NZ Baby Names Guides Compare names Biggest Movers By year Māori pēpi names Top NZ Baby Names of the 2010s Registrations added up across 2010-2019. Olivia and Oliver were the decade's most registered names. Click any name to see its full trend.
Top 50 girls' names 1 Olivia 2,705 2 Charlotte 2,701 3 Sophie 2,475 4 Ruby 2,309 5 Emily 2,277 6 Amelia 2,222 7 Isla 2,201 8 Ella 2,194 9 Isabella 2,151 10 Ava 1,984 11 Chloe 1,889 12 Mia 1,867 13 Grace 1,849 14 Lily 1,841 15 Zoe 1,724 16 Lucy 1,702 17 Harper 1,653 18 Sophia 1,648 19 Emma 1,647 20 Mila 1,501 21 Georgia 1,412 22 Eva 1,198 23 Hannah 1,193 24 Aria 1,182 25 Willow 1,102 26 Paige 1,072 27 Madison 1,044 28 Sienna 999 29 Hazel 992 30 Scarlett 992 31 Jessica 971 32 Evelyn 956 33 Maia 932 34 Abigail 910 35 Bella 902 36 Ivy 874 37 Isabelle 857 38 Maddison 856 39 Zara 843 40 Stella 836 41 Alice 827 42 Eden 795 43 Matilda 760 44 Elizabeth 757 45 Holly 748 46 Mackenzie 747 47 Evie 746 48 Summer 721 49 Layla 719 50 Indie 715 Top 50 boys' names 1 Oliver 3,201 2 Jack 2,935 3 William 2,628 4 James 2,558 5 Noah 2,528 6 Liam 2,449 7 Lucas 2,421 8 Mason 2,278 9 Hunter 2,131 10 Thomas 2,036 11 Benjamin 2,015 12 Ethan 2,000 13 Samuel 1,996 14 Jacob 1,978 15 Max 1,944 16 Cooper 1,894 17 Charlie 1,884 18 Joshua 1,846 19 George 1,829 20 Leo 1,826 21 Ryan 1,758 22 Lachlan 1,701 23 Daniel 1,673 24 Alexander 1,648 25 Blake 1,558 26 Elijah 1,525 27 Isaac 1,501 28 Jackson 1,498 29 Levi 1,405 30 Oscar 1,363 31 Luke 1,340 32 Carter 1,322 33 Henry 1,321 34 Riley 1,309 35 Jayden 1,267 36 Connor 1,266 37 Harry 1,228 38 Tyler 1,198 39 Eli 1,171 40 Harrison 1,158 41 Finn 1,148 42 Caleb 1,136 43 Joseph 1,120 44 Luca 1,116 45 Xavier 1,088 46 Logan 1,074 47 Nathan 1,042 48 Arlo 1,030 49 Matthew 1,030 50 Archie 988 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.
Data-informed by DIA baby name registrations
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