Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
99.	Laurence	46	new	new	new
99.	Lloyd	46	new	new	new
99.	Shane	46	new	new	new
98.	Lawrence	47	-21	-24	-33.8%
93.	Brett	48	-1	-4	-7.7%
93.	Desmond	48	-3	-9	-15.8%
93.	Frank	48	new	new	new
93.	Norman	48	-5	-11	-18.6%
93.	Warwick	48	new	new	new
92.	Mervyn	49	-6	-11	-18.3%
91.	Hugh	51	new	new	new
90.	Gerald	52	new	new	new
88.	Derek	53	0	-6	-10.2%
88.	Roy	53	+10	+5	+10.4%
87.	Gerard	56	-1	-4	-6.7%
86.	Stewart	57	+12	+9	+18.8%
84.	Nicholas	58	+11	+9	+18.4%
84.	Owen	58	-9	-18	-23.7%
83.	Bernard	59	-3	-9	-13.2%
82.	Francis	62	+2	0	0.0%
80.	Eric	63	-3	-8	-11.3%
80.	Lance	63	+12	+11	+21.2%
79.	Maurice	67	+13	+15	+28.8%
78.	Simon	68	+13	+12	+21.4%
77.	Rodney	75	-8	-20	-21.1%
76.	Alexander	82	-4	0	0.0%
75.	Arthur	84	+5	+16	+23.5%
74.	Brent	86	-3	-8	-8.5%
73.	Tony	87	+3	+12	+16.0%
72.	Nigel	88	0	+6	+7.3%
70.	Neville	91	-15	-41	-31.1%
70.	Noel	91	-7	-10	-9.9%
69.	Kerry	92	-5	-8	-8.0%
68.	Rex	94	-4	-6	-6.0%
67.	Glenn	95	+10	+24	+33.8%
66.	Joseph	97	0	-2	-2.0%
65.	Bryan	98	+9	+19	+24.1%
64.	Jeffrey	99	+3	+2	+2.1%
63.	Lindsay	108	-1	0	0.0%
62.	Craig	112	+5	+15	+15.5%
61.	George	113	-11	-35	-23.6%
60.	Terence	116	-3	-11	-8.7%
59.	Charles	117	0	-1	-0.8%
58.	Gordon	118	-4	-15	-11.3%
57.	Leslie	119	-6	-21	-15.0%
56.	Patrick	122	+4	+7	+6.1%
55.	Gavin	123	+14	+28	+29.5%
54.	Martin	124	+4	+4	+3.3%
53.	Robin	128	-2	-12	-8.6%
52.	Phillip	129	-5	-30	-18.9%
51.	Edward	131	+4	-1	-0.8%
50.	Douglas	132	-2	-19	-12.6%
49.	Malcolm	141	+4	+3	+2.2%
48.	Timothy	143	+13	+32	+28.8%
47.	Stuart	146	+1	-5	-3.3%
46.	Dennis	152	0	-13	-7.9%
45.	Thomas	153	0	-14	-8.4%
44.	Russell	154	0	-14	-8.3%
43.	Warren	161	-2	-18	-10.1%
42.	Ronald	169	-6	-26	-13.3%
41.	Keith	183	-8	-30	-14.1%
40.	Roger	194	-3	+3	+1.6%
39.	Andrew	196	+3	+20	+11.4%
37.	Allan	200	-3	-8	-3.8%
37.	Garry	200	+6	+27	+15.6%
36.	Steven	201	+3	+12	+6.3%
35.	Gregory	208	+3	+18	+9.5%
34.	Donald	212	+1	+15	+7.6%
33.	Grant	220	-3	-14	-6.0%
32.	Neil	227	+8	+46	+25.4%
31.	Trevor	243	-3	-4	-1.6%
30.	Philip	248	-7	-51	-17.1%
29.	Kenneth	249	-2	+1	+0.4%
28.	Raymond	252	+4	+38	+17.8%
27.	Geoffrey	266	+4	+45	+20.4%
26.	Ross	267	+3	+29	+12.2%
25.	Colin	274	+1	-7	-2.5%
24.	Barry	292	+1	+4	+1.4%
23.	Graham	320	+1	+22	+7.4%
22.	Gary	337	-2	+13	+4.0%
21.	Graeme	350	-3	-15	-4.1%
20.	James	352	+1	+30	+9.3%
19.	Wayne	367	0	+35	+10.5%
18.	Anthony	372	+4	+59	+18.8%
17.	Murray	375	0	+5	+1.4%
16.	Alan	377	0	+2	+0.5%
15.	Bruce	387	0	+11	+2.9%
14.	Brian	394	-4	-75	-16.0%
13.	William	428	-2	-10	-2.3%
12.	Richard	434	+2	+43	+11.0%
11.	Mark	454	+2	+32	+7.6%
10.	Ian	496	+1	+58	+13.2%
9.	Christopher	550	0	+45	+8.9%
8.	Kevin	565	0	+24	+4.4%
7.	Stephen	685	0	+115	+20.2%
6.	Paul	723	0	+46	+6.8%
5.	Robert	732	0	+5	+0.7%
4.	Michael	868	0	+18	+2.1%
3.	David	1,188	-1	+38	+3.3%
2.	Peter	1,258	+1	+114	+10.0%
1.	John	1,391	0	+7	+0.5%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Katherine	58	new	new	new
