Namewise

Most popular baby names in New Zealand in the 1980s

NZ Department of Internal Affairspublishes a ranking each year, not one for the decade. This list is Namewise's own calculation: each name's average published position across the years of the 1980s it was ranked in, counting only names ranked in at least 5 of those years.

The years-ranked figure beside each name is part of the result, not decoration — a name averaging a strong position across four years is a different claim from one averaging it across ten. The published year-by-year rankings · Data sources

Girls' names

99 names, averaged across 10 published years in the 1980s

  1. 1Sarahavg #1.0 · 10 yrs
  2. 2Rebeccaavg #3.3 · 10 yrs
  3. 3Emmaavg #4.3 · 10 yrs
  4. 4Jessicaavg #6.0 · 10 yrs
  5. 5Amyavg #7.5 · 10 yrs
  6. 6Lisaavg #8.8 · 10 yrs
  7. 7Annaavg #9.0 · 10 yrs
  8. 8Melissaavg #9.3 · 10 yrs
  9. 9Amandaavg #9.4 · 10 yrs
  10. 10Rachelavg #10.2 · 10 yrs
  11. 11Kellyavg #13.1 · 10 yrs
  12. 12Michelleavg #13.8 · 10 yrs
  13. 13Nicolaavg #14.4 · 10 yrs
  14. 14Kylieavg #17.1 · 10 yrs
  15. 15Elizabethavg #19.1 · 10 yrs
  16. 16Natashaavg #19.2 · 10 yrs
  17. 17Kateavg #21.4 · 10 yrs
  18. 18Staceyavg #22.1 · 10 yrs
  19. 19Reneeavg #23.3 · 10 yrs
  20. 20Hayleyavg #23.8 · 10 yrs
  21. 21Jenniferavg #25.2 · 10 yrs
  22. 22Hannahavg #25.9 · 10 yrs
  23. 23Lauraavg #26.9 · 10 yrs
  24. 24Natalieavg #27.0 · 10 yrs
  25. 25Nicoleavg #28.3 · 10 yrs
  26. 26Meganavg #28.8 · 10 yrs
  27. 27Angelaavg #29.8 · 10 yrs
  28. 28Stephanieavg #34.3 · 10 yrs
  29. 29Danielleavg #35.9 · 9 yrs
  30. 30Claireavg #36.8 · 10 yrs
  31. 31Gemmaavg #36.9 · 8 yrs
  32. 32Katieavg #37.2 · 10 yrs
  33. 33Melanieavg #37.9 · 10 yrs
  34. 34Victoriaavg #37.9 · 10 yrs
  35. 35Samanthaavg #38.6 · 9 yrs
  36. 36Catherineavg #38.8 · 10 yrs
  37. 37Traceyavg #40.3 · 10 yrs
  38. 38Sophieavg #40.3 · 6 yrs
  39. 39Hollyavg #41.4 · 7 yrs
  40. 40Taniaavg #41.8 · 9 yrs
