Namewise

Most popular baby names in New Zealand in the 1990s

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 1990s 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

100 names, averaged across 10 published years in the 1990s

  1. 1Jessicaavg #1.0 · 10 yrs
  2. 2Sarahavg #3.3 · 10 yrs
  3. 3Hannahavg #4.2 · 10 yrs
  4. 4Samanthaavg #4.6 · 10 yrs
  5. 5Emmaavg #4.7 · 10 yrs
  6. 6Rebeccaavg #9.0 · 10 yrs
  7. 7Oliviaavg #11.8 · 10 yrs
  8. 8Lauraavg #13.0 · 10 yrs
  9. 9Danielleavg #14.6 · 10 yrs
  10. 10Courtneyavg #14.9 · 10 yrs
  11. 11Emilyavg #14.9 · 10 yrs
  12. 12Nicoleavg #15.1 · 10 yrs
  13. 13Ashleighavg #15.3 · 10 yrs
  14. 14Amyavg #16.5 · 10 yrs
  15. 15Kateavg #17.4 · 10 yrs
  16. 16Sophieavg #17.4 · 10 yrs
  17. 17Georgiaavg #20.6 · 10 yrs
  18. 18Rachelavg #22.4 · 10 yrs
  19. 19Annaavg #24.9 · 10 yrs
  20. 20Graceavg #25.2 · 10 yrs
  21. 21Charlotteavg #25.5 · 10 yrs
  22. 22Caitlinavg #27.8 · 10 yrs
  23. 23Stephanieavg #28.2 · 10 yrs
  24. 24Brookeavg #29.1 · 10 yrs
  25. 25Taylaavg #29.3 · 6 yrs
  26. 26Hollyavg #29.6 · 10 yrs
  27. 27Natashaavg #30.3 · 10 yrs
  28. 28Laurenavg #30.8 · 10 yrs
  29. 29Alexandraavg #33.3 · 10 yrs
  30. 30Jasmineavg #33.3 · 10 yrs
  31. 31Hayleyavg #33.4 · 10 yrs
  32. 32Melissaavg #36.2 · 10 yrs
  33. 33Ashleyavg #36.3 · 10 yrs
  34. 34Kaylaavg #36.6 · 10 yrs
  35. 35Elizabethavg #37.0 · 10 yrs
  36. 36Meganavg #37.1 · 10 yrs
  37. 37Chloeavg #37.3 · 8 yrs
  38. 38Chelseaavg #38.4 · 10 yrs
  39. 39Paigeavg #40.4 · 9 yrs
  40. 40Victoriaavg #40.8 · 10 yrs
  41. 41Lucyavg #41.2 · 10 yrs
  42. 42Shannonavg #41.9 · 10 yrs
  43. 43Brittanyavg #42.6 · 10 yrs
  44. 44Zoeavg #44.3 · 10 yrs
  45. 45Madisonavg #44.3 · 6 yrs
  46. 46Amberavg #45.6 · 10 yrs
