Afrikaans Boy Names
Explore names documented in Afrikaans naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries. This focused selection includes only sourced names with matching U.S. birth records; many other names used in this tradition are absent from the U.S. data.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 8,085#22 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 1985 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 868#368 | Down 86 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 3,945#82 | Up 90 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1910. | 516#572 | Up 28 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1891. | —Unranked | — | 1919 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1916. | 51#2,601 | Down 313 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1913. | 54#2,499 | Down 193 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 26#4,132 | Down 122 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1912. | 18#5,274 | Up 794 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1935. | 5#13,404 | Down 4,070 rank positions in five years | 1967 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1931. | 8#9,537 | Up 2,202 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1920. | 29#3,786 | Up 2,284 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1919. | —Unranked | — | 1984 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1974. | —Unranked | — | 1974 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1915. | —Unranked | — | 1928 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1948. | —Unranked | — | 1969 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.