Nigeria

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Nigeria first appears in the U.S. data in 1975 and has been recorded in 45 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2000 with 58 babies (rank #2,587 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.
805
Total babies (all years)
45
Years in the data
58
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19755#10,094
19775#10,730
19789#6,756
19796#9,808
198010#6,626
19829#7,290
198310#6,560
19848#7,926
19855#11,914
19865#12,222
19879#7,809
198812#6,555
198914#6,053
199016#5,750
199117#5,588
199223#4,482
199320#4,941
199428#3,866
199534#3,341
199645#2,746
199740#3,021
199845#2,915
199940#3,234
200058#2,587
200150#2,912
200224#5,043
200334#4,012
200425#5,171
200527#4,924
200628#5,058
200724#5,851
200817#7,652
200912#9,823
201011#10,274
20115#18,801
20128#13,121
20137#14,217
201410#10,729
20158#12,694
20167#13,959
20175#17,722
20187#13,426
20205#16,835
20218#11,888
202210#10,195