Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs
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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
Peter		 1,484 0 +53 +3.7%
2.
David		 1,238 +1 +70 +6.0%
3.
John		 1,181 -1 -69 -5.5%
4.
Michael		 1,007 0 +69 +7.4%
5.
Stephen		 873 +1 +113 +14.9%
6.
Paul		 803 -1 +27 +3.5%
7.
Mark		 752 +1 +110 +17.1%
8.
Robert		 708 -1 -12 -1.7%
9.
Christopher		 680 0 +55 +8.8%
10.
Kevin		 551 0 +19 +3.6%
11.
Richard		 482 0 +1 +0.2%
12.
Anthony		 445 +2 -7 -1.5%
13.
Ian		 433 -1 -31 -6.7%
14.
William		 429 +1 +24 +5.9%
15.
Wayne		 422 +2 +53 +14.4%
16.
Grant		 392 +7 +102 +35.2%
17.
Alan		 376 +4 +30 +8.7%
18.
Brian		 368 -5 -85 -18.8%
18.
Bruce		 368 -2 -23 -5.9%
20.
Murray		 359 -2 -4 -1.1%
21.
Gary		 358 -3 -5 -1.4%
22.
Graeme		 348 0 +26 +8.1%
23.
James		 347 -3 -9 -2.5%
24.
Gregory		 330 +6 +76 +29.9%
25.
Steven		 297 +11 +82 +38.1%
26.
Ross		 291 -1 +18 +6.6%
27.
Andrew		 277 +6 +52 +23.1%
28.
Philip		 268 0 0 0.0%
29.
Colin		 267 0 0 0.0%
30.
Graham		 265 -5 -8 -2.9%
31.
Geoffrey		 253 -4 -19 -7.0%
32.
Allan		 243 +3 +27 +12.5%
33.
Barry		 241 -9 -48 -16.6%
34.
Keith		 225 +5 +29 +14.8%
34.
Kenneth		 225 -2 -8 -3.4%
36.
Trevor		 210 -5 -33 -13.6%
37.
Donald		 203 0 +1 +0.5%
38.
Neil		 198 -4 -20 -9.2%
39.
Raymond		 195 +1 +6 +3.2%
40.
Garry		 184 -2 -13 -6.6%
41.
Martin		 180 +5 +23 +14.6%
42.
Stuart		 173 0 -3 -1.7%
43.
Thomas		 172 -2 -7 -3.9%
44.
Simon		 170 +12 +41 +31.8%
45.
Roger		 168 -1 +4 +2.4%
46.
Russell		 166 +2 +13 +8.5%
47.
Craig		 163 +4 +21 +14.8%
47.
Timothy		 163 -2 +4 +2.5%
49.
Patrick		 159 +1 +9 +6.0%
50.
Phillip		 158 -7 -15 -8.7%
51.
Brent		 153 +1 +17 +12.5%
52.
Tony		 149 +13 +43 +40.6%
52.
Warren		 149 -4 -4 -2.6%
54.
Robin		 143 +1 +13 +10.0%
55.
Malcolm		 135 -1 +3 +2.3%
56.
Kerry		 132 +15 +37 +38.9%
57.
Jeffrey		 130 0 +5 +4.0%
58.
Ronald		 129 -11 -25 -16.2%
59.
Douglas		 128 -6 -7 -5.2%
60.
Joseph		 124 +13 +33 +36.3%
61.
Gavin		 118 +1 +7 +6.3%
62.
Nigel		 115 -3 -5 -4.2%
63.
Dennis		 112 -1 +1 +0.9%
63.
Neville		 112 +4 +8 +7.7%
65.
Gordon		 110 -5 -9 -7.6%
66.
George		 106 -5 -7 -6.2%
66.
Terence		 106 +9 +18 +20.5%
68.
Brett		 103 +4 +10 +10.8%
68.
Leslie		 103 +1 +5 +5.1%
70.
Edward		 101 -3 -3 -2.9%
71.
Charles		 94 -5 -11 -10.5%
71.
Dean		 94 +13 +25 +36.2%
73.
Nicholas		 93 +3 +7 +8.1%
74.
Lance		 92 +2 +6 +7.0%
74.
Rodney		 92 0 +2 +2.2%
76.
Derek		 88 +10 +20 +29.4%
77.
Shane		 86 +14 +29 +50.9%
78.
Noel		 85 +2 +5 +6.3%
79.
Lindsay		 84 -21 -40 -32.3%
80.
Eric		 83 -2 +1 +1.2%
81.
Bryan		 79 -17 -30 -27.5%
81.
Glenn		 79 -11 -17 -17.7%
83.
Bernard		 73 -4 -8 -9.9%
83.
Rex		 73 -3 -7 -8.8%
85.
Maurice		 67 +3 0 0.0%
86.
Alexander		 66 -2 -3 -4.3%
87.
Alistair		 64 new new new
88.
Terry		 63 +1 0 0.0%
89.
Daniel		 61 -7 -14 -18.7%
89.
Desmond		 61 new new new
89.
Ivan		 61 new new new
92.
Arthur		 60 new new new
92.
Gerard		 60 -3 -3 -4.8%
92.
Lawrence		 60 new new new
92.
Owen		 60 -9 -10 -14.3%
96.
Warwick		 58 -10 -10 -14.7%
97.
Matthew		 57 new new new
97.
Walter		 57 new new new
99.
Leonard		 55 new new new
99.
Stewart		 55 +1 +5 +10.0%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
Susan		 915 +1 +102 +12.5%
2.
