Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Expand year-to-year changes
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
chart
John		 953 0
2.
chart
William		 764 0
3.
chart
James		 531 0
4.
chart
Robert		 476 0
5.
chart
George		 376 0
6.
chart
Raymond		 271 +2
6.
chart
Ronald		 271 +1
8.
chart
Thomas		 268 -2
9.
chart
Arthur		 265 +5
10.
chart
Kenneth		 225 0
11.
chart
Douglas		 217 0
12.
chart
Eric		 210 +7
12.
chart
Gordon		 210 0
14.
chart
Leslie		 204 -2
15.
chart
Charles		 199 -6
16.
chart
Donald		 197 -1
17.
chart
David		 195 0
18.
chart
Ian		 193 +5
19.
chart
Jack		 192 +8
20.
chart
Edward		 184 -4
21.
chart
Colin		 183 +8
22.
chart
Frederick		 176 -2
23.
chart
Norman		 173 -3
24.
chart
Allan		 168 +1
24.
chart
Leonard		 168 +13
26.
chart
Henry		 165 -1
26.
chart
Keith		 165 +5
28.
chart
Peter		 160 +12
29.
chart
Albert		 159 -5
30.
chart
Frank		 148 +9
31.
chart
Francis		 146 -14
32.
chart
Richard		 144 -4
33.
chart
Stanley		 139 -2
33.
chart
Walter		 139 +4
35.
chart
Alan		 136 -1
36.
chart
Harold		 133 -14
37.
chart
Maurice		 132 -8
38.
chart
Trevor		 121 +9
39.
chart
Joseph		 120 +4
40.
chart
Alexander		 119 -4
40.
chart
Ernest		 119 -7
42.
chart
Desmond		 114 +6
43.
chart
Alfred		 112 -8
44.
chart
Ivan		 108 +1
44.
chart
Noel		 108 -3
46.
chart
Patrick		 106 0
47.
chart
Bruce		 102 +1
48.
chart
Reginald		 101 +2
48.
chart
Roy		 101 -6
50.
chart
Mervyn		 90 +10
51.
chart
Brian		 89 +6
52.
chart
Herbert		 87 -8
52.
chart
Owen		 87 0
54.
chart
Cyril		 82 0
55.
chart
Bernard		 80 -2
56.
chart
Harry		 71 +1
57.
chart
Lawrence		 69 -6
58.
chart
Clifford		 68 -4
59.
chart
Philip		 60 +11
60.
chart
Geoffrey		 58 +4
60.
chart
Graham		 58 +16
62.
chart
Hugh		 55 -6
63.
chart
Andrew		 52 -4
64.
chart
Victor		 48 -4
65.
chart
Clarence		 47 -3
65.
chart
Ross		 47 new
67.
chart
Kevin		 46 +24
67.
chart
Laurence		 46 +1
69.
chart
Malcolm		 45 +15
70.
chart
Sydney		 44 -6
71.
chart
Rex		 43 -5
71.
chart
Vernon		 43 +28
73.
chart
Edwin		 42 -2
73.
chart
Russell		 42 -10
75.
chart
Cecil		 40 -9
75.
chart
Neil		 40 +3
77.
chart
Lewis		 38 +22
77.
chart
Neville		 38 +7
79.
chart
Maxwell		 37 +17
79.
chart
Ralph		 37 +17
81.
chart
Basil		 36 +3
81.
chart
Leo		 36 +1
83.
chart
Allen		 35 -10
83.
chart
Athol		 35 +16
83.
chart
Michael		 35 -12
83.
chart
Wallace		 35 +8
83.
chart
Wilfred		 35 +1
88.
chart
Gilbert		 34 +11
88.
chart
Samuel		 34 -15
90.
chart
Lionel		 33 -6
90.
chart
Murray		 33 +9
92.
chart
Howard		 32 +7
92.
chart
Lloyd		 32 -11
94.
chart
Arnold		 30 -11
95.
chart
Anthony		 29 -4
96.
chart
Stuart		 28 -20
97.
chart
Derek		 27 new
97.
chart
Paul		 27 new
97.
chart
Selwyn		 27 -2
97.
chart
Sidney		 27 -22
97.
chart
Terence		 27 -6
Back to Top
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
chart
Margaret		 566 0
2.
