Enzokuhle most popular first name in 2018

SOUTH Africa’s population register last year welcomed 927 113 bundles of joy. The most popular first name for both girls and boys was Enzokuhle, while the Dlamini surname led the charge and was the most prevalent for both sexes.

In total, the Department of Home Affairs recorded just over a million births in 2018.

In a statement issued on Thursday, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said the figure included 927 113 births which occurred and were registered in 2018 as well as 81 952 births that occurred in earlier years but were only registered last year.

“The completeness of birth registration was estimated at 89.2 per cent in 2018. The Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act advocates for births to be registered within 30 days from birth occurrence,” said Stats SA.

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The pattern of sex ratio at birth has remained above 100 male births per 100 female births meaning overall there were more males than female births.

For births which occurred in 2018, the national statistical service said, the sex ratio at birth was 102 males per 100 females.

“It is observed that the highest proportions of births occurred during the month of March for all the years followed by September which is an indication that most conceptions happen during the winter season and December respectively,” reads the statement.

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