New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1988

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 785 babies 1
  2. 2 Michael 744 babies 1
  3. 3 Matthew 676 babies =
  4. 4 James 632 babies =
  5. 5 Joshua 590 babies 3
  6. 6 Andrew 555 babies =
  7. 7 Samuel 542 babies =
  8. 8 Christopher 531 babies 3
  9. 9 Benjamin 478 babies 1
  10. 10 David 470 babies 1
  11. 11 Thomas 409 babies 1
  12. 12 Nicholas 380 babies 1
  13. 13 Adam 326 babies =
  14. 14 Jason 318 babies 1
  15. 15 Timothy 294 babies 1
  16. 16 Scott 292 babies =
  17. 17 Joseph 282 babies 10
  18. 18 Richard 280 babies 1
  19. 19 Robert 280 babies 3
  20. 20 William 277 babies 1
  21. 21 Mark 271 babies 3
  22. 22 Ryan 267 babies 1
  23. 23 Simon 256 babies =
  24. 24 Aaron 253 babies 2
  25. 25 Jonathan 229 babies 3
  26. 26 John 225 babies 6
  27. 27 Hayden 223 babies 4
  28. 28 Luke 215 babies 4
  29. 29 Alexander 203 babies 6
  30. 30 Peter 195 babies 1
  31. 31 Nathan 189 babies 3
  32. 32 Paul 188 babies 7
  33. 33 Bradley 182 babies 6
  34. 34 Shaun 180 babies 7
  35. 35 Steven 178 babies 5
  36. 36 Anthony 175 babies 2
  37. 37 Cameron 174 babies =
  38. 38 Jesse 172 babies 16
  39. 39 Shane 169 babies 6
  40. 40 Hamish 167 babies 4
  41. 41 Stephen 155 babies 1
  42. 42 Jacob 148 babies 5
  43. 43 Jeremy 148 babies 11
  44. 44 Jamie 136 babies 4
  45. 45 Mathew 134 babies 4
  46. 46 Sean 134 babies 10
  47. 47 Dylan 127 babies 1
  48. 48 Jordan 122 babies 5
  49. 49 Karl 118 babies 6
  50. 50 Jared 115 babies 7
  51. 51 Blair 110 babies 22
  52. 52 Craig 107 babies 7
  53. 53 Joel 106 babies 1
  54. 54 Ashley 105 babies 1
  55. 55 Patrick 102 babies 4
  56. 56 Kane 93 babies 12
  57. 57 Kyle 93 babies 7
  58. 58 Phillip 92 babies 14
  59. 59 Ben 90 babies 16
  60. 60 Troy 87 babies =
  61. 61 Vincent 87 babies 58
  62. 62 Liam 86 babies 1
  63. 63 Carl 83 babies 4
  64. 64 Mitchell 82 babies 21
  65. 65 Kieran 81 babies 17
  66. 66 Logan 81 babies 4
  67. 67 Edward 80 babies 8
  68. 68 George 78 babies 2
  69. 69 Justin 76 babies 1
  70. 70 Sam 76 babies 21
  71. 71 Tony 75 babies 13
  72. 72 Kevin 71 babies 4
  73. 73 Alex 70 babies 13
  74. 74 Brendon 70 babies 3
  75. 75 Shannon 70 babies 4
  76. 76 Gregory 69 babies 4
  77. 77 Callum 68 babies 37
  78. 78 Dean 68 babies 13
  79. 79 Jack 68 babies 45
  80. 80 Rhys 68 babies 8
  81. 81 Philip 66 babies 20
  82. 82 Brendan 65 babies 7
  83. 83 Gareth 65 babies 2
  84. 84 Tyson 65 babies 181
  85. 85 Oliver 64 babies 5
  86. 86 Ricky 64 babies 12
  87. 87 Caleb 62 babies 23
  88. 88 Raymond 62 babies 5
  89. 89 Reuben 62 babies 16
  90. 90 Lance 61 babies 8
  91. 91 Brett 60 babies 1
  92. 92 Isaac 59 babies 21
  93. 93 Charles 57 babies 15
  94. 94 Corey 56 babies 6
  95. 95 Kurt 56 babies 26
  96. 96 Alan 55 babies 2
  97. 97 Harley 55 babies 26
  98. 98 Henry 55 babies 4
  99. 99 Zachary 53 babies 51
  100. 100 Micheal 52 babies 4