  47. 47Tayloravg #45.7 · 6 yrs
  48. 48Mikaylaavg #47.3 · 6 yrs
  49. 49Aliceavg #47.6 · 10 yrs
  50. 50Reneeavg #47.7 · 10 yrs
  51. 51Jadeavg #47.9 · 10 yrs
  52. 52Ellaavg #48.3 · 6 yrs
  53. 53Katieavg #49.4 · 10 yrs
  54. 54Amandaavg #51.0 · 8 yrs
  55. 55Staceyavg #53.0 · 7 yrs
  56. 56Michaelaavg #53.1 · 7 yrs
  57. 57Claudiaavg #53.7 · 6 yrs
  58. 58Michelleavg #54.1 · 10 yrs
  59. 59Isabellaavg #54.6 · 5 yrs
  60. 60Lisaavg #56.6 · 8 yrs
  61. 61Aimeeavg #57.2 · 10 yrs
  62. 62Kellyavg #57.9 · 9 yrs
  63. 63Rubyavg #59.1 · 8 yrs
  64. 64Moniqueavg #59.3 · 10 yrs
  65. 65Tessaavg #60.6 · 10 yrs
  66. 66Kimberleyavg #61.1 · 8 yrs
  67. 67Nicolaavg #61.7 · 7 yrs
  68. 68Jessieavg #62.9 · 9 yrs
  69. 69Natalieavg #64.0 · 9 yrs
  70. 70Christinaavg #66.5 · 8 yrs
  71. 71Katherineavg #66.7 · 9 yrs
  72. 72Rebekahavg #66.9 · 10 yrs
  73. 73Gemmaavg #68.8 · 8 yrs
  74. 74Catherineavg #68.9 · 8 yrs
  75. 75Jordanavg #68.9 · 8 yrs
  76. 76Kelseyavg #69.2 · 9 yrs
  77. 77Jenniferavg #69.7 · 10 yrs
  78. 78Nikitaavg #70.9 · 10 yrs
  79. 79Rachaelavg #73.2 · 5 yrs
  80. 80Jamieavg #73.4 · 9 yrs
  81. 81Gabrielleavg #73.6 · 8 yrs
  82. 82Ameliaavg #74.9 · 10 yrs
  83. 83Toniavg #76.2 · 6 yrs
  84. 84Abigailavg #76.5 · 8 yrs
  85. 85Alanaavg #77.0 · 7 yrs
  86. 86Morganavg #77.6 · 9 yrs
  87. 87Kathrynavg #77.8 · 5 yrs
  88. 88Roseavg #78.2 · 6 yrs
  89. 89Cassandraavg #78.3 · 6 yrs
  90. 90Edenavg #79.2 · 5 yrs
  91. 91Cheyenneavg #79.4 · 5 yrs
  92. 92Caseyavg #80.5 · 8 yrs
  93. 93Crystalavg #81.6 · 7 yrs
  94. 94Juliaavg #81.6 · 8 yrs
  95. 95Mariaavg #82.4 · 9 yrs
  96. 96Vanessaavg #82.8 · 6 yrs
  97. 97Leahavg #83.3 · 9 yrs
  98. 98Melanieavg #84.6 · 5 yrs
  99. 99Erinavg #85.0 · 6 yrs
  100. 100Louiseavg #86.4 · 5 yrs

