New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1981

Names registered at least 10 times in a year, so the list is shorter in early years. Spellings with and without macrons are counted together (Nikau and Nīkau).

Boy Names

  1. 1 Michael 722 babies 1
  2. 2 Daniel 682 babies 1
  3. 3 David 605 babies =
  4. 4 Andrew 586 babies 1
  5. 5 James 516 babies 1
  6. 6 Matthew 512 babies =
  7. 7 Christopher 462 babies =
  8. 8 Jason 456 babies 2
  9. 9 Nicholas 445 babies 2
  10. 10 Timothy 400 babies 2
  11. 11 Mark 390 babies 3
  12. 12 Benjamin 363 babies 2
  13. 13 Paul 362 babies 4
  14. 14 Richard 349 babies 1
  15. 15 Scott 328 babies =
  16. 16 John 292 babies 1
  17. 17 Robert 287 babies 1
  18. 18 Aaron 283 babies 1
  19. 19 Jonathan 273 babies 1
  20. 20 Peter 255 babies 11
  21. 21 Simon 252 babies 1
  22. 22 Samuel 250 babies 4
  23. 23 Shane 240 babies 2
  24. 24 Steven 234 babies 4
  25. 25 Luke 221 babies 3
  26. 26 Nathan 221 babies 3
  27. 27 Joshua 220 babies 5
  28. 28 Craig 219 babies 4
  29. 29 Adam 206 babies 4
  30. 30 William 205 babies 4
  31. 31 Stephen 202 babies 4
  32. 32 Jeremy 196 babies 3
  33. 33 Jamie 194 babies 3
  34. 34 Thomas 188 babies 5
  35. 35 Hayden 184 babies 2
  36. 36 Shaun 176 babies 4
  37. 37 Anthony 169 babies 1
  38. 38 Joseph 164 babies 3
  39. 39 Ryan 159 babies 3
  40. 40 Phillip 142 babies 1
  41. 41 Carl 141 babies 9
  42. 42 Jared 140 babies 4
  43. 43 Justin 140 babies 4
  44. 44 Gareth 138 babies 11
  45. 45 Bradley 135 babies 4
  46. 46 Karl 129 babies 3
  47. 47 Cameron 126 babies 5
  48. 48 Mathew 125 babies 6
  49. 49 Brendon 123 babies 4
  50. 50 Hamish 118 babies 2
  51. 51 Gregory 113 babies =
  52. 52 Blair 112 babies 3
  53. 53 Philip 108 babies 9
  54. 54 Tony 105 babies 2
  55. 55 Brent 92 babies 2
  56. 56 Brett 88 babies 10
  57. 57 Edward 84 babies 13
  58. 58 Patrick 83 babies 6
  59. 59 Grant 82 babies 6
  60. 60 Damian 79 babies 3
  61. 61 Sean 79 babies 6
  62. 62 Glen 78 babies 9
  63. 63 Dean 74 babies 2
  64. 64 Logan 73 babies 9
  65. 65 Jacob 72 babies 11
  66. 66 Lance 71 babies 37
  67. 67 George 70 babies 14
  68. 68 Shannon 70 babies 6
  69. 69 Brendan 69 babies =
  70. 70 Charles 69 babies 13
  71. 71 Joel 68 babies 15
  72. 72 Kevin 68 babies 7
  73. 73 Wayne 68 babies 14
  74. 74 Brad 66 babies 45
  75. 75 Martin 66 babies 1
  76. 76 Nigel 66 babies 16
  77. 77 Stuart 66 babies 10
  78. 78 Alexander 65 babies 3
  79. 79 Raymond 65 babies 16
  80. 80 Ross 65 babies 2
  81. 81 Brian 64 babies 9
  82. 82 Clinton 63 babies 2
  83. 83 Adrian 62 babies 15
  84. 84 Bevan 60 babies 2
  85. 85 Corey 59 babies 3
  86. 86 Glenn 59 babies 9
  87. 87 Jesse 58 babies 96
  88. 88 Kenneth 58 babies 5
  89. 89 Lee 58 babies 17
  90. 90 Ben 57 babies 24
  91. 91 Isaac 57 babies 26
  92. 92 Tristan 56 babies 17
  93. 93 Dylan 55 babies 8
  94. 94 Gary 55 babies 6
  95. 95 Regan 55 babies 37
  96. 96 Alan 53 babies 2
  97. 97 Ian 53 babies 25
  98. 98 Jonathon 53 babies 6
  99. 99 Darren 52 babies 8
  100. 100 Jeffrey 52 babies 3

