New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1991

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 760 babies =
  2. 2 Michael 696 babies 1
  3. 3 Daniel 694 babies 1
  4. 4 Joshua 670 babies 2
  5. 5 James 644 babies 1
  6. 6 Samuel 612 babies 1
  7. 7 Benjamin 543 babies =
  8. 8 Thomas 449 babies 1
  9. 9 Andrew 440 babies 3
  10. 10 Christopher 414 babies 2
  11. 11 Nicholas 354 babies =
  12. 12 Jordan 350 babies 8
  13. 13 David 349 babies 3
  14. 14 Ryan 322 babies 1
  15. 15 William 275 babies =
  16. 16 Cameron 259 babies 2
  17. 17 Scott 246 babies =
  18. 18 Luke 245 babies 7
  19. 19 Robert 244 babies 5
  20. 20 Joseph 232 babies 1
  21. 21 Timothy 232 babies =
  22. 22 Jesse 231 babies 4
  23. 23 Nathan 231 babies 9
  24. 24 Jason 224 babies 8
  25. 25 Alexander 218 babies 13
  26. 26 John 217 babies 4
  27. 27 Ethan 215 babies 20
  28. 28 Jonathan 214 babies 1
  29. 29 Aaron 210 babies 3
  30. 30 Dylan 197 babies 7
  31. 31 Jamie 197 babies 8
  32. 32 Adam 194 babies 1
  33. 33 Jacob 192 babies 6
  34. 34 Richard 185 babies 7
  35. 35 Simon 185 babies 1
  36. 36 Hayden 176 babies 2
  37. 37 Mark 175 babies 9
  38. 38 Sean 170 babies 3
  39. 39 Anthony 169 babies 9
  40. 40 Hamish 160 babies 7
  41. 41 Peter 158 babies 1
  42. 42 Cody 157 babies 23
  43. 43 Liam 157 babies 1
  44. 44 Steven 146 babies 2
  45. 45 Shaun 142 babies 4
  46. 46 Patrick 132 babies 6
  47. 47 Corey 131 babies 8
  48. 48 Logan 131 babies 5
  49. 49 Stephen 129 babies 1
  50. 50 Bradley 128 babies 4
  51. 51 Jared 128 babies 10
  52. 52 Paul 128 babies 4
  53. 53 Shane 126 babies 8
  54. 54 Mitchell 123 babies 9
  55. 55 Sam 123 babies 6
  56. 56 George 118 babies 5
  57. 57 Jeremy 112 babies 14
  58. 58 Callum 108 babies 26
  59. 59 Joel 107 babies 5
  60. 60 Mathew 106 babies 3
  61. 61 Alex 104 babies 1
  62. 62 Craig 94 babies 4
  63. 63 Phillip 92 babies 5
  64. 64 Troy 92 babies 6
  65. 65 Kieran 87 babies 6
  66. 66 Kyle 85 babies 2
  67. 67 Edward 83 babies 6
  68. 68 Caleb 82 babies 1
  69. 69 Jack 81 babies 7
  70. 70 Isaac 80 babies 3
  71. 71 Karl 80 babies 4
  72. 72 Tyler 80 babies 40
  73. 73 Ben 76 babies 17
  74. 74 Oliver 76 babies 3
  75. 75 Cory 74 babies 31
  76. 76 Vincent 74 babies 4
  77. 77 Zachary 74 babies 15
  78. 78 Rhys 73 babies 18
  79. 79 Jarrod 71 babies 104
  80. 80 Kane 71 babies 3
  81. 81 Blair 69 babies 2
  82. 82 Kurt 69 babies 2
  83. 83 Henry 68 babies 3
  84. 84 Zane 68 babies 6
  85. 85 Charles 67 babies =
  86. 86 Jayden 67 babies 37
  87. 87 Harley 66 babies 20
  88. 88 Levi 66 babies 10
  89. 89 Ricky 66 babies 8
  90. 90 Tony 66 babies 9
  91. 91 Ashley 64 babies 17
  92. 92 Dean 62 babies 10
  93. 93 Justin 61 babies 23
  94. 94 Brendan 58 babies =
  95. 95 Carl 57 babies 4
  96. 96 Brett 52 babies 19
  97. 97 Jake 52 babies 19
  98. 98 Lance 52 babies 10
  99. 99 Marcus 52 babies 7
  100. 100 Raymond 51 babies 17

