Top NZ Baby Names of 2018

Charlotte (233) and Oliver (293) were New Zealand's most registered names in 2018. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 2010s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Charlotte233
  2. 2Isla229
  3. 3Olivia211
  4. 4Amelia208
  5. 5Harper193
  6. 6Ella192
  7. 7Isabella191
  8. 8Emily186
  9. 9Ava180
  10. 10Mia180
  11. 11Aria174
  12. 12Mila167
  13. 13Zoe167
  14. 14Lucy166
  15. 15Willow166
  16. 16Grace164
  17. 17Sophie162
  18. 18Georgia152
  19. 19Lily150
  20. 20Chloe149
  21. 21Sophia147
  22. 22Evelyn146
  23. 23Ruby143
  24. 24Hazel125
  25. 25Ivy125
  26. 26Emma122
  27. 27Freya102
  28. 28Isabelle100
  29. 29Evie96
  30. 30Alice93
  31. 31Matilda93
  32. 32Eva92
  33. 33Layla87
  34. 34Mackenzie86
  35. 35Hannah85
  36. 36Maia85
  37. 37Scarlett85
  38. 38Abigail82
  39. 39Thea82
  40. 40Bella81
  41. 41Frankie80
  42. 42Indie79
  43. 43Stella79
  44. 44Zara79
  45. 45Florence78
  46. 46Millie78
  47. 47Eden76
  48. 48Poppy75
  49. 49Aurora74
  50. 50Olive73

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Oliver293
  2. 2Jack273
  3. 3Noah243
  4. 4Leo221
  5. 5George207
  6. 6Hunter207
  7. 7William204
  8. 8Lucas202
  9. 9James198
  10. 10Mason196
  11. 11Ethan189
  12. 12Charlie187
  13. 13Lachlan177
  14. 14Thomas170
  15. 15Liam165
  16. 16Cooper163
  17. 17Elijah162
  18. 18Arlo157
  19. 19Oscar149
  20. 20Benjamin144
  21. 21Henry143
  22. 22Harry140
  23. 23Archie138
  24. 24Max134
  25. 25Alexander131
  26. 26Carter131
  27. 27Jackson131
  28. 28Harrison128
  29. 29Jacob126
  30. 30Finn121
  31. 31Isaac121
  32. 32Samuel121
  33. 33Hudson118
  34. 34Lincoln116
  35. 35Luca116
  36. 36Archer115
  37. 37Theodore115
  38. 38Joshua114
  39. 39Blake111
  40. 40Hugo111
  41. 41Levi110
  42. 42Eli105
  43. 43Ryan105
  44. 44Connor104
  45. 45Luke103
  46. 46Jaxon101
  47. 47Theo101
  48. 48Beau100
  49. 49Daniel100
  50. 50Riley99

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.