Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	1,170	0	+77	+7.0%
2.	David	734	0	+111	+17.8%
3.	Peter	631	0	+43	+7.3%
4.	Robert	629	0	+50	+8.6%
5.	William	512	0	+80	+18.5%
6.	Brian	461	0	+81	+21.3%
7.	Ian	375	+2	+29	+8.4%
8.	Michael	369	0	+20	+5.7%
9.	James	345	-2	-8	-2.3%
10.	Kenneth	298	+1	+55	+22.6%
11.	Raymond	288	0	+45	+18.5%
12.	Colin	284	+4	+62	+27.9%
12.	Kevin	284	+2	+51	+21.9%
14.	Donald	282	+2	+60	+27.0%
15.	Richard	271	0	+45	+19.9%
16.	Alan	269	+4	+63	+30.6%
17.	Bruce	264	+4	+66	+33.3%
17.	Graham	264	-4	+26	+10.9%
19.	Graeme	262	-9	+5	+1.9%
20.	Barry	242	-2	+23	+10.5%
20.	Ronald	242	-1	+28	+13.1%
22.	Anthony	237	0	+44	+22.8%
23.	Murray	209	+1	+30	+16.8%
24.	Trevor	188	-1	0	0.0%
25.	Allan	175	0	+4	+2.3%
26.	Paul	173	+2	+22	+14.6%
27.	Gary	171	-1	+14	+8.9%
27.	Roger	171	+11	+61	+55.5%
29.	Wayne	162	+24	+82	+103%
30.	Thomas	160	-3	+6	+3.9%
31.	Douglas	152	-2	+3	+2.0%
32.	Dennis	149	+6	+39	+35.5%
32.	Keith	149	+2	+25	+20.2%
34.	Terence	139	+6	+33	+31.1%
35.	Russell	135	-2	+5	+3.8%
36.	Neil	134	-5	-4	-2.9%
37.	George	131	-7	-16	-10.9%
38.	Ross	127	+10	+34	+36.6%
39.	Leslie	120	-7	-12	-9.1%
40.	Edward	119	-4	-4	-3.3%
41.	Gordon	118	-7	-6	-4.8%
42.	Geoffrey	117	+17	+44	+60.3%
43.	Robin	113	-6	-6	-5.0%
44.	Noel	111	-4	+5	+4.7%
45.	Patrick	108	+1	+12	+12.5%
46.	Charles	100	-4	-1	-1.0%
47.	Arthur	99	-3	+1	+1.0%
48.	Neville	98	+1	+9	+10.1%
49.	Eric	96	-5	-2	-2.0%
49.	Malcolm	96	+1	+12	+14.3%
51.	Christopher	94	-4	-1	-1.1%
52.	Rex	90	+9	+20	+28.6%
53.	Norman	89	-3	+5	+6.0%
54.	Warren	87	+12	+22	+33.8%
55.	Bernard	83	+1	+6	+7.8%
55.	Maurice	83	-12	-16	-16.2%
57.	Bryan	78	+8	+12	+18.2%
58.	Philip	77	+3	+7	+10.0%
59.	Desmond	75	-7	-7	-8.5%
60.	Ivan	72	+6	+7	+10.8%
61.	Francis	71	-7	-8	-10.1%
61.	Rodney	71	+7	+10	+16.4%
63.	Alexander	69	0	+2	+3.0%
64.	Andrew	68	+7	+12	+21.4%
65.	Lindsay	67	+12	+17	+34.0%
66.	Mervyn	66	-11	-12	-15.4%
67.	Garry	65	+12	+17	+35.4%
68.	Stanley	63	+3	+7	+12.5%
69.	Stephen	62	+17	+21	+51.2%
70.	Frederick	57	-7	-10	-14.9%
70.	Henry	57	+4	+3	+5.6%
70.	Walter	57	+20	+19	+50.0%
73.	Leonard	55	-14	-18	-24.7%
74.	Owen	54	-5	-5	-8.5%
74.	Stuart	54	-18	-23	-29.9%
76.	Albert	52	-7	-7	-11.9%
76.	Denis	52	-18	-23	-30.7%
76.	Joseph	52	-1	-1	-1.9%
79.	Roy	49	+5	+7	+16.7%
80.	Clifford	47	new	new	new
81.	Hugh	45	+9	+7	+18.4%
81.	Kerry	45	+6	+5	+12.5%
83.	Clive	44	+4	+4	+10.0%
83.	Gerald	44	+12	+8	+22.2%
83.	Kelvin	44	-3	0	0.0%
83.	Phillip	44	-1	+1	+2.3%
87.	Allen	43	new	new	new
87.	Gavin	43	+6	+6	+16.2%
87.	Warwick	43	+13	+11	+34.4%
90.	Maxwell	42	+7	+8	+23.5%
90.	Terrence	42	0	+4	+10.5%
92.	Ernest	41	-17	-12	-22.6%
93.	Lawrence	40	-20	-15	-27.3%
94.	Alfred	38	-14	-6	-13.6%
95.	Harold	37	-2	0	0.0%
95.	Reginald	37	new	new	new
97.	Frank	36	-15	-7	-16.3%
97.	Martin	36	new	new	new
99.	Derek	35	-4	-1	-2.8%
100.	Errol	34	new	new	new
100.	Timothy	34	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Margaret	681	0	+30	+4.6%
