New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1985

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 Daniel 755 babies 1
  2. 2 Michael 742 babies 1
  3. 3 James 658 babies 3
  4. 4 Matthew 639 babies 1
  5. 5 Christopher 558 babies 1
  6. 6 David 522 babies 1
  7. 7 Andrew 496 babies =
  8. 8 Benjamin 472 babies 2
  9. 9 Joshua 431 babies 2
  10. 10 Nicholas 414 babies 2
  11. 11 Samuel 410 babies 2
  12. 12 Mark 354 babies 5
  13. 13 Richard 337 babies 1
  14. 14 Adam 323 babies 5
  15. 15 Jason 319 babies 3
  16. 16 Robert 311 babies 5
  17. 17 Thomas 306 babies 5
  18. 18 John 295 babies 3
  19. 19 Scott 281 babies 1
  20. 20 Timothy 281 babies 7
  21. 21 William 273 babies 5
  22. 22 Joseph 259 babies 6
  23. 23 Paul 249 babies 3
  24. 24 Jonathan 248 babies 1
  25. 25 Aaron 238 babies 2
  26. 26 Luke 238 babies 4
  27. 27 Simon 222 babies 3
  28. 28 Ryan 221 babies 3
  29. 29 Hayden 210 babies 5
  30. 30 Nathan 210 babies 1
  31. 31 Steven 199 babies 6
  32. 32 Shane 184 babies 3
  33. 33 Jeremy 182 babies 7
  34. 34 Anthony 177 babies 3
  35. 35 Jamie 174 babies 3
  36. 36 Peter 172 babies 3
  37. 37 Cameron 157 babies 7
  38. 38 Mathew 157 babies 2
  39. 39 Stephen 154 babies 7
  40. 40 Craig 144 babies 4
  41. 41 Jared 139 babies 6
  42. 42 Bradley 132 babies 1
  43. 43 Shaun 127 babies 4
  44. 44 Hamish 124 babies 2
  45. 45 Phillip 122 babies 2
  46. 46 Karl 121 babies 4
  47. 47 Blair 109 babies 10
  48. 48 Dylan 103 babies 19
  49. 49 Joel 103 babies 17
  50. 50 Kyle 102 babies 10
  51. 51 Gareth 101 babies 3
  52. 52 Lance 101 babies 3
  53. 53 Alexander 100 babies 8
  54. 54 Jacob 98 babies 9
  55. 55 Tony 98 babies 6
  56. 56 Patrick 96 babies 6
  57. 57 Edward 91 babies 2
  58. 58 Kieran 91 babies 11
  59. 59 Ben 88 babies 3
  60. 60 Carl 87 babies 6
  61. 61 Philip 86 babies 5
  62. 62 Brett 81 babies 9
  63. 63 George 78 babies 11
  64. 64 Logan 78 babies 20
  65. 65 Jordan 77 babies 16
  66. 66 Justin 77 babies 8
  67. 67 Brendon 75 babies 3
  68. 68 Dean 72 babies 14
  69. 69 Gregory 71 babies 18
  70. 70 Ricky 71 babies 7
  71. 71 Brent 67 babies 12
  72. 72 Stuart 67 babies 18
  73. 73 Sean 66 babies 7
  74. 74 Oliver 65 babies 61
  75. 75 Raymond 65 babies 7
  76. 76 Brendan 64 babies 1
  77. 77 Isaac 64 babies 11
  78. 78 Jonathon 64 babies 7
  79. 79 Ian 63 babies 6
  80. 80 Caleb 62 babies 6
  81. 81 Jesse 62 babies 8
  82. 82 Marcus 61 babies 57
  83. 83 Kevin 59 babies 4
  84. 84 Rory 59 babies 46
  85. 85 Grant 58 babies 13
  86. 86 Damian 57 babies 19
  87. 87 Glen 57 babies 11
  88. 88 Ashley 56 babies 7
  89. 89 Corey 56 babies 15
  90. 90 Alan 55 babies 1
  91. 91 Todd 55 babies 4
  92. 92 Brad 54 babies 11
  93. 93 Adrian 53 babies 15
  94. 94 Charles 53 babies 24
  95. 95 Kane 53 babies 1
  96. 96 Troy 53 babies 31
  97. 97 Ross 52 babies 14
  98. 98 Geoffrey 51 babies 14
  99. 99 Blake 50 babies 26
  100. 100 Kurt 50 babies 1

