Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Expand year-to-year changes
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
chart
Jason		 1,024 0
2.
chart
Michael		 870 0
3.
chart
David		 826 0
4.
chart
Andrew		 812 +1
5.
chart
Paul		 753 -1
6.
chart
Craig		 725 0
7.
chart
Mark		 718 0
8.
chart
Aaron		 611 +2
9.
chart
Christopher		 607 -1
10.
chart
Richard		 562 -1
11.
chart
Matthew		 541 +4
12.
chart
Robert		 474 +1
13.
chart
John		 464 -2
14.
chart
Stephen		 463 -2
15.
chart
Scott		 398 +4
16.
chart
Peter		 394 -2
17.
chart
Simon		 390 +5
18.
chart
Shane		 376 -2
19.
chart
James		 373 -1
20.
chart
Steven		 327 -3
21.
chart
Anthony		 311 -1
22.
chart
Grant		 292 -1
23.
chart
Nicholas		 262 +4
24.
chart
Gregory		 257 0
25.
chart
Justin		 252 +9
25.
chart
Wayne		 252 -2
27.
chart
Timothy		 232 +6
28.
chart
Daniel		 225 +13
29.
chart
William		 217 +1
30.
chart
Tony		 215 -1
31.
chart
Brent		 214 -5
31.
chart
Darren		 214 0
33.
chart
Glenn		 210 -5
34.
chart
Glen		 209 +10
35.
chart
Brendon		 202 -1
36.
chart
Philip		 195 +2
37.
chart
Dean		 193 -12
37.
chart
Nigel		 193 -5
39.
chart
Jonathan		 189 +1
40.
chart
Brett		 172 -1
41.
chart
Karl		 170 +7
42.
chart
Kevin		 166 -5
43.
chart
Gavin		 157 +9
44.
chart
Jeremy		 155 -1
45.
chart
Nathan		 153 +18
46.
chart
Phillip		 143 -1
47.
chart
Stuart		 139 -11
48.
chart
Hamish		 135 +1
49.
chart
Carl		 131 +4
50.
chart
Adam		 129 +12
51.
chart
Brian		 128 +6
51.
chart
Geoffrey		 128 -1
53.
chart
Ian		 127 -11
54.
chart
Bruce		 125 +1
54.
chart
Joseph		 125 +9
56.
chart
Sean		 124 -9
57.
chart
Blair		 120 -12
58.
chart
Adrian		 119 +11
58.
chart
Dion		 119 +1
58.
chart
Thomas		 119 +1
61.
chart
Patrick		 118 +5
62.
chart
Edward		 114 +19
63.
chart
Martin		 113 -13
64.
chart
Shaun		 112 +22
65.
chart
Lance		 111 +29
66.
chart
Cameron		 105 +22
66.
chart
Gary		 105 -13
68.
chart
Ross		 104 -10
69.
chart
Alan		 101 -8
70.
chart
Colin		 100 +7
71.
chart
Barry		 99 -4
71.
chart
Murray		 99 -4
71.
chart
Raymond		 99 +2
74.
chart
Graham		 94 +7
75.
chart
Clinton		 93 +4
75.
chart
Kerry		 93 -1
75.
chart
Mathew		 93 0
75.
chart
Todd		 93 +11
79.
chart
Graeme		 92 -10
79.
chart
Warren		 92 -23
81.
chart
Jeffrey		 91 -12
82.
chart
Gareth		 90 +8
83.
chart
Vaughan		 89 +14
84.
chart
Antony		 86 -21
84.
chart
Benjamin		 86 0
86.
chart
Neil		 85 -9
87.
chart
Julian		 83 new
88.
chart
Damian		 81 new
88.
chart
George		 81 +4
90.
chart
Douglas		 80 +9
91.
chart
Roger		 79 -2
92.
chart
Darryl		 78 -13
92.
chart
Jamie		 78 new
92.
chart
Rodney		 78 -17
92.
chart
Ryan		 78 new
96.
chart
Charles		 77 new
97.
chart
Brendan		 76 -28
98.
chart
Trevor		 74 -14
99.
chart
Kenneth		 73 new
99.
chart
Russell		 73 -16
Back to Top
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
chart
Michelle		 618 +1
2.
