Top NZ Baby Names of 2009

Sophie (391) and Jack (344) were New Zealand's most registered names in 2009. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 2000s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Sophie391
  2. 2Ruby306
  3. 3Olivia305
  4. 4Isabella289
  5. 5Ella285
  6. 6Emily269
  7. 7Charlotte259
  8. 8Lily235
  9. 9Emma233
  10. 10Amelia222
  11. 11Chloe216
  12. 12Grace214
  13. 13Zoe201
  14. 14Paige196
  15. 15Ava192
  16. 16Lucy186
  17. 17Jessica176
  18. 18Hannah171
  19. 19Isla169
  20. 20Madison169
  21. 21Samantha149
  22. 22Georgia147
  23. 23Sienna144
  24. 24Holly134
  25. 25Mia134
  26. 26Sophia132
  27. 27Bella124
  28. 28Brooke123
  29. 29Maia121
  30. 30Maddison112
  31. 31Jasmine106
  32. 32Eva101
  33. 33Elizabeth100
  34. 34Molly100
  35. 35Sarah96
  36. 36Hayley95
  37. 37Amber92
  38. 38Abigail89
  39. 39Caitlin89
  40. 40Isabelle89
  41. 41Jade88
  42. 42Kate88
  43. 43Tayla85
  44. 44Zara80
  45. 45Amy79
  46. 46Kayla79
  47. 47Keira79
  48. 48Taylor79
  49. 49Stella77
  50. 50Anna76

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Jack344
  2. 2Oliver342
  3. 3James336
  4. 4William329
  5. 5Joshua327
  6. 6Samuel315
  7. 7Liam312
  8. 8Benjamin289
  9. 9Daniel265
  10. 10Riley254
  11. 11Lucas253
  12. 12Thomas253
  13. 13Ethan246
  14. 14Ryan246
  15. 15Jacob244
  16. 16Noah240
  17. 17Hunter220
  18. 18Max212
  19. 19Alexander211
  20. 20Jayden211
  21. 21Connor200
  22. 22Matthew196
  23. 23Cooper190
  24. 24Tyler186
  25. 25Blake180
  26. 26Dylan177
  27. 27Isaac177
  28. 28Luke172
  29. 29Lachlan171
  30. 30Logan164
  31. 31Caleb159
  32. 32Joseph152
  33. 33Charlie151
  34. 34George147
  35. 35Xavier146
  36. 36Levi144
  37. 37Jackson138
  38. 38Nathan132
  39. 39Michael124
  40. 40Oscar121
  41. 41Harrison119
  42. 42Harry119
  43. 43Toby118
  44. 44Alex108
  45. 45Jake103
  46. 46Cameron102
  47. 47Jesse102
  48. 48Leo100
  49. 49Ashton94
  50. 50Finn93

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.