Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 1997

RankNameGender
1Aminu
100%
2Sani
100%
3Musa
100%
4Ibrahim
100%
5Abdullahi
100%
6Halima
100%
7Mohammed
100%
8Ayyuba
 
58%
9Abubakar
100%
10Muhammed
100%
11Masaudu
100%
12Sunday
100%
13Usman
100%
14Ali
100%
15Adamu
100%
16Emmanuel
100%
17Umar
100%
18Blessing
100%
19Aliyu
100%
20Yusuf
100%
21Kehinde
 
59%
22Taiwo
 
54%
23Isa
100%
24John
100%
25Victor
100%
26Samuel
100%
27Seun
65%
 
28Aisha
100%
29Muhammad
100%
30Sodiq
100%
31Saminu
97%
 
32Abba
100%
33Opeyemi
 
66%
34Hassan
99%
 
35Idris
100%
36Idi
99%
 
37Isah
100%
38Kabiru
100%
39Damilola
 
73%
40Zainab
100%
41Sadiq
100%
42Haruna
100%
43Segun
100%
44Esther
100%
45Fatima
100%
46Mustapha
100%
47Audu
97%
 
48Habu
89%
 
49Tosin
 
65%
49Wasiu
100%
51Peter
100%
51Rukayat
100%
53Ahmed
100%
54Mary
100%
55Nasiru
100%
55Ridwan
100%
57Busayo
 
80%
58Mariam
100%
59Shamsu
100%
60Maimuna
100%
61Abiodun
72%
 
62Saheed
100%
63Jamiu
100%
64Afeez
100%
64Tobi
76%
 
66Cike
100%
66Femi
100%
66Tijjani
100%
69David
100%
69Tunde
100%
71Daniel
100%
72Maryam
100%
73Aminat
100%
74Salisu
100%
75Joy
100%
75Sadiyya
100%
77Mutapha
100%
78Hammed
100%
79Nafisat
100%
80Ismail
100%
81Amina
100%
81Temitope
 
76%
83Yahaya
100%
83Zaidu
100%
85Azeez
100%
86Modu
100%
87Joseph
100%
88Deborah
100%
89Toheeb
100%
90Idowu
50%
 
91Micheal
100%
91Mohemmed
100%
93Tope
 
60%
94Garba
98%
 
95Precious
 
84%
96Akeem
100%
96Malam
97%
 
96Omolola
100%
99Michael
100%
100Ayomide
50%