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Jessica 589 babies =
  2. 2 Sarah 558 babies =
  3. 3 Samantha 453 babies =
  4. 4 Emma 428 babies =
  5. 5 Nicole 360 babies 1
  6. 6 Rebecca 354 babies 1
  7. 7 Hannah 349 babies =
  8. 8 Rachel 314 babies 2
  9. 9 Ashleigh 278 babies 6
  10. 10 Amy 265 babies 1
  11. 11 Stephanie 264 babies 2
  12. 12 Danielle 253 babies =
  13. 13 Laura 250 babies 2
  14. 14 Melissa 245 babies 6
  15. 15 Hayley 199 babies 1
  16. 16 Anna 194 babies 1
  17. 17 Olivia 188 babies 18
  18. 18 Natasha 179 babies 2
  19. 19 Kayla 176 babies 71
  20. 20 Chloe 174 babies 23
  21. 21 Kate 173 babies 3
  22. 22 Courtney 170 babies 1
  23. 23 Ashley 167 babies 11
  24. 24 Megan 165 babies 2
  25. 25 Elizabeth 163 babies 2
  26. 26 Charlotte 156 babies 4
  27. 27 Emily 152 babies 3
  28. 28 Michelle 152 babies 3
  29. 29 Lauren 148 babies 10
  30. 30 Amber 147 babies 23
  31. 31 Amanda 146 babies 11
  32. 32 Lisa 145 babies 7
  33. 33 Chelsea 143 babies 6
  34. 34 Caitlin 139 babies 30
  35. 35 Stacey 138 babies 6
  36. 36 Nicola 135 babies 6
  37. 37 Alexandra 133 babies 11
  38. 38 Kelly 131 babies 6
  39. 39 Sophie 129 babies 11
  40. 40 Shannon 126 babies 2
  41. 41 Victoria 124 babies 4
  42. 42 Alice 123 babies 6
  43. 43 Grace 119 babies 23
  44. 44 Jasmine 118 babies 8
  45. 45 Kimberley 117 babies 18
  46. 46 Rachael 111 babies 14
  47. 47 Holly 109 babies 14
  48. 48 Kelsey 108 babies 4
  49. 49 Christina 107 babies 10
  50. 50 Natalie 106 babies 9
  51. 51 Lucy 104 babies 3
  52. 52 Brooke 102 babies 4
  53. 53 Katie 102 babies 6
  54. 54 Renee 102 babies 9
  55. 55 Zoe 101 babies 2
  56. 56 Aimee 98 babies 5
  57. 57 Jordan 96 babies 5
  58. 58 Georgia 93 babies 28
  59. 59 Rebekah 93 babies 14
  60. 60 Catherine 91 babies 10
  61. 61 Toni 87 babies 11
  62. 62 Jennifer 86 babies 22
  63. 63 Jade 85 babies 14
  64. 64 Katherine 82 babies 20
  65. 65 Tessa 81 babies 4
  66. 66 Alana 79 babies 4
  67. 67 Kirsty 78 babies 18
  68. 68 Monique 78 babies 13
  69. 69 Casey 76 babies 1
  70. 70 Jamie 76 babies 1
  71. 71 Angela 75 babies 24
  72. 72 Jessie 75 babies 26
  73. 73 Brittany 74 babies 15
  74. 74 Gemma 71 babies 16
  75. 75 Claire 70 babies 24
  76. 76 Melanie 69 babies 1
  77. 77 Vanessa 69 babies 1
  78. 78 Kathryn 68 babies 15
  79. 79 Georgina 67 babies 21
  80. 80 Louise 67 babies 2
  81. 81 Erin 66 babies 16
  82. 82 Rochelle 65 babies 33
  83. 83 Ellen 63 babies 64
  84. 84 Maria 63 babies 17
  85. 85 Julia 62 babies 8
  86. 86 Alicia 60 babies 15
  87. 87 Nikita 58 babies 10
  88. 88 Tara 58 babies 36
  89. 89 Leah 57 babies 4
  90. 90 Mary 57 babies 6
  91. 91 Krystal 56 babies 15
  92. 92 Paige 56 babies 58
  93. 93 Sara 53 babies 14
  94. 94 Amelia 52 babies 11
  95. 95 Bridget 52 babies 8
  96. 96 Christine 52 babies 41
  97. 97 Abigail 51 babies 8
  98. 98 Ashlee 51 babies 11
  99. 99 Crystal 49 babies 26
  100. 100 Tania 49 babies 1

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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