Top NZ Baby Names of 2006

Ella (323) and Jack (536) were New Zealand's most registered names in 2006. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 2000s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Ella323
  2. 2Charlotte322
  3. 3Sophie296
  4. 4Emma284
  5. 5Olivia278
  6. 6Emily277
  7. 7Jessica262
  8. 8Grace261
  9. 9Hannah255
  10. 10Lily235
  11. 11Isabella225
  12. 12Lucy194
  13. 13Chloe191
  14. 14Ruby174
  15. 15Georgia168
  16. 16Amelia166
  17. 17Maia166
  18. 18Paige166
  19. 19Zoe161
  20. 20Madison156
  21. 21Brooke155
  22. 22Samantha152
  23. 23Holly151
  24. 24Sarah150
  25. 25Ava143
  26. 26Mia140
  27. 27Jasmine131
  28. 28Kate123
  29. 29Hayley122
  30. 30Caitlin120
  31. 31Jade114
  32. 32Sophia106
  33. 33Amber102
  34. 34Eva102
  35. 35Molly100
  36. 36Amy95
  37. 37Katie93
  38. 38Keira91
  39. 39Anna90
  40. 40Sienna90
  41. 41Summer89
  42. 42Zara88
  43. 43Maddison85
  44. 44Elizabeth84
  45. 45Kayla84
  46. 46Isla83
  47. 47Abigail82
  48. 48Brianna80
  49. 49Alyssa79
  50. 50Danielle78

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Jack536
  2. 2Joshua408
  3. 3Daniel371
  4. 4James361
  5. 5William334
  6. 6Samuel326
  7. 7Jacob308
  8. 8Thomas295
  9. 9Benjamin285
  10. 10Ryan284
  11. 11Liam278
  12. 12Oliver271
  13. 13Ethan260
  14. 14Matthew253
  15. 15Luke251
  16. 16Noah235
  17. 17Caleb219
  18. 18Max218
  19. 19Jayden207
  20. 20Logan207
  21. 21Dylan202
  22. 22Connor191
  23. 23Alexander186
  24. 24Blake180
  25. 25Riley172
  26. 26Nathan166
  27. 27Charlie165
  28. 28Tyler160
  29. 29Joseph156
  30. 30George155
  31. 31Lucas149
  32. 32Harrison148
  33. 33Lachlan147
  34. 34Cameron146
  35. 35Jordan143
  36. 36Isaac135
  37. 37Michael133
  38. 38Alex129
  39. 39Finn123
  40. 40Oscar119
  41. 41Jackson118
  42. 42Hunter108
  43. 43Cody105
  44. 44Harry103
  45. 45Levi102
  46. 46Adam100
  47. 47Flynn99
  48. 48Nicholas99
  49. 49Joel97
  50. 50Jake96

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.