2.	Patricia	481	0	-30	-5.9%
3.	Judith	477	0	+78	+19.5%
4.	Janice	367	0	+22	+6.4%
5.	Mary	348	0	+26	+8.1%
6.	Barbara	320	0	+56	+21.2%
7.	Helen	287	+1	+55	+23.7%
8.	Pamela	280	+1	+59	+26.7%
9.	Shirley	269	+2	+53	+24.5%
10.	Elizabeth	266	0	+47	+21.5%
11.	Heather	251	+6	+77	+44.3%
12.	Beverley	243	-5	-17	-6.5%
13.	Jennifer	237	+2	+54	+29.5%
14.	Lynette	215	+6	+54	+33.5%
15.	Colleen	212	-2	+27	+14.6%
16.	Carol	201	+9	+65	+47.8%
17.	Kathleen	200	-3	+16	+8.7%
18.	Maureen	194	-6	-4	-2.0%
19.	Lorraine	185	-3	+10	+5.7%
20.	Diane	182	-2	+18	+11.0%
21.	Dorothy	172	+1	+31	+22.0%
22.	Janet	169	-1	+25	+17.4%
23.	Valerie	165	-4	+3	+1.9%
24.	Marie	148	+2	+26	+21.3%
25.	Joan	142	-2	+5	+3.6%
26.	Pauline	141	+3	+30	+27.0%
27.	Alison	137	+1	+24	+21.2%
28.	Susan	136	+16	+57	+72.2%
29.	Frances	123	+4	+27	+28.1%
30.	Elaine	119	-7	-18	-13.1%
31.	Lois	115	+16	+38	+49.4%
32.	Anne	109	-2	+2	+1.9%
33.	Annette	108	+1	+13	+13.7%
34.	Ann	107	-2	+6	+5.9%
34.	Robyn	107	+5	+23	+27.4%
34.	Yvonne	107	-7	-14	-11.6%
37.	Christine	105	+32	+46	+78.0%
38.	Raewyn	104	+3	+22	+26.8%
38.	Sandra	104	+8	+26	+33.3%
40.	Jeanette	102	-10	-5	-4.7%
40.	Lesley	102	+3	+22	+27.5%
42.	Marion	101	-4	+16	+18.8%
43.	Glenys	100	+14	+34	+51.5%
44.	Rosemary	97	+6	+25	+34.7%
45.	Irene	96	+19	+33	+52.4%
46.	Dianne	93	+11	+27	+40.9%
47.	Catherine	91	0	+14	+18.2%
48.	Jean	90	-8	+7	+8.4%
49.	Marilyn	88	+23	+34	+63.0%
50.	Gloria	87	+5	+17	+24.3%
51.	Wendy	86	-2	+13	+17.8%
52.	Joy	81	+4	+13	+19.1%
53.	Carole	80	-3	+8	+11.1%
54.	Ngaire	79	+3	+13	+19.7%
55.	Josephine	77	+12	+16	+26.2%
56.	Diana	74	-12	-5	-6.3%
56.	Suzanne	74	+21	+26	+54.2%
58.	Betty	73	-21	-14	-16.1%
59.	Gail	70	+5	+7	+11.1%
59.	Jillian	70	+4	+6	+9.4%
59.	Ruth	70	-6	-1	-1.4%
62.	Dawn	69	+2	+6	+9.5%
62.	June	69	-27	-22	-24.2%
62.	Leonie	69	+18	+22	+46.8%
65.	Beverly	68	-15	-4	-5.6%
65.	Jocelyn	68	-23	-13	-16.0%
65.	Kay	68	-29	-22	-24.4%
68.	Carolyn	66	+17	+24	+57.1%
68.	Jill	66	-7	+1	+1.5%
68.	Nancy	66	+8	+17	+34.7%
71.	Noeline	63	-10	-2	-3.1%
72.	Julie	60	+8	+13	+27.7%
73.	Denise	59	+16	+19	+47.5%
74.	Gillian	57	-7	-4	-6.6%
74.	Rosalie	57	-1	+4	+7.5%
76.	Eileen	56	-23	-15	-21.1%
76.	Jacqueline	56	-3	+3	+5.7%
78.	Joyce	54	-21	-12	-18.2%
78.	Robin	54	+5	+10	+22.7%
80.	Fay	53	+7	+12	+29.3%
81.	Shona	52	+13	+15	+40.5%
82.	Adrienne	48	-5	0	0.0%
82.	Evelyn	48	+7	+8	+20.0%
84.	Sylvia	47	-14	-10	-17.5%
85.	Karen	45	new	new	new
85.	Norma	45	+2	+4	+9.8%
87.	Daphne	43	-5	-2	-4.4%
87.	Linda	43	-3	0	0.0%
87.	Maria	43	+5	+4	+10.3%
90.	Kathryn	42	+10	+11	+35.5%
90.	Marlene	42	-13	-6	-12.5%
90.	Sally	42	new	new	new
93.	Lynne	41	new	new	new
93.	Marjorie	41	-8	-1	-2.4%
95.	Doreen	40	-24	-16	-28.6%
95.	Julia	40	+3	+6	+17.6%
95.	Phyllis	40	-6	0	0.0%
98.	Eleanor	39	-25	-14	-26.4%
98.	Faye	39	new	new	new
98.	Sharon	39	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for New Zealand