Top NZ Baby Names of 2017

Charlotte (277) and Oliver (314) were New Zealand's most registered names in 2017. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 2010s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Charlotte277
  2. 2Harper236
  3. 3Isla232
  4. 4Olivia225
  5. 5Ava217
  6. 6Amelia215
  7. 7Mia205
  8. 8Mila201
  9. 9Sophie197
  10. 10Emily190
  11. 11Ella185
  12. 12Isabella185
  13. 13Lucy169
  14. 14Ruby163
  15. 15Lily161
  16. 16Chloe159
  17. 17Zoe157
  18. 18Emma156
  19. 19Grace152
  20. 20Aria151
  21. 21Willow136
  22. 22Georgia134
  23. 23Sophia130
  24. 24Evelyn129
  25. 25Hazel125
  26. 26Eva117
  27. 27Scarlett114
  28. 28Ivy104
  29. 29Indie99
  30. 30Isabelle97
  31. 31Madison97
  32. 32Alice96
  33. 33Matilda95
  34. 34Evie94
  35. 35Thea93
  36. 36Hannah92
  37. 37Zara92
  38. 38Mackenzie91
  39. 39Stella90
  40. 40Layla87
  41. 41Ayla85
  42. 42Paige84
  43. 43Sienna84
  44. 44Maddison83
  45. 45Millie82
  46. 46Bella81
  47. 47Maia79
  48. 48Poppy79
  49. 49Frankie76
  50. 50Florence75

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Oliver314
  2. 2Jack284
  3. 3Noah257
  4. 4William251
  5. 5Hunter245
  6. 6James242
  7. 7George234
  8. 8Mason230
  9. 9Lucas227
  10. 10Arlo194
  11. 11Leo193
  12. 12Liam188
  13. 13Max186
  14. 14Thomas182
  15. 15Charlie181
  16. 16Cooper172
  17. 17Benjamin164
  18. 18Elijah159
  19. 19Henry154
  20. 20Joshua153
  21. 21Lachlan153
  22. 22Oscar150
  23. 23Ethan148
  24. 24Alexander147
  25. 25Samuel146
  26. 26Carter145
  27. 27Jacob143
  28. 28Jackson139
  29. 29Finn134
  30. 30Daniel128
  31. 31Isaac128
  32. 32Theodore126
  33. 33Luke119
  34. 34Harrison118
  35. 35Blake116
  36. 36Harry116
  37. 37Archie115
  38. 38Levi115
  39. 39Eli109
  40. 40Ryan108
  41. 41Riley107
  42. 42Lincoln106
  43. 43Logan101
  44. 44Austin98
  45. 45Luca98
  46. 46Archer97
  47. 47Hugo96
  48. 48Caleb95
  49. 49Theo95
  50. 50Xavier95

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.