New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 2003

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 497 babies =
  2. 2 Jack 474 babies =
  3. 3 Benjamin 412 babies 1
  4. 4 Samuel 354 babies 1
  5. 5 Daniel 351 babies 3
  6. 6 Ethan 338 babies =
  7. 7 Jacob 335 babies 3
  8. 8 James 334 babies 3
  9. 9 Matthew 333 babies 2
  10. 10 Thomas 333 babies 1
  11. 11 Liam 316 babies 4
  12. 12 William 306 babies =
  13. 13 Caleb 274 babies =
  14. 14 Oliver 229 babies 2
  15. 15 Luke 228 babies 5
  16. 16 Ryan 218 babies 1
  17. 17 Cameron 211 babies 4
  18. 18 Jayden 208 babies 4
  19. 19 Connor 200 babies 4
  20. 20 Logan 195 babies 1
  21. 21 Dylan 192 babies 3
  22. 22 Max 192 babies 6
  23. 23 Michael 191 babies 3
  24. 24 Nathan 176 babies 1
  25. 25 Jordan 170 babies 8
  26. 26 Joseph 163 babies 1
  27. 27 Alexander 157 babies 3
  28. 28 Blake 148 babies 6
  29. 29 Lachlan 139 babies 6
  30. 30 Nicholas 136 babies 1
  31. 31 Harrison 131 babies 2
  32. 32 Isaac 131 babies 8
  33. 33 George 128 babies 4
  34. 34 Riley 128 babies 24
  35. 35 Tyler 126 babies 3
  36. 36 Alex 121 babies 9
  37. 37 Bailey 121 babies 11
  38. 38 Noah 121 babies 32
  39. 39 Adam 120 babies 5
  40. 40 Jackson 112 babies 10
  41. 41 Hunter 108 babies 24
  42. 42 Andrew 106 babies 3
  43. 43 Callum 106 babies 2
  44. 44 Hamish 106 babies 8
  45. 45 Reuben 106 babies 6
  46. 46 David 104 babies 4
  47. 47 Elijah 104 babies 10
  48. 48 Cody 102 babies 5
  49. 49 Harry 101 babies 11
  50. 50 Ben 96 babies 12
  51. 51 John 96 babies 7
  52. 52 Finn 95 babies 12
  53. 53 Zachary 95 babies 6
  54. 54 Jake 94 babies 7
  55. 55 Sam 94 babies 18
  56. 56 Lucas 93 babies 4
  57. 57 Jamie 92 babies 4
  58. 58 Joel 89 babies 9
  59. 59 Levi 88 babies 4
  60. 60 Cole 86 babies 27
  61. 61 Oscar 86 babies 18
  62. 62 Aidan 85 babies 6
  63. 63 Mitchell 85 babies 26
  64. 64 Sean 83 babies 3
  65. 65 Angus 82 babies 9
  66. 66 Christopher 82 babies 10
  67. 67 Kyle 81 babies 5
  68. 68 Dominic 80 babies 2
  69. 69 Xavier 78 babies =
  70. 70 Hayden 77 babies 20
  71. 71 Henry 77 babies 25
  72. 72 Aaron 76 babies 21
  73. 73 Flynn 76 babies 6
  74. 74 Anthony 75 babies 1
  75. 75 Patrick 73 babies 3
  76. 76 Jesse 72 babies 14
  77. 77 Bradley 70 babies 14
  78. 78 Robert 66 babies 11
  79. 79 Toby 65 babies 6
  80. 80 Brayden 64 babies 3
  81. 81 Jonathan 64 babies 27
  82. 82 Brodie 62 babies 15
  83. 83 Taylor 62 babies 7
  84. 84 Timothy 62 babies 1
  85. 85 Jason 60 babies 4
  86. 86 Mason 60 babies 15
  87. 87 Charlie 59 babies 25
  88. 88 Gabriel 59 babies 10
  89. 89 Louis 58 babies 34
  90. 90 Peter 58 babies 26
  91. 91 Regan 58 babies 26
  92. 92 Jared 57 babies 4
  93. 93 Leo 57 babies 6
  94. 94 Seth 57 babies 9
  95. 95 Christian 56 babies 11
  96. 96 Rhys 55 babies 11
  97. 97 Sebastian 55 babies 17
  98. 98 Vincent 55 babies 26
  99. 99 Josiah 54 babies 2
  100. 100 Kaleb 54 babies 18

