New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1997

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 630 babies =
  2. 2 Matthew 528 babies =
  3. 3 Daniel 470 babies 1
  4. 4 James 459 babies 1
  5. 5 Liam 452 babies 1
  6. 6 Samuel 418 babies 1
  7. 7 Benjamin 383 babies =
  8. 8 Thomas 364 babies 1
  9. 9 Michael 341 babies 1
  10. 10 Jacob 328 babies 1
  11. 11 Jordan 316 babies 3
  12. 12 Jack 307 babies =
  13. 13 Cameron 294 babies 6
  14. 14 William 278 babies 1
  15. 15 Connor 260 babies 2
  16. 16 Ryan 254 babies 2
  17. 17 Dylan 243 babies 8
  18. 18 Luke 230 babies =
  19. 19 Nicholas 230 babies 3
  20. 20 Nathan 209 babies 5
  21. 21 Alexander 208 babies 1
  22. 22 Andrew 201 babies 1
  23. 23 Tyler 196 babies 7
  24. 24 Joseph 195 babies 1
  25. 25 Caleb 189 babies 1
  26. 26 David 189 babies 1
  27. 27 Jayden 188 babies 6
  28. 28 Ethan 185 babies 4
  29. 29 Mitchell 184 babies 1
  30. 30 Christopher 175 babies 8
  31. 31 Logan 171 babies 2
  32. 32 Jesse 169 babies 6
  33. 33 Hayden 167 babies 9
  34. 34 Sean 166 babies 3
  35. 35 Bradley 153 babies 4
  36. 36 Callum 151 babies 4
  37. 37 Timothy 150 babies 4
  38. 38 John 147 babies 3
  39. 39 Hamish 142 babies 5
  40. 40 Isaac 133 babies 7
  41. 41 Brandon 131 babies 18
  42. 42 Robert 128 babies 5
  43. 43 George 127 babies =
  44. 44 Cody 126 babies =
  45. 45 Oliver 121 babies 5
  46. 46 Aaron 120 babies =
  47. 47 Scott 119 babies 1
  48. 48 Harrison 118 babies 5
  49. 49 Jake 117 babies 2
  50. 50 Jonathan 116 babies 14
  51. 51 Zachary 113 babies 3
  52. 52 Adam 106 babies 14
  53. 53 Patrick 103 babies 1
  54. 54 Taylor 102 babies 9
  55. 55 Kyle 101 babies 10
  56. 56 Jason 99 babies 2
  57. 57 Jamie 98 babies 8
  58. 58 Henry 97 babies 3
  59. 59 Blake 96 babies 8
  60. 60 Alex 94 babies 8
  61. 61 Anthony 93 babies =
  62. 62 Ben 89 babies 27
  63. 63 Richard 89 babies 6
  64. 64 Christian 86 babies 19
  65. 65 Shaun 86 babies 8
  66. 66 Sam 85 babies =
  67. 67 Aidan 83 babies 28
  68. 68 Bailey 78 babies 5
  69. 69 Peter 76 babies 9
  70. 70 Keegan 73 babies 26
  71. 71 Justin 72 babies 9
  72. 72 Jackson 71 babies 16
  73. 73 Joel 71 babies 9
  74. 74 Kieran 70 babies 2
  75. 75 Mark 68 babies 4
  76. 76 Reuben 68 babies 14
  77. 77 Steven 67 babies 5
  78. 78 Trent 66 babies 20
  79. 79 Corey 65 babies 5
  80. 80 Kane 64 babies 1
  81. 81 Levi 63 babies 11
  82. 82 Harry 62 babies 7
  83. 83 Regan 62 babies 1
  84. 84 Angus 61 babies 7
  85. 85 Kevin 61 babies 35
  86. 86 Simon 61 babies 13
  87. 87 Max 59 babies 1
  88. 88 Kaleb 58 babies 31
  89. 89 Mathew 58 babies 4
  90. 90 Jared 57 babies 14
  91. 91 Tyrone 57 babies 13
  92. 92 Elijah 55 babies 21
  93. 93 Charles 54 babies 8
  94. 94 Sione 53 babies 43
  95. 95 Stephen 53 babies 7
  96. 96 Brodie 52 babies 32
  97. 97 Lachlan 52 babies 15
  98. 98 Zane 52 babies 12
  99. 99 Finn 51 babies 19
  100. 100 Jeremy 51 babies 8

