New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1987

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 788 babies =
  2. 2 Daniel 779 babies =
  3. 3 Matthew 722 babies =
  4. 4 James 639 babies =
  5. 5 Christopher 586 babies =
  6. 6 Andrew 536 babies 2
  7. 7 Samuel 505 babies =
  8. 8 Joshua 503 babies 1
  9. 9 David 500 babies 3
  10. 10 Benjamin 458 babies 1
  11. 11 Nicholas 450 babies 1
  12. 12 Thomas 401 babies 2
  13. 13 Adam 328 babies =
  14. 14 Timothy 328 babies 4
  15. 15 Jason 323 babies 3
  16. 16 Scott 293 babies 3
  17. 17 Richard 289 babies =
  18. 18 Mark 281 babies 3
  19. 19 William 278 babies 1
  20. 20 John 267 babies 2
  21. 21 Ryan 261 babies 3
  22. 22 Robert 260 babies 6
  23. 23 Simon 254 babies 2
  24. 24 Luke 249 babies 8
  25. 25 Paul 235 babies 2
  26. 26 Aaron 223 babies 3
  27. 27 Joseph 216 babies 2
  28. 28 Jonathan 214 babies 2
  29. 29 Peter 212 babies 1
  30. 30 Steven 209 babies 1
  31. 31 Hayden 208 babies 3
  32. 32 Jeremy 199 babies 1
  33. 33 Shane 184 babies 3
  34. 34 Nathan 182 babies 6
  35. 35 Alexander 174 babies 6
  36. 36 Hamish 173 babies 7
  37. 37 Cameron 169 babies 2
  38. 38 Anthony 160 babies 7
  39. 39 Bradley 158 babies 1
  40. 40 Jamie 158 babies 5
  41. 41 Shaun 154 babies 3
  42. 42 Stephen 154 babies 5
  43. 43 Jordan 144 babies 26
  44. 44 Phillip 136 babies 4
  45. 45 Craig 129 babies 6
  46. 46 Dylan 123 babies 1
  47. 47 Jacob 123 babies 9
  48. 48 Kieran 122 babies 2
  49. 49 Mathew 117 babies 7
  50. 50 Kyle 112 babies 4
  51. 51 Patrick 112 babies =
  52. 52 Joel 110 babies 2
  53. 53 Ashley 109 babies 5
  54. 54 Jesse 109 babies 6
  55. 55 Karl 104 babies 7
  56. 56 Sean 94 babies 23
  57. 57 Jared 93 babies 4
  58. 58 Tony 93 babies 1
  59. 59 Edward 88 babies 4
  60. 60 Troy 87 babies 3
  61. 61 Philip 85 babies 1
  62. 62 Logan 84 babies 11
  63. 63 Liam 82 babies 4
  64. 64 Caleb 81 babies 15
  65. 65 Dean 80 babies 1
  66. 66 George 80 babies 2
  67. 67 Carl 78 babies 3
  68. 68 Kane 77 babies 7
  69. 69 Kurt 77 babies 21
  70. 70 Justin 74 babies 18
  71. 71 Isaac 71 babies 18
  72. 72 Gregory 70 babies =
  73. 73 Blair 68 babies 18
  74. 74 Ricky 68 babies 10
  75. 75 Ben 66 babies 12
  76. 76 Kevin 66 babies 22
  77. 77 Brendon 65 babies 1
  78. 78 Charles 64 babies 7
  79. 79 Shannon 64 babies 5
  80. 80 Lee 62 babies 11
  81. 81 Gareth 61 babies 17
  82. 82 Lance 61 babies 17
  83. 83 Martin 61 babies 18
  84. 84 Cody 60 babies 1
  85. 85 Mitchell 60 babies 10
  86. 86 Alex 59 babies 30
  87. 87 Morgan 59 babies 62
  88. 88 Rhys 58 babies 26
  89. 89 Brendan 57 babies 7
  90. 90 Oliver 56 babies 12
  91. 91 Sam 56 babies 6
  92. 92 Brett 55 babies 15
  93. 93 Raymond 55 babies 13
  94. 94 Henry 54 babies 3
  95. 95 Todd 54 babies 13
  96. 96 Stuart 53 babies 3
  97. 97 Brent 51 babies 22
  98. 98 Alan 50 babies 17
  99. 99 Grant 49 babies 11
  100. 100 Corey 48 babies 8

