New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1998

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 642 babies =
  2. 2 Matthew 467 babies =
  3. 3 Samuel 459 babies 3
  4. 4 Liam 422 babies 1
  5. 5 James 387 babies 1
  6. 6 Jack 379 babies 6
  7. 7 Daniel 376 babies 4
  8. 8 Jacob 363 babies 2
  9. 9 Benjamin 359 babies 2
  10. 10 Thomas 345 babies 2
  11. 11 William 331 babies 3
  12. 12 Cameron 310 babies 1
  13. 13 Dylan 284 babies 4
  14. 14 Jordan 274 babies 3
  15. 15 Michael 266 babies 6
  16. 16 Connor 255 babies 1
  17. 17 Ryan 241 babies 1
  18. 18 Caleb 226 babies 7
  19. 19 Ethan 218 babies 9
  20. 20 Luke 214 babies 2
  21. 21 Nicholas 203 babies 2
  22. 22 Nathan 189 babies 2
  23. 23 Jayden 187 babies 4
  24. 24 Alexander 186 babies 3
  25. 25 Mitchell 184 babies 4
  26. 26 Joseph 182 babies 2
  27. 27 Logan 170 babies 4
  28. 28 Bradley 166 babies 7
  29. 29 David 161 babies 3
  30. 30 Callum 160 babies 6
  31. 31 Hamish 158 babies 8
  32. 32 Andrew 155 babies 10
  33. 33 Christopher 149 babies 3
  34. 34 Sean 144 babies =
  35. 35 George 142 babies 8
  36. 36 Isaac 142 babies 4
  37. 37 Jesse 139 babies 5
  38. 38 Bailey 134 babies 30
  39. 39 Oliver 133 babies 6
  40. 40 Tyler 133 babies 17
  41. 41 Harrison 128 babies 7
  42. 42 Timothy 122 babies 5
  43. 43 Taylor 119 babies 11
  44. 44 Adam 118 babies 8
  45. 45 Hayden 115 babies 12
  46. 46 Scott 112 babies 1
  47. 47 John 111 babies 9
  48. 48 Jonathan 107 babies 2
  49. 49 Cody 105 babies 5
  50. 50 Patrick 101 babies 3
  51. 51 Jake 100 babies 2
  52. 52 Jamie 99 babies 5
  53. 53 Brandon 97 babies 12
  54. 54 Robert 97 babies 12
  55. 55 Max 96 babies 32
  56. 56 Kyle 95 babies 1
  57. 57 Jason 90 babies 1
  58. 58 Aaron 87 babies 12
  59. 59 Angus 87 babies 25
  60. 60 Anthony 86 babies 1
  61. 61 Zachary 86 babies 10
  62. 62 Harry 84 babies 20
  63. 63 Ben 83 babies 1
  64. 64 Aidan 82 babies 3
  65. 65 Henry 81 babies 7
  66. 66 Shaun 80 babies 1
  67. 67 Blake 79 babies 8
  68. 68 Jared 79 babies 22
  69. 69 Sam 79 babies 3
  70. 70 Jackson 78 babies 2
  71. 71 Taine 78 babies 71
  72. 72 Joel 76 babies 1
  73. 73 Reuben 71 babies 3
  74. 74 Christian 70 babies 10
  75. 75 Keegan 70 babies 5
  76. 76 Jeremy 68 babies 24
  77. 77 Troy 68 babies 25
  78. 78 Richard 67 babies 15
  79. 79 Finn 64 babies 20
  80. 80 Campbell 63 babies 32
  81. 81 Levi 63 babies =
  82. 82 Alex 62 babies 22
  83. 83 Mark 61 babies 8
  84. 84 Jarrod 60 babies 24
  85. 85 Paul 58 babies 16
  86. 86 Peter 58 babies 17
  87. 87 Oscar 57 babies 51
  88. 88 Shane 56 babies 40
  89. 89 Trent 56 babies 11
  90. 90 Zane 56 babies 8
  91. 91 Kieran 55 babies 17
  92. 92 Brodie 54 babies 4
  93. 93 Cole 54 babies 39
  94. 94 Corey 53 babies 15
  95. 95 Lewis 53 babies 38
  96. 96 Louis 52 babies 13
  97. 97 Edward 51 babies 16
  98. 98 Justin 51 babies 27
  99. 99 Regan 51 babies 16
  100. 100 Carlos 50 babies 15

