Top NZ Baby Names of 1993

Jessica (558) and Matthew (698) were New Zealand's most registered names in 1993. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 1990s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Jessica558
  2. 2Sarah460
  3. 3Samantha379
  4. 4Hannah363
  5. 5Emma351
  6. 6Rebecca320
  7. 7Nicole309
  8. 8Danielle262
  9. 9Ashleigh258
  10. 10Laura239
  11. 11Georgia234
  12. 12Amy229
  13. 13Olivia226
  14. 14Courtney203
  15. 15Kate195
  16. 16Emily191
  17. 17Stephanie191
  18. 18Rachel190
  19. 19Sophie176
  20. 20Renee169
  21. 21Melissa167
  22. 22Natasha166
  23. 23Anna164
  24. 24Chelsea161
  25. 25Hayley160
  26. 26Alexandra157
  27. 27Chloe156
  28. 28Charlotte155
  29. 29Ashley154
  30. 30Kayla152
  31. 31Shannon145
  32. 32Brooke143
  33. 33Caitlin139
  34. 34Grace135
  35. 35Jasmine135
  36. 36Megan133
  37. 37Holly132
  38. 38Elizabeth130
  39. 39Tessa129
  40. 40Lauren126
  41. 41Katie122
  42. 42Brittany121
  43. 43Victoria117
  44. 44Amanda116
  45. 45Zoe116
  46. 46Kelly114
  47. 47Paige112
  48. 48Lisa110
  49. 49Alice105
  50. 50Michelle103

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Matthew698
  2. 2James605
  3. 3Daniel567
  4. 4Michael566
  5. 5Samuel549
  6. 6Joshua524
  7. 7Benjamin474
  8. 8Thomas457
  9. 9Jordan448
  10. 10Christopher354
  11. 11Dylan348
  12. 12Nicholas346
  13. 13Andrew340
  14. 14Cameron327
  15. 15Ryan326
  16. 16Luke303
  17. 17Jacob269
  18. 18William263
  19. 19David253
  20. 20Joseph245
  21. 21Alexander238
  22. 22Ethan234
  23. 23Nathan231
  24. 24Jesse226
  25. 25Aaron202
  26. 26Timothy199
  27. 27Mitchell198
  28. 28Hayden197
  29. 29Sean196
  30. 30John191
  31. 31Adam182
  32. 32Scott180
  33. 33Jonathan177
  34. 34Jason175
  35. 35Liam175
  36. 36Robert171
  37. 37Jack164
  38. 38Jamie154
  39. 39Bradley148
  40. 40Hamish148
  41. 41Richard147
  42. 42Anthony144
  43. 43Connor141
  44. 44Logan129
  45. 45George128
  46. 46Shaun127
  47. 47Jared126
  48. 48Peter125
  49. 49Tyler125
  50. 50Mark123

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.