Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Expand year-to-year changes
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
chart
William		 851 0
2.
chart
John		 842 0
3.
chart
James		 538 +1
4.
chart
George		 422 -1
5.
chart
Thomas		 402 +1
6.
chart
Robert		 396 -1
7.
chart
Charles		 376 0
8.
chart
Arthur		 291 0
9.
chart
Frederick		 264 0
10.
chart
Leslie		 231 +4
11.
chart
Albert		 216 -1
12.
chart
Eric		 215 +5
13.
chart
Edward		 203 0
14.
chart
Alfred		 200 -2
14.
chart
Henry		 200 -3
16.
chart
Francis		 195 +3
17.
chart
Ernest		 187 +1
18.
chart
Harold		 173 -2
19.
chart
Walter		 172 -4
20.
chart
David		 167 -1
21.
chart
Norman		 155 +2
22.
chart
Stanley		 153 +4
23.
chart
Ronald		 145 +3
24.
chart
Richard		 142 +4
25.
chart
Frank		 141 +4
26.
chart
Joseph		 138 -1
27.
chart
Herbert		 137 -5
28.
chart
Kenneth		 135 +4
29.
chart
Gordon		 133 +2
30.
chart
Leonard		 129 -6
31.
chart
Alexander		 128 -10
32.
chart
Cyril		 119 +4
32.
chart
Raymond		 119 -2
34.
chart
Jack		 114 -1
34.
chart
Reginald		 114 0
36.
chart
Donald		 109 +4
37.
chart
Douglas		 104 0
38.
chart
Cecil		 95 -4
38.
chart
Clarence		 95 0
40.
chart
Roy		 88 -1
41.
chart
Allan		 82 +1
42.
chart
Harry		 71 -1
42.
chart
Victor		 71 +5
44.
chart
Andrew		 69 +4
44.
chart
Maurice		 69 +2
46.
chart
Alan		 67 +6
47.
chart
Hugh		 64 +2
47.
chart
Percy		 64 -3
49.
chart
Colin		 61 +2
50.
chart
Sydney		 59 -8
51.
chart
Ian		 57 +3
51.
chart
Patrick		 57 +9
53.
chart
Archibald		 55 +5
54.
chart
Clifford		 54 +1
55.
chart
Keith		 53 +8
56.
chart
Lawrence		 51 -1
57.
chart
Claude		 50 -2
58.
chart
Philip		 49 +5
58.
chart
Wilfred		 49 +5
60.
chart
Bernard		 48 +12
61.
chart
Hector		 47 -16
62.
chart
Lionel		 46 +5
63.
chart
Peter		 45 +16
64.
chart
Ivan		 44 -2
65.
chart
Gilbert		 42 -2
66.
chart
Noel		 41 +6
67.
chart
Edwin		 40 -15
67.
chart
Horace		 40 -7
67.
chart
Ralph		 40 +5
67.
chart
Samuel		 40 -17
71.
chart
Geoffrey		 38 -4
72.
chart
Edgar		 37 -13
73.
chart
Allen		 35 new
74.
chart
Michael		 33 +8
74.
chart
Trevor		 33 +14
76.
chart
Leo		 32 -6
76.
chart
Sidney		 32 +6
78.
chart
Mervyn		 29 +1
79.
chart
Arnold		 27 -9
79.
chart
Laurence		 27 0
79.
chart
Lewis		 27 +9
82.
chart
Malcolm		 25 0
83.
chart
Basil		 24 -16
84.
chart
Owen		 23 -7
85.
chart
Percival		 22 -9
85.
chart
Vernon		 22 +7
87.
chart
Daniel		 21 -9
87.
chart
Phillip		 21 new
87.
chart
Selwyn		 21 new
87.
chart
Stephen		 21 new
91.
chart
Vincent		 20 +9
92.
chart
Dudley		 19 new
92.
chart
Duncan		 19 +8
92.
chart
Howard		 19 -5
95.
chart
Louis		 18 -23
95.
chart
Neil		 18 +1
97.
chart
Athol		 17 -5
97.
chart
Gerald		 17 -3
97.
chart
Martin		 17 -1
100.
chart
Bruce		 16 -10
100.
chart
Carl		 16 new
Back to Top
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
chart
Mary		 478 0
2.
