46Muhammad
100%
47Cecilia
100%
48Daniel
100%
49Hassan
99%
 
50Iyabo
100%
51Idowu
50%
 
52Micheal
100%
53Aisha
100%
54Deborah
100%
55Tajudeen
100%
56Veronica
100%
57Agnes
100%
58Gabriel
100%
59Garba
98%
 
60Friday
100%
61Helen
100%
62Eunice
100%
63Christopher
100%
64Yusuf
100%
65Theresa
100%
66Regina
100%
67Isaac
100%
68Francis
100%
69Monday
100%
70Amina
100%
70Umaru
99%
 
72Jimoh
100%
72Josephine
100%
72Juliana
100%
75Rebecca
100%
76Beatrice
100%
77Blessing
100%
78Kayode
100%
79Solomon
100%
80Ali
100%
81Patrick
100%
81Samson
100%
83Bello
99%
 
84Haruna
100%
85Alhaji
98%
 
86Fatai
100%
87Titilayo
100%
88Augustine
100%
88Toyin
 
95%
90Isah
100%
90Johnson
100%
92Muhammadu
97%
 
93Patience
100%
94Babatunde
100%
95Stephen
100%
96Matthew
100%
97Charity
100%
97Modupe
100%
99Okon
89%
 
100Stella
100%