chart
Mary		 469 0
3.
chart
Joan		 401 0
4.
chart
Joyce		 391 0
5.
chart
Dorothy		 361 0
6.
chart
Jean		 323 0
7.
chart
Betty		 277 +1
8.
chart
Patricia		 247 +1
9.
chart
Kathleen		 236 -2
10.
chart
Phyllis		 200 0
11.
chart
Eileen		 196 0
12.
chart
June		 171 0
13.
chart
Edna		 160 +6
13.
chart
Nancy		 160 0
15.
chart
Audrey		 159 +7
15.
chart
Marjorie		 159 +1
17.
chart
Elizabeth		 152 -3
18.
chart
Mavis		 150 -3
19.
chart
Gladys		 148 -1
20.
chart
Doreen		 144 +6
20.
chart
Doris		 144 -3
22.
chart
Elsie		 136 +10
22.
chart
Thelma		 136 -3
24.
chart
Olive		 135 -3
25.
chart
Shirley		 127 +5
26.
chart
Norma		 124 +2
27.
chart
Florence		 120 0
28.
chart
Hazel		 111 -4
29.
chart
Marie		 106 +1
30.
chart
Annie		 102 -5
31.
chart
Alice		 98 -2
32.
chart
Evelyn		 97 +6
32.
chart
Helen		 97 +1
32.
chart
Iris		 97 +18
35.
chart
Daphne		 94 -1
36.
chart
Ethel		 91 0
36.
chart
Frances		 91 -1
38.
chart
Irene		 90 -15
39.
chart
Beryl		 89 +17
39.
chart
Muriel		 89 +3
41.
chart
Edith		 84 0
42.
chart
Nola		 83 +6
43.
chart
Violet		 81 +3
44.
chart
Winifred		 80 -7
45.
chart
Ellen		 79 -5
45.
chart
Ngaire		 79 +11
47.
chart
Vera		 78 -9
48.
chart
Agnes		 76 +12
48.
chart
Lorna		 76 -3
50.
chart
Ruth		 72 -8
51.
chart
Barbara		 71 0
51.
chart
Catherine		 71 -4
53.
chart
Jessie		 68 -9
54.
chart
Beatrice		 65 +12
55.
chart
Alma		 63 +14
55.
chart
Mabel		 63 +23
55.
chart
Sylvia		 63 +24
58.
chart
Rona		 61 +4
59.
chart
Grace		 60 -6
60.
chart
Ivy		 59 -11
60.
chart
Peggy		 59 +5
62.
chart
Marion		 58 -11
63.
chart
Ruby		 57 -3
64.
chart
Noeline		 56 +8
65.
chart
Gwendoline		 55 -1
66.
chart
Rita		 54 -13
67.
chart
Joy		 53 +5
68.
chart
Hilda		 52 -10
69.
chart
Isabel		 50 -3
69.
chart
Myrtle		 50 -11
71.
chart
Constance		 49 -18
71.
chart
Dulcie		 49 -1
71.
chart
Lois		 49 +1
74.
chart
Janet		 47 +7
75.
chart
Enid		 42 -3
75.
chart
Myra		 42 -9
77.
chart
Eva		 41 +8
78.
chart
Mona		 40 -7
78.
chart
Pearl		 40 +7
80.
chart
Lucy		 39 -8
80.
chart
Valerie		 39 +10
82.
chart
Eunice		 38 +5
82.
chart
Lilian		 38 -19
82.
chart
Olga		 38 +15
82.
chart
Pauline		 38 -1
82.
chart
Yvonne		 38 new
87.
chart
Alison		 37 new
88.
chart
Elaine		 35 new
88.
chart
Josephine		 35 -1
88.
chart
May		 35 -5
91.
chart
Ailsa		 34 new
92.
chart
Elva		 33 +1
92.
chart
Esther		 33 +7
92.
chart
Lillian		 33 0
92.
chart
Monica		 33 new
96.
chart
Emily		 32 -9
96.
chart
Sheila		 32 new
96.
chart
Una		 32 new
99.
chart
Aileen		 31 new
99.
chart
Freda		 31 -16
99.
chart
Gloria		 31 -2
99.
chart
Isabella		 31 new
99.
chart
Nellie		 31 new
Back to Top
Popularity extremes for New Zealand