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 724 babies =
  2. 2 Jessica 490 babies =
  3. 3 Emma 372 babies =
  4. 4 Amanda 340 babies 1
  5. 5 Nicole 322 babies 1
  6. 6 Amy 301 babies 1
  7. 7 Rebecca 300 babies 3
  8. 8 Samantha 265 babies 8
  9. 9 Melissa 264 babies 1
  10. 10 Anna 262 babies 1
  11. 11 Lisa 261 babies 1
  12. 12 Rachel 241 babies =
  13. 13 Hannah 223 babies 8
  14. 14 Michelle 215 babies 5
  15. 15 Laura 213 babies 1
  16. 16 Stacey 211 babies 4
  17. 17 Kate 199 babies 8
  18. 18 Natasha 191 babies 4
  19. 19 Stephanie 191 babies 7
  20. 20 Elizabeth 177 babies 2
  21. 21 Renee 175 babies 6
  22. 22 Nicola 173 babies 9
  23. 23 Kelly 170 babies 8
  24. 24 Kylie 163 babies 7
  25. 25 Jenna 154 babies 2
  26. 26 Danielle 149 babies 9
  27. 27 Jennifer 142 babies 3
  28. 28 Gemma 141 babies =
  29. 29 Hayley 141 babies 10
  30. 30 Victoria 141 babies 3
  31. 31 Ashleigh 136 babies 31
  32. 32 Megan 134 babies 1
  33. 33 Claire 131 babies 8
  34. 34 Natalie 130 babies 3
  35. 35 Ashley 126 babies 28
  36. 36 Charlotte 123 babies 6
  37. 37 Emily 123 babies 2
  38. 38 Angela 118 babies 9
  39. 39 Olivia 118 babies 1
  40. 40 Sophie 118 babies 3
  41. 41 Holly 117 babies 5
  42. 42 Katie 112 babies 8
  43. 43 Kimberley 112 babies 33
  44. 44 Kayla 108 babies 6
  45. 45 Courtney 107 babies 48
  46. 46 Catherine 103 babies 1
  47. 47 Erin 100 babies 6
  48. 48 Lucy 99 babies 8
  49. 49 Lauren 97 babies 17
  50. 50 Aimee 96 babies 2
  51. 51 Rachael 95 babies 9
  52. 52 Tracey 95 babies 4
  53. 53 Alice 93 babies 4
  54. 54 Vanessa 92 babies 3
  55. 55 Alexandra 91 babies 15
  56. 56 Katherine 89 babies 14
  57. 57 Melanie 89 babies 11
  58. 58 Jasmine 87 babies 22
  59. 59 Louise 87 babies 15
  60. 60 Christina 85 babies 10
  61. 61 Toni 85 babies 10
  62. 62 Monique 84 babies 3
  63. 63 Chelsea 83 babies 47
  64. 64 Chloe 83 babies 33
  65. 65 Kathryn 83 babies 4
  66. 66 Tania 81 babies 11
  67. 67 Katrina 77 babies 9
  68. 68 Grace 76 babies 84
  69. 69 Julia 76 babies 15
  70. 70 Sara 76 babies 26
  71. 71 Kirsty 74 babies 26
  72. 72 Shannon 73 babies 11
  73. 73 Maria 71 babies 7
  74. 74 Amber 70 babies 9
  75. 75 Brooke 70 babies 16
  76. 76 Alana 67 babies 12
  77. 77 Jade 67 babies 17
  78. 78 Krystal 66 babies 7
  79. 79 Andrea 65 babies 10
  80. 80 Rochelle 65 babies 7
  81. 81 Casey 64 babies 3
  82. 82 Helen 62 babies 10
  83. 83 Alicia 61 babies =
  84. 84 Jamie 61 babies 27
  85. 85 Amelia 60 babies 10
  86. 86 Tara 60 babies 19
  87. 87 Christine 59 babies 12
  88. 88 Jessie 57 babies 29
  89. 89 Nikki 57 babies 22
  90. 90 Cassandra 55 babies 19
  91. 91 Bridget 53 babies 12
  92. 92 Fiona 51 babies 24
  93. 93 Gina 51 babies 6
  94. 94 Joanna 50 babies 15
  95. 95 Leah 50 babies 50
  96. 96 Tessa 50 babies 6
  97. 97 Whitney 50 babies 96
  98. 98 Anita 49 babies 8
  99. 99 Mary 48 babies 5
  100. 100 Kirsten 47 babies 18

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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