Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1971

RankNameGender
1Olufemi
100%
2Sunday
100%
3Ibrahim
100%
4Emmanuel
100%
5Abubakar
100%
6John
100%
7Mary
100%
8Grace
100%
9Abdullahi
100%
10Musa
100%
11Esther
100%
12Samuel
100%
13Taiwo
 
54%
14Kehinde
 
59%
15Mohammed
100%
16Joseph
100%
17Victoria
100%
18Elizabeth
100%
19Adamu
100%
20Usman
100%
21Ngozi
100%
22Blessing
100%
23Peter
100%
24Aliyu
100%
25Muhammed
100%
26Sani
100%
27Comfort
100%
28Abiodun
72%
 
28Muhammad
100%
30Umar
100%
31Bello
99%
 
32Toyin
 
95%
33Aisha
100%
34Fatima
100%
35Yusuf
100%
36Felicia
100%
37Funmilayo
100%
38Florence
100%
39James
100%
40David
100%
41Christiana
100%
42Mercy
100%
43Paul
100%
44Friday
100%
45Idowu
50%
 
46Garba
98%
 
47Bala
100%
48Victor
100%
49Anthony
100%
50Daniel
100%
51Iyabo
100%
52Michael
100%
53Akeem
100%
54Hassan
99%
 
55Rose
100%
56Moses
100%
57Haruna
100%
57Joy
100%
59Janet
100%
60Emeka
100%
61Godwin
100%
62Salisu
100%
63Patience
100%
64Helen
100%
64Wasiu
100%
66Kayode
100%
66Monday
100%
68Yakubu
100%
69Ayodele
80%
 
70Chinyere
100%
71Idris
100%
72Roseline
100%
73Abosede
100%
74Stella
100%
75Francis
100%
76Alice
100%
76Maria
100%
76Rabiu
100%
79Babatunde
100%
80Amina
100%
80Aminu
100%
82Ali
100%
83Oluwatoyin
 
96%
84Micheal
100%
85Yahaya
100%
86Bose
100%
87Kabiru
100%
88Kazeem
100%
89Deborah
100%
90Segun
100%
91Ikechukwu
100%
92Christopher
100%
92Stephen
100%
94Tajudeen
100%
95Isah
100%
96Fatai
100%
97Ruth
100%
98Shehu
99%
 
99Ijeoma
100%
100Gbenga
100%