180 South African Baby Name Ideas For Boys And Girls

The most popular baby name for boys in 2018 in South Africa was Enzokuhle; for girls it was Enzokuhle.

Every year, Stats SA publishes the Recorded Live Births report for the previous year. Recently they released the 2018 list of top baby names in South Africa. We also have a breakdown of the top boys' names, girls' names and surname per province. This includes 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.

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Enzokuhle was the most popular baby name for both boys and girls in South Africa again last year. But it topped the charts only in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. Other provinces had other ideas of what constitutes a good baby name.

Last year Enzokuhle remained the single most popular name for both boys and girls in South Africa. Statistics South Africa reported it last week based on data drawn from the department of home affairs' National Population Register (NPR). The name literally translates from isiZulu as "do good".

But that name topped the provincial lists in only two regions, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, and featured in the top 10 of only one other province, the Western Cape.

Other provinces featured names such as Blessing and Liam as their most popular, while Junior was a popular first name in Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape.

Baby Names in South Africa: Here are the top 10 names for boys and girls in each province last year

These are the top 10 baby names in South Africa chosen for boys and girls in each province, as registered last year:

Western Cape: Boys

Liam
Enzokuhle
Joshua
Noah
Othalive
Luke
Caleb
Kungawo
Alunamda
Elijah

Western Cape: Girls

Melokuhle
Enzokuhle
Othalive
Mia
Alunamda
Leah
Iminathi
Ava
Faith
Isabella

Eastern Cape: Boys

Enzokuhle
Alunamda
Kungawo
Othalive
Melokuhle
Likuwe
Lingomso
Lubanzi
Iminathi
Luphawu

Eastern Cape: Girls

Enzokuhle
Alunamda
Iminathi
Melokuhle
Othalive
Likuwe
Khayone
Lingomso
Kungawo
Olothando

Northern Cape: Boys

Lethabo
Amogelang
Junior
Jayden
Leano
Bokamoso
Katlego
Ofentse
Lebogang
Omaatla

Northern Cape: Girls

Reatlegile
Remofilwe
Rethabile
Omolemo
Onthatile
Rorisang
Reneilwe
Tshegofatso
Warona
Omaatla

Free State: Boys

Lethabo
Katleho
Amohelang
Letlotlo
Bokamoso
Kamohelo
Bokang
Lesedi
Mpho
Siyabonga

Free State: Girls

Amohelang
Bokamoso
Rethabile
Relebohile
Omphile
Bonolo
Oratilwe
Lethabo
Lesedi
Naledi

KwaZulu-Natal: Boys

Enzokuhle
Lubanzi
Melokuhle
Bandile
Ayabonga
Bayanda
Lethokuhle
Banele
Philasande
Alwande

KwaZulu-Natal: Girls

Enzokuhle
Asemahle
Okuhle
Lisakhanya
Emihle
Melokuhle
Esihle
Ziyanda
Luthando
Aphelele

North West: Boys

Lethabo
Amogelang
Onthatile
Bokamoso
Ofentse
Oratile
Katlego
Reatlegile
Omphile
Kamogelo

North West: Girls

Onthatile
Reatlegile
Remofilwe
Rethabile
Amogelang
Olerato
Tshegofatso
Rorisang
Omolemo
Lethabo

Gauteng: Boys

Lethabo
Siyabonga
Bokamoso
Omphile
Thato
Lesedi
Ofentse
Karabo
Amogelang
Bokang

Gauteng: Girls

Amahle
Lethabo
Lesedi
Naledi
Bokamoso
Omphile
Karabo
Rethabile
Amogelang
Siphesihle

Mpumalanga: Boys

Blessing
Melokuhle
Siyabonga
Junior
Siphosethu
Lwandle
Lethokuhle
Nkosenhle
Bandile
Banele

Mpumalanga: Girls

Melokuhle
Amahle
Minenhle
Okuhle
Lethokuhle
Thandolwethu
Siphesihle
Sphesihle [without the first "i"]
Hlelokuhle
Angel

Limpopo: Boys

Lethabo
Katlego
Ofentse
Amogelang
Phenyo
Mpho
Kamogelo
Tshegofatso
Blessing
Karabo

Limpopo: Girls

Lethabo
Amogelang
Tshegofatso
Ofentse
Omphile
Rethabile
Karabo
Lesedi
Kamogelo
Katlego

If you need some inspiration for a nice South African name for your baby, here you go!