Top NZ Baby Names of 2016

Olivia (266) and Oliver (331) were New Zealand's most registered names in 2016. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 2010s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Olivia266
  2. 2Charlotte262
  3. 3Isla239
  4. 4Harper236
  5. 5Ella220
  6. 6Amelia210
  7. 7Emily203
  8. 8Mia197
  9. 9Sophie189
  10. 10Ava188
  11. 11Ruby184
  12. 12Isabella182
  13. 13Lily182
  14. 14Chloe177
  15. 15Mila170
  16. 16Zoe167
  17. 17Lucy161
  18. 18Grace159
  19. 19Aria157
  20. 20Georgia154
  21. 21Evelyn141
  22. 22Sophia130
  23. 23Eva127
  24. 24Matilda125
  25. 25Willow123
  26. 26Emma121
  27. 27Hannah120
  28. 28Hazel115
  29. 29Scarlett108
  30. 30Evie104
  31. 31Ivy102
  32. 32Sienna100
  33. 33Layla95
  34. 34Maia95
  35. 35Alice94
  36. 36Maddison92
  37. 37Zara90
  38. 38Madison89
  39. 39Millie89
  40. 40Stella88
  41. 41Paige85
  42. 42Mackenzie84
  43. 43Piper82
  44. 44Violet81
  45. 45Indie80
  46. 46Isabelle79
  47. 47Quinn77
  48. 48Lilly76
  49. 49Jessica75
  50. 50Riley74

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Oliver331
  2. 2Jack286
  3. 3William263
  4. 4Mason254
  5. 5James253
  6. 6Hunter244
  7. 7Noah229
  8. 8Lucas227
  9. 9Leo220
  10. 10Max218
  11. 11Liam202
  12. 12George193
  13. 13Thomas187
  14. 14Charlie186
  15. 15Cooper176
  16. 16Ryan175
  17. 17Ethan171
  18. 18Benjamin170
  19. 19Samuel169
  20. 20Blake167
  21. 21Carter165
  22. 22Lachlan165
  23. 23Arlo163
  24. 24Jackson157
  25. 25Jacob155
  26. 26Elijah147
  27. 27Henry147
  28. 28Connor145
  29. 29Joshua145
  30. 30Alexander142
  31. 31Daniel142
  32. 32Finn117
  33. 33Levi117
  34. 34Luke117
  35. 35Archie116
  36. 36Isaac116
  37. 37Eli115
  38. 38Luca114
  39. 39Oscar114
  40. 40Harrison111
  41. 41Austin109
  42. 42Riley106
  43. 43Nathan105
  44. 44Matthew103
  45. 45Harry102
  46. 46Beau100
  47. 47Lincoln100
  48. 48Michael100
  49. 49Logan99
  50. 50Tyler99

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.