Afrikaans Girl 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 1881. | 1,317#235 | Down 86 rank positions in five years | 1981 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 2,277#119 | Up 29 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1884. | 597#497 | Up 245 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 10#9,734 | Down 542 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1884. | —Unranked | — | 1924 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1998. | 65#2,658 | Down 1,048 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1888. | 10#9,850 | Up 939 rank positions in five years | 1966 | ||
Afrikaans-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1918. | —Unranked | — | 1947 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1946. | 9#10,274 | Up 184 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1916. | —Unranked | — | 1924 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1980. | —Unranked | — | 1993 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1960. | —Unranked | — | 1977 | ||
Documented Afrikaans usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1993. | —Unranked | — | 1993 |
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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.