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Most popular baby names in New Zealand (1986)

The rankings exactly as NZ Department of Internal Affairs published them for 1986. New Zealandpublishes a girls' list and a boys' list separately, so they are shown separately — there is no official combined ranking, and Namewise does not invent one.

This source has published 70 complete rankings, from 1954 to 2023. Data sources · Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 International

Girls' names

Top 100 in New Zealand, 1986

  1. 1Sarah
  2. 2Jessica
  3. 3Emma
  4. 4Rebecca
  5. 5Amanda
  6. 6Nicole
  7. 7Amy
  8. 8Melissa
  9. 9Michelle
  10. 10Lisa
  11. 11Anna
  12. 12Rachel
  13. 13Nicola
  14. 14Laura
  15. 15Kelly
  16. 16Samantha
  17. 17Kylie
  18. 18Elizabeth
  19. 19Hayley
  20. 20Stacey
  21. 21Hannah
  22. 22Natasha
  23. 23Jenna
  24. 24Jennifer
  25. 25Stephanie
  26. 26Kate
  27. 27Renee
  28. 28Gemma
  29. 29Angela
  30. 30Charlotte
  31. 31Megan
  32. 32Lauren
  33. 33Victoria
  34. 34Katie
  35. 35Danielle
  36. 36Holly
  37. 37Natalie
  38. 38Kayla
  39. 39Olivia
  40. 40Emily
  41. 41Sophie
  42. 42Katherine
  43. 43Claire
  44. 44Sara
  45. 45Kirsty
  46. 46Melanie
  47. 47Tracey
  48. 48Catherine
  49. 49Vanessa
  50. 50Christina
  51. 51Alice
  52. 52Aimee
  53. 53Erin
  54. 54Julia
  55. 55Tania
  56. 56Lucy
  57. 57Jamie
  58. 58Monique
  59. 59Katrina
  60. 60Shannon
  61. 61Rachael
  62. 62Ashleigh
  63. 63Alana
  64. 64Amber
  65. 65Ashley
  66. 66Tara
  67. 67Maria
  68. 68Fiona
  69. 69Kathryn
  70. 70Toni
  71. 71Alexandra
  72. 72Rochelle
  73. 73Helen
  74. 74Louise
  75. 75Christine
  76. 76Kimberley
  77. 77Nikita
  78. 78Casey
  79. 79Joanna
  80. 80Jasmine
  81. 81Jane
  82. 82Crystal
  83. 83Alicia
  84. 84Georgina
  85. 85Krystal
  86. 86Haley
  87. 87Joanne
  88. 88Rebekah
  89. 89Andrea
  90. 90Anita
  91. 91Brooke
  92. 92Philippa
  93. 93Jade
  94. 94Courtney
  95. 95Jacqueline
  96. 96Amelia
  97. 97Julie
  98. 98Chloe
  99. 99Gina
  100. 100Karen

Boys' names

Top 100 in New Zealand, 1986

  1. 1Michael
  2. 2Daniel
  3. 3Matthew
  4. 4James
  5. 5Christopher
  6. 6David
  7. 7Samuel
  8. 8Andrew
  9. 9Joshua
  10. 10Nicholas
  11. 11Benjamin
  12. 12Jason
  13. 13Adam
  14. 14Thomas
  15. 15Mark
  16. 16Robert
  17. 17Timothy
  18. 18Richard
  19. 19Scott
  20. 20William
  21. 21Simon
  22. 22John
  23. 23Aaron
  24. 24Ryan
  25. 25Joseph
  26. 26Jonathan
  27. 27Paul
  28. 28Nathan
  29. 29Steven
  30. 30Peter
  31. 31Anthony
  32. 32Luke
  33. 33Jeremy
  34. 34Hayden
  35. 35Cameron
  36. 36Shane
  37. 37Stephen
  38. 38Bradley
  39. 39Craig
  40. 40Phillip
  41. 41Alexander
  42. 42Mathew
  43. 43Hamish
  44. 44Shaun
  45. 45Jamie
  46. 46Kyle
  47. 47Dylan
  48. 48Karl
  49. 49Kieran
  50. 50Caleb
  51. 51Patrick
  52. 52Justin
  53. 53Jared
  54. 54Joel
  55. 55Blair
  56. 56Jacob
  57. 57Troy
  58. 58Ashley
  59. 59Tony
  60. 60Kane
  61. 61Philip
  62. 62Jesse
  63. 63Edward
  64. 64Gareth
  65. 65Lance
  66. 66Liam
  67. 67Dean
  68. 68George
  69. 69Jordan
  70. 70Shannon
  71. 71Logan
  72. 72Carl
  73. 73Charles
  74. 74Gregory
  75. 75Brent
  76. 76Brendon
  77. 77Sean
  78. 78Oliver
  79. 79Brett
  80. 80Raymond
  81. 81Ricky
  82. 82Brendan
  83. 83Alan
  84. 84Cody
  85. 85Sam
  86. 86Adrian
  87. 87Grant
  88. 88Isaac
  89. 89Ben
  90. 90Kurt
  91. 91Lee
  92. 92Stuart
  93. 93Corey
  94. 94Harley
  95. 95Mitchell
  96. 96Kevin
  97. 97Henry
  98. 98Martin
  99. 99Leon
  100. 100Brad
Most popular baby names in New Zealand (1986) · Namewise