Junior is the most popular baby boy name in South Africa‚ and the Dlamini’s are the most fertile - for the second year in a row.
The most popular forenames in 2015 are generally expressions of pride‚ joy‚ thankfulness and appear to be religiously influenced.
This is revealed by Statistics South Africa’s data on recorded live births‚ issued today.
The most popular forename for males was Junior‚ followed by Blessing and Gift.
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Junior was also the most popular name amongst baby boys born in South Africa in 2014. While Dlamini was the most common surname amongst babies born and registered in both 2014 and 2015.
The next most common surnames in 2015 are Nkosi and Ndlovu. Stats SA noted that the top ten surnames generally come from the Nguni clans. The only non-Nguni surname that was in the top ten in 2015 was Mokoena and it occupied the sixth position.
In 2014‚ the next most popular surnames after Dlamini were Ntuli and Ngubane.
Overall‚ Stats SA recorded 1,142,275 live births registered in 2014 and 1,084,511 in 2015.
Male birth registrations exceeded female birth registrations for all three years.
Top 10 baby boy names in South Africa, 2015:
1) Junior
2) Blessing
3) Gift
4) Bandile
5) Prince
6) Siyabonga
7) Melokuhle
8) Lethabo
9) Banele
10) Samkelo
Top 10 baby surnames in South Africa, 2015:
1) Dlamini
2) Nkosi
3) Ndlovu
4) Khumalo
5) Sithole
6) Mokoena
7) Mkhize
8) Mthembu
9) Ngcobo
10) Mahlangu
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