Most Popular Names in Nigeria in 2001

RankNameGender
1Seun
65%
 
2Ikelomo
100%
3Mariam
100%
4Ibrahim
100%
5Musa
100%
6Zuhaira
100%
7Aliyu
100%
8Phebe
100%
8Wawa
100%
10Abdul
100%
11Opeyemi
 
66%
12Abubakar
100%
12Muhammadu
97%
 
14Amina
100%
14Ismail
100%
16Root
100%
17Muhammed
100%
18Emmanuel
100%
19Godswill
97%
 
20Abdullahi
100%
21Hassan
99%
 
22Mohammed
100%
22Olajuni
100%
24Muhammad
100%
25Aisha
100%
25Fatima
100%
25Khabeer
100%
25Tayo
55%
 
29Esther
100%
29Samuel
100%
29Sani
100%
29Umar
100%
33Ayomide
50%
 
33Favour
 
96%
33Maryam
100%
33Sunday
100%
33Usman
100%
38Jamiu
100%
38Mustapha
100%
38Zainab
100%
41Adamu
100%
41Aminat
100%
41Aminu
100%
41Bello
99%
 
41Dare
100%
41John
100%
41Moses
100%
41Peter
100%
41Yusuf
100%
50Abba
100%
50Daniel
100%
50Idris
100%
50James
100%
50Junaidu
100%
50Ojo
100%
50Paul
100%
50Samson
100%
50Victor
100%
50Yahaya
100%
60Ali
100%
60David
100%
60Emeka
100%
60Gbenga
100%
60Habiba
100%
60Haruna
100%
60Kabiru
100%
60Michael
100%
60Micheal
100%
60Muktar
100%
60Precious
 
84%
60Ridwan
100%
60Saidu
100%
60Timileyin
70%
 
60Tobi
76%
 
60Tunde
100%
60Zayyanu
100%
77Abdulhadi
100%
77Abdulsalam
100%
77Adejoke
100%
77Adekunle
100%
77Aishat
100%
77Aishatu
100%
77Alhaji
98%
 
77Baba
100%
77Bala
100%
77Bashir
100%
77Bola
 
95%
77Bose
100%
77Chioma
100%
77Divine
 
64%
77Faruk
100%
77Fatimo
100%
77Garba
98%
 
77Godwin
100%
77Isah
100%
77Iyanu
 
66%
77Joshua
100%
77Kayode
100%
77Kazeem
100%
77Kehinde
 
59%