chart
Lisa		 598 -1
3.
chart
Rachel		 496 0
4.
chart
Nicola		 479 +1
5.
chart
Joanne		 476 -1
6.
chart
Angela		 456 +2
7.
chart
Sarah		 448 +6
8.
chart
Tracey		 440 -1
9.
chart
Karen		 383 -3
10.
chart
Tania		 349 -1
11.
chart
Kelly		 330 +3
12.
chart
Kim		 292 +3
13.
chart
Amanda		 290 -2
14.
chart
Deborah		 289 -4
15.
chart
Tracy		 260 -3
16.
chart
Andrea		 259 +4
17.
chart
Fiona		 257 +2
18.
chart
Julie		 249 -2
19.
chart
Melanie		 238 +9
20.
chart
Rebecca		 235 +2
21.
chart
Vanessa		 228 -4
22.
chart
Donna		 221 -1
23.
chart
Paula		 220 +4
24.
chart
Megan		 218 +10
25.
chart
Susan		 217 -8
26.
chart
Catherine		 213 -3
26.
chart
Melissa		 213 +18
28.
chart
Sharon		 211 -4
29.
chart
Rachael		 204 -4
30.
chart
Jennifer		 203 +1
31.
chart
Jacqueline		 199 -5
32.
chart
Elizabeth		 192 -4
32.
chart
Rochelle		 192 +7
34.
chart
Christine		 191 -6
35.
chart
Wendy		 185 -3
36.
chart
Katrina		 184 +11
37.
chart
Helen		 181 -4
38.
chart
Leanne		 175 -1
39.
chart
Suzanne		 174 -5
40.
chart
Anna		 172 +1
41.
chart
Stephanie		 171 +10
42.
chart
Kathryn		 170 -1
43.
chart
Joanna		 169 -7
44.
chart
Jane		 167 -3
45.
chart
Victoria		 162 -1
46.
chart
Louise		 160 +3
47.
chart
Janine		 158 -1
48.
chart
Sandra		 149 -10
49.
chart
Natasha		 147 +42
50.
chart
Tina		 144 -11
51.
chart
Shelley		 138 -2
52.
chart
Maria		 134 -4
53.
chart
Kirsten		 126 +17
54.
chart
Justine		 125 0
55.
chart
Kylie		 124 new
55.
chart
Teresa		 124 +5
57.
chart
Katherine		 114 +21
58.
chart
Emma		 113 +14
59.
chart
Mary		 111 +3
60.
chart
Toni		 109 -2
61.
chart
Linda		 106 -9
62.
chart
Vicki		 105 +1
63.
chart
Denise		 101 -3
63.
chart
Tanya		 101 +1
65.
chart
Natalie		 95 new
66.
chart
Kerry		 94 +9
67.
chart
Alison		 92 0
67.
chart
Nicole		 92 -10
69.
chart
Bronwyn		 91 -3
70.
chart
Cherie		 88 +4
71.
chart
Robyn		 87 -18
72.
chart
Debbie		 84 +17
72.
chart
Maree		 84 +3
74.
chart
Cheryl		 83 -20
75.
chart
Belinda		 82 -10
75.
chart
Brenda		 82 +6
77.
chart
Debra		 79 +4
77.
chart
Heather		 79 -8
79.
chart
Julia		 78 +7
79.
chart
Patricia		 78 -23
79.
chart
Sharlene		 78 +10
82.
chart
Carolyn		 76 -23
82.
chart
Kirsty		 76 +10
84.
chart
Carmen		 75 new
85.
chart
Diane		 74 0
86.
chart
Bridget		 73 -16
86.
chart
Sally		 73 -8
88.
chart
Caroline		 72 -21
88.
chart
Ruth		 72 new
90.
chart
Anne		 70 -9
90.
chart
Claire		 70 -9
92.
chart
Anita		 69 +1
92.
chart
Philippa		 69 +1
94.
chart
Gina		 68 new
94.
chart
Nadine		 68 new
96.
chart
Christina		 67 new
97.
chart
Kellie		 66 new
97.
chart
Penelope		 66 +1
99.
chart
Margaret		 65 -26
100.
chart
Rachelle		 64 new
Back to Top
Popularity extremes for New Zealand