Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1974

RankNameGender
1Mary
100%
2Esther
100%
3Taiwo
 
54%
4Grace
100%
5Kehinde
 
59%
6Blessing
100%
7Victoria
100%
8Sunday
100%
9Gbenga
100%
10Augustus
100%
11Emmanuel
100%
12Ibrahim
100%
13Abubakar
100%
14John
100%
15Samuel
100%
16Musa
100%
17Olalekan
100%
18Abdullahi
100%
19Joseph
100%
20Mohammed
100%
21Elizabeth
100%
22Ngozi
100%
23Rose
100%
24Peter
100%
25Adamu
100%
26Usman
100%
27James
100%
28Sani
100%
29Aisha
100%
30Comfort
100%
31Abiodun
72%
 
32Joy
100%
33Fatima
100%
34Toyin
 
95%
35Victor
100%
36Daniel
100%
37Muhammed
100%
38Mercy
100%
39David
100%
40Godwin
100%
41Friday
100%
42Funmilayo
100%
43Aliyu
100%
44Chinyere
100%
45Idowu
50%
 
46Umar
100%
47Akeem
100%
48Christiana
100%
49Emeka
100%
50Moses
100%
51Yusuf
100%
52Florence
100%
53Anthony
100%
54Felicia
100%
55Paul
100%
56Wasiu
100%
57Muhammad
100%
58Patience
100%
59Michael
100%
60Amina
100%
61Monday
100%
62Helen
100%
63Iyabo
100%
64Kazeem
100%
65Hassan
99%
 
66Hadiza
100%
67Stella
100%
68Bello
99%
 
69Bose
100%
70Adetiba
100%
71Oluwatoyin
 
96%
72Janet
100%
73Abosede
100%
74Alice
100%
75Francis
100%
76Maria
100%
77Musiliu
90%
 
78Solomon
100%
79Glory
100%
80Shehu
99%
 
81Uche
67%
 
82Charity
100%
83Babatunde
100%
84Ikechukwu
100%
85Micheal
100%
86Kabiru
100%
87Rebecca
100%
88Sarah
100%
89Saheed
100%
90Zainab
100%
91Deborah
100%
92Ifeanyi
98%
 
93Haruna
100%
94Muhammadu
97%
 
95Kayode
100%
96Segun
100%
97Bukola
 
98%
98Ruth
100%
99Garba
98%
 
100Temitope
 
76%