New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1996

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 Joshua 712 babies =
  2. 2 Matthew 538 babies =
  3. 3 James 506 babies =
  4. 4 Daniel 485 babies =
  5. 5 Samuel 442 babies =
  6. 6 Liam 439 babies 2
  7. 7 Benjamin 392 babies 1
  8. 8 Jordan 354 babies 2
  9. 9 Thomas 332 babies =
  10. 10 Michael 330 babies 3
  11. 11 Jacob 311 babies =
  12. 12 Jack 273 babies 7
  13. 13 William 267 babies 4
  14. 14 Ryan 264 babies 1
  15. 15 Nathan 262 babies 1
  16. 16 Nicholas 261 babies 4
  17. 17 Connor 251 babies 11
  18. 18 Luke 249 babies 2
  19. 19 Cameron 239 babies 6
  20. 20 Alexander 214 babies 1
  21. 21 Andrew 214 babies 3
  22. 22 Christopher 212 babies 1
  23. 23 Joseph 211 babies 3
  24. 24 Caleb 208 babies 33
  25. 25 Dylan 206 babies 5
  26. 26 Jesse 198 babies 1
  27. 27 David 197 babies 2
  28. 28 Mitchell 196 babies 4
  29. 29 Logan 184 babies 7
  30. 30 Tyler 179 babies 7
  31. 31 Sean 176 babies 2
  32. 32 Ethan 173 babies 1
  33. 33 Jayden 172 babies 3
  34. 34 Hamish 165 babies 12
  35. 35 John 165 babies =
  36. 36 Jonathan 158 babies 3
  37. 37 Robert 158 babies 5
  38. 38 Adam 153 babies 7
  39. 39 Bradley 153 babies 5
  40. 40 Callum 151 babies 1
  41. 41 Timothy 147 babies 5
  42. 42 Hayden 143 babies 10
  43. 43 George 139 babies 11
  44. 44 Cody 137 babies 5
  45. 45 Taylor 130 babies 2
  46. 46 Aaron 129 babies 8
  47. 47 Isaac 128 babies 14
  48. 48 Scott 127 babies 4
  49. 49 Jamie 123 babies 9
  50. 50 Oliver 119 babies 1
  51. 51 Jake 113 babies =
  52. 52 Patrick 105 babies 4
  53. 53 Harrison 100 babies 21
  54. 54 Zachary 99 babies 5
  55. 55 Henry 98 babies 18
  56. 56 Jackson 95 babies 9
  57. 57 Shaun 95 babies 9
  58. 58 Jason 94 babies 11
  59. 59 Brandon 93 babies 7
  60. 60 Peter 93 babies 7
  61. 61 Anthony 91 babies 3
  62. 62 Reuben 91 babies 6
  63. 63 Bailey 89 babies 236
  64. 64 Joel 88 babies 12
  65. 65 Kyle 88 babies 1
  66. 66 Sam 87 babies 4
  67. 67 Blake 84 babies 12
  68. 68 Alex 83 babies 4
  69. 69 Richard 81 babies 9
  70. 70 Levi 79 babies 1
  71. 71 Mark 79 babies 1
  72. 72 Kieran 75 babies 22
  73. 73 Simon 73 babies 10
  74. 74 Corey 71 babies 5
  75. 75 Harry 71 babies 9
  76. 76 Jared 71 babies 9
  77. 77 Angus 69 babies 10
  78. 78 Troy 68 babies =
  79. 79 Paul 67 babies 10
  80. 80 Justin 65 babies 23
  81. 81 Kane 65 babies 4
  82. 82 Steven 65 babies 11
  83. 83 Christian 63 babies 27
  84. 84 Regan 63 babies 10
  85. 85 Mathew 62 babies 5
  86. 86 Max 62 babies 5
  87. 87 Campbell 61 babies 1
  88. 88 Stephen 61 babies 5
  89. 89 Ben 59 babies 4
  90. 90 Shane 59 babies 15
  91. 91 Blair 57 babies 15
  92. 92 Jeremy 57 babies 15
  93. 93 Edward 56 babies 8
  94. 94 Rhys 56 babies 12
  95. 95 Aidan 55 babies 3
  96. 96 Keegan 55 babies 49
  97. 97 Conor 54 babies 2
  98. 98 Trent 54 babies 12
  99. 99 Vincent 54 babies 8
  100. 100 Tyson 52 babies 39

