Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
869 0
2.
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William
618 0
3.
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Robert
430 +1
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James
428 -1
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Ronald
389 0
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Peter
346 0
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David
318 0
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Donald
312 +1
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Brian
307 -1
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Raymond
305 0
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Ian
300 0
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George
210 +1
13.
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Colin
208 +2
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Thomas
208 -1
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Keith
175 +2
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Kenneth
173 -2
17.
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Arthur
167 +9
18.
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Douglas
163 +3
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Gordon
157 -3
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Maurice
157 +4
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Leslie
155 -3
22.
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Bruce
152 -3
22.
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Edward
152 -2
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Allan
148 +1
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Graham
148 +8
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Alan
147 -4
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Richard
146 +2
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Trevor
145 0
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Desmond
140 +1
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Charles
136 -6
31.
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Eric
131 +2
32.
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Noel
125 -6
33.
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Norman
122 -2
34.
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Ivan
113 +8
35.
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Barry
105 +11
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Albert
99 +2
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Francis
97 -3
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Leonard
97 +3
39.
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Walter
94 -4
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Patrick
92 +7
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Stanley
92 -3
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Alfred
87 +1
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Roy
87 +9
44.
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Frederick
86 -3
45.
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Alexander
84 -1
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Jack
84 -10
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Mervyn
84 +8
48.
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Owen
83 +8
49.
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Murray
80 -10
50.
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Joseph
77 0
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Russell
77 +12
52.
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Henry
76 -1
53.
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Harold
72 -9
54.
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Bernard
71 -5
55.
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Michael
70 -1
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Rex
70 +5
57.
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Graeme
69 +3
58.
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Bryan
66 +14
59.
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Frank
61 0
59.
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Reginald
61 -1
61.
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Kevin
60 -6
61.
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Lawrence
60 -4
61.
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Malcolm
60 +2
64.
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Geoffrey
59 +2
64.
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Neil
59 -1
66.
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Ernest
58 -18
67.
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Anthony
55 -2
68.
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Terence
53 +2
69.
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Herbert
50 -2
70.
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Philip
49 +9
71.
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Hugh
48 -2
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Neville
48 +3
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Paul
48 +1
74.
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Roger
46 +18
75.
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Andrew
45 +6
76.
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Ross
43 -8
77.
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Robin
42 +12
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Cyril
41 -1
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Laurence
41 +3
80.
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Harry
39 +5
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Ralph
39 new
82.
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Clifford
38 -12
83.
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Victor
36 -8
84.
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Stuart
35 new
85.
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Allen
34 -10
85.
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Edwin
34 -4
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Gerald
34 -8
88.
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Cecil
31 new
88.
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Leo
31 -3
90.
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Clive
30 +7
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Derek
30 -11
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Lindsay
28 new
93.
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Athol
27 new
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Selwyn
27 -8
95.
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Denis
26 -2
95.
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Dennis
26 -11
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Lionel
26 new
98.
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Clarence
24 new
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Maxwell
23 -14
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Basil
22 -11
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
815 0
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Patricia
375 +1
3.
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Shirley
338 -1
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Mary
311 0
5.
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Joan
278 +1
6.
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Betty
263 -1
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Dorothy
233 0
8.
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Elizabeth
222 +1
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June
207 -1
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Valerie
197 +1
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Barbara
192 +2
12.
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Doreen
178 +3
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Jean
176 -1
14.
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Audrey
173 +3
15.
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Joyce
170 -5
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Marie
162 -2
17.
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Kathleen
161 -1
18.
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Maureen
149 +5
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Helen
137 +2
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Ngaire
132 -2
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Beverley
129 +2
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Nancy
126 -3
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Eileen
116 -3
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Pamela
114 +10
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Noeline
108 +1
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Colleen
107 +2
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Daphne
103 -5
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Norma
102 -5
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Dawn
96 +1
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Phyllis
93 -3
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Lois
92 +2
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Pauline
88 0
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Marjorie
79 -4
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Fay
75 +4
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Mavis
75 -4
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Nola
75 +5
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Judith
73 +33
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Elaine
72 +10
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Frances
72 +3
38.
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Irene
72 -3
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Ruth
72 -2
42.
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Catherine
69 -1
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Joy
69 -1
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Lorna
69 -6
45.
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Marion
66 +7
46.
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Janet
65 +12
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Thelma
65 -7
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Edna
64 -7
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Yvonne
64 +18
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Doris
63 -2
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Evelyn
63 +8
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Heather
60 -7
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Alice
57 +3
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Florence
56 -1
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Josephine
56 +20
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Jocelyn
55 -8
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Alison
54 +4
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Gladys
54 -6
59.
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Beryl
53 -5
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Sylvia
52 -6
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Anne
50 +17
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Elsie
49 -5
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Hazel
48 -18
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Agnes
47 +23
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Olive
47 -17
66.
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Rita
46 -3
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Lorraine
45 +11
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Annie
41 -7
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Iris
41 -5
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Ellen
40 -2
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Gwendoline
39 +6
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Alma
38 +11
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Muriel
38 -9
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Beatrice
37 +19
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Bernice
36 +12
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Diana
36 +21
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Eleanor
36 new
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Gloria
36 +3
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Dulcie
35 -13
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Jessie
35 -11
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Lesley
35 new
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Valda
35 new
83.
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Rona
34 -7
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Vera
34 0
85.
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Ailsa
33 +1
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Edith
33 -27
87.
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Ethel
32 0
87.
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Ivy
32 -15
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Rae
32 +11
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Rosemary
32 +9
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Violet
32 -16
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Jacqueline
31 new
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Peggy
31 -11
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Winifred
31 -20
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Eunice
30 -8
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Ann
29 new
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Grace
29 -13
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Isabel
29 new
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Aileen
28 -25
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Molly
28 new