Nigeria
Rank in 2025
#14942
recorded as girls
No rank in 2024 to compare: —
Babies in 2025
5
girls 5
Peak year
2000
58 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
810
since 1975
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Nigeria was most popular in 2000, when 58 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.03 per 1,000). In 2025, 5 babies were named Nigeria, ranking #14942 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 40%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 14942 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 10 | 9680 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 8 | 11146 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 5 | 15088 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 7 | 12464 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 15902 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 7 | 12876 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 8 | 11835 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 10 | 10129 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 7 | 13150 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 8 | 12199 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 5 | 16764 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 11 | 9790 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 12 | 9379 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 17 | 7408 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 24 | 5709 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 28 | 4953 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 27 | 4828 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 25 | 5062 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 34 | 3946 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 24 | 4906 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 50 | 2881 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 58 | 2569 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 40 | 3188 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 45 | 2889 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 40 | 2977 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 45 | 2714 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 34 | 3285 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 28 | 3790 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 20 | 4826 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 23 | 4382 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 17 | 5399 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 16 | 5549 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 14 | 5836 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 12 | 6277 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 9 | 7353 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | 10912 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 5 | 10677 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 8 | 7398 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 10 | 6212 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 9 | 6888 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 10 | 6319 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 6 | 9010 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 9 | 6385 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 5 | 9652 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 5 | 9067 | <5 | — |
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