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Top 100 NZ Baby Names of 2021

These are the 100 most-registered baby names in Aotearoa New Zealand for 2021, based on Department of Internal Affairs birth registration data. Tap any name to see its full popularity trajectory.

The top 100 names of 2021

  1. 01Oliver
    678 babies · Boy
  2. 02Olivia
    643 babies · Girl
  3. 03Amelia
    570 babies · Girl
  4. 04Charlotte
    534 babies · Girl
  5. 05Theodore
    522 babies · Boy
  6. 06Noah
    496 babies · Boy
  7. 07William
    471 babies · Boy
  8. 08Jack
    435 babies · Boy
  9. 09Isla
    421 babies · Girl
  10. 10Ella
    382 babies · Girl
  11. 11Luca
    360 babies · Boy
  12. 12Mila
    342 babies · Girl
  13. 13Nova
    292 babies · Girl
  14. 14Riley
    287 babies · Neutral
  15. 15Hazel
    286 babies · Girl
  16. 16Arlo
    276 babies · Boy
  17. 17Manaia
    244 babies · Neutral
  18. 18Quinn
    227 babies · Neutral
  19. 19Maia
    222 babies · Girl
  20. 20Nikau
    216 babies · Boy
  21. 21Koa
    201 babies · Boy
  22. 22River
    196 babies · Neutral
  23. 23Aroha
    184 babies · Girl
  24. 24Tāne
    159 babies · Boy
  25. 25Kaia
    149 babies · Girl
  26. 26Mātai
    143 babies · Boy
  27. 27Sage
    130 babies · Neutral
  28. 28Anahera
    111 babies · Girl
  29. 29Atlas
    73 babies · Boy
  30. 30Wren
    65 babies · Neutral
  31. 31Rāwiri
    63 babies · Boy
  32. 32Indi
    55 babies · Neutral
  33. 33Marlowe
    50 babies · Neutral
  34. 34Kōwhai
    50 babies · Girl

About this data: figures come from Department of Internal Affairs birth registrations for 1954-2025. The DIA only publishes a name for a given year when at least 10 babies were registered with it, so rarer names - and rarer spellings - are missing entirely, and a name can drop out of the record in quieter years. Spelling variants are counted separately, and counts reflect first names as registered.

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