Top NZ Baby Names of 2005

Emma (343) and Jack (541) were New Zealand's most registered names in 2005. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 2000s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Emma343
  2. 2Ella322
  3. 3Charlotte319
  4. 4Olivia291
  5. 5Jessica285
  6. 6Sophie274
  7. 7Grace272
  8. 8Emily239
  9. 9Hannah239
  10. 10Ruby199
  11. 11Paige194
  12. 12Isabella193
  13. 13Lily188
  14. 14Maia188
  15. 15Lucy182
  16. 16Georgia178
  17. 17Brooke176
  18. 18Holly171
  19. 19Amelia165
  20. 20Chloe165
  21. 21Kate148
  22. 22Samantha148
  23. 23Caitlin147
  24. 24Jade147
  25. 25Sarah143
  26. 26Jasmine137
  27. 27Zoe137
  28. 28Amy132
  29. 29Madison130
  30. 30Mia129
  31. 31Hayley128
  32. 32Amber110
  33. 33Anna109
  34. 34Katie103
  35. 35Sophia101
  36. 36Molly95
  37. 37Elizabeth94
  38. 38Summer93
  39. 39Danielle88
  40. 40Kayla87
  41. 41Rebecca85
  42. 42Stella85
  43. 43Alexandra80
  44. 44Ashley78
  45. 45Jorja76
  46. 46Abigail75
  47. 47Ava75
  48. 48Maddison75
  49. 49Mikayla72
  50. 50Tayla72

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Jack541
  2. 2Joshua431
  3. 3Samuel368
  4. 4Daniel365
  5. 5James349
  6. 6Benjamin316
  7. 7William311
  8. 8Liam310
  9. 9Jacob303
  10. 10Ethan301
  11. 11Ryan301
  12. 12Thomas296
  13. 13Matthew274
  14. 14Oliver265
  15. 15Caleb240
  16. 16Luke226
  17. 17Noah217
  18. 18Connor208
  19. 19Max195
  20. 20Cameron191
  21. 21Alexander189
  22. 22Logan188
  23. 23Dylan181
  24. 24Jayden172
  25. 25Jordan166
  26. 26Nathan166
  27. 27Joseph161
  28. 28Riley155
  29. 29Blake153
  30. 30George152
  31. 31Michael149
  32. 32Tyler139
  33. 33Harrison137
  34. 34Alex134
  35. 35Isaac129
  36. 36Lachlan121
  37. 37Levi118
  38. 38Cody116
  39. 39Hunter114
  40. 40Finn113
  41. 41Harry110
  42. 42Joel110
  43. 43Jake109
  44. 44Jackson107
  45. 45Zachary105
  46. 46David102
  47. 47John102
  48. 48Sam101
  49. 49Jesse100
  50. 50Flynn99

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.