Boys' names

100 names, averaged across 10 published years in the 1990s

  1. 1Matthewavg #1.7 · 10 yrs
  2. 2Joshuaavg #2.9 · 10 yrs
  3. 3Danielavg #3.7 · 10 yrs
  4. 4Jamesavg #4.1 · 10 yrs
  5. 5Samuelavg #4.9 · 10 yrs
  6. 6Benjaminavg #7.2 · 10 yrs
  7. 7Michaelavg #7.6 · 10 yrs
  8. 8Thomasavg #8.8 · 10 yrs
  9. 9Jordanavg #11.4 · 10 yrs
  10. 10Nicholasavg #14.6 · 10 yrs
  11. 11Cameronavg #14.7 · 10 yrs
  12. 12Ryanavg #14.8 · 10 yrs
  13. 13Williamavg #15.2 · 10 yrs
  14. 14Jacobavg #18.2 · 10 yrs
  15. 15Lukeavg #18.6 · 10 yrs
  16. 16Andrewavg #19.0 · 10 yrs
  17. 17Christopheravg #19.4 · 10 yrs
  18. 18Dylanavg #19.7 · 10 yrs
  19. 19Liamavg #20.5 · 10 yrs
  20. 20Nathanavg #21.6 · 10 yrs
  21. 21Davidavg #22.1 · 10 yrs
  22. 22Josephavg #22.7 · 10 yrs
  23. 23Alexanderavg #23.6 · 10 yrs
  24. 24Jesseavg #27.3 · 10 yrs
  25. 25Ethanavg #27.4 · 10 yrs
  26. 26Jackavg #30.8 · 10 yrs
  27. 27Connoravg #32.5 · 8 yrs
  28. 28Seanavg #32.5 · 10 yrs
  29. 29Timothyavg #32.6 · 10 yrs
  30. 30Johnavg #33.3 · 10 yrs
  31. 31Mitchellavg #34.7 · 10 yrs
  32. 32Haydenavg #35.6 · 10 yrs
  33. 33Jonathanavg #36.4 · 10 yrs
  34. 34Loganavg #36.5 · 10 yrs
  35. 35Hamishavg #37.6 · 10 yrs
  36. 36Robertavg #37.7 · 10 yrs
  37. 37Aaronavg #37.8 · 10 yrs
  38. 38Scottavg #38.5 · 10 yrs
  39. 39Bradleyavg #38.6 · 10 yrs
  40. 40Adamavg #39.6 · 10 yrs
  41. 41Jamieavg #41.5 · 10 yrs
  42. 42Tyleravg #42.8 · 9 yrs
  43. 43Calebavg #43.1 · 10 yrs
  44. 44Jaydenavg #44.0 · 9 yrs
  45. 45Jasonavg #45.7 · 10 yrs
  46. 46Callumavg #47.1 · 10 yrs
  47. 47Georgeavg #47.1 · 10 yrs
  48. 48Anthonyavg #49.5 · 10 yrs
  49. 49Isaacavg #53.2 · 10 yrs
  50. 50Patrickavg #53.4 · 10 yrs
  51. 51Richardavg #53.9 · 10 yrs
  52. 52Oliveravg #54.6 · 10 yrs
  53. 53Shaunavg #54.8 · 10 yrs
  54. 54Simonavg #55.1 · 8 yrs
  55. 55Peteravg #55.9 · 10 yrs
  56. 56Brandonavg #56.1 · 8 yrs
  57. 57Harrisonavg #56.7 · 6 yrs
  58. 58Codyavg #56.7 · 10 yrs
  59. 59Tayloravg #56.9 · 8 yrs
  60. 60Markavg #57.0 · 9 yrs
  61. 61Stevenavg #60.1 · 8 yrs
  62. 62Joelavg #61.0 · 10 yrs
  63. 63Kyleavg #61.2 · 10 yrs
  64. 64Zacharyavg #61.6 · 10 yrs
  65. 65Jakeavg #62.5 · 8 yrs
  66. 66Samavg #64.4 · 10 yrs
  67. 67Jaredavg #65.2 · 10 yrs
  68. 68Alexavg #65.4 · 10 yrs
  69. 69Jacksonavg #67.1 · 7 yrs
  70. 70Stephenavg #68.3 · 8 yrs
  71. 71Blakeavg #69.0 · 7 yrs
  72. 72Paulavg #69.5 · 8 yrs
  73. 73Kieranavg #69.7 · 10 yrs
  74. 74Shaneavg #70.3 · 8 yrs
  75. 75Coreyavg #70.3 · 9 yrs
  76. 76Jeremyavg #71.4 · 10 yrs
  77. 77Henryavg #71.5 · 10 yrs
  78. 78Benavg #73.3 · 10 yrs
  79. 79Angusavg #74.0 · 5 yrs
  80. 80Troyavg #74.0 · 10 yrs
  81. 81Jarrodavg #75.0 · 7 yrs
  82. 82Mathewavg #76.4 · 9 yrs
  83. 83Reubenavg #76.5 · 8 yrs
  84. 84Leviavg #77.1 · 10 yrs
  85. 85Maxavg #77.3 · 7 yrs
  86. 86Harryavg #78.0 · 6 yrs
  87. 87Aidanavg #81.6 · 7 yrs
  88. 88Kaneavg #82.8 · 8 yrs
  89. 89Phillipavg #83.2 · 6 yrs
  90. 90Ashleyavg #83.6 · 5 yrs
  91. 91Karlavg #83.6 · 5 yrs
  92. 92Justinavg #84.1 · 9 yrs
  93. 93Vincentavg #84.3 · 7 yrs
  94. 94Edwardavg #84.5 · 8 yrs
  95. 95Reganavg #85.3 · 9 yrs
  96. 96Blairavg #85.7 · 6 yrs
  97. 97Rhysavg #85.9 · 7 yrs
  98. 98Campbellavg #86.2 · 5 yrs
  99. 99Zaneavg #86.6 · 7 yrs
  100. 100Trentavg #89.0 · 7 yrs