Karen		 808 -1 -18 -2.2%
3.
Christine		 609 0 -164 -21.2%
4.
Jennifer		 458 0 -2 -0.4%
5.
Margaret		 428 0 -9 -2.1%
6.
Deborah		 415 +9 +86 +26.1%
7.
Linda		 409 0 -4 -1.0%
8.
Wendy		 402 +2 +34 +9.2%
9.
Elizabeth		 399 0 +28 +7.5%
10.
Judith		 370 -4 -57 -13.3%
11.
Robyn		 356 -3 -51 -12.5%
12.
Helen		 351 +2 +17 +5.1%
13.
Julie		 344 +13 +116 +50.9%
14.
Patricia		 341 -3 -26 -7.1%
15.
Sandra		 339 -3 -24 -6.6%
16.
Mary		 315 -3 -39 -11.0%
17.
Barbara		 306 0 +4 +1.3%
18.
Sharon		 305 +5 +42 +16.0%
19.
Diane		 301 +2 +28 +10.3%
20.
Lynette		 299 0 +9 +3.1%
21.
Carol		 275 -2 -17 -5.8%
22.
Debra		 269 +23 +120 +80.5%
23.
Anne		 263 -7 -47 -15.2%
24.
Catherine		 257 +1 +21 +8.9%
25.
Suzanne		 237 -1 -15 -6.0%
26.
Heather		 236 -8 -60 -20.3%
27.
Joanne		 232 +8 +51 +28.2%
28.
Denise		 226 +4 +22 +10.8%
29.
Pamela		 225 -7 -42 -15.7%
30.
Janice		 218 +1 +9 +4.3%
31.
Raewyn		 207 -4 -11 -5.0%
32.
Janet		 199 -3 -14 -6.6%
33.
Jane		 188 -5 -29 -13.4%
34.
Dianne		 186 0 -4 -2.1%
34.
Vicki		 186 +8 +25 +15.5%
36.
Shirley		 180 -6 -30 -14.3%
37.
Donna		 175 +6 +20 +12.9%
37.
Pauline		 175 -4 -20 -10.3%
39.
Carolyn		 174 +7 +31 +21.7%
40.
Rosemary		 173 -3 -2 -1.1%
41.
Lorraine		 172 -3 -1 -0.6%
42.
Alison		 171 -6 -6 -3.4%
43.
Kathleen		 169 -2 +7 +4.3%
44.
Kathryn		 166 +7 +36 +27.7%
45.
Yvonne		 164 +2 +22 +15.5%
46.
Annette		 162 -6 -2 -1.2%
47.
Lesley		 146 +13 +32 +28.1%
48.
Ann		 138 +5 +11 +8.7%
49.
Lynda		 134 0 -4 -2.9%
49.
Marie		 134 -5 -19 -12.4%
51.
Jacqueline		 133 -4 -9 -6.3%
52.
Gail		 129 -13 -43 -25.0%
53.
Fiona		 128 +6 +11 +9.4%
53.
Sally		 128 +12 +23 +21.9%
55.
Jan		 127 +3 +8 +6.7%
56.
Colleen		 125 -2 +1 +0.8%
56.
Jillian		 125 -1 +4 +3.3%
56.
Sheryl		 125 -4 -4 -3.1%
59.
Kerry		 120 +7 +18 +17.6%
60.
Gillian		 118 +6 +16 +15.7%
61.
Cheryl		 117 +2 +6 +5.4%
62.
Kay		 116 +6 +17 +17.2%
63.
Angela		 115 -1 +3 +2.7%
63.
Brenda		 115 -8 -6 -5.0%
65.
Maree		 114 +4 +22 +23.9%
66.
Diana		 113 +9 +28 +32.9%
67.
Beverley		 110 -6 -3 -2.7%
68.
Nicola		 108 +28 +39 +56.5%
69.
Shona		 104 +1 +13 +14.3%
70.
Maria		 103 -15 -18 -14.9%
71.
Glenda		 102 -7 -4 -3.8%
72.
Ruth		 100 0 +13 +14.9%
73.
Maureen		 93 -23 -40 -30.1%
74.
Michelle		 89 +3 +6 +7.2%
75.
Andrea		 87 +14 +14 +19.2%
75.
Jeanette		 87 +14 +14 +19.2%
75.
Lynne		 87 +6 +8 +10.1%
78.
Kim		 86 new new new
79.
Glenys		 84 -7 -3 -3.4%
79.
Louise		 84 -7 -3 -3.4%
81.
Caroline		 83 +4 +6 +7.8%
82.
Jocelyn		 82 +3 +5 +6.5%
82.
Paula		 82 +14 +13 +18.8%
82.
Penelope		 82 -6 -2 -2.4%
85.
Joy		 81 +2 +5 +6.6%
86.
Michele		 80 new new new
86.
Sarah		 80 new new new
88.
Bronwyn		 79 -10 -3 -3.7%
88.
Josephine		 79 -7 0 0.0%
88.
Vivienne		 79 +8 +10 +14.5%
91.
Adrienne		 78 +5 +9 +13.0%
92.
Frances		 75 -22 -16 -17.6%
93.
Stephanie		 74 new new new
94.
Elaine		 72 -6 -3 -4.0%
95.
Jill		 71 -3 0 0.0%
95.
Philippa		 71 new new new
97.
Janine		 70 new new new
98.
Claire		 69 new new new
99.
Teresa		 68 -15 -10 -12.8%
99.
Victoria		 68 new new new
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