New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1990

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 Matthew 752 babies 2
  2. 2 Daniel 724 babies =
  3. 3 Michael 705 babies 2
  4. 4 James 678 babies 1
  5. 5 Samuel 654 babies 1
  6. 6 Joshua 637 babies 2
  7. 7 Benjamin 493 babies 2
  8. 8 Christopher 485 babies =
  9. 9 Thomas 469 babies 2
  10. 10 David 431 babies 3
  11. 11 Nicholas 411 babies 1
  12. 12 Andrew 406 babies 2
  13. 13 Ryan 308 babies 10
  14. 14 Cameron 299 babies 6
  15. 15 William 298 babies 2
  16. 16 Jason 288 babies 3
  17. 17 Scott 282 babies 1
  18. 18 Jesse 269 babies 7
  19. 19 Joseph 251 babies 3
  20. 20 Jordan 250 babies 18
  21. 21 Timothy 247 babies 6
  22. 22 John 245 babies 2
  23. 23 Jamie 234 babies 20
  24. 24 Robert 229 babies 10
  25. 25 Luke 227 babies 2
  26. 26 Aaron 218 babies 5
  27. 27 Richard 217 babies 9
  28. 28 Mark 216 babies 2
  29. 29 Jonathan 211 babies 1
  30. 30 Anthony 203 babies 1
  31. 31 Adam 202 babies 12
  32. 32 Nathan 199 babies 4
  33. 33 Hamish 194 babies 6
  34. 34 Hayden 184 babies 3
  35. 35 Sean 184 babies 6
  36. 36 Simon 183 babies 7
  37. 37 Dylan 179 babies 9
  38. 38 Alexander 178 babies 4
  39. 39 Jacob 178 babies 7
  40. 40 Peter 167 babies 4
  41. 41 Shaun 158 babies 1
  42. 42 Steven 151 babies 2
  43. 43 Jeremy 149 babies 2
  44. 44 Liam 147 babies 9
  45. 45 Shane 146 babies 12
  46. 46 Bradley 134 babies 2
  47. 47 Ethan 132 babies 63
  48. 48 Paul 124 babies 13
  49. 49 Sam 121 babies 12
  50. 50 Stephen 117 babies 3
  51. 51 George 115 babies 11
  52. 52 Patrick 114 babies 2
  53. 53 Logan 112 babies 4
  54. 54 Joel 108 babies 6
  55. 55 Corey 107 babies =
  56. 56 Ben 102 babies 3
  57. 57 Mathew 100 babies 8
  58. 58 Troy 100 babies =
  59. 59 Kieran 99 babies 5
  60. 60 Alex 96 babies 20
  61. 61 Jared 96 babies 10
  62. 62 Zachary 94 babies 28
  63. 63 Mitchell 93 babies 16
  64. 64 Kyle 89 babies 16
  65. 65 Cody 86 babies 17
  66. 66 Craig 84 babies 16
  67. 67 Isaac 83 babies 4
  68. 68 Phillip 82 babies 1
  69. 69 Caleb 81 babies 1
  70. 70 Justin 81 babies 3
  71. 71 Oliver 81 babies 23
  72. 72 Vincent 81 babies 6
  73. 73 Edward 80 babies 4
  74. 74 Ashley 78 babies 22
  75. 75 Karl 78 babies 19
  76. 76 Jack 77 babies 9
  77. 77 Kane 77 babies 5
  78. 78 Zane 77 babies 10
  79. 79 Blair 74 babies 16
  80. 80 Kurt 72 babies 10
  81. 81 Tony 72 babies 16
  82. 82 Dean 71 babies 10
  83. 83 Tyson 68 babies 4
  84. 84 Callum 63 babies 8
  85. 85 Charles 61 babies 7
  86. 86 Henry 60 babies 13
  87. 87 Todd 60 babies 27
  88. 88 Lance 59 babies 5
  89. 89 Regan 59 babies 22
  90. 90 Shannon 57 babies 6
  91. 91 Carl 56 babies 5
  92. 92 Marcus 56 babies 21
  93. 93 Trent 56 babies 2
  94. 94 Brendan 55 babies 1
  95. 95 Brendon 55 babies 3
  96. 96 Rhys 55 babies 7
  97. 97 Ricky 55 babies 11
  98. 98 Levi 54 babies 36
  99. 99 Stefan 53 babies 80
  100. 100 Philip 52 babies 23

