Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1980

RankNameGender
1Musa
100%
2Ibrahim
100%
3Abubakar
100%
4Sani
100%
5Umar
100%
6Aisha
100%
7Mohammed
100%
8Muhammed
100%
9Fatima
100%
10Yusuf
100%
11Garba
98%
 
12Abdullahi
100%
13Amina
100%
14Mary
100%
15Blessing
100%
16Adamu
100%
17Usman
100%
18Esther
100%
19Ali
100%
20Aliyu
100%
21Grace
100%
22Hadiza
100%
23Sunday
100%
24Taiwo
 
54%
25Kehinde
 
59%
26Zainab
100%
27Hauwa
100%
28Maryam
100%
29Joy
100%
30Yakubu
100%
31Rabi
 
97%
32Victoria
100%
33Abiodun
72%
 
34Ngozi
100%
35Elizabeth
100%
36Mercy
100%
37Toyin
 
95%
38Hauwau
100%
39Nana
 
84%
40Halima
100%
41Comfort
100%
42Mariam
100%
43Bose
100%
44Aishatu
100%
45Funmilayo
100%
46Chinyere
100%
47Bello
99%
 
48Rose
100%
49Glory
100%
50Patience
100%
51Inno
100%
52Christiana
100%
53Bukola
 
98%
54Aminat
100%
55Iyabo
100%
56Felicia
100%
57Janet
100%
58Hajara
100%
59Funke
100%
60Ruth
100%
61Maria
100%
62Alice
100%
63Muhammad
100%
64Kemi
100%
65Salamatu
100%
66Tope
 
60%
67Deborah
100%
68Itoro
 
67%
69Chioma
100%
70Rukayat
100%
71Oluwatoyin
 
96%
72Happiness
100%
73Olayemi
 
69%
74Charity
100%
75Gift
 
88%
76Ifeoma
100%
77Florence
100%
78Emmanuel
100%
79Baba
100%
80John
100%
81Isa
100%
82Hassan
99%
 
83Aminu
100%
84Haruna
100%
85Salisu
100%
86Kabiru
100%
87Samuel
100%
88Isah
100%
89Joseph
100%
90Rabiu
100%
91Peter
100%
92Shehu
99%
 
93Yahaya
100%
94Modu
100%
95Idris
100%
96Mustapha
100%
97Nura
100%
98Friday
100%
99Bala
100%
100Umaru
99%