New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 2001

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 596 babies =
  2. 2 Jack 443 babies =
  3. 3 Samuel 408 babies =
  4. 4 Benjamin 380 babies 6
  5. 5 Thomas 377 babies 3
  6. 6 James 371 babies 2
  7. 7 Jacob 355 babies 2
  8. 8 Matthew 354 babies 3
  9. 9 Liam 350 babies 3
  10. 10 Daniel 323 babies 3
  11. 11 William 298 babies 4
  12. 12 Ethan 290 babies =
  13. 13 Caleb 286 babies =
  14. 14 Dylan 256 babies =
  15. 15 Cameron 239 babies 4
  16. 16 Connor 233 babies 4
  17. 17 Luke 222 babies 1
  18. 18 Logan 218 babies 11
  19. 19 Ryan 213 babies =
  20. 20 Michael 209 babies 4
  21. 21 Jordan 205 babies 4
  22. 22 Jayden 198 babies 1
  23. 23 Joseph 180 babies =
  24. 24 Alexander 175 babies 1
  25. 25 Max 167 babies 16
  26. 26 Jackson 162 babies 8
  27. 27 Nathan 157 babies 5
  28. 28 Oliver 153 babies 2
  29. 29 Nicholas 152 babies 5
  30. 30 David 141 babies 2
  31. 31 Isaac 136 babies 1
  32. 32 Harrison 128 babies 6
  33. 33 George 125 babies 3
  34. 34 Mitchell 125 babies 1
  35. 35 Tyler 117 babies 5
  36. 36 Callum 113 babies 9
  37. 37 Finn 113 babies 18
  38. 38 Lachlan 113 babies 1
  39. 39 Hamish 112 babies 8
  40. 40 Adam 110 babies 6
  41. 41 Harry 105 babies 22
  42. 42 John 105 babies 8
  43. 43 Lucas 103 babies 83
  44. 44 Hayden 101 babies 3
  45. 45 Zachary 100 babies 7
  46. 46 Christopher 98 babies 2
  47. 47 Cody 98 babies 4
  48. 48 Levi 98 babies 1
  49. 49 Andrew 97 babies 16
  50. 50 Bailey 96 babies 8
  51. 51 Blake 91 babies 15
  52. 52 Reuben 90 babies 1
  53. 53 Ben 88 babies 12
  54. 54 Henry 88 babies 3
  55. 55 Patrick 88 babies 1
  56. 56 Aidan 87 babies 19
  57. 57 Sam 87 babies 4
  58. 58 Sean 85 babies 5
  59. 59 Jamie 84 babies 11
  60. 60 Jesse 81 babies 21
  61. 61 Jake 79 babies 5
  62. 62 Jonathan 79 babies 2
  63. 63 Angus 77 babies 11
  64. 64 Riley 77 babies 32
  65. 65 Christian 76 babies 9
  66. 66 Cole 74 babies 13
  67. 67 Robert 74 babies 3
  68. 68 Alex 72 babies 5
  69. 69 Joel 72 babies 10
  70. 70 Bradley 71 babies 25
  71. 71 Jason 70 babies 13
  72. 72 Timothy 70 babies 3
  73. 73 Anthony 69 babies 5
  74. 74 Jared 69 babies 7
  75. 75 Oscar 69 babies 24
  76. 76 Taylor 69 babies 4
  77. 77 Elijah 68 babies 1
  78. 78 Kyle 68 babies 14
  79. 79 Troy 68 babies 13
  80. 80 Dominic 67 babies 3
  81. 81 Xavier 66 babies =
  82. 82 Zane 66 babies 11
  83. 83 Peter 65 babies 5
  84. 84 Aaron 63 babies 22
  85. 85 Charles 62 babies 27
  86. 86 Isaiah 62 babies 11
  87. 87 Flynn 61 babies 5
  88. 88 Seth 61 babies 15
  89. 89 Kaleb 60 babies 22
  90. 90 Tyrone 60 babies 3
  91. 91 Kane 58 babies 23
  92. 92 Lewis 58 babies 33
  93. 93 Scott 58 babies 21
  94. 94 Hunter 56 babies 6
  95. 95 Mason 56 babies 4
  96. 96 Brayden 54 babies 5
  97. 97 Noah 54 babies 55
  98. 98 Keegan 53 babies 4
  99. 99 Regan 53 babies 1
  100. 100 Quinn 52 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Jessica 336 babies 1
