Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	William	851	0	-50	-5.5%
2.	John	842	0	-33	-3.8%
3.	James	538	+1	+60	+12.6%
4.	George	422	-1	-63	-13.0%
5.	Thomas	402	+1	+31	+8.4%
6.	Robert	396	-1	+2	+0.5%
7.	Charles	376	0	+26	+7.4%
8.	Arthur	291	0	-49	-14.4%
9.	Frederick	264	0	+10	+3.9%
10.	Leslie	231	+4	+28	+13.8%
11.	Albert	216	-1	-11	-4.8%
12.	Eric	215	+5	+28	+15.0%
13.	Edward	203	0	-7	-3.3%
14.	Alfred	200	-2	-13	-6.1%
14.	Henry	200	-3	-23	-10.3%
16.	Francis	195	+3	+32	+19.6%
17.	Ernest	187	+1	+13	+7.5%
18.	Harold	173	-2	-17	-8.9%
19.	Walter	172	-4	-25	-12.7%
20.	David	167	-1	+4	+2.5%
21.	Norman	155	+2	+15	+10.7%
22.	Stanley	153	+4	+26	+20.5%
23.	Ronald	145	+3	+18	+14.2%
24.	Richard	142	+4	+17	+13.6%
25.	Frank	141	+4	+21	+17.5%
26.	Joseph	138	-1	+7	+5.3%
27.	Herbert	137	-5	-7	-4.9%
28.	Kenneth	135	+4	+27	+25.0%
29.	Gordon	133	+2	+18	+15.7%
30.	Leonard	129	-6	-3	-2.3%
31.	Alexander	128	-10	-34	-21.0%
32.	Cyril	119	+4	+22	+22.7%
32.	Raymond	119	-2	+2	+1.7%
34.	Jack	114	-1	+8	+7.5%
34.	Reginald	114	0	+16	+16.3%
36.	Donald	109	+4	+27	+32.9%
37.	Douglas	104	0	+9	+9.5%
38.	Cecil	95	-4	-3	-3.1%
38.	Clarence	95	0	+2	+2.2%
40.	Roy	88	-1	+3	+3.5%
41.	Allan	82	+1	+8	+10.8%
42.	Harry	71	-1	-4	-5.3%
42.	Victor	71	+5	+5	+7.6%
44.	Andrew	69	+4	+5	+7.8%
44.	Maurice	69	+2	0	0.0%
46.	Alan	67	+6	+16	+31.4%
47.	Hugh	64	+2	+5	+8.5%
47.	Percy	64	-3	-8	-11.1%
49.	Colin	61	+2	+9	+17.3%
50.	Sydney	59	-8	-15	-20.3%
51.	Ian	57	+3	+7	+14.0%
51.	Patrick	57	+9	+15	+35.7%
53.	Archibald	55	+5	+8	+17.0%
54.	Clifford	54	+1	+6	+12.5%
55.	Keith	53	+8	+16	+43.2%
56.	Lawrence	51	-1	+3	+6.3%
57.	Claude	50	-2	+2	+4.2%
58.	Philip	49	+5	+12	+32.4%
58.	Wilfred	49	+5	+12	+32.4%
60.	Bernard	48	+12	+16	+50.0%
61.	Hector	47	-16	-24	-33.8%
62.	Lionel	46	+5	+10	+27.8%
63.	Peter	45	+16	+18	+66.7%
64.	Ivan	44	-2	+3	+7.3%
65.	Gilbert	42	-2	+5	+13.5%
66.	Noel	41	+6	+9	+28.1%
67.	Edwin	40	-15	-11	-21.6%
67.	Horace	40	-7	-2	-4.8%
67.	Ralph	40	+5	+8	+25.0%
67.	Samuel	40	-17	-18	-31.0%
71.	Geoffrey	38	-4	+2	+5.6%
72.	Edgar	37	-13	-9	-19.6%
73.	Allen	35	new	new	new
74.	Michael	33	+8	+7	+26.9%
74.	Trevor	33	+14	+10	+43.5%
76.	Leo	32	-6	-1	-3.0%
76.	Sidney	32	+6	+6	+23.1%
78.	Mervyn	29	+1	+2	+7.4%
79.	Arnold	27	-9	-6	-18.2%
79.	Laurence	27	0	0	0.0%
79.	Lewis	27	+9	+4	+17.4%
82.	Malcolm	25	0	-1	-3.8%
83.	Basil	24	-16	-12	-33.3%
84.	Owen	23	-7	-7	-23.3%
85.	Percival	22	-9	-9	-29.0%
85.	Vernon	22	+7	+2	+10.0%
87.	Daniel	21	-9	-7	-25.0%
87.	Phillip	21	new	new	new
87.	Selwyn	21	new	new	new
87.	Stephen	21	new	new	new
91.	Vincent	20	+9	+3	+17.6%
92.	Dudley	19	new	new	new
92.	Duncan	19	+8	+2	+11.8%
92.	Howard	19	-5	-5	-20.8%
95.	Louis	18	-23	-14	-43.8%
95.	Neil	18	+1	0	0.0%
97.	Athol	17	-5	-3	-15.0%
97.	Gerald	17	-3	-2	-10.5%
97.	Martin	17	-1	-1	-5.6%
100.	Bruce	16	-10	-6	-27.3%