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Jessica 380 babies =
  2. 2 Georgia 330 babies =
  3. 3 Olivia 326 babies 4
  4. 4 Hannah 324 babies 1
  5. 5 Emma 307 babies =
  6. 6 Samantha 274 babies =
  7. 7 Sarah 268 babies 3
  8. 8 Grace 248 babies 4
  9. 9 Emily 204 babies =
  10. 10 Caitlin 203 babies =
  11. 11 Sophie 201 babies 3
  12. 12 Rebecca 199 babies 1
  13. 13 Courtney 192 babies 2
  14. 14 Laura 174 babies 3
  15. 15 Kate 170 babies =
  16. 16 Ashleigh 166 babies 6
  17. 17 Tayla 166 babies 3
  18. 18 Holly 159 babies =
  19. 19 Brooke 157 babies =
  20. 20 Ella 157 babies 16
  21. 21 Madison 145 babies 18
  22. 22 Amy 135 babies 1
  23. 23 Charlotte 133 babies 3
  24. 24 Danielle 130 babies 8
  25. 25 Lucy 128 babies 6
  26. 26 Rachel 128 babies 2
  27. 27 Paige 126 babies 6
  28. 28 Nicole 123 babies 4
  29. 29 Taylor 118 babies 5
  30. 30 Jasmine 117 babies 5
  31. 31 Anna 112 babies 1
  32. 32 Kayla 111 babies 16
  33. 33 Brittany 110 babies 19
  34. 34 Zoe 108 babies 5
  35. 35 Jade 107 babies 3
  36. 36 Claudia 106 babies 20
  37. 37 Shannon 106 babies 2
  38. 38 Isabella 103 babies 20
  39. 39 Victoria 102 babies 13
  40. 40 Lauren 101 babies 13
  41. 41 Alexandra 99 babies 11
  42. 42 Mikayla 98 babies =
  43. 43 Megan 96 babies 10
  44. 44 Aimee 95 babies 11
  45. 45 Hayley 94 babies 6
  46. 46 Natasha 93 babies 9
  47. 47 Ruby 92 babies 14
  48. 48 Shania 90 babies new
  49. 49 Katie 84 babies 10
  50. 50 Renee 84 babies 10
  51. 51 Michaela 83 babies 2
  52. 52 Elizabeth 82 babies 11
  53. 53 Abigail 81 babies 10
  54. 54 Ashley 81 babies 9
  55. 55 Amber 78 babies 8
  56. 56 Rose 76 babies 31
  57. 57 Melissa 73 babies =
  58. 58 Stephanie 73 babies 15
  59. 59 Alice 70 babies 15
  60. 60 Monique 69 babies 7
  61. 61 Tessa 69 babies 11
  62. 62 Cheyenne 68 babies 28
  63. 63 Chloe 68 babies 1
  64. 64 Chelsea 66 babies 18
  65. 65 Eden 66 babies 34
  66. 66 Gabrielle 64 babies 11
  67. 67 Tegan 64 babies 22
  68. 68 Nikita 63 babies 14
  69. 69 Amelia 61 babies 4
  70. 70 Angel 61 babies 34
  71. 71 Jordan 61 babies 34
  72. 72 Julia 61 babies 37
  73. 73 Lily 60 babies 11
  74. 74 Sophia 59 babies 7
  75. 75 Maria 57 babies 18
  76. 76 Rebekah 56 babies 6
  77. 77 Brianna 55 babies 11
  78. 78 Jamie 55 babies 16
  79. 79 Michelle 55 babies 1
  80. 80 Maddison 53 babies 6
  81. 81 Jennifer 52 babies 10
  82. 82 Molly 52 babies 12
  83. 83 Morgan 52 babies 18
  84. 84 Summer 52 babies 27
  85. 85 Katherine 50 babies 25
  86. 86 Madeleine 50 babies 5
  87. 87 Gemma 49 babies 34
  88. 88 Angela 48 babies 64
  89. 89 Hope 47 babies 38
  90. 90 Kelly 47 babies 16
  91. 91 Leah 46 babies 16
  92. 92 Mackenzie 46 babies 32
  93. 93 Bailey 45 babies 14
  94. 94 Casey 45 babies 14
  95. 95 Christine 45 babies 61
  96. 96 Phoebe 45 babies 30
  97. 97 Georgina 44 babies 4
  98. 98 Jessie 43 babies 26
  99. 99 Natalie 43 babies 30
  100. 100 Savannah 43 babies 3

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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