Top NZ Baby Names of 2022

Isla (246) and Oliver (274) were New Zealand's most registered names in 2022. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 2020s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Isla246
  2. 2Amelia210
  3. 3Charlotte208
  4. 4Mila182
  5. 5Lily180
  6. 6Ava179
  7. 7Willow177
  8. 8Olivia176
  9. 9Harper167
  10. 10Sophie166
  11. 11Hazel164
  12. 12Mia161
  13. 13Ella157
  14. 14Isabella156
  15. 15Ruby149
  16. 16Chloe144
  17. 17Millie137
  18. 18Zoe130
  19. 19Grace128
  20. 20Aria117
  21. 21Lucy117
  22. 22Olive117
  23. 23Emily116
  24. 24Freya115
  25. 25Ivy111
  26. 26Evelyn110
  27. 27Georgia105
  28. 28Sienna105
  29. 29Maia103
  30. 30Layla102
  31. 31Poppy102
  32. 32Matilda101
  33. 33Sophia101
  34. 34Frankie100
  35. 35Luna96
  36. 36Mackenzie95
  37. 37Ellie94
  38. 38Sadie92
  39. 39Florence87
  40. 40Riley86
  41. 41Isabelle85
  42. 42Margot85
  43. 43Maeve84
  44. 44Evie83
  45. 45Violet83
  46. 46Aurora80
  47. 47Billie80
  48. 48Daisy78
  49. 49Sofia75
  50. 50Eleanor73

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Oliver274
  2. 2Noah262
  3. 3Leo243
  4. 4Jack234
  5. 5Luca222
  6. 6Theodore219
  7. 7George211
  8. 8Charlie195
  9. 9Hudson169
  10. 10William169
  11. 11Oscar166
  12. 12Arthur160
  13. 13Elijah158
  14. 14Arlo156
  15. 15Thomas151
  16. 16James150
  17. 17Archie146
  18. 18Henry144
  19. 19Lucas140
  20. 20Hunter138
  21. 21Liam136
  22. 22Mason130
  23. 23Theo124
  24. 24Ezra123
  25. 25Max123
  26. 26Levi121
  27. 27Cooper120
  28. 28Carter114
  29. 29Hugo112
  30. 30Lachlan110
  31. 31Asher109
  32. 32Beau108
  33. 33Finn104
  34. 34Archer103
  35. 35Felix103
  36. 36Benjamin100
  37. 37Luka100
  38. 38Jasper94
  39. 39Luke92
  40. 40Harry91
  41. 41Ethan88
  42. 42Alexander87
  43. 43Roman87
  44. 44Grayson85
  45. 45Harrison85
  46. 46Jackson83
  47. 47Lincoln83
  48. 48Samuel83
  49. 49Jacob82
  50. 50Louie82

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.