Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	928	+1	+70	+8.2%
2.	William	879	-1	-19	-2.1%
3.	James	506	0	-21	-4.0%
4.	George	498	0	+71	+16.6%
5.	Robert	370	0	-24	-6.1%
6.	Thomas	347	0	+1	+0.3%
7.	Charles	334	+1	-1	-0.3%
8.	Arthur	304	-1	-36	-10.6%
9.	Albert	241	+1	+12	+5.2%
10.	Frederick	232	-1	-27	-10.4%
11.	Edward	225	+1	+11	+5.1%
12.	Eric	224	+2	+25	+12.6%
13.	Henry	199	+2	+2	+1.0%
14.	Francis	196	+9	+51	+35.2%
15.	Alfred	189	-2	-11	-5.5%
16.	Leslie	182	-5	-33	-15.3%
17.	Ernest	177	0	-7	-3.8%
17.	Walter	177	+2	+7	+4.1%
19.	Ronald	165	+2	-1	-0.6%
20.	Norman	163	+2	+8	+5.2%
21.	Harold	161	-5	-28	-14.8%
22.	Gordon	153	-2	-16	-9.5%
23.	Herbert	147	+2	+5	+3.5%
24.	David	142	0	-1	-0.7%
24.	Stanley	142	+6	+9	+6.8%
26.	Richard	141	+2	+5	+3.7%
27.	Frank	136	+4	+7	+5.4%
27.	Kenneth	136	-1	-4	-2.9%
29.	Cyril	126	+5	+6	+5.0%
29.	Jack	126	+9	+20	+18.9%
31.	Alexander	123	-13	-49	-28.5%
32.	Raymond	119	0	-9	-7.0%
33.	Joseph	118	-4	-16	-11.9%
34.	Leonard	114	-7	-25	-18.0%
35.	Allan	106	0	-2	-1.9%
36.	Douglas	100	0	-7	-6.5%
37.	Reginald	93	-4	-30	-24.4%
38.	Colin	90	+8	+19	+26.8%
38.	Donald	90	+2	+6	+7.1%
40.	Harry	87	+3	+10	+13.0%
41.	Roy	79	-2	-6	-7.1%
42.	Cecil	77	-6	-30	-28.0%
43.	Clarence	76	-1	-3	-3.8%
43.	Ivan	76	+14	+27	+55.1%
45.	Keith	74	0	+1	+1.4%
46.	Maurice	69	+8	+14	+25.5%
47.	Andrew	67	+1	0	0.0%
48.	Clifford	66	0	-1	-1.5%
49.	Alan	65	+2	+3	+4.8%
49.	Patrick	65	+6	+11	+20.4%
51.	Percy	62	+1	+2	+3.3%
52.	Samuel	60	+1	+1	+1.7%
53.	Geoffrey	59	+24	+28	+90.3%
53.	Sydney	59	-12	-23	-28.0%
55.	Ian	58	-11	-18	-23.7%
56.	Edwin	57	+4	+13	+29.5%
57.	Bernard	55	+6	+12	+27.9%
57.	Hector	55	-1	+5	+10.0%
57.	Lawrence	55	+3	+11	+25.0%
57.	Victor	55	-11	-16	-22.5%
61.	Archibald	54	+7	+18	+50.0%
62.	Noel	49	+5	+12	+32.4%
63.	Hugh	45	-13	-18	-28.6%
64.	Claude	44	0	+3	+7.3%
65.	Mervyn	43	+14	+14	+48.3%
65.	Wilfred	43	-5	-1	-2.3%
67.	Laurence	41	+16	+13	+46.4%
67.	Trevor	41	+1	+5	+13.9%
69.	Horace	37	+10	+8	+27.6%
69.	Ralph	37	-10	-8	-17.8%
71.	Leo	36	-13	-11	-23.4%
71.	Philip	36	+8	+7	+24.1%
73.	Owen	35	+4	+4	+12.9%
73.	Sidney	35	-7	-4	-10.3%
75.	Daniel	34	+12	+10	+41.7%
76.	Arnold	33	-12	-8	-19.5%
76.	Gilbert	33	-8	-3	-8.3%
78.	Malcolm	32	+7	+6	+23.1%
78.	Peter	32	-6	-3	-8.6%
80.	Edgar	31	-8	-4	-11.4%
81.	Basil	29	new	new	new
82.	Michael	28	-3	-1	-3.4%
83.	Allen	27	-15	-9	-25.0%
83.	Lewis	27	+10	+8	+42.1%
83.	Lionel	27	+2	+1	+3.8%
83.	Louis	27	+14	+10	+58.8%
87.	Howard	24	-12	-9	-27.3%
88.	Matthew	23	+7	+5	+27.8%
89.	Edmund	22	new	new	new
89.	Percival	22	+4	+3	+15.8%
89.	Vincent	22	-17	-13	-37.1%
92.	Bruce	21	-17	-12	-36.4%
93.	Stuart	19	new	new	new
94.	Gerald	18	-4	-3	-14.3%
94.	Vernon	18	new	new	new
96.	Aubrey	17	new	new	new
96.	Desmond	17	new	new	new
96.	Dudley	17	new	new	new
96.	Lindsay	17	new	new	new
96.	Martin	17	-6	-4	-19.0%
