Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Carl
58 -2
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Francis
58 -6
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Rex
59 -9
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Bernard
63 +1
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Alistair
64 +1
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Gerard
64 +3
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Noel
64 -11
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Warwick
64 new
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Darryl
65 new
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Owen
65 +9
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Alexander
70 -2
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Lindsay
70 -7
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Adrian
71 +1
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Scott
72 new
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Jonathan
76 +1
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Charles
77 -10
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Derek
77 -7
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Glenn
78 -3
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Kelvin
80 +7
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Bryan
84 -5
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Matthew
85 +8
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Nicholas
85 -9
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Terry
85 +1
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Dennis
87 +2
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Leslie
87 -3
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Daniel
88 +6
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Antony
90 new
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Lance
92 -5
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Eric
93 +12
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Joseph
95 +2
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Terence
95 -7
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Rodney
96 +6
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Gordon
98 -5
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Neville
99 -5
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Dean
100 0
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Robin
103 0
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Kerry
112 -6
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Edward
113 +4
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George
118 -2
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Shane
118 +9
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Patrick
129 -8
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Ronald
133 +1
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Gavin
137 0
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Malcolm
137 -2
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Brett
139 +14
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Douglas
140 0
54.
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Jeffrey
142 -3
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Garry
157 -3
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Nigel
159 +9
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Keith
161 -11
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Simon
167 +4
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Stuart
169 -4
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Roger
171 +1
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Brent
172 -1
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Donald
173 -9
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Tony
174 +8
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Warren
176 +3
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Thomas
180 +5
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Timothy
192 +1
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Phillip
197 +2
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Raymond
198 +3
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Russell
198 -2
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Allan
202 -5
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Kenneth
210 -3
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Trevor
214 0
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Martin
217 +6
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Neil
219 +1
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Geoffrey
223 -3
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Barry
229 -1
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Graham
239 +1
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Colin
249 -1
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Gary
271 -7
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Alan
295 -5
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Ross
305 +1
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Graeme
317 -1
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Murray
327 +3
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Philip
327 -1
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Steven
342 +2
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Brian
367 -5
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Bruce
373 -6
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James
374 0
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Grant
390 -1
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Andrew
400 +3
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Wayne
418 -3
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Gregory
419 +3
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William
421 +1
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Craig
441 +25
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Ian
452 0
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Richard
472 0
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Anthony
511 0
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Kevin
545 0
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Christopher
621 0
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Robert
661 0
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Paul
746 0
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Mark
900 0
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Stephen
994 0
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John
1,084 -1
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Michael
1,088 +1
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Peter
1,257 -1
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David
1,304 +1
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Christina
68 -6
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Tina
68 new
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Josephine
69 -16
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Penelope
70 -12
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Kaye
71 new
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Jocelyn
73 0
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Tracey
74 new
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Adrienne
77 -14
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Joy
77 new
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Maureen
80 -9
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Anna
83 new
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Teresa
83 -4
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Janine
85 +11
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Jeanette
85 -3
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Glenda
86 -22
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Shelley
86 +12
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Sarah
87 +6
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Lynne
88 -12
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Debbie
89 new
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Beverley
90 -14
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Bronwyn
92 +2
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Ruth
92 +12
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Diana
93 +3
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Michele
93 -3
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Gail
95 -9
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Colleen
96 -25
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Vivienne
96 +14
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Louise
97 -11
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Caroline
98 +13
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Stephanie
99 +4
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Frances
100 +3
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Shona
101 -5
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Sally
107 -18
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Lesley
109 -20
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Kay
112 +9
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Gillian
114 -6
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Maria
116 +11
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Maree
118 -6
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Lynda
121 -14
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Ann
123 -9
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Andrea
126 +19
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Cheryl
128 +13
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Sheryl
129 +3
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Jan
134 -2
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Jillian
134 +3
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Marie
134 0
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Lorraine
135 +5
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Kerry
137 +14
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Kim
140 +18
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Angela
143 +15
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Annette
144 -5
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Pauline
144 -10
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Nicola
148 +17
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Shirley
149 -11
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Brenda
151 +10
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Janice
155 -6
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Kathleen
159 +1
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Rosemary
160 -1
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Yvonne
162 +9
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Dianne
165 -2
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Jacqueline
170 +13
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Pamela
177 -8
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Janet
180 -6
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Alison
182 0
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Kathryn
183 +1
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Raewyn
193 0
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Fiona
200 +8
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Jane
202 +1
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Carolyn
216 +1
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Michelle
219 +15
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Vicki
227 0
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Suzanne
237 0
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Heather
253 -5
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Lynette
254 -5
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Diane
260 -2
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Anne
264 +1
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Catherine
264 +2
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Denise
268 +5
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Barbara
270 -1
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Carol
281 +6
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Debra
305 -4
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Patricia
307 -5
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Margaret
320 -5
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Helen
333 +2
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Mary
339 +2
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Judith
344 -3
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Robyn
363 -4
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Linda
372 -6
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Joanne
388 +8
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Sharon
395 +5
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Wendy
398 -1
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Elizabeth
401 +2
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Jennifer
403 -2
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Donna
408 +8
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Sandra
459 +2
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Deborah
475 -1
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Julie
498 +1
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Christine
675 0
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Karen
708 0
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Susan
850 0