New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1986

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 745 babies 1
  2. 2 Daniel 726 babies 1
  3. 3 Matthew 671 babies 1
  4. 4 James 586 babies 1
  5. 5 Christopher 538 babies =
  6. 6 David 527 babies =
  7. 7 Samuel 490 babies 4
  8. 8 Andrew 469 babies 1
  9. 9 Joshua 465 babies =
  10. 10 Nicholas 461 babies =
  11. 11 Benjamin 441 babies 3
  12. 12 Jason 368 babies 3
  13. 13 Adam 335 babies 1
  14. 14 Thomas 314 babies 3
  15. 15 Mark 307 babies 3
  16. 16 Robert 292 babies =
  17. 17 Richard 287 babies 4
  18. 18 Timothy 287 babies 2
  19. 19 Scott 279 babies =
  20. 20 William 260 babies 1
  21. 21 Simon 255 babies 6
  22. 22 John 246 babies 4
  23. 23 Aaron 244 babies 2
  24. 24 Ryan 240 babies 4
  25. 25 Joseph 236 babies 3
  26. 26 Jonathan 233 babies 2
  27. 27 Paul 228 babies 4
  28. 28 Nathan 208 babies 2
  29. 29 Steven 197 babies 2
  30. 30 Peter 195 babies 6
  31. 31 Anthony 193 babies 3
  32. 32 Luke 193 babies 6
  33. 33 Jeremy 189 babies =
  34. 34 Hayden 171 babies 5
  35. 35 Cameron 164 babies 2
  36. 36 Shane 152 babies 4
  37. 37 Stephen 150 babies 2
  38. 38 Bradley 148 babies 4
  39. 39 Craig 140 babies 1
  40. 40 Phillip 138 babies 5
  41. 41 Alexander 135 babies 12
  42. 42 Mathew 134 babies 4
  43. 43 Hamish 133 babies 1
  44. 44 Shaun 131 babies 1
  45. 45 Jamie 128 babies 10
  46. 46 Kyle 114 babies 4
  47. 47 Dylan 110 babies 1
  48. 48 Karl 109 babies 2
  49. 49 Caleb 99 babies 31
  50. 50 Kieran 99 babies 8
  51. 51 Patrick 97 babies 5
  52. 52 Justin 95 babies 14
  53. 53 Jared 92 babies 12
  54. 54 Joel 92 babies 5
  55. 55 Blair 91 babies 8
  56. 56 Jacob 87 babies 2
  57. 57 Troy 86 babies 39
  58. 58 Ashley 84 babies 30
  59. 59 Tony 82 babies 4
  60. 60 Jesse 81 babies 21
  61. 61 Kane 81 babies 34
  62. 62 Philip 81 babies 1
  63. 63 Edward 79 babies 6
  64. 64 Gareth 78 babies 13
  65. 65 Lance 77 babies 13
  66. 66 Dean 76 babies 2
  67. 67 Liam 76 babies 44
  68. 68 George 75 babies 5
  69. 69 Jordan 75 babies 4
  70. 70 Carl 73 babies 10
  71. 71 Charles 73 babies 23
  72. 72 Gregory 73 babies 3
  73. 73 Logan 73 babies 9
  74. 74 Shannon 73 babies 28
  75. 75 Brent 70 babies 4
  76. 76 Brendon 67 babies 9
  77. 77 Brett 65 babies 15
  78. 78 Oliver 65 babies 4
  79. 79 Sean 65 babies 6
  80. 80 Raymond 63 babies 5
  81. 81 Alan 62 babies 9
  82. 82 Brendan 62 babies 6
  83. 83 Cody 62 babies 49
  84. 84 Ricky 62 babies 14
  85. 85 Sam 60 babies 22
  86. 86 Adrian 59 babies 7
  87. 87 Ben 59 babies 28
  88. 88 Grant 59 babies 3
  89. 89 Isaac 59 babies 12
  90. 90 Kurt 57 babies 10
  91. 91 Lee 57 babies 10
  92. 92 Corey 56 babies 3
  93. 93 Stuart 56 babies 21
  94. 94 Harley 54 babies 29
  95. 95 Mitchell 52 babies 75
  96. 96 Brad 51 babies 4
  97. 97 Henry 51 babies 21
  98. 98 Kevin 51 babies 15
  99. 99 Darren 50 babies 25
  100. 100 Leon 50 babies 3

