Top NZ Baby Names of 2025

Isla (179) and Noah (244) were New Zealand's most registered names in 2025. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 2020s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Isla179
  2. 2Charlotte178
  3. 3Amelia161
  4. 4Hazel157
  5. 5Olivia156
  6. 6Lily155
  7. 7Lucy135
  8. 8Mila131
  9. 9Aria125
  10. 10Mia125
  11. 11Sophia124
  12. 12Sophie124
  13. 13Ella121
  14. 14Ruby121
  15. 15Isabella118
  16. 16Millie117
  17. 17Harper115
  18. 18Freya109
  19. 19Sadie108
  20. 20Ava104
  21. 21Grace102
  22. 22Matilda102
  23. 23Evelyn100
  24. 24Chloe99
  25. 25Florence97
  26. 26Emily93
  27. 27Willow93
  28. 28Violet92
  29. 29Ivy91
  30. 30Maeve91
  31. 31Olive91
  32. 32Layla89
  33. 33Maia89
  34. 34Billie82
  35. 35Aurora80
  36. 36Daisy80
  37. 37Ayla77
  38. 38Eden77
  39. 39Frankie77
  40. 40Margot76
  41. 41Sienna76
  42. 42Elsie74
  43. 43Penelope73
  44. 44Sofia73
  45. 45Kaia71
  46. 46Ellie70
  47. 47Phoebe70
  48. 48Alice69
  49. 49Zoe69
  50. 50Luna68

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Noah244
  2. 2Luca236
  3. 3Oliver234
  4. 4George178
  5. 5Theodore173
  6. 6Leo168
  7. 7Charlie156
  8. 8Jack156
  9. 9Elijah151
  10. 10Theo149
  11. 11Arthur145
  12. 12Hudson143
  13. 13James138
  14. 14Henry137
  15. 15Cooper126
  16. 16William125
  17. 17Lachlan120
  18. 18Lucas119
  19. 19Archie117
  20. 20Liam117
  21. 21Oscar116
  22. 22Hugo113
  23. 23Levi113
  24. 24Beau107
  25. 25Ezra106
  26. 26Hunter105
  27. 27Thomas101
  28. 28Benjamin96
  29. 29Archer95
  30. 30Louie90
  31. 31Felix88
  32. 32Ethan87
  33. 33Carter85
  34. 34Louis85
  35. 35Max85
  36. 36Asher84
  37. 37Finn84
  38. 38Arlo83
  39. 39Mason82
  40. 40Ezekiel79
  41. 41Alexander78
  42. 42Austin78
  43. 43Luka76
  44. 44Harry75
  45. 45Isaac75
  46. 46Luke75
  47. 47Eli74
  48. 48Joshua72
  49. 49Elias69
  50. 50Zion69

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.