Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,273 0
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David
1,052 +1
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Peter
1,047 -1
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Robert
690 +1
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Michael
680 -1
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Paul
588 0
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Kevin
568 0
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Stephen
561 +1
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Brian
494 -1
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Christopher
476 +3
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Ian
467 -1
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William
433 -1
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Bruce
399 +1
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Richard
376 -2
15.
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Alan
354 +1
16.
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Anthony
352 +8
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Graeme
344 -2
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James
342 -1
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Murray
328 +1
20.
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Colin
310 +6
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Wayne
310 +1
22.
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Graham
307 -3
23.
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Barry
302 -2
24.
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Mark
289 +9
25.
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Gary
278 -7
26.
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Trevor
269 +1
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Kenneth
263 -2
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Philip
260 -7
29.
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Raymond
252 -1
30.
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Geoffrey
234 0
31.
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Ross
231 0
32.
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Allan
227 -3
33.
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Donald
226 -1
33.
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Keith
226 +3
35.
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Grant
200 0
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Ronald
197 +3
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Neil
191 +1
38.
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Warren
183 +5
39.
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Gregory
176 +1
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Roger
175 -3
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Dennis
174 -7
42.
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Andrew
170 +2
43.
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Russell
166 -3
44.
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Garry
160 +2
44.
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Thomas
160 +1
46.
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Malcolm
147 0
47.
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Steven
145 +8
48.
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Robin
142 +2
49.
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Douglas
141 0
50.
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Phillip
138 -8
51.
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Stuart
133 -3
52.
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Lindsay
132 0
53.
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Patrick
131 -2
54.
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Charles
130 0
55.
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Gordon
125 +3
56.
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George
119 -4
57.
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Leslie
116 -1
57.
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Neville
116 0
59.
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Craig
114 +15
60.
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Noel
110 +2
61.
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Edward
109 -2
62.
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Rodney
108 +3
63.
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Terence
105 -2
64.
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Rex
103 0
65.
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Jeffrey
100 +3
66.
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Martin
98 +4
67.
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Timothy
92 +5
68.
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Bryan
89 -8
68.
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Joseph
89 -2
70.
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Gavin
87 -8
71.
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Maurice
82 0
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Nigel
81 +7
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Arthur
80 -5
74.
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Eric
74 -7
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Owen
74 -2
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Kerry
71 +1
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Brent
68 +4
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Desmond
67 +11
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Mervyn
67 +2
80.
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Tony
64 +14
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Bernard
61 +1
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Francis
61 -3
83.
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Clive
60 -1
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Gerald
60 +14
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Alexander
58 -10
86.
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Daniel
54 +14
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Henry
54 new
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Ivan
54 +10
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Warwick
54 -1
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Brett
50 new
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Frank
50 new
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Stewart
50 -6
93.
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Norman
49 -1
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Roy
49 +5
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Simon
49 new
96.
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Denis
48 -21
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Jonathan
48 new
98.
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Lawrence
47 -11
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Alistair
46 new
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Derek
46 -13
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Lance
46 -7
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Christine
811 0
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Susan
653 +1
3.
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Margaret
599 -1
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Jennifer
498 0
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Judith
478 0
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Patricia
453 0
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Elizabeth
374 0
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Mary
366 0
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Linda
346 0
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Helen
344 +3
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Robyn
334 0
12.
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Barbara
326 -2
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Lynette
315 +1
14.
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Karen
312 +4
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Diane
297 0
16.
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Heather
295 -1
17.
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Anne
288 0
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Pamela
276 +2
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Sandra
269 -7
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Carol
248 -1
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Janice
248 +1
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Janet
244 +1
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Wendy
229 +3
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Raewyn
223 +6
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Julie
221 +9
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Pauline
218 -2
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Marilyn
210 0
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Dianne
208 +5
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Kathleen
202 -7
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Lorraine
202 -1
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Yvonne
189 +5
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Alison
186 -1
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Gail
178 +4
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Shirley
178 -8
35.
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Rosemary
174 +5
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Beverley
168 -1
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Marie
164 +10
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Suzanne
163 -9
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Catherine
162 +2
40.
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Maureen
161 +6
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Ann
156 -10
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Lesley
154 +3
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Kay
152 +9
44.
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Denise
147 -5
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Jillian
146 +9
46.
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Cheryl
144 +2
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Colleen
144 -8
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Lynda
137 +5
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Sharon
136 -5
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Jane
132 +1
51.
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Annette
128 -8
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Carolyn
123 -10
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Deborah
113 +24
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Frances
110 +1
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Kathryn
104 -6
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Valerie
104 +2
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Jacqueline
103 +2
58.
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Glenda
101 +7
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Jeanette
97 +4
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Irene
95 -10
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Maria
95 +14
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Joy
94 +6
63.
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Joan
93 +12
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Sheryl
93 +8
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Elaine
92 +4
66.
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Lynne
90 -8
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Brenda
89 -2
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Marion
87 -9
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Glenys
86 +7
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Lois
83 0
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Dorothy
82 -12
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Jill
82 -6
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Jocelyn
82 -8
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Ruth
81 -19
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Josephine
79 +19
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Sally
79 +9
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Jan
76 +9
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Vivienne
74 +2
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Paula
72 -2
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Gillian
70 -18
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Vicki
70 new
82.
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Angela
69 +6
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Shona
68 -11
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Donna
63 -2
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Adrienne
61 -12
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Diana
61 -3
87.
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Christina
60 +4
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Stephanie
60 new
89.
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Eileen
58 -8
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Joanne
58 +9
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Philippa
58 +10
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Kaye
57 +8
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Jean
56 -14
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Julia
55 new
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Susanne
54 new
96.
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Beverly
53 new
96.
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Louise
53 -7
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Faye
52 new
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Gloria
52 -13
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Rhonda
52 new