Afrikaans Names
Explore names documented in Afrikaans naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 8,085#22 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 1985 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 2,154#134 | Down 41 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 868#368 | Down 86 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 3,945#82 | Up 90 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1910. | 516#572 | Up 28 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1998. | 65#2,658 | Down 1,048 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1891. | —Unranked | — | 1919 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1888. | 10#9,850 | Up 939 rank positions in five years | 1966 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1916. | 51#2,601 | Down 313 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1913. | 54#2,499 | Down 193 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 26#4,132 | Down 122 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1912. | 18#5,274 | Up 794 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
Afrikaans-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1918. | —Unranked | — | 1947 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1946. | 9#10,274 | Up 184 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1935. | 5#13,404 | Down 4,070 rank positions in five years | 1967 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1931. | 8#9,537 | Up 2,202 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1920. | 29#3,786 | Up 2,284 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1919. | —Unranked | — | 1984 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1974. | —Unranked | — | 1974 | ||
Recorded in Afrikaans; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1915. | —Unranked | — | 1928 |
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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.