Top NZ Baby Names of 2020

Isla (243) and Oliver (315) were New Zealand's most registered names in 2020. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 2020s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Isla243
  2. 2Charlotte222
  3. 3Amelia213
  4. 4Olivia208
  5. 5Willow184
  6. 6Harper177
  7. 7Ava175
  8. 8Lily175
  9. 9Sophie168
  10. 10Ella163
  11. 11Mia162
  12. 12Isabella160
  13. 13Mila154
  14. 14Chloe153
  15. 15Emily148
  16. 16Lucy147
  17. 17Grace146
  18. 18Ruby146
  19. 19Aria132
  20. 20Hazel130
  21. 21Zoe123
  22. 22Ivy121
  23. 23Olive103
  24. 24Matilda101
  25. 25Millie101
  26. 26Scarlett100
  27. 27Poppy99
  28. 28Sophia95
  29. 29Georgia93
  30. 30Riley93
  31. 31Evelyn92
  32. 32Stella91
  33. 33Frankie90
  34. 34Florence89
  35. 35Evie88
  36. 36Mackenzie88
  37. 37Freya85
  38. 38Maia85
  39. 39Ellie83
  40. 40Thea83
  41. 41Layla81
  42. 42Luna78
  43. 43Alice77
  44. 44Aurora77
  45. 45Emma76
  46. 46Quinn74
  47. 47Bella73
  48. 48Indie73
  49. 49Isabelle73
  50. 50Zara72

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Oliver315
  2. 2Jack261
  3. 3Noah240
  4. 4Leo235
  5. 5Lucas206
  6. 6George197
  7. 7Charlie183
  8. 8Thomas175
  9. 9William175
  10. 10Hunter174
  11. 11Elijah170
  12. 12Cooper163
  13. 13James157
  14. 14Lachlan157
  15. 15Theodore157
  16. 16Arlo156
  17. 17Mason153
  18. 18Liam152
  19. 19Oscar148
  20. 20Hudson140
  21. 21Archie135
  22. 22Benjamin130
  23. 23Luca130
  24. 24Carter129
  25. 25Finn126
  26. 26Hugo126
  27. 27Max126
  28. 28Levi125
  29. 29Ethan124
  30. 30Henry123
  31. 31Arthur119
  32. 32Alexander112
  33. 33Harrison110
  34. 34Eli107
  35. 35Theo101
  36. 36Jacob100
  37. 37Joshua100
  38. 38Luke99
  39. 39Harry97
  40. 40Beau96
  41. 41Daniel92
  42. 42Caleb91
  43. 43Felix89
  44. 44Jackson89
  45. 45Asher88
  46. 46Ezra88
  47. 47Jasper88
  48. 48Ryan86
  49. 49Archer84
  50. 50Samuel84

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.