Top NZ Baby Names of 2012

Olivia (316) and Jack (373) were New Zealand's most registered names in 2012. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 2010s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Olivia316
  2. 2Sophie292
  3. 3Emily290
  4. 4Charlotte285
  5. 5Ruby280
  6. 6Isabella266
  7. 7Ella229
  8. 8Amelia228
  9. 9Sophia209
  10. 10Ava207
  11. 11Chloe204
  12. 12Emma196
  13. 13Isla195
  14. 14Mia191
  15. 15Grace186
  16. 16Lily186
  17. 17Zoe178
  18. 18Lucy176
  19. 19Eva160
  20. 20Paige159
  21. 21Hannah146
  22. 22Georgia135
  23. 23Jessica129
  24. 24Mila122
  25. 25Sienna120
  26. 26Madison114
  27. 27Bella103
  28. 28Maia103
  29. 29Scarlett101
  30. 30Holly100
  31. 31Stella97
  32. 32Abigail94
  33. 33Harper94
  34. 34Alexis91
  35. 35Eden87
  36. 36Alice85
  37. 37Aria85
  38. 38Zara85
  39. 39Leah82
  40. 40Molly81
  41. 41Isabelle75
  42. 42Jade75
  43. 43Sarah75
  44. 44Elizabeth74
  45. 45Willow74
  46. 46Summer73
  47. 47Annabelle72
  48. 48Aaliyah71
  49. 49Addison71
  50. 50Pippa71

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Jack373
  2. 2Oliver322
  3. 3William317
  4. 4Liam292
  5. 5Mason271
  6. 6Samuel258
  7. 7Jacob256
  8. 8Lucas255
  9. 9Ethan253
  10. 10James253
  11. 11Noah253
  12. 12Cooper227
  13. 13Daniel223
  14. 14Benjamin209
  15. 15Blake209
  16. 16Joshua207
  17. 17Max205
  18. 18Thomas199
  19. 19Ryan194
  20. 20Hunter183
  21. 21Charlie181
  22. 22Jayden181
  23. 23Leo176
  24. 24Tyler170
  25. 25George169
  26. 26Alexander168
  27. 27Jackson168
  28. 28Braxton161
  29. 29Lachlan161
  30. 30Elijah160
  31. 31Isaac157
  32. 32Connor155
  33. 33Levi155
  34. 34Riley144
  35. 35Xavier137
  36. 36Harry135
  37. 37Luke135
  38. 38Matthew135
  39. 39Caleb129
  40. 40Eli129
  41. 41Nathan128
  42. 42Carter124
  43. 43Oscar124
  44. 44Joseph119
  45. 45Dylan117
  46. 46Logan112
  47. 47Finn109
  48. 48Henry107
  49. 49Harrison106
  50. 50Jake104

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.