Top NZ Baby Names of 2011

Ruby (337) and Liam (317) were New Zealand's most registered names in 2011. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 2010s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Ruby337
  2. 2Olivia329
  3. 3Sophie308
  4. 4Isabella276
  5. 5Charlotte257
  6. 6Grace247
  7. 7Ella243
  8. 8Lily239
  9. 9Emily230
  10. 10Amelia229
  11. 11Chloe221
  12. 12Ava205
  13. 13Isla198
  14. 14Emma191
  15. 15Sophia179
  16. 16Zoe176
  17. 17Lucy169
  18. 18Mia165
  19. 19Paige152
  20. 20Madison151
  21. 21Georgia145
  22. 22Jessica143
  23. 23Hannah137
  24. 24Eva123
  25. 25Sienna123
  26. 26Bella119
  27. 27Holly108
  28. 28Summer107
  29. 29Mila106
  30. 30Stella106
  31. 31Alexis105
  32. 32Maia101
  33. 33Abigail97
  34. 34Eden95
  35. 35Elizabeth89
  36. 36Lilly85
  37. 37Samantha85
  38. 38Anna84
  39. 39Isabelle84
  40. 40Maddison84
  41. 41Nevaeh84
  42. 42Zara83
  43. 43Alice82
  44. 44Sarah82
  45. 45Addison80
  46. 46Amber80
  47. 47Brooke79
  48. 48Sofia79
  49. 49Jade76
  50. 50Scarlett76

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Liam317
  2. 2Joshua293
  3. 3Oliver287
  4. 4Lucas282
  5. 5William274
  6. 6Noah270
  7. 7Samuel269
  8. 8James267
  9. 9Benjamin252
  10. 10Jack246
  11. 11Jacob238
  12. 12Ryan232
  13. 13Cooper231
  14. 14Hunter225
  15. 15Mason219
  16. 16Ethan217
  17. 17Daniel214
  18. 18Max213
  19. 19Thomas211
  20. 20Lachlan189
  21. 21Isaac186
  22. 22Riley185
  23. 23Levi183
  24. 24Blake181
  25. 25Jayden178
  26. 26Luke178
  27. 27Alexander177
  28. 28Charlie177
  29. 29Tyler169
  30. 30Connor160
  31. 31George158
  32. 32Xavier155
  33. 33Elijah151
  34. 34Jackson151
  35. 35Eli141
  36. 36Leo139
  37. 37Logan139
  38. 38Caleb137
  39. 39Dylan136
  40. 40Matthew133
  41. 41Harry128
  42. 42Luca126
  43. 43Joseph122
  44. 44Finn121
  45. 45Jake120
  46. 46Nathan119
  47. 47Oscar116
  48. 48Alex114
  49. 49Cameron110
  50. 50Aiden106

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.