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Top 100 NZ Baby Names of 2025

These are the 100 most-registered baby names in Aotearoa New Zealand for 2025, based on Department of Internal Affairs birth registration data. Tap any name to see its full popularity trajectory.

The top 100 names of 2025

  1. 01Oliver
    598 babies · Boy
  2. 02Olivia
    588 babies · Girl
  3. 03Amelia
    531 babies · Girl
  4. 04Charlotte
    513 babies · Girl
  5. 05Noah
    475 babies · Boy
  6. 06Isla
    451 babies · Girl
  7. 07Theodore
    443 babies · Boy
  8. 08William
    410 babies · Boy
  9. 09Luca
    385 babies · Boy
  10. 10Mila
    366 babies · Girl
  11. 11Jack
    360 babies · Boy
  12. 12Nova
    354 babies · Girl
  13. 13Ella
    336 babies · Girl
  14. 14Arlo
    335 babies · Boy
  15. 15Hazel
    315 babies · Girl
  16. 16Riley
    233 babies · Neutral
  17. 17Manaia
    227 babies · Neutral
  18. 18Koa
    226 babies · Boy
  19. 19Maia
    213 babies · Girl
  20. 20Nikau
    210 babies · Boy
  21. 21Quinn
    194 babies · Neutral
  22. 22River
    190 babies · Neutral
  23. 23Aroha
    162 babies · Girl
  24. 24Kaia
    160 babies · Girl
  25. 25Mātai
    157 babies · Boy
  26. 26Sage
    157 babies · Neutral
  27. 27Tāne
    150 babies · Boy
  28. 28Anahera
    129 babies · Girl
  29. 29Wren
    88 babies · Neutral
  30. 30Atlas
    88 babies · Boy
  31. 31Indi
    73 babies · Neutral
  32. 32Marlowe
    64 babies · Neutral
  33. 33Kōwhai
    63 babies · Girl
  34. 34Rāwiri
    63 babies · Boy

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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