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Jessica 430 babies =
  2. 2 Georgia 367 babies 2
  3. 3 Hannah 365 babies 1
  4. 4 Sarah 359 babies 1
  5. 5 Emma 351 babies 1
  6. 6 Samantha 315 babies 1
  7. 7 Olivia 246 babies =
  8. 8 Sophie 244 babies 4
  9. 9 Emily 215 babies 5
  10. 10 Caitlin 201 babies 13
  11. 11 Courtney 201 babies 3
  12. 12 Grace 193 babies 4
  13. 13 Rebecca 180 babies 3
  14. 14 Brittany 174 babies 15
  15. 15 Kate 170 babies 2
  16. 16 Danielle 167 babies 5
  17. 17 Laura 167 babies 8
  18. 18 Holly 164 babies 2
  19. 19 Brooke 162 babies 4
  20. 20 Tayla 158 babies 8
  21. 21 Paige 157 babies =
  22. 22 Ashleigh 154 babies 9
  23. 23 Amy 153 babies 5
  24. 24 Nicole 153 babies 5
  25. 25 Jasmine 140 babies 5
  26. 26 Charlotte 138 babies 2
  27. 27 Lauren 133 babies 1
  28. 28 Rachel 127 babies 3
  29. 29 Zoe 124 babies 6
  30. 30 Alexandra 123 babies 12
  31. 31 Lucy 119 babies 1
  32. 32 Anna 117 babies 5
  33. 33 Megan 117 babies 10
  34. 34 Taylor 117 babies 22
  35. 35 Shannon 115 babies 3
  36. 36 Ella 114 babies 14
  37. 37 Natasha 112 babies 6
  38. 38 Jade 110 babies 11
  39. 39 Madison 109 babies 5
  40. 40 Renee 109 babies 11
  41. 41 Elizabeth 102 babies 5
  42. 42 Mikayla 99 babies 4
  43. 43 Stephanie 98 babies 21
  44. 44 Alice 96 babies =
  45. 45 Ashley 96 babies 12
  46. 46 Chelsea 96 babies 5
  47. 47 Amber 95 babies 7
  48. 48 Kayla 93 babies 9
  49. 49 Michaela 93 babies 1
  50. 50 Tessa 92 babies 8
  51. 51 Hayley 91 babies 11
  52. 52 Victoria 91 babies 5
  53. 53 Monique 84 babies 4
  54. 54 Nikita 82 babies 10
  55. 55 Aimee 80 babies 22
  56. 56 Claudia 80 babies 19
  57. 57 Melissa 80 babies 4
  58. 58 Isabella 79 babies 1
  59. 59 Katie 77 babies 14
  60. 60 Katherine 73 babies 10
  61. 61 Ruby 72 babies 6
  62. 62 Jamie 69 babies 16
  63. 63 Abigail 68 babies 9
  64. 64 Chloe 67 babies 61
  65. 65 Morgan 66 babies 2
  66. 66 Phoebe 66 babies 1
  67. 67 Sophia 66 babies 83
  68. 68 Kelsey 64 babies 7
  69. 69 Natalie 64 babies 16
  70. 70 Amanda 62 babies 3
  71. 71 Jennifer 62 babies 3
  72. 72 Jessie 62 babies 20
  73. 73 Amelia 61 babies 6
  74. 74 Kelly 61 babies 3
  75. 75 Leah 61 babies 13
  76. 76 Alana 60 babies 43
  77. 77 Gabrielle 57 babies 9
  78. 78 Michelle 56 babies 17
  79. 79 Bailey 55 babies 24
  80. 80 Casey 54 babies 47
  81. 81 Madeleine 54 babies 17
  82. 82 Rebekah 54 babies 16
  83. 83 Ariana 53 babies 37
  84. 84 Lily 53 babies 46
  85. 85 Lisa 53 babies 4
  86. 86 Maddison 53 babies 79
  87. 87 Rose 53 babies 45
  88. 88 Brianna 52 babies 28
  89. 89 Tegan 52 babies 33
  90. 90 Cheyenne 51 babies 7
  91. 91 Christina 51 babies 11
  92. 92 Kimberley 51 babies 9
  93. 93 Maria 50 babies 21
  94. 94 Molly 50 babies 42
  95. 95 Cassandra 49 babies 9
  96. 96 Tiana 48 babies 30
  97. 97 Catherine 47 babies 35
  98. 98 Crystal 47 babies 17
  99. 99 Eden 47 babies 8
  100. 100 Alicia 46 babies 5

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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