Top NZ Baby Names of 2008

Sophie (356) and Jack (449) were New Zealand's most registered names in 2008. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 2000s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Sophie356
  2. 2Olivia310
  3. 3Ella298
  4. 4Isabella289
  5. 5Charlotte267
  6. 6Emma257
  7. 7Lily255
  8. 8Emily247
  9. 9Jessica245
  10. 10Grace236
  11. 11Hannah232
  12. 12Chloe227
  13. 13Ruby212
  14. 14Lucy203
  15. 15Amelia196
  16. 16Ava196
  17. 17Madison184
  18. 18Maia180
  19. 19Mia171
  20. 20Holly161
  21. 21Zoe149
  22. 22Sophia148
  23. 23Paige146
  24. 24Georgia144
  25. 25Brooke143
  26. 26Kate142
  27. 27Maddison136
  28. 28Samantha136
  29. 29Sienna118
  30. 30Isla111
  31. 31Jade108
  32. 32Sarah106
  33. 33Katie104
  34. 34Stella104
  35. 35Eva99
  36. 36Caitlin97
  37. 37Hayley97
  38. 38Jasmine96
  39. 39Elizabeth94
  40. 40Tayla94
  41. 41Anna92
  42. 42Bella91
  43. 43Summer91
  44. 44Amy89
  45. 45Molly87
  46. 46Isabelle86
  47. 47Mikayla85
  48. 48Abigail83
  49. 49Keira83
  50. 50Amber81

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Jack449
  2. 2James382
  3. 3William354
  4. 4Samuel345
  5. 5Joshua330
  6. 6Riley329
  7. 7Liam306
  8. 8Oliver301
  9. 9Benjamin293
  10. 10Daniel288
  11. 11Jacob265
  12. 12Thomas265
  13. 13Jayden252
  14. 14Noah251
  15. 15Ethan250
  16. 16Ryan241
  17. 17Lucas235
  18. 18Luke229
  19. 19Hunter225
  20. 20Max225
  21. 21Matthew217
  22. 22Alexander202
  23. 23Lachlan201
  24. 24Dylan199
  25. 25Connor184
  26. 26Blake182
  27. 27Tyler173
  28. 28Caleb167
  29. 29Charlie160
  30. 30George156
  31. 31Joseph153
  32. 32Cooper150
  33. 33Nathan142
  34. 34Logan140
  35. 35Alex137
  36. 36Cameron133
  37. 37Michael132
  38. 38Harrison131
  39. 39Isaac122
  40. 40Jackson120
  41. 41Harry116
  42. 42Toby116
  43. 43Xavier115
  44. 44Jordan114
  45. 45Levi113
  46. 46Jake112
  47. 47Ashton111
  48. 48Jesse109
  49. 49Finn107
  50. 50Oscar103

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.