Longest records in New Zealand

Names with the longest span of published records in New Zealand, at least 25 years from first to last.

Scoped to one registrar: NZ Department of Internal Affairs — Most Popular Baby Names. How far a record reaches is as much a fact about when that registrar started publishing as about the name, which is why this is never compared against another country's span.

60 names, selected from the 2,577 names in the catalogue with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon). Based on official statistics from national registrars. Data sources · Methodology

Source: NZ Department of Internal Affairs · All New Zealand names

• Alexander

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2023 (62 years of data).

• Arthur

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2023 (16 years of data).

• Daniel

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2023 (69 years of data).

• Edward

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2023 (62 years of data).

• Elizabeth

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1954 to 2023 (70 years of data).

• George

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2023 (70 years of data).

• Henry

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2023 (41 years of data).

• James

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2023 (70 years of data).

• Joseph

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2023 (70 years of data).

• Thomas

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2023 (70 years of data).

• William

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2023 (70 years of data).

• Michael

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2022 (70 years of data).

• John

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2021 (68 years of data).

• David

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2020 (67 years of data).

• Patrick

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2020 (64 years of data).

• Anna

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1956 to 2021 (63 years of data).

• Matthew

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1958 to 2023 (65 years of data).

• Victoria

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1956 to 2019 (50 years of data).

• Maria

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1954 to 2016 (56 years of data).

• Sarah

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1958 to 2019 (62 years of data).

• Andrew

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2013 (58 years of data).

• Claire

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1954 to 2013 (34 years of data).

• Adam

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1965 to 2023 (59 years of data).

• Christopher

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2012 (58 years of data).

• Robert

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2012 (58 years of data).

• Nicholas

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2011 (58 years of data).

• Jonathan

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1957 to 2013 (51 years of data).

• Samuel

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1967 to 2023 (54 years of data).

• Emma

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1969 to 2023 (55 years of data).

• Nathan

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1969 to 2023 (54 years of data).

• Benjamin

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1970 to 2023 (54 years of data).

• Peter

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2007 (51 years of data).

• Anthony

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2005 (52 years of data).

• Ryan

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1972 to 2023 (52 years of data).

• Stephanie

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1954 to 2005 (47 years of data).

• Timothy

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2005 (52 years of data).

• Aaron

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1966 to 2016 (49 years of data).

• Leon

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1973 to 2023 (20 years of data).

• Charlotte

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1974 to 2023 (50 years of data).

• Jennifer

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1954 to 2003 (49 years of data).

• Joshua

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1974 to 2023 (50 years of data).

• Natalie

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1965 to 2014 (42 years of data).

• Christina

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1954 to 2002 (37 years of data).

• Emily

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1975 to 2023 (49 years of data).

• Catherine

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1954 to 2001 (45 years of data).

• Heidi

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1975 to 2022 (10 years of data).

• Jacob

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1977 to 2023 (45 years of data).

• Katherine

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1955 to 2001 (41 years of data).

• Leah

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1976 to 2022 (36 years of data).

• Mark

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 2000 (46 years of data).

• Olivia

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1977 to 2023 (47 years of data).

• Cameron

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1970 to 2015 (46 years of data).

• Hamish

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1964 to 2009 (45 years of data).

• Hannah

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1978 to 2023 (46 years of data).

• Kevin

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 1999 (39 years of data).

• Luke

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1978 to 2023 (46 years of data).

• Rebecca

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1966 to 2011 (46 years of data).

• Richard

  Recorded among boys in New Zealand from 1954 to 1999 (46 years of data).

• Alice

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1979 to 2023 (45 years of data).

• Angela

  Recorded among girls in New Zealand from 1954 to 1998 (40 years of data).