  41. 41Katherineavg #42.0 · 10 yrs
  42. 42Charlotteavg #43.7 · 10 yrs
  43. 43Jennaavg #43.7 · 7 yrs
  44. 44Vanessaavg #46.0 · 10 yrs
  45. 45Rachaelavg #46.7 · 10 yrs
  46. 46Aimeeavg #49.2 · 10 yrs
  47. 47Erinavg #51.4 · 10 yrs
  48. 48Kimberleyavg #51.4 · 9 yrs
  49. 49Louiseavg #51.6 · 10 yrs
  50. 50Amberavg #51.8 · 10 yrs
  51. 51Laurenavg #52.4 · 10 yrs
  52. 52Emilyavg #54.0 · 10 yrs
  53. 53Joanneavg #54.3 · 7 yrs
  54. 54Kirstyavg #54.7 · 10 yrs
  55. 55Oliviaavg #55.7 · 10 yrs
  56. 56Shannonavg #58.0 · 10 yrs
  57. 57Katrinaavg #58.2 · 10 yrs
  58. 58Aliceavg #58.4 · 10 yrs
  59. 59Courtneyavg #58.4 · 5 yrs
  60. 60Alexandraavg #58.8 · 5 yrs
  61. 61Helenavg #59.2 · 10 yrs
  62. 62Juliaavg #60.3 · 10 yrs
  63. 63Kimavg #62.0 · 6 yrs
  64. 64Kathrynavg #62.2 · 10 yrs
  65. 65Lucyavg #62.5 · 8 yrs
  66. 66Moniqueavg #63.6 · 10 yrs
  67. 67Fionaavg #63.9 · 8 yrs
  68. 68Joannaavg #64.0 · 10 yrs
  69. 69Andreaavg #65.3 · 9 yrs
  70. 70Mariaavg #65.5 · 10 yrs
  71. 71Rochelleavg #66.8 · 10 yrs
  72. 72Saraavg #67.2 · 10 yrs
  73. 73Julieavg #68.1 · 7 yrs
  74. 74Karenavg #68.1 · 7 yrs
  75. 75Jasmineavg #68.3 · 10 yrs
  76. 76Toniavg #68.7 · 10 yrs
  77. 77Tracyavg #71.3 · 6 yrs
  78. 78Alanaavg #71.8 · 10 yrs
  79. 79Carolineavg #72.0 · 6 yrs
  80. 80Jamieavg #73.0 · 6 yrs
  81. 81Christinaavg #74.0 · 10 yrs
  82. 82Donnaavg #74.0 · 5 yrs
  83. 83Janeavg #74.8 · 8 yrs
  84. 84Deborahavg #75.4 · 5 yrs
  85. 85Jadeavg #78.8 · 9 yrs
  86. 86Taraavg #79.2 · 6 yrs
  87. 87Maryavg #80.0 · 9 yrs
  88. 88Naomiavg #81.0 · 5 yrs
  89. 89Aliciaavg #81.6 · 9 yrs
  90. 90Anitaavg #82.2 · 9 yrs
  91. 91Crystalavg #82.5 · 6 yrs
  92. 92Jacquelineavg #83.7 · 7 yrs
  93. 93Krystalavg #83.8 · 8 yrs
  94. 94Christineavg #84.4 · 8 yrs
  95. 95Caseyavg #84.8 · 9 yrs
  96. 96Teresaavg #85.6 · 5 yrs
  97. 97Bridgetavg #86.3 · 8 yrs
  98. 98Rebekahavg #88.8 · 6 yrs
  99. 99Kirstenavg #95.4 · 5 yrs

