Top NZ Baby Names of 2023

Charlotte (209) and Noah (269) were New Zealand's most registered names in 2023. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 2020s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Charlotte209
  2. 2Amelia185
  3. 3Isla179
  4. 4Olivia155
  5. 5Harper150
  6. 6Willow145
  7. 7Lily144
  8. 8Ava143
  9. 9Ella143
  10. 10Hazel142
  11. 11Mila140
  12. 12Evelyn135
  13. 13Mia135
  14. 14Sophie135
  15. 15Isabella131
  16. 16Aria126
  17. 17Ruby123
  18. 18Grace121
  19. 19Millie119
  20. 20Florence110
  21. 21Lucy108
  22. 22Ivy105
  23. 23Chloe101
  24. 24Maia100
  25. 25Zoe100
  26. 26Maeve98
  27. 27Daisy96
  28. 28Matilda95
  29. 29Sadie94
  30. 30Emily93
  31. 31Sophia93
  32. 32Freya92
  33. 33Luna92
  34. 34Olive89
  35. 35Georgia82
  36. 36Poppy81
  37. 37Frankie80
  38. 38Violet80
  39. 39Mackenzie79
  40. 40Ellie78
  41. 41Riley77
  42. 42Aurora76
  43. 43Bella74
  44. 44Madison70
  45. 45Penelope70
  46. 46Kaia69
  47. 47Zara69
  48. 48Amaia68
  49. 49Billie68
  50. 50Quinn68

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Noah269
  2. 2Oliver249
  3. 3Luca207
  4. 4Jack195
  5. 5Leo189
  6. 6Theodore187
  7. 7George177
  8. 8Henry172
  9. 9Charlie163
  10. 10Hudson162
  11. 11Arthur158
  12. 12Arlo157
  13. 13Elijah153
  14. 14William147
  15. 15James146
  16. 16Lucas146
  17. 17Liam143
  18. 18Thomas142
  19. 19Theo135
  20. 20Oscar131
  21. 21Cooper122
  22. 22Beau119
  23. 23Ethan115
  24. 24Hugo115
  25. 25Ezra114
  26. 26Mason113
  27. 27Archie111
  28. 28Levi111
  29. 29Max111
  30. 30Carter106
  31. 31Felix105
  32. 32Finn105
  33. 33Alexander102
  34. 34Lachlan97
  35. 35Asher90
  36. 36Hunter90
  37. 37Louie90
  38. 38Luke88
  39. 39Benjamin84
  40. 40Harry83
  41. 41Jackson82
  42. 42Archer81
  43. 43Isaac79
  44. 44Micah79
  45. 45Riley79
  46. 46Caleb78
  47. 47Louis78
  48. 48Austin77
  49. 49Luka77
  50. 50Samuel75

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.