Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1979

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