Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	1,384	0	+111	+8.7%
2.	David	1,150	0	+98	+9.3%
3.	Peter	1,144	0	+97	+9.3%
4.	Michael	850	+1	+170	+25.0%
5.	Robert	727	-1	+37	+5.4%
6.	Paul	677	0	+89	+15.1%
7.	Stephen	570	+1	+9	+1.6%
8.	Kevin	541	-1	-27	-4.8%
9.	Christopher	505	+1	+29	+6.1%
10.	Brian	469	-1	-25	-5.1%
11.	Ian	438	0	-29	-6.2%
11.	William	438	+1	+5	+1.2%
13.	Mark	422	+11	+133	+46.0%
14.	Richard	391	0	+15	+4.0%
15.	Bruce	376	-2	-23	-5.8%
16.	Alan	375	-1	+21	+5.9%
17.	Murray	370	+2	+42	+12.8%
18.	Graeme	365	-1	+21	+6.1%
19.	Wayne	332	+1	+22	+7.1%
20.	Gary	324	+5	+46	+16.5%
21.	James	322	-3	-20	-5.8%
22.	Anthony	313	-6	-39	-11.1%
23.	Philip	299	+5	+39	+15.0%
24.	Graham	298	-2	-9	-2.9%
25.	Barry	288	-2	-14	-4.6%
26.	Colin	281	-6	-29	-9.4%
27.	Kenneth	248	0	-15	-5.7%
28.	Trevor	247	-2	-22	-8.2%
29.	Ross	238	+2	+7	+3.0%
30.	Grant	234	+5	+34	+17.0%
31.	Geoffrey	221	-1	-13	-5.6%
32.	Raymond	214	-3	-38	-15.1%
33.	Keith	213	0	-13	-5.8%
34.	Allan	208	-2	-19	-8.4%
35.	Donald	197	-2	-29	-12.8%
36.	Ronald	195	0	-2	-1.0%
37.	Roger	191	+3	+16	+9.1%
38.	Gregory	190	+1	+14	+8.0%
39.	Steven	189	+8	+44	+30.3%
40.	Neil	181	-3	-10	-5.2%
41.	Warren	179	-3	-4	-2.2%
42.	Andrew	176	0	+6	+3.5%
43.	Garry	173	+1	+13	+8.1%
44.	Russell	168	-1	+2	+1.2%
45.	Thomas	167	-1	+7	+4.4%
46.	Dennis	165	-5	-9	-5.2%
47.	Phillip	159	+3	+21	+15.2%
48.	Douglas	151	+1	+10	+7.1%
48.	Stuart	151	+3	+18	+13.5%
50.	George	148	+6	+29	+24.4%
51.	Leslie	140	+6	+24	+20.7%
51.	Robin	140	-3	-2	-1.4%
53.	Malcolm	138	-7	-9	-6.1%
54.	Gordon	133	+1	+8	+6.4%
55.	Edward	132	+6	+23	+21.1%
55.	Neville	132	+2	+16	+13.8%
57.	Terence	127	+6	+22	+21.0%
58.	Martin	120	+8	+22	+22.4%
59.	Charles	118	-5	-12	-9.2%
60.	Patrick	115	-7	-16	-12.2%
61.	Timothy	111	+6	+19	+20.7%
62.	Lindsay	108	-10	-24	-18.2%
63.	Noel	101	-3	-9	-8.2%
64.	Kerry	100	+12	+29	+40.8%
64.	Rex	100	0	-3	-2.9%
66.	Joseph	99	+2	+10	+11.2%
67.	Craig	97	-8	-17	-14.9%
67.	Jeffrey	97	-2	-3	-3.0%
69.	Gavin	95	+1	+8	+9.2%
69.	Rodney	95	-7	-13	-12.0%
71.	Brent	94	+6	+26	+38.2%
72.	Alexander	82	+13	+24	+41.4%
72.	Nigel	82	0	+1	+1.2%
74.	Bryan	79	-6	-10	-11.2%
75.	Owen	76	-1	+2	+2.7%
76.	Tony	75	+4	+11	+17.2%
77.	Eric	71	-3	-3	-4.1%
77.	Glenn	71	new	new	new
77.	Lawrence	71	+21	+24	+51.1%
80.	Arthur	68	-7	-12	-15.0%
80.	Bernard	68	+1	+7	+11.5%
82.	Denis	66	+14	+18	+37.5%
82.	Ivan	66	+4	+12	+22.2%
84.	Francis	62	-3	+1	+1.6%
85.	Henry	61	+1	+7	+13.0%
86.	Gerard	60	new	new	new
86.	Mervyn	60	-8	-7	-10.4%
88.	Derek	59	+11	+13	+28.3%
88.	Norman	59	+5	+10	+20.4%
90.	Desmond	57	-12	-10	-14.9%
91.	Simon	56	+2	+7	+14.3%
92.	Brett	52	-2	+2	+4.0%
92.	Lance	52	+7	+6	+13.0%
92.	Maurice	52	-21	-30	-36.6%
95.	Daniel	49	-9	-5	-9.3%
95.	Frederick	49	new	new	new
95.	Nicholas	49	new	new	new
98.	Roy	48	-5	-1	-2.0%
98.	Stewart	48	-8	-2	-4.0%
100.	Clive	47	-17	-13	-21.7%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Christine	769	0	-42	-5.2%
