The current most popular African boy's name, based on this month's votes, is Simba. The most popular African boy's name last month was Simba
The current most popular African girl's name, based on this month's votes, is Chiku. Last month's most popular African girl's name was Chiku
Here are the current top 50 most popular African names for boys or girls, compiled from American and British birth records and this month's online votes for your favorite names.
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| Boy | Girl | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | = Simba | = Chiku |
| 2 | = Oluwapelumi | = Unika |
| 3 | = Oluwadamilare | = Oluwafikunayomi |
| 4 | = Thandiwe | = Kissa |
| 5 | = Aswad | = Thandiwe |
| 6 | = Jabari | = Kunto |
| 7 | = Jabulani | = Adebola |
| 8 | = Ahmed | = Aaliyah |
| 9 | = Ebo | = Anum |
| 10 | = Jelani | = Waseme |
| 11 | = Sadiki | = Mama |
| 12 | = Tau | = Dada |
| 13 | = Ajani | = Bahati |
| 14 | = Khalfani | = Aisha |
| 15 | = Badru | = Nailah |
| 16 | = Mandala | = Hawa |
| 17 | = Salim | = Naeemah |
| 18 | = Dawud | = Lateefa |
| 19 | = Zuberi | = Suma |
| 20 | = Wambua | = Olabisi |
| 21 | = Jafari | = Tiwalade |
| 22 | = Ibukunoluwa | = Oreofeoluwa |
| 23 | = Ibrahim | = Zubaidah |
| 24 | = Musa | = Alaba |
| 25 | = Ayo | = Asya |
| Boy | Girl | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | = Adesola | = Sabah |
| 27 | = Oluwasemilore | = Zahra |
| 28 | = Ali | = Zalika |
| 29 | = Ayan | = Ye |
| 30 | = Khalid | = Obioma |
| 31 | = Hashim | = Umm |
| 32 | = Sulaiman | = Fabayo |
| 33 | = Ishaq | = Aluna |
| 34 | = Harun | = Lulu |
| 35 | = Issa | = Zahara |
| 36 | = Obi | = Asha |
| 37 | = Ziyad | = Halima |
| 38 | = Habib | = Aminah |
| 39 | = Kofi | = Khadija |
| 40 | = Asim | = Salma |
| 41 | = Tahir | = Safiya |
| 42 | = Harith | = Habiba |
| 43 | = Abdalla | = Hadiya |
| 44 | = Uchenna | = Jamila |
| 45 | = Walid | = Hanifa |
| 46 | = Tobiloba | = Aaleyah |
| 47 | = Hanif | = Faizah |
| 48 | = Kehinde | = Ama |
| 49 | = Kayode | = Temiloluwa |
| 50 | = Tiwatope | = Aziza |