Update #2: Upon further reflection and having read Jina Moore’s piece exploring the internal Nigerian politics of releasing the names and the specific concerns brought up by the governor of Borno state, we’ve decided to adjust this list to include the first names of the girls only.

Update #1: Some readers have expressed concern that posting these names may put the girls at further risk. We take that concern seriously, but given that the list has been released by a Nigerian organization and has been reported on by both the Nigerian and US media, we feel comfortable keeping it up here. We hope that the good that comes from putting names to this injustice outweighs any potential harm caused by their release.

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Thanks to the tireless efforts of activists — on the ground and on social media — the world finally seems to be caring about Nigeria’s kidnapped girls. That this case has belatedly started getting the attention it deserves is likely due in part of the horror of so many young people taken at one time. As many as 276 girls have been abducted — unbelievably, just last night, in the midst of growing international pressure to #bringbackourgirls, eight more were taken.

But though the stark numbers are powerful, it’s important to remember that each of these girls is an individual, with a family, friends, dreams — and a name. Here, via the Christian Association of Nigeria, are the names of 180 of those still missing:



1. Deborah ​

2. Awa ​

3. Hauwa ​

4. Asabe ​

5. Mwa ​

6. Patiant ​

7. Saraya ​

8. Mary ​

9. Gloria ​

10. Hanatu ​

11. Gloria ​

12. Tabitha ​

13. Maifa ​

14. Ruth ​

15. Esther ​

16. Awa ​

17. Anthonia

18. Kume ​

19. Aisha ​

20. Nguba ​

21. Kwanta ​

22. Kummai ​

23. Esther ​

24. Hana ​

25. Rifkatu ​

26 Rebecca ​

27. Blessing ​

28. Ladi ​

29. Tabitha ​

30 Ruth ​

31. Safiya ​

32. Na’omi ​

33. Solomi ​

34. Rhoda ​

35. Rebecca ​

36. Christy ​

37. Rebecca ​

38. Laraba ​

39 Saratu ​

40. Mary ​

41 Debora ​

42. Naomi ​

43 Hanatu ​

44. Hauwa ​

45. Juliana ​

46. Suzana ​

47.Saraya ​

48. Jummai ​

49. Mary ​

50. Jummai ​

51. Yanke ​

52. Muli ​

53. Fatima ​

54. Eli ​

55.Saratu ​

56. Deborah

57. Rahila ​

58. Luggwa ​

59. Kauna ​

60. Lydia ​

61. Laraba ​

62. Hauwa ​

63. Confort ​

64. Hauwa ​

65. Hauwa ​

66. Yana ​

67. Laraba ​

68. Saraya ​

69. Glory ​

70. Na’omi ​

71. Godiya ​

72. Awa ​

73. Na’omi ​

74. Maryamu

75. Tabitha ​

76. Mary ​

77. Ladi ​

78. Rejoice ​

79. Luggwa ​

80. Comfort ​

81. Saraya ​

82. Sicker ​

83.Talata ​

84. Rejoice ​

85. Deborah ​

86. Salomi ​

87. Mary ​

88. Ruth ​

89. Esther ​

90. Esther ​

91. Maryamu

91. Zara ​

93. Maryamu

94. Lydia ​

95. Laraba ​

96. Na’omi ​

97. Rahila ​

98. Ruth ​

99. Ladi ​

100 Mary ​

101. Esther ​

102. Helen ​

103. Margret

104. Deborah

105. Filo ​

106. Febi ​

107. Ruth ​

108. Racheal

109. Rifkatu

110. Mairama

111. Saratu ​

112. Jinkai ​

113. Margret

114. Yana ​

115. Grace ​

116. Amina ​

117. Palmata

118. Awagana

119. Pindar ​

120. Yana ​

121. Saraya ​

122. Hauwa ​

123. Hauwa ​

125. Hauwa ​

126. Maryamu

127. Maimuna

128. Rebeca

129. Liyatu ​

130. Rifkatu

131. Naomi ​

132. Deborah

133. Ladi ​

134. Asabe ​

135. Maryamu

136. Ruth ​

137. Mary ​

138. Abigail

139. Deborah

140. Saraya ​

141. Kauna ​

142. Christiana

143. Yana ​

144. Hauwa ​

145. Hadiza ​

146. Lydia ​

147. Ruth ​

148. Mary ​

149. Lugwa ​

150. Muwa ​

151. Hanatu ​

152. Monica

153. Margret

154. Docas ​

155. Rhoda ​

156. Rifkatu

157. Saratu ​

158. Naomi ​

159. Hauwa ​

160. Rahap ​

162. Deborah

163. Hauwa ​

164. Hauwa ​

165. Serah ​

166. Aishatu

167. Aishatu

168. Hauwa ​

169. Hamsatu

170. Mairama

171. Hauwa ​

172. Ihyi ​

173. Hasana

174. Rakiya ​

175. Halima ​

176. Aisha ​

177. Kabu ​

178. Yayi ​

179. Falta ​

180. Kwadugu