96.	Russell	17	-6	-4	-19.0%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	533	0	+20	+3.9%
2.	Margaret	351	0	-17	-4.6%
3.	Dorothy	249	0	-20	-7.4%
4.	Kathleen	219	+1	-17	-7.2%
5.	Gladys	217	+4	+19	+9.6%
6.	Doris	215	+4	+19	+9.7%
7.	Edna	205	-3	-40	-16.3%
8.	Florence	200	+7	+19	+10.5%
9.	Eileen	196	-1	-11	-5.3%
10.	Elizabeth	194	+4	+10	+5.4%
11.	Phyllis	187	0	-7	-3.6%
12.	Annie	182	-6	-41	-18.4%
13.	Alice	181	-6	-37	-17.0%
14.	Mavis	171	-2	-21	-10.9%
15.	Jean	168	+12	+36	+27.3%
16.	Jessie	165	+2	+10	+6.5%
17.	Ethel	155	+1	0	0.0%
18.	Ellen	147	-2	-20	-12.0%
19.	Olive	146	+7	+7	+5.0%
20.	Irene	144	0	-3	-2.0%
21.	Elsie	143	-8	-47	-24.7%
22.	Edith	132	-1	-14	-9.6%
23.	Marjorie	130	-1	-15	-10.3%
24.	Ivy	129	-1	-15	-10.4%
25.	Agnes	123	+6	+5	+4.2%
26.	Violet	121	-2	-21	-14.8%
26.	Winifred	121	+4	-5	-4.0%
28.	Catherine	120	-11	-37	-23.6%
29.	Thelma	118	-4	-23	-16.3%
30.	Hazel	114	-2	-17	-13.0%
30.	Vera	114	-1	-14	-10.9%
32.	Evelyn	113	-1	-5	-4.2%
33.	Muriel	104	+3	+5	+5.1%
33.	Rita	104	+1	-5	-4.6%
35.	Myrtle	103	-2	-11	-9.6%
36.	Grace	94	+2	-3	-3.1%
37.	Iris	91	+2	+5	+5.8%
37.	Ruby	91	-3	-18	-16.5%
39.	Mabel	89	-3	-10	-10.1%
40.	Helen	79	+4	+2	+2.6%
41.	Eva	78	+1	0	0.0%
42.	Frances	74	-3	-12	-14.0%
43.	Hilda	70	-1	-8	-10.3%
43.	Nancy	70	+4	+1	+1.4%
45.	Joan	67	+45	+37	+123%
45.	Joyce	67	+1	-3	-4.3%
47.	Gwendoline	66	-2	-8	-10.8%
48.	Beatrice	64	+10	+10	+18.5%
48.	Mona	64	0	-4	-5.9%
50.	Lilian	62	+5	+5	+8.8%
51.	Dulcie	61	+24	+21	+52.5%
52.	Constance	58	-4	-10	-14.7%
53.	Ada	57	+17	+10	+21.3%
53.	Alma	57	0	-5	-8.1%
53.	Emily	57	-3	-7	-10.9%
53.	Lucy	57	+12	+8	+16.3%
53.	May	57	-12	-22	-27.8%
53.	Nellie	57	+2	0	0.0%
59.	Ruth	55	-1	+1	+1.9%
60.	Marion	54	0	+1	+1.9%
61.	Isabella	52	-11	-12	-18.8%
62.	Lorna	51	+1	+1	+2.0%
63.	Gertrude	50	+5	+2	+4.2%
63.	Rona	50	+21	+15	+42.9%
65.	Marjory	49	+3	+1	+2.1%
66.	Janet	47	+4	0	0.0%
66.	Rose	47	-12	-14	-23.0%
68.	Audrey	46	new	new	new
69.	Isabel	45	-9	-8	-15.1%
69.	Lillian	45	-4	-4	-8.2%
71.	Freda	44	+4	+4	+10.0%
72.	Ida	43	-15	-13	-23.2%
73.	Beryl	42	+2	+2	+5.0%
73.	Lily	42	-8	-7	-14.3%
75.	Amy	38	-23	-25	-39.7%
75.	Clara	38	-2	-4	-9.5%
75.	Eunice	38	new	new	new
75.	Norma	38	new	new	new
79.	Marie	37	new	new	new
79.	Sarah	37	+5	+2	+5.7%
81.	Christina	36	-21	-17	-32.1%
81.	Daisy	36	+5	+2	+5.9%
81.	Daphne	36	-18	-14	-28.0%
81.	Jane	36	0	-1	-2.7%
85.	Bertha	35	-4	-2	-5.4%
85.	Myra	35	-2	-1	-2.8%
87.	Doreen	34	-7	-4	-10.5%
88.	Clarice	33	+9	+6	+22.2%
88.	Flora	33	+2	+3	+10.0%
90.	Mildred	32	-15	-8	-20.0%
91.	Emma	31	-3	-2	-6.1%
91.	Linda	31	+6	+4	+14.8%
91.	Sylvia	31	-12	-8	-20.5%
94.	Ella	30	-8	-4	-11.8%
94.	Ena	30	+3	+3	+11.1%
94.	Louisa	30	-6	-3	-9.1%
94.	Minnie	30	+3	+3	+11.1%
98.	Esther	29	-3	+1	+3.6%
98.	Una	29	-8	-1	-3.3%
100.	Barbara	28	-10	-2	-6.7%
100.	Patricia	28	new	new	new
100.	Stella	28	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for New Zealand