Top NZ Baby Names of 2021

Charlotte (227) and Oliver (308) were New Zealand's most registered names in 2021. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 2020s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Charlotte227
  2. 2Isla214
  3. 3Amelia207
  4. 4Olivia185
  5. 5Ava184
  6. 6Willow180
  7. 7Lily174
  8. 8Isabella171
  9. 9Mila170
  10. 10Ella165
  11. 11Mia164
  12. 12Sophie163
  13. 13Hazel160
  14. 14Harper156
  15. 15Emily153
  16. 16Lucy150
  17. 17Chloe148
  18. 18Grace144
  19. 19Ruby135
  20. 20Matilda125
  21. 21Zoe125
  22. 22Freya123
  23. 23Aria121
  24. 24Ivy114
  25. 25Maia113
  26. 26Sophia113
  27. 27Evelyn109
  28. 28Georgia109
  29. 29Olive109
  30. 30Riley104
  31. 31Luna103
  32. 32Ellie99
  33. 33Florence98
  34. 34Millie98
  35. 35Sienna96
  36. 36Evie94
  37. 37Frankie94
  38. 38Layla92
  39. 39Ayla90
  40. 40Isabelle87
  41. 41Poppy87
  42. 42Aurora86
  43. 43Emma85
  44. 44Madison83
  45. 45Billie79
  46. 46Mackenzie78
  47. 47Alice75
  48. 48Thea75
  49. 49Daisy72
  50. 50Indie72

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Oliver308
  2. 2Noah265
  3. 3Jack235
  4. 4Leo234
  5. 5George222
  6. 6Charlie200
  7. 7Lucas190
  8. 8Theodore187
  9. 9William181
  10. 10Luca172
  11. 11Elijah171
  12. 12Liam167
  13. 13Mason167
  14. 14James166
  15. 15Thomas166
  16. 16Hudson160
  17. 17Arlo155
  18. 18Lachlan152
  19. 19Archie147
  20. 20Arthur144
  21. 21Hunter144
  22. 22Oscar140
  23. 23Max136
  24. 24Levi133
  25. 25Finn128
  26. 26Hugo127
  27. 27Ethan124
  28. 28Asher122
  29. 29Henry118
  30. 30Cooper117
  31. 31Carter114
  32. 32Ezra110
  33. 33Lincoln107
  34. 34Felix106
  35. 35Alexander105
  36. 36Archer105
  37. 37Beau105
  38. 38Harrison105
  39. 39Eli104
  40. 40Jackson104
  41. 41Louis97
  42. 42Theo96
  43. 43Benjamin95
  44. 44Nikau94
  45. 45Isaac87
  46. 46Joseph87
  47. 47Joshua86
  48. 48Blake85
  49. 49Daniel82
  50. 50Samuel82

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.