Boys' names

97 names, averaged across 10 published years in the 1980s

  1. 1Michaelavg #1.4 · 10 yrs
  2. 2Danielavg #1.7 · 10 yrs
  3. 3Matthewavg #3.9 · 10 yrs
  4. 4Jamesavg #4.1 · 10 yrs
  5. 5Davidavg #6.0 · 10 yrs
  6. 6Andrewavg #6.3 · 10 yrs
  7. 7Christopheravg #6.3 · 10 yrs
  8. 8Nicholasavg #10.1 · 10 yrs
  9. 9Benjaminavg #10.5 · 10 yrs
  10. 10Jasonavg #11.6 · 10 yrs
  11. 11Samuelavg #12.8 · 10 yrs
  12. 12Timothyavg #14.0 · 10 yrs
  13. 13Joshuaavg #14.2 · 10 yrs
  14. 14Markavg #14.8 · 10 yrs
  15. 15Richardavg #15.0 · 10 yrs
  16. 16Scottavg #17.2 · 10 yrs
  17. 17Robertavg #18.2 · 10 yrs
  18. 18Adamavg #18.5 · 10 yrs
  19. 19Johnavg #18.7 · 10 yrs
  20. 20Paulavg #21.8 · 10 yrs
  21. 21Thomasavg #22.0 · 10 yrs
  22. 22Aaronavg #22.2 · 10 yrs
  23. 23Williamavg #22.5 · 10 yrs
  24. 24Jonathanavg #22.7 · 10 yrs
  25. 25Simonavg #23.1 · 10 yrs
  26. 26Lukeavg #26.6 · 10 yrs
  27. 27Josephavg #28.4 · 10 yrs
  28. 28Nathanavg #28.5 · 10 yrs
  29. 29Ryanavg #29.0 · 10 yrs
  30. 30Stevenavg #29.7 · 10 yrs
  31. 31Shaneavg #30.9 · 10 yrs
  32. 32Peteravg #31.1 · 10 yrs
  33. 33Haydenavg #33.8 · 10 yrs
  34. 34Jeremyavg #33.8 · 10 yrs
  35. 35Stephenavg #35.3 · 10 yrs
  36. 36Anthonyavg #36.4 · 10 yrs
  37. 37Craigavg #37.8 · 10 yrs
  38. 38Cameronavg #38.0 · 10 yrs
  39. 39Jamieavg #38.8 · 10 yrs
  40. 40Shaunavg #39.0 · 10 yrs
  41. 41Bradleyavg #42.1 · 10 yrs
  42. 42Hamishavg #44.0 · 10 yrs
  43. 43Mathewavg #45.6 · 10 yrs
  44. 44Phillipavg #47.3 · 10 yrs
  45. 45Karlavg #48.0 · 10 yrs
  46. 46Jaredavg #48.2 · 10 yrs
  47. 47Alexanderavg #50.2 · 10 yrs
  48. 48Blairavg #54.4 · 10 yrs
  49. 49Patrickavg #56.1 · 10 yrs
  50. 50Garethavg #56.6 · 10 yrs
  51. 51Justinavg #57.0 · 10 yrs
  52. 52Tonyavg #57.9 · 10 yrs
  53. 53Jacobavg #58.3 · 10 yrs
  54. 54Joelavg #58.9 · 10 yrs
  55. 55Philipavg #59.8 · 10 yrs
  56. 56Carlavg #60.2 · 10 yrs
  57. 57Gregoryavg #61.4 · 9 yrs
  58. 58Edwardavg #62.2 · 10 yrs
  59. 59Kieranavg #62.4 · 7 yrs
  60. 60Jesseavg #62.6 · 7 yrs
  61. 61Kyleavg #63.1 · 9 yrs
  62. 62Seanavg #63.3 · 10 yrs
  63. 63Jordanavg #63.8 · 8 yrs
  64. 64Dylanavg #63.9 · 10 yrs
  65. 65Lanceavg #66.3 · 9 yrs
  66. 66Georgeavg #66.5 · 10 yrs
  67. 67Brendonavg #66.6 · 10 yrs
  68. 68Damianavg #66.6 · 5 yrs
  69. 69Ashleyavg #68.2 · 6 yrs
  70. 70Troyavg #69.4 · 8 yrs
  71. 71Loganavg #70.3 · 10 yrs
  72. 72Brettavg #71.6 · 10 yrs
  73. 73Deanavg #71.7 · 10 yrs
  74. 74Brentavg #72.1 · 8 yrs
  75. 75Benavg #72.8 · 9 yrs
  76. 76Glenavg #73.5 · 6 yrs
  77. 77Shannonavg #74.1 · 10 yrs
  78. 78Kaneavg #74.9 · 8 yrs
  79. 79Grantavg #75.5 · 8 yrs
  80. 80Calebavg #76.3 · 8 yrs
  81. 81Kevinavg #76.5 · 10 yrs
  82. 82Stuartavg #77.1 · 8 yrs
  83. 83Brendanavg #77.5 · 10 yrs
  84. 84Ianavg #79.3 · 6 yrs
  85. 85Raymondavg #79.9 · 10 yrs
  86. 86Charlesavg #80.9 · 9 yrs
  87. 87Adrianavg #81.1 · 7 yrs
  88. 88Rickyavg #81.6 · 8 yrs
  89. 89Coreyavg #83.8 · 8 yrs
  90. 90Isaacavg #84.0 · 8 yrs
  91. 91Martinavg #84.6 · 5 yrs
  92. 92Kurtavg #84.8 · 5 yrs
  93. 93Rossavg #85.2 · 6 yrs
  94. 94Oliveravg #85.8 · 6 yrs
  95. 95Jonathonavg #86.8 · 6 yrs
  96. 96Leeavg #90.8 · 6 yrs
  97. 97Alanavg #92.0 · 8 yrs