2.	Susan	728	0	+75	+11.5%
3.	Margaret	559	0	-40	-6.7%
4.	Judith	529	+1	+51	+10.7%
5.	Jennifer	460	-1	-38	-7.6%
6.	Elizabeth	420	+1	+46	+12.3%
7.	Mary	419	+1	+53	+14.5%
8.	Patricia	403	-2	-50	-11.0%
9.	Linda	392	0	+46	+13.3%
10.	Barbara	378	+2	+52	+16.0%
11.	Lynette	353	+2	+38	+12.1%
12.	Robyn	340	-1	+6	+1.8%
13.	Anne	328	+4	+40	+13.9%
14.	Karen	324	0	+12	+3.8%
15.	Helen	323	-5	-21	-6.1%
16.	Diane	290	-1	-7	-2.4%
17.	Wendy	281	+6	+52	+22.7%
18.	Sandra	276	+1	+7	+2.6%
19.	Janet	273	+3	+29	+11.9%
20.	Heather	271	-4	-24	-8.1%
21.	Pamela	258	-3	-18	-6.5%
22.	Carol	246	-2	-2	-0.8%
23.	Janice	237	-3	-11	-4.4%
24.	Julie	228	+1	+7	+3.2%
25.	Suzanne	226	+13	+63	+38.7%
26.	Lorraine	224	+3	+22	+10.9%
27.	Dianne	218	+1	+10	+4.8%
28.	Marilyn	211	-1	+1	+0.5%
29.	Raewyn	206	-5	-17	-7.6%
30.	Rosemary	205	+5	+31	+17.8%
31.	Kathleen	199	-2	-3	-1.5%
31.	Pauline	199	-5	-19	-8.7%
33.	Alison	186	-1	0	0.0%
34.	Gail	181	-1	+3	+1.7%
35.	Lesley	173	+7	+19	+12.3%
36.	Denise	171	+8	+24	+16.3%
36.	Sharon	171	+13	+35	+25.7%
38.	Yvonne	169	-7	-20	-10.6%
39.	Catherine	166	0	+4	+2.5%
40.	Shirley	160	-7	-18	-10.1%
41.	Beverley	154	-5	-14	-8.3%
42.	Maureen	152	-2	-9	-5.6%
43.	Deborah	151	+10	+38	+33.6%
43.	Jillian	151	+2	+5	+3.4%
45.	Ann	150	-4	-6	-3.8%
46.	Colleen	148	0	+4	+2.8%
47.	Annette	144	+4	+16	+12.5%
47.	Jane	144	+3	+12	+9.1%
49.	Marie	141	-12	-23	-14.0%
50.	Sheryl	134	+13	+41	+44.1%
51.	Carolyn	128	+1	+5	+4.1%
52.	Kathryn	123	+3	+19	+18.3%
53.	Frances	121	+1	+11	+10.0%
54.	Kay	114	-11	-38	-25.0%
55.	Jacqueline	111	+2	+8	+7.8%
56.	Cheryl	106	-10	-38	-26.4%
57.	Glenda	105	+1	+4	+4.0%
58.	Ruth	104	+16	+23	+28.4%
59.	Maria	101	+1	+6	+6.3%
60.	Sally	96	+15	+17	+21.5%
61.	Lynda	95	-13	-42	-30.7%
62.	Marion	92	+6	+5	+5.7%
63.	Gillian	91	+17	+21	+30.0%
63.	Glenys	91	+6	+5	+5.8%
65.	Jan	90	+12	+14	+18.4%
65.	Lynne	90	+1	0	0.0%
67.	Elaine	89	-2	-3	-3.3%
67.	Jeanette	89	-8	-8	-8.2%
69.	Irene	87	-9	-8	-8.4%
69.	Jocelyn	87	+2	+5	+6.1%
71.	Donna	85	+13	+22	+34.9%
72.	Brenda	84	-5	-5	-5.6%
72.	Josephine	84	+3	+5	+6.3%
74.	Jill	83	-3	+1	+1.2%
75.	Vicki	80	+5	+10	+14.3%
76.	Angela	77	+6	+8	+11.6%
76.	Vivienne	77	+2	+3	+4.1%
78.	Joanne	76	+11	+18	+31.0%
78.	Shona	76	+5	+8	+11.8%
78.	Valerie	76	-23	-28	-26.9%
81.	Joy	75	-19	-19	-20.2%
82.	Lois	74	-12	-9	-10.8%
83.	Stephanie	72	+4	+12	+20.0%
84.	Joan	71	-21	-22	-23.7%
85.	Dorothy	70	-14	-12	-14.6%
86.	Paula	69	-7	-3	-4.2%
87.	Diana	68	-2	+7	+11.5%
88.	Gloria	67	+10	+15	+28.8%
89.	Adrienne	64	-4	+3	+4.9%
90.	Bronwyn	62	new	new	new
91.	Marian	60	new	new	new
92.	Lynnette	58	new	new	new
93.	Louise	57	+3	+4	+7.5%
94.	Penelope	54	new	new	new
94.	Virginia	54	new	new	new
96.	Christina	53	-9	-7	-11.7%
96.	Lynn	53	new	new	new
98.	Claire	52	new	new	new
98.	Janette	52	new	new	new
100.	Dawn	51	new	new	new
100.	Leonie	51	new	new	new
100.	Maree	51	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for New Zealand