Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	1,369	0	-13	-0.9%
2.	Peter	1,047	+1	+96	+10.1%
3.	David	1,037	-1	-18	-1.7%
4.	Michael	757	0	+34	+4.7%
5.	Robert	638	0	-5	-0.8%
6.	Paul	573	+1	+82	+16.7%
7.	Kevin	559	-1	+6	+1.1%
8.	Brian	483	0	0	0.0%
9.	Stephen	482	+2	+48	+11.1%
10.	Ian	472	0	-2	-0.4%
11.	William	465	-2	-14	-2.9%
12.	Richard	407	+7	+80	+24.5%
13.	Christopher	402	+3	+56	+16.2%
14.	Bruce	397	0	+19	+5.0%
15.	Graeme	395	-3	-10	-2.5%
16.	Alan	379	-3	-5	-1.3%
17.	James	378	-1	+32	+9.2%
18.	Gary	337	+9	+80	+31.1%
19.	Graham	312	-1	-18	-5.5%
20.	Murray	306	-5	-68	-18.2%
21.	Barry	295	+1	+12	+4.2%
21.	Philip	295	+9	+65	+28.3%
21.	Wayne	295	+2	+26	+9.7%
24.	Anthony	290	-3	+5	+1.8%
25.	Kenneth	281	-2	+12	+4.5%
26.	Colin	277	-6	-17	-5.8%
27.	Trevor	245	-2	-23	-8.6%
28.	Raymond	242	0	-4	-1.6%
29.	Allan	229	0	-9	-3.8%
30.	Geoffrey	228	+2	+15	+7.0%
31.	Ross	224	+5	+31	+16.1%
32.	Donald	217	-6	-44	-16.9%
33.	Mark	215	+15	+81	+60.4%
34.	Dennis	214	-2	+1	+0.5%
35.	Grant	207	0	+7	+3.5%
36.	Keith	200	0	+7	+3.6%
37.	Roger	186	-3	-22	-10.6%
38.	Neil	184	0	-7	-3.7%
39.	Ronald	171	-8	-43	-20.1%
40.	Gregory	166	+1	-2	-1.2%
40.	Russell	166	+4	+5	+3.1%
42.	Phillip	162	+11	+41	+33.9%
43.	Warren	161	-4	-20	-11.0%
44.	Andrew	154	+1	-4	-2.5%
45.	Thomas	152	-6	-29	-16.0%
46.	Garry	150	-3	-12	-7.4%
46.	Malcolm	150	+9	+35	+30.4%
48.	Stuart	141	+13	+38	+36.9%
49.	Douglas	139	-7	-28	-16.8%
50.	Robin	133	+2	+11	+9.0%
51.	Patrick	132	+6	+22	+20.0%
52.	George	130	-1	+3	+2.4%
52.	Lindsay	130	+8	+25	+23.8%
54.	Charles	128	-5	-5	-3.8%
55.	Steven	123	+3	+14	+12.8%
56.	Leslie	122	-9	-14	-10.3%
57.	Neville	119	-7	-11	-8.5%
58.	Gordon	118	-4	-2	-1.7%
59.	Edward	112	-4	-3	-2.6%
60.	Bryan	108	+5	+12	+12.5%
61.	Terence	104	-15	-46	-30.7%
62.	Gavin	101	+9	+22	+27.8%
62.	Noel	101	-3	-5	-4.7%
64.	Rex	89	+2	+4	+4.7%
65.	Rodney	88	-1	-9	-9.3%
66.	Joseph	86	+2	+4	+4.9%
67.	Eric	85	+10	+13	+18.1%
68.	Arthur	84	+3	+5	+6.3%
68.	Jeffrey	84	+6	+8	+10.5%
70.	Martin	83	-3	-1	-1.2%
71.	Maurice	79	-8	-19	-19.4%
72.	Owen	78	-4	-4	-4.9%
72.	Timothy	78	+1	0	0.0%
74.	Craig	76	new	new	new
75.	Alexander	73	+11	+16	+28.1%
75.	Denis	73	-14	-30	-29.1%
77.	Kerry	72	-3	-4	-5.3%
78.	Francis	67	-2	-6	-8.2%
79.	Nigel	65	new	new	new
80.	Mervyn	64	0	+1	+1.6%
81.	Brent	63	-3	-6	-8.7%
82.	Bernard	61	+5	+6	+10.9%
82.	Clive	61	+14	+16	+35.6%
84.	Stewart	60	+12	+15	+33.3%
85.	Warwick	59	-2	-1	-1.7%
86.	Derek	58	-3	-2	-3.3%
87.	Frederick	57	+6	+11	+23.9%
87.	Lawrence	57	-8	-11	-16.2%
89.	Desmond	56	-8	-5	-8.2%
90.	Hugh	53	new	new	new
90.	Lloyd	53	new	new	new
92.	Lance	52	-3	0	0.0%
92.	Norman	52	-22	-28	-35.0%
94.	Kelvin	51	new	new	new
94.	Tony	51	new	new	new
96.	Ivan	50	-11	-8	-13.8%
97.	Gerald	49	new	new	new
98.	Allen	48	new	new	new
98.	Roy	48	new	new	new
100.	Daniel	47	-7	+1	+2.2%
100.	Glenn	47	-12	-7	-13.0%
100.	Larry	47	new	new	new
100.	Selwyn	47	new	new	new
