New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1989

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 736 babies 1
  2. 2 Daniel 702 babies 1
  3. 3 Matthew 674 babies =
  4. 4 Joshua 637 babies 1
  5. 5 James 612 babies 1
  6. 6 Samuel 574 babies 1
  7. 7 David 487 babies 3
  8. 8 Christopher 467 babies =
  9. 9 Benjamin 455 babies =
  10. 10 Andrew 444 babies 4
  11. 11 Thomas 415 babies =
  12. 12 Nicholas 397 babies =
  13. 13 Jason 340 babies 1
  14. 14 Robert 282 babies 5
  15. 15 Timothy 281 babies =
  16. 16 Scott 270 babies =
  17. 17 William 270 babies 3
  18. 18 Richard 260 babies =
  19. 19 Adam 258 babies 6
  20. 20 Cameron 254 babies 17
  21. 21 Aaron 249 babies 3
  22. 22 Joseph 248 babies 5
  23. 23 Ryan 242 babies 1
  24. 24 John 240 babies 2
  25. 25 Jesse 229 babies 13
  26. 26 Mark 209 babies 5
  27. 27 Luke 206 babies 1
  28. 28 Nathan 203 babies 3
  29. 29 Simon 202 babies 6
  30. 30 Jonathan 200 babies 5
  31. 31 Anthony 199 babies 5
  32. 32 Jacob 198 babies 10
  33. 33 Shane 198 babies 6
  34. 34 Alexander 194 babies 5
  35. 35 Paul 191 babies 3
  36. 36 Peter 189 babies 6
  37. 37 Hayden 175 babies 10
  38. 38 Jordan 170 babies 10
  39. 39 Hamish 167 babies 1
  40. 40 Steven 161 babies 5
  41. 41 Sean 160 babies 5
  42. 42 Shaun 149 babies 8
  43. 43 Jamie 148 babies 1
  44. 44 Bradley 147 babies 11
  45. 45 Jeremy 138 babies 2
  46. 46 Dylan 128 babies 1
  47. 47 Stephen 123 babies 6
  48. 48 Kyle 122 babies 9
  49. 49 Mathew 120 babies 4
  50. 50 Craig 108 babies 2
  51. 51 Jared 108 babies 1
  52. 52 Ashley 102 babies 2
  53. 53 Liam 102 babies 9
  54. 54 Patrick 102 babies 1
  55. 55 Corey 101 babies 39
  56. 56 Karl 101 babies 7
  57. 57 Logan 100 babies 9
  58. 58 Troy 98 babies 2
  59. 59 Ben 94 babies =
  60. 60 Joel 92 babies 7
  61. 61 Sam 92 babies 9
  62. 62 George 90 babies 6
  63. 63 Blair 87 babies 12
  64. 64 Kieran 86 babies 1
  65. 65 Tony 85 babies 6
  66. 66 Vincent 84 babies 5
  67. 67 Phillip 83 babies 9
  68. 68 Caleb 80 babies 19
  69. 69 Edward 80 babies 2
  70. 70 Kurt 77 babies 25
  71. 71 Isaac 75 babies 21
  72. 72 Kane 75 babies 16
  73. 73 Justin 74 babies 4
  74. 74 Kevin 74 babies 2
  75. 75 Harley 71 babies 22
  76. 76 Callum 69 babies 1
  77. 77 Philip 68 babies 4
  78. 78 Charles 67 babies 15
  79. 79 Mitchell 67 babies 15
  80. 80 Alex 66 babies 7
  81. 81 Brett 66 babies 10
  82. 82 Cody 66 babies 42
  83. 83 Lance 66 babies 7
  84. 84 Shannon 66 babies 9
  85. 85 Jack 65 babies 6
  86. 86 Ricky 65 babies =
  87. 87 Tyson 65 babies 3
  88. 88 Zane 65 babies 29
  89. 89 Rhys 64 babies 9
  90. 90 Zachary 64 babies 9
  91. 91 Trent 63 babies 25
  92. 92 Dean 61 babies 14
  93. 93 Gareth 61 babies 10
  94. 94 Oliver 61 babies 9
  95. 95 Brendan 59 babies 13
  96. 96 Carl 58 babies 33
  97. 97 Jonathon 57 babies 16
  98. 98 Brendon 56 babies 24
  99. 99 Henry 56 babies 1
  100. 100 Raymond 56 babies 12

