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Top 100 NZ Baby Names of 2023

These are the 100 most-registered baby names in Aotearoa New Zealand for 2023, based on Department of Internal Affairs birth registration data. Tap any name to see its full popularity trajectory.

The top 100 names of 2023

  1. 01Oliver
    653 babies · Boy
  2. 02Olivia
    631 babies · Girl
  3. 03Amelia
    564 babies · Girl
  4. 04Charlotte
    558 babies · Girl
  5. 05William
    477 babies · Boy
  6. 06Theodore
    473 babies · Boy
  7. 07Noah
    469 babies · Boy
  8. 08Isla
    444 babies · Girl
  9. 09Jack
    381 babies · Boy
  10. 10Luca
    379 babies · Boy
  11. 11Mila
    361 babies · Girl
  12. 12Ella
    346 babies · Girl
  13. 13Nova
    328 babies · Girl
  14. 14Hazel
    310 babies · Girl
  15. 15Arlo
    310 babies · Boy
  16. 16Riley
    253 babies · Neutral
  17. 17Manaia
    242 babies · Neutral
  18. 18Koa
    241 babies · Boy
  19. 19Nikau
    221 babies · Boy
  20. 20Quinn
    217 babies · Neutral
  21. 21Maia
    210 babies · Girl
  22. 22River
    200 babies · Neutral
  23. 23Aroha
    169 babies · Girl
  24. 24Kaia
    157 babies · Girl
  25. 25Mātai
    155 babies · Boy
  26. 26Tāne
    149 babies · Boy
  27. 27Sage
    146 babies · Neutral
  28. 28Anahera
    137 babies · Girl
  29. 29Atlas
    87 babies · Boy
  30. 30Wren
    81 babies · Neutral
  31. 31Rāwiri
    72 babies · Boy
  32. 32Marlowe
    68 babies · Neutral
  33. 33Indi
    67 babies · Neutral
  34. 34Kōwhai
    64 babies · Girl

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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