Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1989

RankNameGender
1Musa
100%
2Blessing
100%
3Sunday
100%
4Esther
100%
5Mary
100%
6Ibrahim
100%
7Joy
100%
8Aisha
100%
9Fatima
100%
10Grace
100%
11Mercy
100%
12Victoria
100%
13Temitope
 
76%
14Zainab
100%
15Funmilayo
100%
16Patience
100%
17Amina
100%
18Glory
100%
19Gift
 
88%
20Rukayat
100%
21Elizabeth
100%
22Maryam
100%
23Faith
100%
24Peace
100%
25Abubakar
100%
26Emmanuel
100%
27Sani
100%
28Mohammed
100%
29Lawan
100%
30Abdullahi
100%
31Umar
100%
32Samuel
100%
33Usman
100%
34Adamu
100%
35Isa
100%
36Yusuf
100%
37Muhammed
100%
38John
100%
39Hassan
99%
 
40Muhammad
100%
41Aliyu
100%
42Aminu
100%
43Kehinde
 
59%
44Taiwo
 
54%
45Joseph
100%
46Ali
100%
47Peter
100%
48Haruna
100%
49Kabiru
100%
50Victor
100%
51Daniel
100%
52Friday
100%
53Salisu
100%
54David
100%
55Bello
99%
 
56Abiodun
72%
 
57Monday
100%
58Ahmed
100%
59Moses
100%
60Opeyemi
 
66%
61Isah
100%
62Oluwaseun
 
51%
63Idris
100%
64Garba
98%
 
65Mustapha
100%
66Mariam
100%
67James
100%
68Godwin
100%
69Sale
100%
70Michael
100%
71Seun
65%
 
72Segun
100%
73Solomon
100%
74Yahaya
100%
75Micheal
100%
76Samson
100%
77Yakubu
100%
78Chioma
100%
79Aminat
100%
80Ruth
100%
81Nasiru
100%
82Shehu
99%
 
83Wasiu
100%
84Paul
100%
85Comfort
100%
86Bashir
100%
87Ifeanyi
98%
 
88Tosin
 
65%
89Emeka
100%
90Happiness
100%
91Femi
100%
92Hadiza
100%
93Kingsley
100%
94Precious
 
84%
95Nura
100%
96Saheed
100%
97Adam
99%
 
98Bukola
 
98%
99Azeez
100%
100Bala
100%