Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Samuel
59 new
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Alexander
60 new
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Leslie
60 new
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Daryl
62 new
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Gordon
63 -3
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Darryn
64 -16
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Brendon
65 -4
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Dion
65 new
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Brendan
68 -3
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Kelvin
70 -2
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Lance
72 -13
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Terry
73 +9
88.
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Charles
74 -3
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Hamish
76 -1
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Bryan
78 +2
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Shaun
78 new
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Derek
79 -8
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Donald
81 -5
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Todd
81 +10
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George
85 -5
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Keith
85 +8
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Adam
95 +14
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Douglas
98 -7
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Joseph
98 -17
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Darryl
99 -9
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Karl
100 +9
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Aaron
101 -2
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Glen
105 +23
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Jonathan
107 -2
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Malcolm
107 +2
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Daniel
108 0
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Roger
111 -2
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Adrian
114 +17
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Antony
114 +1
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Carl
114 +17
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Kerry
114 +9
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Barry
115 -3
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Raymond
116 -14
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Edward
119 +5
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Russell
119 -12
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Trevor
119 -7
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Allan
120 0
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Nicholas
125 +6
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Jeffrey
129 -7
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Gavin
130 -3
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Kenneth
132 +3
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Graham
133 -2
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Scott
143 +10
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Thomas
143 -7
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Colin
145 -3
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Neil
145 +6
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Ross
150 -10
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Phillip
151 -13
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Geoffrey
152 -3
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Sean
154 +11
45.
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Patrick
157 +18
44.
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Graeme
158 +7
43.
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Glenn
160 0
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Rodney
167 +4
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Murray
171 -7
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Warren
177 +2
38.
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Martin
186 -1
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Stuart
186 0
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Matthew
187 +3
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Bruce
188 -6
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Brian
193 -2
34.
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Alan
198 +6
33.
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Timothy
200 -4
32.
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Nigel
210 +4
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Simon
212 -4
30.
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Philip
233 -5
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Gary
236 -3
28.
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Jason
237 +25
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William
243 -3
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Brent
249 +7
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Darren
249 -6
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Ian
257 -1
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Gregory
260 -3
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Tony
265 +6
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Brett
271 +9
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Kevin
313 +2
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James
373 -1
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Anthony
375 -1
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Wayne
377 -3
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Grant
387 0
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Steven
395 +6
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Shane
446 -1
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Dean
470 +2
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Christopher
521 -1
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Craig
537 +1
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Richard
577 -1
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Robert
579 +1
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Peter
668 -2
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Stephen
698 +1
6.
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John
727 -1
5.
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Mark
810 +2
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Paul
981 -1
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Andrew
995 +1
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Michael
1,174 0
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David
1,199 0
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sonya
62 0
98.
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Karyn
63 -14
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Penelope
63 new
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Vicky
65 +1
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Jan
66 -15
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Bridget
67 new
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Ruth
67 0
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Yvonne
68 -3
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Melanie
70 -1
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Philippa
70 +9
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Dianne
71 -19
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Lesley
77 new
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Gillian
78 +2
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Ann
80 -2
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Rebecca
80 +14
84.
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Cherie
81 -1
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Kerry
81 -20
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Shona
82 new
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Vanessa
82 new
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Caroline
83 -5
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Sally
83 -18
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Justine
85 new
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Michele
85 -1
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Lynda
87 -23
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Melissa
87 new
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Toni
87 +6
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Natalie
88 +22
72.
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Claire
91 +14
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Shelley
91 -9
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Teresa
92 +16
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Debbie
96 +4
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Annette
98 +7
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Kathleen
98 -7
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Katrina
98 +1
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Pamela
98 +14
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Pauline
100 +5
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Bronwyn
101 -3
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Lynette
101 -5
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Barbara
104 +5
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Stephanie
104 -5
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Katherine
105 +12
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Tanya
107 -4
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Judith
120 -10
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Debra
122 -3
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Marie
122 +19
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Carolyn
124 -8
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Anna
128 +7
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Vicki
128 +3
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Megan
129 -1
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Raewyn
130 -2
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Anne
131 -8
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Carol
132 -3
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Rachel
133 +20
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Tina
137 +18
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Heather
138 -5
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Maree
142 +4
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Janine
146 -6
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Margaret
148 -3
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Mary
148 -7
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Brenda
149 +12
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Patricia
155 +1
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Suzanne
155 -2
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Louise
157 +6
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Diane
158 -5
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Denise
167 -2
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Kathryn
170 +2
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Paula
170 +11
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Alison
174 -3
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Amanda
180 +11
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Robyn
192 +2
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Jane
204 +1
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Andrea
218 0
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Leanne
222 -6
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Tracy
223 +1
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Sarah
233 0
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Linda
241 +1
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Elizabeth
257 -3
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Jennifer
257 +2
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Catherine
261 -1
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Maria
269 +3
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Wendy
286 -2
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Jacqueline
300 -4
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Fiona
306 +1
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Christine
315 -3
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Julie
341 -3
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Sharon
341 -7
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Helen
351 +3
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Donna
364 -2
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Joanne
369 -7
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Sandra
371 -5
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Nicola
392 +6
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Kim
399 +14
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Tracey
405 +2
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Angela
410 +6
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Tania
419 +2
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Susan
430 -1
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Deborah
479 -1
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Michelle
615 -2
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Lisa
638 +5
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Karen
651 +1