chart
Margaret		 331 0
3.
chart
Dorothy		 281 0
4.
chart
Doris		 238 +3
4.
chart
Gladys		 238 +4
6.
chart
Alice		 217 0
7.
chart
Eileen		 216 -3
8.
chart
Annie		 214 -3
9.
chart
Edna		 207 +1
10.
chart
Kathleen		 196 +1
11.
chart
Florence		 184 +2
12.
chart
Elizabeth		 177 -3
13.
chart
Phyllis		 176 +9
14.
chart
Ethel		 162 +3
15.
chart
Elsie		 157 -3
16.
chart
Ivy		 151 -1
17.
chart
Mavis		 150 +6
18.
chart
Olive		 146 +6
19.
chart
Irene		 143 +2
19.
chart
Jessie		 143 -5
21.
chart
Violet		 142 -2
22.
chart
Myrtle		 141 -3
23.
chart
Edith		 136 -6
24.
chart
Agnes		 135 +11
25.
chart
Vera		 131 -1
26.
chart
Thelma		 123 0
27.
chart
Catherine		 120 +1
28.
chart
Mabel		 115 +5
28.
chart
Marjorie		 115 +3
30.
chart
Winifred		 113 0
31.
chart
Ellen		 109 -15
31.
chart
Ruby		 109 +6
33.
chart
Rita		 108 -6
34.
chart
Hazel		 107 -1
35.
chart
Evelyn		 102 -3
36.
chart
Grace		 99 +2
36.
chart
Muriel		 99 -7
38.
chart
Frances		 93 -2
39.
chart
Eva		 91 +1
40.
chart
Jean		 90 -1
41.
chart
Hilda		 83 +2
42.
chart
Mona		 79 +2
43.
chart
Iris		 75 +7
44.
chart
Constance		 74 +4
44.
chart
May		 74 -3
46.
chart
Nancy		 72 +16
47.
chart
Emily		 70 -1
48.
chart
Ada		 67 -4
49.
chart
Amy		 64 +6
50.
chart
Freda		 63 +9
50.
chart
Helen		 63 -8
52.
chart
Alma		 62 +1
52.
chart
Lilian		 62 -4
54.
chart
Isabella		 59 -2
54.
chart
Nellie		 59 +15
56.
chart
Gwendoline		 54 +10
56.
chart
Jane		 54 +19
56.
chart
Lillian		 54 -2
56.
chart
Sarah		 54 +3
60.
chart
Joyce		 53 +9
61.
chart
Beatrice		 52 -11
61.
chart
Marion		 52 +1
63.
chart
Isabel		 51 +3
64.
chart
Lucy		 50 -6
65.
chart
Doreen		 49 +6
65.
chart
Ida		 49 -18
65.
chart
Ruth		 49 -3
68.
chart
Christina		 48 -13
69.
chart
Daisy		 46 +17
69.
chart
Janet		 46 +12
71.
chart
Ella		 45 +22
71.
chart
Gertrude		 45 -5
73.
chart
Bertha		 44 new
74.
chart
Dulcie		 41 +4
74.
chart
Pearl		 41 +12
76.
chart
Lorna		 40 +13
76.
chart
Mildred		 40 +5
78.
chart
Daphne		 39 -7
79.
chart
Eleanor		 37 -5
79.
chart
Laura		 37 +2
79.
chart
Rose		 37 -24
82.
chart
Amelia		 36 -3
82.
chart
Emma		 36 -3
82.
chart
Lily		 36 -1
85.
chart
Esther		 35 +6
85.
chart
Louisa		 35 -23
85.
chart
Myra		 35 -10
88.
chart
Minnie		 34 +5
89.
chart
Flora		 33 -18
89.
chart
Joan		 33 new
89.
chart
Linda		 33 new
92.
chart
Ena		 32 -31
92.
chart
Marjory		 32 -17
94.
chart
Clarice		 31 -5
95.
chart
Rona		 29 new
95.
chart
Stella		 29 -4
97.
chart
Beryl		 27 -1
97.
chart
Clara		 27 -11
97.
chart
Norah		 27 new
100.
chart
Bessie		 26 new
100.
chart
Caroline		 26 new
100.
chart
Martha		 26 new
100.
chart
Nora		 26 -4
Back to Top
Popularity extremes for New Zealand