100.	Carl	16	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	478	0	-28	-5.5%
2.	Margaret	331	0	+9	+2.8%
3.	Dorothy	281	0	+24	+9.3%
4.	Doris	238	+3	+26	+12.3%
4.	Gladys	238	+4	+27	+12.8%
6.	Alice	217	0	-1	-0.5%
7.	Eileen	216	-3	-33	-13.3%
8.	Annie	214	-3	-14	-6.1%
9.	Edna	207	+1	+2	+1.0%
10.	Kathleen	196	+1	-2	-1.0%
11.	Florence	184	+2	+16	+9.5%
12.	Elizabeth	177	-3	-29	-14.1%
13.	Phyllis	176	+9	+38	+27.5%
14.	Ethel	162	+3	+18	+12.5%
15.	Elsie	157	-3	-16	-9.2%
16.	Ivy	151	-1	-3	-1.9%
17.	Mavis	150	+6	+19	+14.5%
18.	Olive	146	+6	+16	+12.3%
19.	Irene	143	+2	+2	+1.4%
19.	Jessie	143	-5	-17	-10.6%
21.	Violet	142	-2	0	0.0%
22.	Myrtle	141	-3	-1	-0.7%
23.	Edith	136	-6	-8	-5.6%
24.	Agnes	135	+11	+27	+25.0%
25.	Vera	131	-1	+1	+0.8%
26.	Thelma	123	0	-6	-4.7%
27.	Catherine	120	+1	0	0.0%
28.	Mabel	115	+5	+6	+5.5%
28.	Marjorie	115	+3	+2	+1.8%
30.	Winifred	113	0	-4	-3.4%
31.	Ellen	109	-15	-37	-25.3%
31.	Ruby	109	+6	+6	+5.8%
33.	Rita	108	-6	-13	-10.7%
34.	Hazel	107	-1	-2	-1.8%
35.	Evelyn	102	-3	-8	-7.3%
36.	Grace	99	+2	-2	-2.0%
36.	Muriel	99	-7	-20	-16.8%
38.	Frances	93	-2	-13	-12.3%
39.	Eva	91	+1	+7	+8.3%
40.	Jean	90	-1	+1	+1.1%
41.	Hilda	83	+2	+10	+13.7%
42.	Mona	79	+2	+11	+16.2%
43.	Iris	75	+7	+15	+25.0%
44.	Constance	74	+4	+13	+21.3%
44.	May	74	-3	-4	-5.1%
46.	Nancy	72	+16	+24	+50.0%
47.	Emily	70	-1	+5	+7.7%
48.	Ada	67	-4	-1	-1.5%
49.	Amy	64	+6	+11	+20.8%
50.	Freda	63	+9	+13	+26.0%
50.	Helen	63	-8	-14	-18.2%
52.	Alma	62	+1	+6	+10.7%
52.	Lilian	62	-4	+1	+1.6%
54.	Isabella	59	-2	+2	+3.5%
54.	Nellie	59	+15	+13	+28.3%
56.	Gwendoline	54	+10	+7	+14.9%
56.	Jane	54	+19	+15	+38.5%
56.	Lillian	54	-2	-1	-1.8%
56.	Sarah	54	+3	+4	+8.0%
60.	Joyce	53	+9	+7	+15.2%
61.	Beatrice	52	-11	-8	-13.3%
61.	Marion	52	+1	+4	+8.3%
63.	Isabel	51	+3	+4	+8.5%
64.	Lucy	50	-6	-1	-2.0%
65.	Doreen	49	+6	+6	+14.0%
65.	Ida	49	-18	-13	-21.0%
65.	Ruth	49	-3	+1	+2.1%
68.	Christina	48	-13	-5	-9.4%
69.	Daisy	46	+17	+11	+31.4%
69.	Janet	46	+12	+10	+27.8%
71.	Ella	45	+22	+13	+40.6%
71.	Gertrude	45	-5	-2	-4.3%
73.	Bertha	44	new	new	new
74.	Dulcie	41	+4	+3	+7.9%
74.	Pearl	41	+12	+6	+17.1%
76.	Lorna	40	+13	+6	+17.6%
76.	Mildred	40	+5	+4	+11.1%
78.	Daphne	39	-7	-4	-9.3%
79.	Eleanor	37	-5	-4	-9.8%
79.	Laura	37	+2	+1	+2.8%
79.	Rose	37	-24	-16	-30.2%
82.	Amelia	36	-3	-1	-2.7%
82.	Emma	36	-3	-1	-2.7%
82.	Lily	36	-1	0	0.0%
85.	Esther	35	+6	+2	+6.1%
85.	Louisa	35	-23	-13	-27.1%
85.	Myra	35	-10	-4	-10.3%
88.	Minnie	34	+5	+2	+6.3%
89.	Flora	33	-18	-10	-23.3%
89.	Joan	33	new	new	new
89.	Linda	33	new	new	new
92.	Ena	32	-31	-17	-34.7%
92.	Marjory	32	-17	-7	-17.9%
94.	Clarice	31	-5	-3	-8.8%
95.	Rona	29	new	new	new
95.	Stella	29	-4	-4	-12.1%
97.	Beryl	27	-1	-2	-6.9%
97.	Clara	27	-11	-8	-22.9%
97.	Norah	27	new	new	new
100.	Bessie	26	new	new	new
100.	Caroline	26	new	new	new
100.	Martha	26	new	new	new
100.	Nora	26	-4	-3	-10.3%

Popularity extremes for New Zealand