Nigeria was the #14,942 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Nigeria as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#14,942 (5)
2022
#9,680 (10)
2021
#11,146 (8)
2020
#15,088 (5)
2018
#12,464 (7)
2017
#15,902 (5)
2016
#12,876 (7)
2015
#11,835 (8)
2014
#10,129 (10)
2013
#13,150 (7)
2012
#12,199 (8)
2011
#16,764 (5)
2010
#9,790 (11)
2009
#9,379 (12)
2008
#7,408 (17)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2000 at #2,569.
Holding steady over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1975.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.