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 638 babies =
  2. 2 Jessica 498 babies 1
  3. 3 Samantha 488 babies 2
  4. 4 Emma 462 babies 2
  5. 5 Rebecca 328 babies 1
  6. 6 Nicole 324 babies =
  7. 7 Hannah 286 babies 5
  8. 8 Melissa 281 babies 6
  9. 9 Laura 273 babies 2
  10. 10 Amanda 261 babies 3
  11. 11 Rachel 243 babies 3
  12. 12 Amy 237 babies 3
  13. 13 Danielle 231 babies 5
  14. 14 Kylie 222 babies 1
  15. 15 Stephanie 222 babies 2
  16. 16 Natasha 214 babies =
  17. 17 Anna 210 babies 7
  18. 18 Ashleigh 209 babies 2
  19. 19 Lisa 203 babies 6
  20. 20 Elizabeth 192 babies 3
  21. 21 Kate 190 babies 2
  22. 22 Lauren 176 babies 19
  23. 23 Stacey 174 babies 2
  24. 24 Courtney 164 babies 14
  25. 25 Charlotte 158 babies 15
  26. 26 Michelle 156 babies 4
  27. 27 Nicola 154 babies 2
  28. 28 Hayley 152 babies 2
  29. 29 Kelly 146 babies 3
  30. 30 Natalie 146 babies 2
  31. 31 Sophie 144 babies 6
  32. 32 Jasmine 142 babies 7
  33. 33 Renee 138 babies 9
  34. 34 Alice 127 babies 17
  35. 35 Emily 125 babies 10
  36. 36 Katie 125 babies 2
  37. 37 Holly 122 babies 1
  38. 38 Chloe 119 babies 5
  39. 39 Megan 119 babies 12
  40. 40 Katherine 116 babies 7
  41. 41 Kimberley 116 babies 3
  42. 42 Victoria 114 babies 1
  43. 43 Ashley 113 babies 8
  44. 44 Chelsea 112 babies 13
  45. 45 Shannon 112 babies 23
  46. 46 Olivia 111 babies 4
  47. 47 Alexandra 110 babies 2
  48. 48 Catherine 110 babies 7
  49. 49 Aimee 107 babies 12
  50. 50 Gemma 107 babies 4
  51. 51 Monique 107 babies 16
  52. 52 Jade 106 babies 5
  53. 53 Lucy 104 babies 7
  54. 54 Jennifer 102 babies 22
  55. 55 Amber 95 babies 1
  56. 56 Brooke 93 babies 33
  57. 57 Christina 91 babies 9
  58. 58 Claire 91 babies 8
  59. 59 Melanie 91 babies 5
  60. 60 Angela 88 babies 4
  61. 61 Rachael 87 babies 4
  62. 62 Maria 85 babies 13
  63. 63 Zoe 85 babies 9
  64. 64 Jenna 81 babies 27
  65. 65 Grace 80 babies 18
  66. 66 Kayla 80 babies 8
  67. 67 Jessie 77 babies 3
  68. 68 Julia 77 babies 11
  69. 69 Vanessa 77 babies 16
  70. 70 Jamie 76 babies 28
  71. 71 Kirsty 76 babies 13
  72. 72 Toni 75 babies 4
  73. 73 Tamara 73 babies 10
  74. 74 Kathryn 70 babies 3
  75. 75 Sara 70 babies 9
  76. 76 Tracey 70 babies 17
  77. 77 Erin 69 babies 25
  78. 78 Rochelle 68 babies 4
  79. 79 Alicia 62 babies 10
  80. 80 Helen 61 babies 2
  81. 81 Kelsey 61 babies 178
  82. 82 Tessa 61 babies 2
  83. 83 Mary 60 babies 10
  84. 84 Alana 59 babies 10
  85. 85 Cassandra 59 babies 23
  86. 86 Louise 59 babies 13
  87. 87 Rebekah 59 babies =
  88. 88 Caitlin 58 babies 63
  89. 89 Morgan 58 babies 26
  90. 90 Tara 57 babies 13
  91. 91 Amelia 56 babies 1
  92. 92 Katrina 55 babies 12
  93. 93 Casey 54 babies 12
  94. 94 Crystal 53 babies 10
  95. 95 Joanna 53 babies 33
  96. 96 Krystal 53 babies 4
  97. 97 Kirsten 51 babies 22
  98. 98 Lydia 51 babies 31
  99. 99 Rose 51 babies 88
  100. 100 Anita 50 babies 6

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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