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 646 babies =
  2. 2 Rebecca 464 babies =
  3. 3 Anna 353 babies =
  4. 4 Kelly 336 babies 1
  5. 5 Lisa 323 babies 1
  6. 6 Emma 305 babies 2
  7. 7 Michelle 292 babies 5
  8. 8 Nicola 290 babies 2
  9. 9 Amy 284 babies 2
  10. 10 Rachel 275 babies 3
  11. 11 Melissa 267 babies 2
  12. 12 Angela 255 babies 1
  13. 13 Kylie 227 babies 2
  14. 14 Amanda 214 babies 4
  15. 15 Jennifer 204 babies 7
  16. 16 Jessica 192 babies 2
  17. 17 Natasha 182 babies 1
  18. 18 Melanie 177 babies 2
  19. 19 Megan 168 babies 7
  20. 20 Elizabeth 166 babies 3
  21. 21 Tania 162 babies 2
  22. 22 Stacey 159 babies 17
  23. 23 Natalie 146 babies 15
  24. 24 Kate 145 babies 3
  25. 25 Tracey 143 babies =
  26. 26 Hayley 139 babies 5
  27. 27 Catherine 136 babies 3
  28. 28 Joanne 132 babies 4
  29. 29 Renee 131 babies 9
  30. 30 Vanessa 128 babies =
  31. 31 Claire 125 babies 8
  32. 32 Louise 125 babies 5
  33. 33 Katie 124 babies 10
  34. 34 Karen 117 babies 8
  35. 35 Kim 116 babies 13
  36. 36 Katherine 114 babies 8
  37. 37 Fiona 113 babies 1
  38. 38 Helen 111 babies 10
  39. 39 Katrina 109 babies 10
  40. 40 Rachael 108 babies 6
  41. 41 Victoria 107 babies 5
  42. 42 Amber 104 babies 7
  43. 43 Hannah 104 babies 16
  44. 44 Joanna 103 babies 3
  45. 45 Andrea 101 babies 12
  46. 46 Shannon 96 babies 4
  47. 47 Julie 93 babies 7
  48. 48 Shelley 93 babies 19
  49. 49 Rochelle 92 babies 7
  50. 50 Kathryn 91 babies 13
  51. 51 Laura 91 babies 6
  52. 52 Maria 90 babies 2
  53. 53 Stephanie 90 babies 19
  54. 54 Jane 87 babies 2
  55. 55 Kirsty 87 babies 10
  56. 56 Anita 86 babies 9
  57. 57 Charlotte 85 babies 4
  58. 58 Danielle 85 babies 47
  59. 59 Deborah 85 babies 4
  60. 60 Kimberley 83 babies 79
  61. 61 Aimee 81 babies 3
  62. 62 Alice 81 babies 24
  63. 63 Erin 81 babies 1
  64. 64 Tracy 80 babies 9
  65. 65 Donna 78 babies 5
  66. 66 Nicole 77 babies 17
  67. 67 Toni 77 babies 16
  68. 68 Naomi 74 babies 3
  69. 69 Samantha 74 babies 15
  70. 70 Emily 73 babies 12
  71. 71 Caroline 70 babies 10
  72. 72 Sara 70 babies 2
  73. 73 Olivia 68 babies 8
  74. 74 Paula 67 babies 1
  75. 75 Mary 66 babies 10
  76. 76 Alicia 65 babies 97
  77. 77 Leanne 65 babies 11
  78. 78 Sharon 65 babies 8
  79. 79 Susan 65 babies 15
  80. 80 Alana 64 babies 11
  81. 81 Jacqueline 64 babies 5
  82. 82 Jaime 61 babies 28
  83. 83 Julia 61 babies 14
  84. 84 Tanya 60 babies 24
  85. 85 Jade 59 babies 14
  86. 86 Monique 59 babies 17
  87. 87 Wendy 59 babies 8
  88. 88 Christina 56 babies 5
  89. 89 Christine 56 babies 11
  90. 90 Lauren 55 babies 3
  91. 91 Suzanne 55 babies 13
  92. 92 Belinda 54 babies 3
  93. 93 Jasmine 54 babies 8
  94. 94 Kirsten 54 babies 2
  95. 95 Marie 54 babies 5
  96. 96 Teresa 54 babies 28
  97. 97 Bridget 50 babies 31
  98. 98 Tina 49 babies 25
  99. 99 Casey 48 babies 76
  100. 100 Kristy 48 babies 17

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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