100.	Walter	47	-9	-1	-2.1%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Christine	691	0	+18	+2.7%
2.	Margaret	635	0	0	0.0%
3.	Susan	628	0	+100	+18.9%
4.	Jennifer	543	0	+58	+12.0%
5.	Judith	536	0	+67	+14.3%
6.	Patricia	504	0	+82	+19.4%
7.	Elizabeth	446	+1	+33	+8.0%
8.	Mary	391	+1	+21	+5.7%
9.	Linda	387	-2	-29	-7.0%
10.	Barbara	375	0	+26	+7.4%
11.	Robyn	316	+7	+55	+21.1%
12.	Sandra	314	+5	+41	+15.0%
13.	Helen	295	-2	-11	-3.6%
14.	Lynette	290	-2	-12	-4.0%
15.	Diane	289	+5	+37	+14.7%
15.	Heather	289	-1	+11	+4.0%
17.	Anne	270	-4	-15	-5.3%
18.	Karen	265	+4	+24	+10.0%
19.	Carol	257	-3	-17	-6.2%
20.	Pamela	244	-1	-11	-4.3%
21.	Janice	243	-6	-32	-11.6%
22.	Kathleen	229	+3	+26	+12.8%
23.	Janet	223	-1	-18	-7.5%
24.	Pauline	221	+2	+22	+11.1%
25.	Shirley	216	+2	+20	+10.2%
26.	Wendy	212	+4	+21	+11.0%
27.	Marilyn	209	+2	+16	+8.3%
28.	Lorraine	207	-7	-40	-16.2%
29.	Suzanne	193	+9	+30	+18.4%
30.	Raewyn	192	+2	+15	+8.5%
31.	Alison	187	0	+3	+1.6%
31.	Ann	187	+11	+45	+31.7%
33.	Dianne	186	-1	+9	+5.1%
34.	Julie	185	+9	+48	+35.0%
35.	Beverley	173	-7	-22	-11.3%
36.	Yvonne	172	0	+6	+3.6%
37.	Gail	170	+8	+37	+27.8%
38.	Colleen	167	-2	+1	+0.6%
39.	Denise	166	+1	+8	+5.1%
40.	Rosemary	164	+5	+31	+23.3%
41.	Catherine	161	-7	-13	-7.5%
42.	Carolyn	157	+1	+20	+14.6%
43.	Annette	151	+4	+22	+17.1%
44.	Sharon	150	-3	+5	+3.4%
45.	Lesley	149	-6	-12	-7.5%
46.	Maureen	145	-12	-29	-16.7%
47.	Marie	139	+1	+11	+8.6%
48.	Cheryl	129	+1	+7	+5.7%
49.	Kathryn	126	+2	+9	+7.7%
50.	Irene	119	-26	-111	-48.3%
51.	Jane	113	+26	+42	+59.2%
52.	Kay	111	-2	-7	-5.9%
53.	Lynda	110	-1	-4	-3.5%
54.	Jillian	109	+2	+5	+4.8%
55.	Frances	108	-1	+1	+0.9%
55.	Ruth	108	+14	+28	+35.0%
57.	Valerie	100	-2	-6	-5.7%
58.	Lynne	98	0	-2	-2.0%
59.	Dorothy	97	-2	-5	-4.9%
59.	Jacqueline	97	+8	+11	+12.8%
59.	Marion	97	-6	-11	-10.2%
62.	Gillian	95	+14	+19	+25.0%
63.	Jeanette	94	0	+2	+2.2%
63.	Jocelyn	94	-5	-6	-6.0%
65.	Brenda	93	+5	+14	+17.7%
65.	Glenda	93	+9	+16	+20.8%
65.	Jill	93	-2	+1	+1.1%
68.	Joy	91	-2	+4	+4.6%
69.	Elaine	90	-4	-1	-1.1%
70.	Lois	89	-9	-10	-10.1%
71.	Sheryl	86	-3	+1	+1.2%
72.	Shona	85	-2	+6	+7.6%
73.	Adrienne	82	+5	+18	+28.1%
74.	Maria	80	+16	+29	+56.9%
75.	Joan	79	-17	-21	-21.0%
76.	Glenys	78	-15	-21	-21.2%
77.	Deborah	77	+4	+18	+30.5%
77.	Paula	77	new	new	new
79.	Jean	76	+4	+19	+33.3%
80.	Vivienne	75	-10	-4	-5.1%
81.	Eileen	74	+3	+20	+37.0%
82.	Diana	66	+4	+13	+24.5%
82.	Donna	66	new	new	new
84.	Sally	65	-11	-13	-16.7%
85.	Gloria	60	-11	-17	-22.1%
86.	Bronwyn	57	+7	+7	+14.0%
86.	Jan	57	new	new	new
88.	Angela	56	+6	+7	+14.3%
89.	Louise	52	+11	+7	+15.6%
89.	Penelope	52	new	new	new
91.	Christina	51	+5	+3	+6.3%
91.	Dawn	51	-3	-1	-1.9%
91.	June	51	-11	-12	-19.0%
94.	Caroline	50	new	new	new
94.	Josephine	50	+2	+2	+4.2%
94.	Marlene	50	+6	+5	+11.1%
94.	Ngaire	50	-16	-14	-21.9%
98.	Joanne	49	-4	0	0.0%
99.	Philippa	48	new	new	new
100.	Kaye	47	new	new	new
100.	Leonie	47	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for New Zealand