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.
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Girls' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1986
- 1Sarah
- 2Jessica
- 3Emma
- 4Rebecca
- 5Amanda
- 6Nicole
- 7Amy
- 8Melissa
- 9Michelle
- 10Lisa
- 11Anna
- 12Rachel
- 13Nicola
- 14Laura
- 15Kelly
- 16Samantha
- 17Kylie
- 18Elizabeth
- 19Hayley
- 20Stacey
- 21Hannah
- 22Natasha
- 23Jenna
- 24Jennifer
- 25Stephanie
- 26Kate
- 27Renee
- 28Gemma
- 29Angela
- 30Charlotte
- 31Megan
- 32Lauren
- 33Victoria
- 34Katie
- 35Danielle
- 36Holly
- 37Natalie
- 38Kayla
- 39Olivia
- 40Emily
- 41Sophie
- 42Katherine
- 43Claire
- 44Sara
- 45Kirsty
- 46Melanie
- 47Tracey
- 48Catherine
- 49Vanessa
- 50Christina
- 51Alice
- 52Aimee
- 53Erin
- 54Julia
- 55Tania
- 56Lucy
- 57Jamie
- 58Monique
- 59Katrina
- 60Shannon
- 61Rachael
- 62Ashleigh
- 63Alana
- 64Amber
- 65Ashley
- 66Tara
- 67Maria
- 68Fiona
- 69Kathryn
- 70Toni
- 71Alexandra
- 72Rochelle
- 73Helen
- 74Louise
- 75Christine
- 76Kimberley
- 77Nikita
- 78Casey
- 79Joanna
- 80Jasmine
- 81Jane
- 82Crystal
- 83Alicia
- 84Georgina
- 85Krystal
- 86Haley
- 87Joanne
- 88Rebekah
- 89Andrea
- 90Anita
- 91Brooke
- 92Philippa
- 93Jade
- 94Courtney
- 95Jacqueline
- 96Amelia
- 97Julie
- 98Chloe
- 99Gina
- 100Karen
Boys' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1986
- 1Michael
- 2Daniel
- 3Matthew
- 4James
- 5Christopher
- 6David
- 7Samuel
- 8Andrew
- 9Joshua
- 10Nicholas
- 11Benjamin
- 12Jason
- 13Adam
- 14Thomas
- 15Mark
- 16Robert
- 17Timothy
- 18Richard
- 19Scott
- 20William
- 21Simon
- 22John
- 23Aaron
- 24Ryan
- 25Joseph
- 26Jonathan
- 27Paul
- 28Nathan
- 29Steven
- 30Peter
- 31Anthony
- 32Luke
- 33Jeremy
- 34Hayden
- 35Cameron
- 36Shane
- 37Stephen
- 38Bradley
- 39Craig
- 40Phillip
- 41Alexander
- 42Mathew
- 43Hamish
- 44Shaun
- 45Jamie
- 46Kyle
- 47Dylan
- 48Karl
- 49Kieran
- 50Caleb
- 51Patrick
- 52Justin
- 53Jared
- 54Joel
- 55Blair
- 56Jacob
- 57Troy
- 58Ashley
- 59Tony
- 60Kane
- 61Philip
- 62Jesse
- 63Edward
- 64Gareth
- 65Lance
- 66Liam
- 67Dean
- 68George
- 69Jordan
- 70Shannon
- 71Logan
- 72Carl
- 73Charles
- 74Gregory
- 75Brent
- 76Brendon
- 77Sean
- 78Oliver
- 79Brett
- 80Raymond
- 81Ricky
- 82Brendan
- 83Alan
- 84Cody
- 85Sam
- 86Adrian
- 87Grant
- 88Isaac
- 89Ben
- 90Kurt
- 91Lee
- 92Stuart
- 93Corey
- 94Harley
- 95Mitchell
- 96Kevin
- 97Henry
- 98Martin
- 99Leon
- 100Brad