100.	Maxine	58	new	new	new
100.	Philippa	58	new	new	new
99.	Gloria	60	-11	-7	-10.4%
98.	Penelope	61	-4	+7	+13.0%
97.	Joan	62	-13	-9	-12.7%
96.	Lynnette	63	-4	+5	+8.6%
93.	Claire	64	+5	+12	+23.1%
93.	Diana	64	-6	-4	-5.9%
93.	Jean	64	new	new	new
90.	Christina	66	+6	+13	+24.5%
90.	Debra	66	new	new	new
90.	Ngaire	66	new	new	new
88.	Louise	69	+5	+12	+21.1%
88.	Stephanie	69	-5	-3	-4.2%
87.	Fiona	71	new	new	new
85.	Bronwyn	72	+5	+10	+16.1%
85.	Vivienne	72	-9	-5	-6.5%
84.	Lois	73	-2	-1	-1.4%
83.	Paula	74	+3	+5	+7.2%
80.	Angela	79	-4	+2	+2.6%
80.	Irene	79	-11	-8	-9.2%
80.	Shona	79	-2	+3	+3.9%
79.	Joy	80	+2	+5	+6.7%
77.	Adrienne	81	+12	+17	+26.6%
77.	Glenys	81	-14	-10	-11.0%
75.	Dorothy	83	+10	+13	+18.6%
75.	Elaine	83	-8	-6	-6.7%
74.	Valerie	88	+4	+12	+15.8%
73.	Maree	89	+27	+38	+74.5%
72.	Frances	90	-19	-31	-25.6%
71.	Joanne	91	+7	+15	+19.7%
70.	Jill	92	+4	+9	+10.8%
69.	Jocelyn	94	0	+7	+8.0%
68.	Lynne	95	-3	+5	+5.6%
67.	Ruth	96	-9	-8	-7.7%
66.	Sally	97	-6	+1	+1.0%
64.	Gillian	99	-1	+8	+8.8%
64.	Jan	99	+1	+9	+10.0%
63.	Jeanette	100	+4	+11	+12.4%
62.	Vicki	107	+13	+27	+33.8%
60.	Donna	109	+11	+24	+28.2%
60.	Kathryn	109	-8	-14	-11.4%
59.	Cheryl	111	-3	+5	+4.7%
58.	Maria	112	+1	+11	+10.9%
57.	Marion	116	+5	+24	+26.1%
56.	Carolyn	118	-5	-10	-7.8%
55.	Kay	119	-1	+5	+4.4%
54.	Jacqueline	120	+1	+9	+8.1%
53.	Brenda	123	+19	+39	+46.4%
52.	Sheryl	124	-2	-10	-7.5%
51.	Lynda	125	+10	+30	+31.6%
49.	Gail	126	-15	-55	-30.4%
49.	Jillian	126	-6	-25	-16.6%
48.	Jane	128	-1	-16	-11.1%
47.	Glenda	130	+10	+25	+23.8%
46.	Maureen	134	-4	-18	-11.8%
45.	Marilyn	146	-17	-65	-30.8%
44.	Colleen	151	+2	+3	+2.0%
43.	Shirley	153	-3	-7	-4.4%
41.	Annette	154	+6	+10	+6.9%
41.	Lesley	154	-6	-19	-11.0%
40.	Beverley	156	+1	+2	+1.3%
39.	Ann	159	+6	+9	+6.0%
38.	Marie	160	+11	+19	+13.5%
37.	Yvonne	165	+1	-4	-2.4%
36.	Lorraine	178	-10	-46	-20.5%
35.	Catherine	179	+4	+13	+7.8%
32.	Denise	184	+4	+13	+7.6%
32.	Kathleen	184	-1	-15	-7.5%
32.	Pauline	184	-1	-15	-7.5%
31.	Alison	190	+2	+4	+2.2%
30.	Deborah	191	+13	+40	+26.5%
29.	Rosemary	201	+1	-4	-2.0%
28.	Julie	216	-4	-12	-5.3%
27.	Dianne	220	0	+2	+0.9%
26.	Sharon	223	+10	+52	+30.4%
25.	Raewyn	226	+4	+20	+9.7%
24.	Suzanne	239	+1	+13	+5.8%
23.	Janice	241	0	+4	+1.7%
22.	Janet	242	-3	-31	-11.4%
21.	Pamela	248	0	-10	-3.9%
20.	Carol	259	+2	+13	+5.3%
19.	Diane	289	-3	-1	-0.3%
18.	Sandra	304	0	+28	+10.1%
17.	Anne	311	-4	-17	-5.2%
16.	Lynette	321	-5	-32	-9.1%
15.	Heather	331	+5	+60	+22.1%
14.	Helen	334	+1	+11	+3.4%
13.	Wendy	346	+4	+65	+23.1%
12.	Robyn	354	0	+14	+4.1%
11.	Elizabeth	362	-5	-58	-13.8%
10.	Barbara	378	0	0	0.0%
9.	Linda	386	0	-6	-1.5%
8.	Mary	401	-1	-18	-4.3%
7.	Patricia	425	+1	+22	+5.5%
6.	Karen	436	+8	+112	+34.6%
5.	Jennifer	447	0	-13	-2.8%
4.	Judith	460	0	-69	-13.0%
3.	Margaret	562	0	+3	+0.5%
2.	Christine	698	-1	-71	-9.2%
1.	Susan	749	+1	+21	+2.9%

Popularity extremes for New Zealand