Baby Girl Names In South Africa
Top baby names in South Africa
Every year, Stats SA publishes the Recorded Live Births report for the previous year. Yesterday they released the 2016 list of most popular baby names in South Africa.
Junior and Precious again made the number 1 slots for boys and girls respectively, and the Dlamini’s again recorded the most births last year.
We also have a breakdown of the top boy’s names, girls’ names, and surnames per province, with names that didn’t make it to the national list but came out tops in their province, like Kungawo in Eastern Cape and Mia in the Western Cape, for instance.
Top girl’s names in South Africa
1. Precious
2. Princess
3. Amahle
4. Luthando
5. Thandolwethu
6. Blessing
7. Angel
8. Siphesihle
9. Melokuhle
10. Amogelang
There’s a bit more movement among the girls names, with Luthando, Siphesihle and Amogelang all entering the list.
The top boy name, girl name, and surname per province
Gauteng
Junior
Precious
Mokoena
Western Cape
Junior
Mia
Jacobs
Eastern Cape
Kungawo
Iminathi
Williams
Northern Cape
Junior
Grace
Van Wyk
KwaZulu-Natal
Bandile
Luthando
Dlamini
Free State
Junior
Precious
Mokoena
North West
Junior
Amogelang
Molefe
Mpumalanga
Blessing
Princess
Nkosi
Limpopo
Junior
Precious
Baloyi
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The top 10 most popular baby names in South Africa
| # | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Junior | Precious |
| 2 | Blessing | Princess |
| 3 | Gift | Angel |
| 4 | Bandile | Amahle |