Nigeria
#8,099 most common girls' name of all time · #13,547 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1975–2025
Rank among girls
#8,099
Rank overall
#13,547 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
810
Since 2016
47
Peak year
2000 #2,583
Best rank
#2,583 2000
Girls
Boys
peak 58/yr
Nigeria first appears in 1975. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,413 |
| 2022 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,890 |
| 2021 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,445 |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,630 |
| 2018 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,797 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,462 |
| 2016 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,237 |
| 2015 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,152 |
| 2014 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,369 |
| 2013 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,506 |
| 2012 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,537 |
| 2011 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,397 |
| 2010 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,001 |
| 2009 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,542 |
| 2008 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,546 |
| 2007 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,783 |
| 2006 | 28 | — | 28 | #5,006 |
| 2005 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,885 |
| 2004 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,131 |
| 2003 | 34 | — | 34 | #3,991 |
| 2002 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,999 |
| 2001 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,901 |
| 2000 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,583 |
| 1999 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,226 |
| 1998 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,919 |
| 1997 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,014 |
| 1996 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,745 |
| 1995 | 34 | — | 34 | #3,338 |
| 1994 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,856 |
| 1993 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,940 |
| 1992 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,485 |
| 1991 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,564 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,753 |
| 1989 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,070 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,550 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,778 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,921 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,649 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,953 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,620 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,359 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,725 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,867 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,899 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,843 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,481 |