- 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.
- Here are the top 10 names for boys and girls in each province last year.
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This article has been updated below.
Last year Enzokuhle, which literally translates from isiZulu as "do good", remained the single most popular name for both boys and girls in South Africa, Statistics South Africa reported this week based on data drawn from the department of home affairs' National Population Register (NPR).
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.
See also: Just over a million babies were registered in South Africa last year – and a lot of them were named Enzokuhle Dlamini, again
These are the top 10 names 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
See also: Well over a thousand girls under 14 years old gave birth last year – but the average South African mother keeps getting older
This list was updated to correct the most popular names for boys in KwaZulu-Natal, after a correction from Statistics SA to its original report.
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