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 667 babies =
  2. 2 Emma 495 babies 1
  3. 3 Jessica 474 babies 1
  4. 4 Rebecca 369 babies 3
  5. 5 Samantha 366 babies 3
  6. 6 Nicole 332 babies 1
  7. 7 Amanda 302 babies 3
  8. 8 Rachel 270 babies 4
  9. 9 Amy 268 babies 3
  10. 10 Anna 264 babies =
  11. 11 Laura 257 babies 4
  12. 12 Hannah 251 babies 1
  13. 13 Lisa 226 babies 2
  14. 14 Melissa 223 babies 5
  15. 15 Kylie 209 babies 9
  16. 16 Natasha 202 babies 2
  17. 17 Stephanie 196 babies 2
  18. 18 Danielle 189 babies 8
  19. 19 Kate 187 babies 2
  20. 20 Ashleigh 184 babies 11
  21. 21 Stacey 183 babies 5
  22. 22 Michelle 174 babies 8
  23. 23 Elizabeth 173 babies 3
  24. 24 Renee 165 babies 3
  25. 25 Sophie 160 babies 15
  26. 26 Kelly 149 babies 3
  27. 27 Megan 145 babies 5
  28. 28 Natalie 144 babies 6
  29. 29 Nicola 144 babies 7
  30. 30 Hayley 143 babies 1
  31. 31 Chelsea 139 babies 32
  32. 32 Jennifer 133 babies 5
  33. 33 Chloe 127 babies 31
  34. 34 Katie 125 babies 8
  35. 35 Ashley 123 babies =
  36. 36 Holly 121 babies 5
  37. 37 Jenna 120 babies 12
  38. 38 Courtney 119 babies 7
  39. 39 Jasmine 119 babies 19
  40. 40 Charlotte 118 babies 4
  41. 41 Lauren 118 babies 8
  42. 42 Olivia 118 babies 3
  43. 43 Victoria 117 babies 13
  44. 44 Kimberley 115 babies 1
  45. 45 Emily 113 babies 8
  46. 46 Gemma 111 babies 18
  47. 47 Katherine 111 babies 9
  48. 48 Christina 110 babies 12
  49. 49 Alexandra 109 babies 6
  50. 50 Claire 108 babies 17
  51. 51 Alice 107 babies 2
  52. 52 Erin 107 babies 5
  53. 53 Vanessa 100 babies 1
  54. 54 Melanie 98 babies 3
  55. 55 Catherine 96 babies 9
  56. 56 Amber 95 babies 18
  57. 57 Jade 90 babies 20
  58. 58 Kirsty 90 babies 13
  59. 59 Tracey 90 babies 7
  60. 60 Lucy 89 babies 12
  61. 61 Aimee 87 babies 11
  62. 62 Joanna 87 babies 32
  63. 63 Tamara 85 babies 56
  64. 64 Angela 84 babies 26
  65. 65 Rachael 84 babies 14
  66. 66 Sara 84 babies 4
  67. 67 Monique 83 babies 5
  68. 68 Shannon 83 babies 4
  69. 69 Alicia 82 babies 14
  70. 70 Jessie 81 babies 18
  71. 71 Kathryn 81 babies 6
  72. 72 Zoe 80 babies 41
  73. 73 Louise 79 babies 14
  74. 74 Kayla 77 babies 30
  75. 75 Maria 73 babies 2
  76. 76 Toni 73 babies 15
  77. 77 Tara 71 babies 9
  78. 78 Helen 70 babies 4
  79. 79 Julia 70 babies 10
  80. 80 Katrina 69 babies 13
  81. 81 Casey 68 babies =
  82. 82 Rochelle 68 babies 2
  83. 83 Grace 65 babies 15
  84. 84 Tessa 63 babies 12
  85. 85 Christine 62 babies 2
  86. 86 Tania 62 babies 20
  87. 87 Rebekah 60 babies 24
  88. 88 Bridget 59 babies 3
  89. 89 Brooke 57 babies 14
  90. 90 Amelia 56 babies 5
  91. 91 Leah 56 babies 4
  92. 92 Ashlee 55 babies 15
  93. 93 Mary 55 babies 6
  94. 94 Alana 54 babies 18
  95. 95 Andrea 54 babies 16
  96. 96 Jane 54 babies 14
  97. 97 Georgina 53 babies 5
  98. 98 Jamie 51 babies 14
  99. 99 Josephine 49 babies 4
  100. 100 Krystal 49 babies 22

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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