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Emma 372 babies 3
  2. 2 Sophie 305 babies 3
  3. 3 Jessica 295 babies 1
  4. 4 Ella 291 babies 4
  5. 5 Emily 290 babies 2
  6. 6 Hannah 279 babies 3
  7. 7 Olivia 277 babies 6
  8. 8 Grace 249 babies 2
  9. 9 Charlotte 245 babies 2
  10. 10 Georgia 219 babies =
  11. 11 Paige 191 babies 3
  12. 12 Isabella 189 babies 4
  13. 13 Sarah 188 babies 4
  14. 14 Caitlin 186 babies 2
  15. 15 Lucy 180 babies =
  16. 16 Holly 165 babies 1
  17. 17 Samantha 163 babies 4
  18. 18 Brooke 150 babies 2
  19. 19 Kate 146 babies 6
  20. 20 Madison 139 babies 2
  21. 21 Jade 133 babies 6
  22. 22 Lily 132 babies 4
  23. 23 Chloe 131 babies 4
  24. 24 Ruby 130 babies 2
  25. 25 Amy 122 babies 2
  26. 26 Zoe 122 babies 5
  27. 27 Amelia 117 babies 3
  28. 28 Anna 115 babies 4
  29. 29 Mia 110 babies 11
  30. 30 Jasmine 108 babies 1
  31. 31 Hayley 106 babies 21
  32. 32 Molly 101 babies 7
  33. 33 Laura 100 babies 12
  34. 34 Rebecca 97 babies 6
  35. 35 Jorja 95 babies 89
  36. 36 Alyssa 94 babies 11
  37. 37 Danielle 90 babies 6
  38. 38 Kayla 90 babies =
  39. 39 Elizabeth 89 babies 7
  40. 40 Maia 88 babies 28
  41. 41 Tayla 88 babies 7
  42. 42 Abigail 87 babies 6
  43. 43 Amber 87 babies 6
  44. 44 Katie 87 babies =
  45. 45 Paris 81 babies 14
  46. 46 Nicole 80 babies 5
  47. 47 Phoebe 78 babies 6
  48. 48 Sophia 76 babies 2
  49. 49 Victoria 76 babies 1
  50. 50 Ashleigh 75 babies 13
  51. 51 Brianna 75 babies 7
  52. 52 Alexandra 74 babies 2
  53. 53 Rachel 74 babies 8
  54. 54 Lauren 70 babies 19
  55. 55 Courtney 67 babies 1
  56. 56 Maddison 67 babies 13
  57. 57 Alice 66 babies 1
  58. 58 Ashley 65 babies 5
  59. 59 Nikita 65 babies 26
  60. 60 Mikayla 64 babies 5
  61. 61 Leah 63 babies 14
  62. 62 Renee 63 babies 21
  63. 63 Abby 61 babies 10
  64. 64 Summer 61 babies 56
  65. 65 Aaliyah 60 babies 23
  66. 66 Gabrielle 57 babies 44
  67. 67 Megan 57 babies 7
  68. 68 Trinity 57 babies 9
  69. 69 Angel 56 babies 7
  70. 70 Faith 56 babies 13
  71. 71 Gemma 56 babies 14
  72. 72 Eva 54 babies 15
  73. 73 Madeline 53 babies 33
  74. 74 Stella 53 babies 2
  75. 75 Jordan 52 babies 39
  76. 76 Aimee 51 babies 10
  77. 77 Natasha 51 babies 1
  78. 78 Rose 51 babies 20
  79. 79 Jennifer 50 babies 14
  80. 80 Mackenzie 50 babies 35
  81. 81 Rebekah 50 babies 20
  82. 82 Ariana 49 babies 8
  83. 83 Zara 47 babies 12
  84. 84 Brooklyn 46 babies 2
  85. 85 Chelsea 46 babies 46
  86. 86 Maria 46 babies 15
  87. 87 Bella 45 babies 21
  88. 88 Claudia 44 babies 9
  89. 89 Hope 44 babies 28
  90. 90 Isabelle 44 babies 7
  91. 91 Lydia 44 babies 20
  92. 92 Harmony 42 babies 77
  93. 93 Jessie 42 babies 12
  94. 94 Taylor 42 babies 29
  95. 95 Abbey 41 babies 53
  96. 96 Eden 41 babies 32
  97. 97 Kyla 41 babies 47
  98. 98 Monique 41 babies 9
  99. 99 Natalie 41 babies 1
  100. 100 Madeleine 40 babies 12

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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