Nigeria Popularity by Year
Follow Nigeria across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Nigeria birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 5 | #14,942 | Down 5,262 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 10 | #9,680 | Up 1,466 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 8 | #11,146 | Up 3,942 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 5 | #15,088 | Down 2,624 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 7 | #12,464 | Up 3,438 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 5 | #15,902 | Down 3,026 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 7 | #12,876 | Down 1,041 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 8 | #11,835 | Down 1,706 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 10 | #10,129 | Up 3,021 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 7 | #13,150 | Down 951 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 8 | #12,199 | Up 4,565 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 5 | #16,764 | Down 6,974 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 11 | #9,790 | Down 411 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 12 | #9,379 | Down 1,971 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 17 | #7,408 | Down 1,699 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 24 | #5,709 | Down 756 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 28 | #4,953 | Down 125 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 27 | #4,828 | Up 234 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 25 | #5,062 | Down 1,116 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 34 | #3,946 | Up 960 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 24 | #4,906 | Down 2,025 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 50 | #2,881 | Down 312 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 58 | #2,569 | Up 619 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 40 | #3,188 | Down 299 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 45 | #2,889 | Up 88 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 40 | #2,977 | Down 263 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 45 | #2,714 | Up 571 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 34 | #3,285 | Up 505 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 28 | #3,790 | Up 1,036 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 20 | #4,826 | Down 444 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 23 | #4,382 | Up 1,017 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 17 | #5,399 | Up 150 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 16 | #5,549 | Up 287 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 14 | #5,836 | Up 441 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 12 | #6,277 | Up 1,076 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 9 | #7,353 | Up 3,559 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 5 | #10,912 | Down 235 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 5 | #10,677 | Down 3,279 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 8 | #7,398 | Down 1,186 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 10 | #6,212 | Up 676 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 9 | #6,888 | Down 569 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 10 | #6,319 | Up 2,691 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 6 | #9,010 | Down 2,625 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 9 | #6,385 | Up 3,267 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 5 | #9,652 | Down 585 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 5 | #9,067 | — |