Names of New Zealand
2,176,196 births across 746 recorded names, 1954 to 2023.
Top of 2023
Common here, rare in America
Names New Zealand gives often that the US records barely hold.
| Name | In New Zealand | In the US |
|---|---|---|
| Raewyn | 3,039 | 24 |
| Hamish | 5,758 | 364 |
| Kirsty | 2,083 | 945 |
| Maree | 2,270 | 1,049 |
| Graeme | 4,705 | 2,876 |
| Nicola | 10,395 | 8,090 |
| Bevan | 634 | 633 |
| Philippa | 1,359 | 1,815 |
| Bronwyn | 2,406 | 3,729 |
| Lachlan | 3,813 | 6,398 |
| Neville | 1,268 | 2,418 |
| Shona | 1,210 | 2,414 |
| Gareth | 2,087 | 4,394 |
| Nigel | 4,435 | 12,371 |
| Tayla | 1,823 | 5,467 |
US figures are Social Security births since 1880; the New Zealand figures cover 1954 onwards. The two are not the same measure and the columns are for comparison of scale, not subtraction.
Most given since 1954
Source: Department of Internal Affairs, Top baby names. The 100 most popular names of each year - unlike the other countries here, this is not a full list, and a name outside the top 100 does not appear. The spreadsheet ends at 2023; DIA has published 2024 and 2025 only as a PDF.