Top NZ Baby Names of the 2000s

Registrations added up across 2000-2009. Sophie and Jack were the decade's most registered names. Click any name to see its full trend.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Sophie3,152
  2. 2Olivia3,040
  3. 3Emma2,994
  4. 4Ella2,860
  5. 5Jessica2,814
  6. 6Hannah2,694
  7. 7Grace2,631
  8. 8Emily2,618
  9. 9Charlotte2,511
  10. 10Isabella2,075
  11. 11Georgia2,053
  12. 12Lily1,829
  13. 13Samantha1,771
  14. 14Lucy1,766
  15. 15Ruby1,749
  16. 16Paige1,687
  17. 17Sarah1,683
  18. 18Chloe1,638
  19. 19Madison1,577
  20. 20Brooke1,552
  21. 21Caitlin1,539
  22. 22Holly1,521
  23. 23Amelia1,480
  24. 24Zoe1,393
  25. 25Kate1,364
  26. 26Jade1,232
  27. 27Amy1,187
  28. 28Maia1,179
  29. 29Mia1,169
  30. 30Jasmine1,154
  31. 31Anna1,035
  32. 32Sophia1,017
  33. 33Hayley993
  34. 34Amber965
  35. 35Ava950
  36. 36Rebecca939
  37. 37Molly933
  38. 38Maddison917
  39. 39Tayla881
  40. 40Elizabeth878
  41. 41Kayla877
  42. 42Katie870
  43. 43Danielle869
  44. 44Abigail816
  45. 45Summer749
  46. 46Alexandra743
  47. 47Alyssa736
  48. 48Laura730
  49. 49Mikayla717
  50. 50Eva700

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Jack4,736
  2. 2Joshua4,601
  3. 3James3,608
  4. 4Samuel3,602
  5. 5Benjamin3,382
  6. 6Daniel3,360
  7. 7Liam3,192
  8. 8William3,140
  9. 9Jacob3,114
  10. 10Thomas3,085
  11. 11Ethan2,991
  12. 12Matthew2,899
  13. 13Ryan2,556
  14. 14Oliver2,518
  15. 15Caleb2,375
  16. 16Luke2,208
  17. 17Jayden2,164
  18. 18Dylan2,154
  19. 19Connor1,996
  20. 20Cameron1,870
  21. 21Alexander1,862
  22. 22Max1,855
  23. 23Logan1,840
  24. 24Riley1,677
  25. 25Michael1,670
  26. 26Joseph1,653
  27. 27Jordan1,638
  28. 28Noah1,612
  29. 29Nathan1,592
  30. 30Blake1,587
  31. 31Lachlan1,471
  32. 32Tyler1,471
  33. 33George1,460
  34. 34Lucas1,427
  35. 35Isaac1,366
  36. 36Harrison1,296
  37. 37Jackson1,284
  38. 38Hunter1,266
  39. 39Alex1,161
  40. 40Nicholas1,150
  41. 41Levi1,096
  42. 42Harry1,078
  43. 43David1,054
  44. 44Finn1,051
  45. 45Cody1,048
  46. 46Jake987
  47. 47Charlie982
  48. 48Hamish970
  49. 49John961
  50. 50Adam953
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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.