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Top 100 NZ Baby Names of 2022

These are the 100 most-registered baby names in Aotearoa New Zealand for 2022, based on Department of Internal Affairs birth registration data. Tap any name to see its full popularity trajectory.

The top 100 names of 2022

  1. 01Oliver
    650 babies · Boy
  2. 02Olivia
    623 babies · Girl
  3. 03Noah
    575 babies · Boy
  4. 04Amelia
    554 babies · Girl
  5. 05Theodore
    536 babies · Boy
  6. 06Isla
    523 babies · Girl
  7. 07Charlotte
    501 babies · Girl
  8. 08Jack
    485 babies · Boy
  9. 09Luca
    447 babies · Boy
  10. 10William
    444 babies · Boy
  11. 11Ella
    434 babies · Girl
  12. 12Mila
    425 babies · Girl
  13. 13Nova
    374 babies · Girl
  14. 14Arlo
    353 babies · Boy
  15. 15Hazel
    274 babies · Girl
  16. 16Maia
    258 babies · Girl
  17. 17Riley
    245 babies · Neutral
  18. 18Manaia
    237 babies · Neutral
  19. 19Koa
    204 babies · Boy
  20. 20Quinn
    204 babies · Neutral
  21. 21Nikau
    201 babies · Boy
  22. 22Kaia
    185 babies · Girl
  23. 23Tāne
    184 babies · Boy
  24. 24River
    182 babies · Neutral
  25. 25Sage
    166 babies · Neutral
  26. 26Aroha
    160 babies · Girl
  27. 27Mātai
    137 babies · Boy
  28. 28Anahera
    117 babies · Girl
  29. 29Wren
    89 babies · Neutral
  30. 30Atlas
    74 babies · Boy
  31. 31Indi
    74 babies · Neutral
  32. 32Rāwiri
    67 babies · Boy
  33. 33Kōwhai
    57 babies · Girl
  34. 34Marlowe
    56 babies · Neutral

About this data: figures come from Department of Internal Affairs birth registrations for 1954-2025. The DIA only publishes a name for a given year when at least 10 babies were registered with it, so rarer names - and rarer spellings - are missing entirely, and a name can drop out of the record in quieter years. Spelling variants are counted separately, and counts reflect first names as registered.

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