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Jessica 506 babies =
  2. 2 Hannah 332 babies 1
  3. 3 Sarah 314 babies 1
  4. 4 Georgia 313 babies 3
  5. 5 Samantha 297 babies 1
  6. 6 Emma 285 babies 1
  7. 7 Olivia 249 babies 1
  8. 8 Courtney 218 babies 3
  9. 9 Laura 214 babies =
  10. 10 Rebecca 213 babies =
  11. 11 Danielle 212 babies 1
  12. 12 Sophie 198 babies 4
  13. 13 Ashleigh 195 babies =
  14. 14 Emily 194 babies 6
  15. 15 Brooke 184 babies 4
  16. 16 Grace 178 babies 2
  17. 17 Kate 175 babies 3
  18. 18 Amy 165 babies 3
  19. 19 Nicole 161 babies 5
  20. 20 Holly 155 babies 6
  21. 21 Paige 153 babies 17
  22. 22 Stephanie 148 babies 7
  23. 23 Caitlin 144 babies 6
  24. 24 Charlotte 140 babies 7
  25. 25 Rachel 140 babies 3
  26. 26 Lauren 134 babies 1
  27. 27 Anna 133 babies 5
  28. 28 Tayla 133 babies 15
  29. 29 Brittany 125 babies 6
  30. 30 Jasmine 124 babies 1
  31. 31 Natasha 123 babies 1
  32. 32 Lucy 120 babies 15
  33. 33 Ashley 118 babies 8
  34. 34 Madison 117 babies 27
  35. 35 Zoe 117 babies 10
  36. 36 Elizabeth 116 babies 2
  37. 37 Claudia 115 babies 18
  38. 38 Shannon 115 babies 6
  39. 39 Kayla 114 babies 15
  40. 40 Hayley 110 babies 1
  41. 41 Chelsea 109 babies 6
  42. 42 Alexandra 105 babies 10
  43. 43 Megan 105 babies 6
  44. 44 Alice 104 babies 7
  45. 45 Katie 104 babies 11
  46. 46 Mikayla 104 babies 11
  47. 47 Victoria 103 babies 5
  48. 48 Michaela 102 babies 7
  49. 49 Jade 101 babies 11
  50. 50 Ella 97 babies 25
  51. 51 Renee 90 babies 11
  52. 52 Jessie 89 babies 2
  53. 53 Melissa 87 babies 17
  54. 54 Amber 85 babies 21
  55. 55 Ruby 84 babies 2
  56. 56 Taylor 82 babies 10
  57. 57 Monique 79 babies 9
  58. 58 Tessa 76 babies 7
  59. 59 Isabella 73 babies 30
  60. 60 Gemma 70 babies 22
  61. 61 Michelle 68 babies 2
  62. 62 Catherine 67 babies 29
  63. 63 Morgan 67 babies 7
  64. 64 Nikita 67 babies 6
  65. 65 Phoebe 67 babies 59
  66. 66 Rebekah 67 babies =
  67. 67 Amanda 64 babies 3
  68. 68 Gabrielle 62 babies 5
  69. 69 Jordan 62 babies 19
  70. 70 Katherine 62 babies 9
  71. 71 Kelly 62 babies 19
  72. 72 Abigail 61 babies 6
  73. 73 Ellen 61 babies 37
  74. 74 Jennifer 61 babies 9
  75. 75 Kelsey 60 babies 1
  76. 76 Julia 59 babies 35
  77. 77 Aimee 58 babies 23
  78. 78 Jamie 58 babies 7
  79. 79 Amelia 57 babies 12
  80. 80 Christina 57 babies 12
  81. 81 Crystal 57 babies 16
  82. 82 Ashlee 56 babies 27
  83. 83 Kimberley 56 babies 10
  84. 84 Monica 56 babies 111
  85. 85 Natalie 56 babies 8
  86. 86 Cassandra 54 babies 15
  87. 87 Georgina 54 babies 8
  88. 88 Leah 54 babies 19
  89. 89 Lisa 54 babies 15
  90. 90 Summer 54 babies 17
  91. 91 Eden 53 babies 11
  92. 92 Kaitlyn 53 babies 52
  93. 93 Eilish 52 babies 80
  94. 94 Nicola 52 babies 2
  95. 95 Lydia 51 babies 1
  96. 96 Melanie 50 babies 45
  97. 97 Cheyenne 48 babies 25
  98. 98 Madeleine 48 babies 5
  99. 99 Mikaela 48 babies 5
  100. 100 Stacey 48 babies 38

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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