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 657 babies =
  2. 2 Jessica 449 babies =
  3. 3 Rebecca 382 babies =
  4. 4 Amanda 315 babies 9
  5. 5 Emma 313 babies =
  6. 6 Amy 297 babies 2
  7. 7 Melissa 296 babies =
  8. 8 Rachel 295 babies 3
  9. 9 Lisa 277 babies 3
  10. 10 Anna 240 babies =
  11. 11 Nicola 240 babies 2
  12. 12 Jenna 232 babies 38
  13. 13 Laura 227 babies 6
  14. 14 Kelly 224 babies 6
  15. 15 Michelle 219 babies 3
  16. 16 Kylie 214 babies 7
  17. 17 Kate 199 babies 3
  18. 18 Hayley 197 babies 4
  19. 19 Renee 190 babies 2
  20. 20 Jennifer 186 babies 2
  21. 21 Gemma 184 babies 4
  22. 22 Natalie 181 babies 6
  23. 23 Elizabeth 175 babies 9
  24. 24 Hannah 170 babies =
  25. 25 Stacey 164 babies 10
  26. 26 Natasha 163 babies 1
  27. 27 Stephanie 163 babies =
  28. 28 Angela 146 babies 2
  29. 29 Samantha 145 babies 26
  30. 30 Megan 142 babies =
  31. 31 Claire 136 babies 2
  32. 32 Nicole 136 babies 2
  33. 33 Holly 135 babies 3
  34. 34 Lauren 128 babies 6
  35. 35 Katie 120 babies 6
  36. 36 Rachael 115 babies 2
  37. 37 Katherine 114 babies 5
  38. 38 Catherine 113 babies 1
  39. 39 Tracey 113 babies 11
  40. 40 Victoria 113 babies 4
  41. 41 Danielle 112 babies 1
  42. 42 Erin 111 babies 7
  43. 43 Aimee 109 babies 2
  44. 44 Charlotte 106 babies 15
  45. 45 Julia 105 babies 6
  46. 46 Vanessa 105 babies 2
  47. 47 Emily 104 babies 18
  48. 48 Kirsty 97 babies 5
  49. 49 Melanie 96 babies 20
  50. 50 Shannon 94 babies 16
  51. 51 Helen 93 babies 3
  52. 52 Olivia 93 babies =
  53. 53 Tania 89 babies 22
  54. 54 Joanna 88 babies 3
  55. 55 Jasmine 87 babies 12
  56. 56 Louise 87 babies 5
  57. 57 Sophie 87 babies 4
  58. 58 Jamie 85 babies 64
  59. 59 Amber 84 babies 12
  60. 60 Andrea 84 babies 8
  61. 61 Maria 84 babies 16
  62. 62 Lucy 83 babies 7
  63. 63 Alana 81 babies 5
  64. 64 Sara 81 babies 7
  65. 65 Tara 79 babies 30
  66. 66 Christina 78 babies 16
  67. 67 Rochelle 78 babies 7
  68. 68 Kimberley 77 babies 19
  69. 69 Alice 76 babies 13
  70. 70 Katrina 76 babies 9
  71. 71 Krystal 75 babies 13
  72. 72 Alexandra 74 babies 39
  73. 73 Jane 71 babies =
  74. 74 Toni 71 babies 10
  75. 75 Fiona 70 babies 13
  76. 76 Alicia 68 babies 2
  77. 77 Joanne 67 babies 15
  78. 78 Casey 66 babies 6
  79. 79 Kim 66 babies =
  80. 80 Monique 65 babies 17
  81. 81 Haley 63 babies 20
  82. 82 Kathryn 63 babies 36
  83. 83 Caroline 60 babies 23
  84. 84 Mary 60 babies 14
  85. 85 Jade 59 babies 47
  86. 86 Christine 58 babies 10
  87. 87 Crystal 58 babies 3
  88. 88 Frances 57 babies 5
  89. 89 Anita 56 babies 9
  90. 90 Jemma 56 babies 18
  91. 91 Courtney 54 babies 52
  92. 92 Deborah 53 babies 5
  93. 93 Gina 53 babies 71
  94. 94 Jacqueline 53 babies 19
  95. 95 Leanne 53 babies 14
  96. 96 Bridget 51 babies 13
  97. 97 Julie 50 babies 12
  98. 98 Karen 49 babies 9
  99. 99 Philippa 49 babies 5
  100. 100 Tracy 49 babies 13

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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