Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1965

RankNameGender
1Grace
100%
2Mary
100%
3Elizabeth
100%
4Esther
100%
5Comfort
100%
6Victoria
100%
7Aisha
100%
8Fatima
100%
9Abubakar
100%
10Ibrahim
100%
11Sunday
100%
12Musa
100%
13Abdullahi
100%
14Mohammed
100%
15Emmanuel
100%
16Adamu
100%
17Sani
100%
18John
100%
19Samuel
100%
20Usman
100%
21Joseph
100%
22Muhammed
100%
23Bello
99%
 
24Aliyu
100%
25Taiwo
 
54%
26Felicia
100%
27Alice
100%
28Umaru
99%
 
29Muhammadu
97%
 
30Amina
100%
31Peter
100%
32Kehinde
 
59%
33Florence
100%
34Janet
100%
35Christiana
100%
36Hadiza
100%
37Maria
100%
38Umar
100%
39Muhammad
100%
40Haruna
100%
41Garba
98%
 
42James
100%
43Hassan
99%
 
44Ngozi
100%
45Rose
100%
46David
100%
47Yusuf
100%
48Helen
100%
49Hauwa
100%
50Mercy
100%
51Isah
100%
52Roseline
100%
53Isa
100%
54Aishatu
100%
55Shehu
99%
 
56Funmilayo
100%
57Godwin
100%
58Cecilia
100%
59Michael
100%
60Rabi
 
97%
61Blessing
100%
62Hauwau
100%
63Moses
100%
64Iyabo
100%
65Agnes
100%
66Friday
100%
67Daniel
100%
68Anthony
100%
69Ali
100%
70Theresa
100%
71Abiodun
72%
 
72Alhaji
98%
 
73Regina
100%
74Paul
100%
75Aminu
100%
76Idowu
50%
 
77Monday
100%
78Zainab
100%
79Halima
100%
80Inno
100%
81Deborah
100%
82Yahaya
100%
83Eno
 
93%
84Veronica
100%
85Yakubu
100%
86Maryam
100%
87Patience
100%
88Tajudeen
100%
89Idris
100%
90Juliana
100%
91Micheal
100%
92Toyin
 
95%
93Rebecca
100%
94Mariam
100%
95Eunice
100%
96Bala
100%
97Jimoh
100%
98Gabriel
100%
99Charity
100%
100Kolo
87%