Top NZ Baby Names of the 1990s

Registrations added up across 1990-1999. Jessica and Joshua were the decade's most registered names. Click any name to see its full trend.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Jessica5,034
  2. 2Sarah4,101
  3. 3Hannah3,509
  4. 4Samantha3,502
  5. 5Emma3,422
  6. 6Rebecca2,610
  7. 7Olivia2,442
  8. 8Georgia2,433
  9. 9Nicole2,313
  10. 10Laura2,121
  11. 11Ashleigh2,101
  12. 12Danielle2,073
  13. 13Emily1,990
  14. 14Courtney1,947
  15. 15Amy1,929
  16. 16Sophie1,925
  17. 17Kate1,773
  18. 18Rachel1,753
  19. 19Grace1,745
  20. 20Stephanie1,662
  21. 21Caitlin1,581
  22. 22Anna1,536
  23. 23Charlotte1,489
  24. 24Brooke1,478
  25. 25Melissa1,450
  26. 26Holly1,431
  27. 27Natasha1,424
  28. 28Hayley1,387
  29. 29Lauren1,370
  30. 30Alexandra1,313
  31. 31Jasmine1,298
  32. 32Kayla1,281
  33. 33Ashley1,278
  34. 34Elizabeth1,253
  35. 35Chelsea1,237
  36. 36Megan1,198
  37. 37Brittany1,157
  38. 38Victoria1,136
  39. 39Shannon1,117
  40. 40Paige1,104
  41. 41Chloe1,093
  42. 42Lucy1,088
  43. 43Renee1,052
  44. 44Zoe1,051
  45. 45Amber1,024
  46. 46Alice1,016
  47. 47Jade993
  48. 48Katie971
  49. 49Michelle961
  50. 50Tayla904

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Joshua6,284
  2. 2Matthew6,034
  3. 3Daniel5,392
  4. 4James5,326
  5. 5Samuel5,038
  6. 6Michael4,671
  7. 7Benjamin4,423
  8. 8Thomas4,037
  9. 9Jordan3,526
  10. 10Liam3,048
  11. 11Nicholas3,013
  12. 12Christopher2,876
  13. 13Ryan2,846
  14. 14Cameron2,841
  15. 15William2,814
  16. 16Andrew2,769
  17. 17Jacob2,758
  18. 18Dylan2,670
  19. 19David2,503
  20. 20Luke2,469
  21. 21Jack2,296
  22. 22Nathan2,243
  23. 23Joseph2,168
  24. 24Alexander2,137
  25. 25Ethan1,994
  26. 26Jesse1,983
  27. 27Timothy1,777
  28. 28John1,747
  29. 29Sean1,730
  30. 30Mitchell1,678
  31. 31Jonathan1,655
  32. 32Scott1,652
  33. 33Hayden1,648
  34. 34Aaron1,633
  35. 35Connor1,632
  36. 36Robert1,606
  37. 37Logan1,565
  38. 38Hamish1,543
  39. 39Adam1,529
  40. 40Caleb1,514
  41. 41Bradley1,491
  42. 42Jamie1,475
  43. 43Jason1,461
  44. 44Jayden1,349
  45. 45Tyler1,307
  46. 46Callum1,298
  47. 47Anthony1,264
  48. 48George1,255
  49. 49Richard1,232
  50. 50Isaac1,134
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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.