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Jessica 603 babies 1
  2. 2 Sarah 548 babies 1
  3. 3 Samantha 490 babies =
  4. 4 Emma 434 babies =
  5. 5 Rebecca 358 babies =
  6. 6 Nicole 351 babies =
  7. 7 Hannah 340 babies =
  8. 8 Melissa 283 babies =
  9. 9 Amy 275 babies 3
  10. 10 Rachel 267 babies 1
  11. 11 Laura 261 babies 2
  12. 12 Danielle 248 babies 1
  13. 13 Stephanie 246 babies 2
  14. 14 Hayley 234 babies 14
  15. 15 Ashleigh 219 babies 3
  16. 16 Natasha 214 babies =
  17. 17 Anna 213 babies =
  18. 18 Kate 190 babies 3
  19. 19 Lauren 189 babies 3
  20. 20 Amanda 182 babies 10
  21. 21 Courtney 182 babies 3
  22. 22 Megan 179 babies 17
  23. 23 Elizabeth 178 babies 3
  24. 24 Emily 170 babies 11
  25. 25 Lisa 164 babies 6
  26. 26 Alexandra 161 babies 21
  27. 27 Kimberley 158 babies 14
  28. 28 Sophie 152 babies 3
  29. 29 Stacey 152 babies 6
  30. 30 Charlotte 149 babies 5
  31. 31 Michelle 149 babies 5
  32. 32 Kelly 148 babies 3
  33. 33 Holly 147 babies 4
  34. 34 Ashley 143 babies 9
  35. 35 Olivia 141 babies 11
  36. 36 Jasmine 139 babies 4
  37. 37 Victoria 134 babies 5
  38. 38 Shannon 131 babies 7
  39. 39 Chelsea 130 babies 5
  40. 40 Jennifer 128 babies 14
  41. 41 Natalie 128 babies 11
  42. 42 Nicola 126 babies 15
  43. 43 Chloe 125 babies 5
  44. 44 Katherine 119 babies 4
  45. 45 Renee 118 babies 12
  46. 46 Jessie 115 babies 21
  47. 47 Katie 115 babies 11
  48. 48 Alice 112 babies 14
  49. 49 Jade 107 babies 3
  50. 50 Catherine 106 babies 2
  51. 51 Claire 105 babies 7
  52. 52 Kelsey 104 babies 29
  53. 53 Amber 103 babies 2
  54. 54 Lucy 103 babies 1
  55. 55 Monique 99 babies 4
  56. 56 Brooke 98 babies =
  57. 57 Zoe 95 babies 6
  58. 58 Gemma 93 babies 8
  59. 59 Christina 92 babies 2
  60. 60 Rachael 91 babies 1
  61. 61 Aimee 89 babies 12
  62. 62 Jordan 89 babies 138
  63. 63 Kathryn 89 babies 11
  64. 64 Caitlin 80 babies 24
  65. 65 Erin 79 babies 12
  66. 66 Grace 79 babies 1
  67. 67 Maria 79 babies 5
  68. 68 Casey 78 babies 25
  69. 69 Tessa 78 babies 13
  70. 70 Alana 77 babies 14
  71. 71 Jamie 77 babies 1
  72. 72 Toni 76 babies =
  73. 73 Rebekah 75 babies 14
  74. 74 Jenna 70 babies 10
  75. 75 Melanie 70 babies 16
  76. 76 Vanessa 69 babies 7
  77. 77 Julia 68 babies 9
  78. 78 Louise 68 babies 8
  79. 79 Sara 66 babies 4
  80. 80 Tamara 65 babies 7
  81. 81 Katrina 63 babies 11
  82. 82 Joanna 62 babies 13
  83. 83 Amelia 60 babies 8
  84. 84 Helen 60 babies 4
  85. 85 Kirsty 60 babies 14
  86. 86 Georgia 57 babies 48
  87. 87 Bridget 56 babies 22
  88. 88 Brittany 56 babies 25
  89. 89 Cassandra 56 babies 4
  90. 90 Kayla 56 babies 24
  91. 91 Tracey 56 babies 15
  92. 92 Kylie 54 babies 78
  93. 93 Leah 54 babies 9
  94. 94 Morgan 54 babies 5
  95. 95 Angela 53 babies 35
  96. 96 Mary 53 babies 13
  97. 97 Nikita 53 babies 25
  98. 98 Sinead 53 babies 137
  99. 99 Tania 53 babies 19
  100. 100 Georgina 52 babies 1

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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