Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
John		 1,384 0
2.
Peter		 1,244 +1
3.
David		 1,177 -1
4.
Michael		 865 0
5.
Robert		 729 0
6.
Paul		 712 0
7.
Stephen		 681 0
8.
Kevin		 562 0
9.
Christopher		 547 0
10.
Ian		 492 +1
11.
Mark		 452 +2
12.
Richard		 433 +2
13.
William		 426 -2
14.
Brian		 387 -4
15.
Bruce		 383 +1
16.
Murray		 372 +1
17.
Alan		 371 -2
18.
Anthony		 368 +4
19.
Wayne		 364 0
20.
James		 351 0
21.
Graeme		 350 -3
22.
Gary		 336 -2
23.
Graham		 316 0
24.
Barry		 290 +1
25.
Colin		 274 +1
26.
Ross		 265 +3
27.
Geoffrey		 264 +4
28.
Raymond		 252 +4
29.
Kenneth		 249 -1
30.
Philip		 246 -6
31.
Trevor		 241 -4
32.
Neil		 227 +8
33.
Grant		 220 -3
34.
Donald		 212 +1
35.
Gregory		 208 +3
36.
Steven		 200 +2
37.
Allan		 199 -3
38.
Garry		 196 +5
39.
Roger		 194 -2
40.
Andrew		 192 +1
41.
Keith		 182 -9
42.
Ronald		 168 -6
43.
Warren		 161 -1
44.
Russell		 153 0
44.
Thomas		 153 +1
46.
Dennis		 151 0
47.
Stuart		 145 +1
48.
Timothy		 141 +13
49.
Malcolm		 139 +4
50.
Douglas		 132 -1
51.
Edward		 131 +4
52.
Phillip		 128 -5
53.
Robin		 127 -2
54.
Martin		 124 +4
55.
Gavin		 122 +15
56.
Patrick		 121 +4
57.
Gordon		 118 -3
57.
Leslie		 118 -6
59.
Charles		 116 -1
59.
Terence		 116 -2
61.
George		 113 -11
62.
Craig		 110 +5
63.
Lindsay		 108 -1
64.
Jeffrey		 99 +5
65.
Bryan		 98 +9
66.
Joseph		 96 -2
67.
Glenn		 95 +11
68.
Rex		 94 -4
69.
Kerry		 92 -5
70.
Neville		 91 -14
70.
Noel		 91 -7
72.
Nigel		 88 0
73.
Tony		 87 +3
74.
Alexander		 82 -2
74.
Arthur		 82 +4
74.
Brent		 82 -7
77.
Rodney		 75 -6
78.
Simon		 69 +13
79.
Maurice		 67 +13
80.
Lance		 63 +12
81.
Eric		 62 -4
82.
Francis		 61 +2
83.
Bernard		 59 -2
84.
Owen		 58 -9
84.
Stewart		 58 +15
86.
Gerard		 56 +1
87.
Nicholas		 55 +5
88.
Derek		 53 0
88.
Roy		 53 +10
90.
Gerald		 52 new
91.
Hugh		 50 new
92.
Brett		 48 0
92.
Desmond		 48 -2
92.
Mervyn		 48 -7
92.
Norman		 48 -4
92.
Warwick		 48 new
97.
Lawrence		 47 -19
98.
Frank		 46 new
98.
Lloyd		 46 new
98.
Shane		 46 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
Susan		 743 +1
2.
Christine		 689 -1
3.
Margaret		 559 0
4.
Judith		 459 0
5.
Jennifer		 448 0
6.
Karen		 432 +8
7.
Patricia		 421 +1
8.
Mary		 398 -2
9.
Linda		 386 0
10.
Barbara		 375 0
11.
Elizabeth		 363 -4
12.
Robyn		 356 0
13.
Wendy		 346 +5
14.
Helen		 330 +1
15.
Heather		 329 +5
16.
Lynette		 317 -5
17.
Anne		 309 -4
18.
Sandra		 299 -1
19.
Diane		 289 -3
20.
Carol		 258 +2
21.
Pamela		 247 0
22.
Janice		 240 +1
23.
Janet		 239 -4
24.
Suzanne		 237 +1
25.
Raewyn		 225 +4
26.
Sharon		 222 +10
27.
Dianne		 220 0
28.
Julie		 214 -4
29.
Rosemary		 198 0
30.
Deborah		 190 +12
31.
Pauline		 185 +1
32.
Alison		 184 +1
33.
Kathleen		 183 -2
34.
Denise		 181 +1
35.
Catherine		 178 +4
35.
Lorraine		 178 -9
37.
Yvonne		 165 +1
38.
Ann		 156 +6
38.
Marie		 156 +11
40.
Beverley		 155 +1
41.
Lesley		 154 -4
42.
Colleen		 152 +5
42.
Shirley		 152 -2
44.
Annette		 149 +2
45.
Marilyn		 144 -17
46.
Maureen		 133 -4
47.
Glenda		 130 +10
48.
Jane		 127 0
49.
Jillian		 125 -5
50.
Gail		 124 -16
50.
Sheryl		 124 0
52.
Brenda		 123 +20
52.
Lynda		 123 +8
54.
Jacqueline		 120 +1
55.
Carolyn		 117 -4
55.
Kay		 117 -1
57.
Marion		 116 +6
58.
Maria		 111 +1
59.
Cheryl		 110 -3
60.
Donna		 109 +11
61.
Kathryn		 108 -8
62.
Vicki		 104 +11
63.
Jeanette		 101 +4
64.
Jan		 100 +2
65.
Gillian		 99 -2
66.
Sally		 96 -6
67.
Ruth		 95 -10
68.
Jocelyn		 93 +1
68.
Lynne		 93 -6
70.
Jill		 92 +3
71.
Joanne		 91 +8
72.
Frances		 89 -20
72.
Maree		 89 new
74.
Valerie		 87 +3
75.
Elaine		 83 -8
76.
Dorothy		 82 +8
77.
Glenys		 81 -14
78.
Adrienne		 79 +11
78.
Shona		 79 +1
80.
Angela		 78 -4
80.
Irene		 78 -11
80.
Joy		 78 -1
83.
Lois		 73 -1
83.
Paula		 73 +3
85.
Bronwyn		 72 +5
85.
Vivienne		 72 -8
87.
Fiona		 71 new
88.
Louise		 70 +5
89.
Stephanie		 69 -6
90.
Debra		 67 new
91.
Christina		 66 +5
92.
Ngaire		 65 +8
93.
Diana		 64 -6
93.
Jean		 64 new
95.
Claire		 63 +1
96.
Joan		 62 -12
96.
Lynnette		 62 -4
98.
Penelope		 61 -4
99.
Gloria		 60 -11
100.
Katherine		 59 new
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