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 794 babies =
  2. 2 Jessica 458 babies =
  3. 3 Emma 394 babies 2
  4. 4 Rebecca 354 babies 1
  5. 5 Amanda 353 babies 1
  6. 6 Nicole 310 babies 26
  7. 7 Amy 269 babies 1
  8. 8 Melissa 249 babies 1
  9. 9 Michelle 235 babies 6
  10. 10 Lisa 233 babies 1
  11. 11 Anna 230 babies 1
  12. 12 Rachel 224 babies 4
  13. 13 Nicola 210 babies 2
  14. 14 Laura 209 babies 1
  15. 15 Kelly 193 babies 1
  16. 16 Samantha 188 babies 13
  17. 17 Kylie 185 babies 1
  18. 18 Elizabeth 183 babies 5
  19. 19 Hayley 183 babies 1
  20. 20 Stacey 181 babies 5
  21. 21 Hannah 176 babies 3
  22. 22 Natasha 175 babies 4
  23. 23 Jenna 169 babies 11
  24. 24 Jennifer 165 babies 4
  25. 25 Kate 163 babies 8
  26. 26 Stephanie 162 babies 1
  27. 27 Renee 159 babies 8
  28. 28 Gemma 155 babies 7
  29. 29 Angela 141 babies 1
  30. 30 Charlotte 135 babies 14
  31. 31 Megan 133 babies 1
  32. 32 Lauren 132 babies 2
  33. 33 Victoria 131 babies 7
  34. 34 Katie 130 babies 1
  35. 35 Danielle 124 babies 6
  36. 36 Holly 122 babies 3
  37. 37 Natalie 114 babies 15
  38. 38 Kayla 112 babies 119
  39. 39 Emily 111 babies 8
  40. 40 Olivia 111 babies 12
  41. 41 Claire 108 babies 10
  42. 42 Katherine 107 babies 5
  43. 43 Sophie 107 babies 14
  44. 44 Sara 105 babies 20
  45. 45 Kirsty 104 babies 3
  46. 46 Melanie 104 babies 3
  47. 47 Catherine 100 babies 9
  48. 48 Tracey 100 babies 9
  49. 49 Alice 98 babies 20
  50. 50 Christina 98 babies 16
  51. 51 Vanessa 98 babies 5
  52. 52 Aimee 96 babies 9
  53. 53 Erin 95 babies 11
  54. 54 Julia 93 babies 9
  55. 55 Tania 89 babies 2
  56. 56 Lucy 82 babies 6
  57. 57 Jamie 81 babies 1
  58. 58 Katrina 81 babies 12
  59. 59 Monique 81 babies 21
  60. 60 Rachael 80 babies 24
  61. 61 Shannon 80 babies 11
  62. 62 Ashleigh 79 babies 129
  63. 63 Ashley 79 babies 100
  64. 64 Alana 78 babies 1
  65. 65 Amber 78 babies 6
  66. 66 Maria 77 babies 5
  67. 67 Tara 77 babies 2
  68. 68 Fiona 76 babies 7
  69. 69 Kathryn 76 babies 13
  70. 70 Alexandra 75 babies 2
  71. 71 Toni 75 babies 3
  72. 72 Helen 74 babies 21
  73. 73 Rochelle 74 babies 6
  74. 74 Louise 73 babies 18
  75. 75 Christine 72 babies 11
  76. 76 Kimberley 72 babies 8
  77. 77 Nikita 71 babies
  78. 78 Casey 70 babies =
  79. 79 Joanna 70 babies 25
  80. 80 Jasmine 69 babies 25
  81. 81 Jane 63 babies 8
  82. 82 Crystal 61 babies 5
  83. 83 Alicia 60 babies 7
  84. 84 Georgina 58 babies 26
  85. 85 Krystal 58 babies 14
  86. 86 Haley 57 babies 5
  87. 87 Joanne 57 babies 10
  88. 88 Rebekah 57 babies 19
  89. 89 Andrea 56 babies 29
  90. 90 Anita 55 babies 1
  91. 91 Brooke 55 babies 13
  92. 92 Philippa 54 babies 7
  93. 93 Courtney 50 babies 2
  94. 94 Jade 50 babies 9
  95. 95 Amelia 49 babies 7
  96. 96 Jacqueline 49 babies 2
  97. 97 Chloe 48 babies 31
  98. 98 Julie 48 babies 1
  99. 99 Gina 47 babies 6
  100. 100 Karen 47 babies 2

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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