  2. 2 Hannah 317 babies 1
  3. 3 Grace 302 babies 2
  4. 4 Olivia 300 babies 3
  5. 5 Emma 295 babies 2
  6. 6 Sophie 287 babies =
  7. 7 Georgia 286 babies 3
  8. 8 Samantha 282 babies 2
  9. 9 Sarah 261 babies =
  10. 10 Emily 237 babies 2
  11. 11 Caitlin 221 babies =
  12. 12 Ella 194 babies =
  13. 13 Brooke 167 babies 7
  14. 14 Madison 164 babies 4
  15. 15 Isabella 163 babies 10
  16. 16 Charlotte 152 babies =
  17. 17 Kate 151 babies 3
  18. 18 Zoe 149 babies 4
  19. 19 Amy 148 babies 6
  20. 20 Lucy 142 babies 4
  21. 21 Holly 141 babies =
  22. 22 Rebecca 140 babies 7
  23. 23 Jade 139 babies =
  24. 24 Anna 129 babies 3
  25. 25 Paige 129 babies 6
  26. 26 Jasmine 126 babies 3
  27. 27 Lily 122 babies 8
  28. 28 Ruby 121 babies 3
  29. 29 Alexandra 115 babies 7
  30. 30 Danielle 114 babies 2
  31. 31 Kayla 113 babies 6
  32. 32 Amber 109 babies 10
  33. 33 Tayla 107 babies =
  34. 34 Chloe 106 babies 4
  35. 35 Courtney 106 babies 18
  36. 36 Molly 103 babies 13
  37. 37 Laura 99 babies 11
  38. 38 Nicole 97 babies =
  39. 39 Maddison 90 babies 14
  40. 40 Ashleigh 88 babies 8
  41. 41 Alice 86 babies 36
  42. 42 Amelia 85 babies 1
  43. 43 Nikita 85 babies 17
  44. 44 Natasha 81 babies 10
  45. 45 Renee 81 babies 6
  46. 46 Brianna 79 babies 1
  47. 47 Hayley 79 babies 5
  48. 48 Lauren 79 babies 14
  49. 49 Alyssa 76 babies 29
  50. 50 Elizabeth 76 babies 2
  51. 51 Megan 76 babies =
  52. 52 Destiny 75 babies 27
  53. 53 Taylor 74 babies 2
  54. 54 Claudia 73 babies 9
  55. 55 Katie 73 babies 11
  56. 56 Mikayla 72 babies 11
  57. 57 Victoria 72 babies 14
  58. 58 Leah 70 babies 13
  59. 59 Sophia 69 babies 6
  60. 60 Ashley 68 babies 2
  61. 61 Rachel 67 babies 21
  62. 62 Abby 65 babies 52
  63. 63 Abigail 65 babies 5
  64. 64 Stella 65 babies 53
  65. 65 Mia 64 babies 55
  66. 66 Maia 63 babies 24
  67. 67 Aimee 61 babies 8
  68. 68 Zara 61 babies 61
  69. 69 Angel 60 babies 12
  70. 70 Phoebe 60 babies 2
  71. 71 Summer 60 babies 5
  72. 72 Gemma 59 babies 15
  73. 73 Paris 59 babies 12
  74. 74 Katelyn 58 babies 15
  75. 75 Katherine 57 babies 31
  76. 76 Jordan 56 babies 73
  77. 77 Aaliyah 54 babies 93
  78. 78 Melissa 54 babies 3
  79. 79 Chelsea 53 babies 23
  80. 80 Kaitlyn 53 babies 30
  81. 81 Eden 52 babies 14
  82. 82 Gabrielle 51 babies 18
  83. 83 Natalie 51 babies 12
  84. 84 Jennifer 50 babies 13
  85. 85 Julia 50 babies 8
  86. 86 Rebekah 50 babies 44
  87. 87 Rose 50 babies 25
  88. 88 Faith 49 babies 2
  89. 89 Shannon 49 babies 23
  90. 90 Brooklyn 48 babies 8
  91. 91 Trinity 48 babies 49
  92. 92 Caitlyn 47 babies 9
  93. 93 Lydia 47 babies 22
  94. 94 Morgan 47 babies 6
  95. 95 Jessie 46 babies 14
  96. 96 Catherine 45 babies 11
  97. 97 Jemma 45 babies 128
  98. 98 Piper 45 babies 62
  99. 99 Jenna 44 babies 15
  100. 100 Stephanie 44 babies 25

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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