Names that peaked in New Zealand in the 2000s

Names whose highest recorded position in New Zealand's published list falls in the 2000s, with at least 3 recorded years on each side of that year.

Scoped to one registrar: NZ Department of Internal Affairs — Most Popular Baby Names. A name can be at its height here a generation before or after it is elsewhere, and this says only when it peaked in New Zealand — never when it peaked generally, which is not a thing any single source can show.

36 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

• Charlotte

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in New Zealand in 2006, across a record running 1974–2023.

• Ella

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in New Zealand in 2007, across a record running 1993–2023.

• Emma

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in New Zealand in 2003, across a record running 1969–2023.

• Jack

  Highest recorded position #1 among boys in New Zealand in 2005, across a record running 1988–2023.

• Sophie

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in New Zealand in 2008, across a record running 1984–2023.

• Benjamin

  Highest recorded position #3 among boys in New Zealand in 2003, across a record running 1970–2023.

• William

  Highest recorded position #3 among boys in New Zealand in 2008, across a record running 1954–2023.

• Isabella

  Highest recorded position #4 among girls in New Zealand in 2008, across a record running 1995–2023.

• Thomas

  Highest recorded position #4 among boys in New Zealand in 2001, across a record running 1954–2023.

• Ethan

  Highest recorded position #5 among boys in New Zealand in 2002, across a record running 1990–2023.

• Grace

  Highest recorded position #5 among girls in New Zealand in 2000, across a record running 1987–2023.

• Jacob

  Highest recorded position #6 among boys in New Zealand in 2003, across a record running 1977–2023.

• Riley

  Highest recorded position #6 among boys in New Zealand in 2008, across a record running 2000–2023.

• Ryan

  Highest recorded position #10 among boys in New Zealand in 2006, across a record running 1972–2023.

• Cameron

  Highest recorded position #11 among boys in New Zealand in 2000, across a record running 1970–2015.

• Paige

  Highest recorded position #11 among girls in New Zealand in 2005, across a record running 1991–2021.

• Lucy

  Highest recorded position #12 among girls in New Zealand in 2006, across a record running 1979–2023.

• Brooke

  Highest recorded position #13 among girls in New Zealand in 2001, across a record running 1986–2014.

• Jayden

  Highest recorded position #14 among boys in New Zealand in 2002, across a record running 1991–2023.

• Kate

  Highest recorded position #14 among girls in New Zealand in 2000, across a record running 1973–2014.

• Luke

  Highest recorded position #14 among boys in New Zealand in 2003, across a record running 1978–2023.

• Madison

  Highest recorded position #14 among girls in New Zealand in 2001, across a record running 1994–2023.

• Maia

  Highest recorded position #15 among girls in New Zealand in 2005, across a record running 1999–2023.

• Logan

  Highest recorded position #18 among boys in New Zealand in 2001, across a record running 1979–2023.

• Jade

  Highest recorded position #20 among girls in New Zealand in 2001, across a record running 1979–2015.

• Sienna

  Highest recorded position #23 among girls in New Zealand in 2009, across a record running 2005–2023.

• Jasmine

  Highest recorded position #24 among girls in New Zealand in 2001, across a record running 1980–2021.

• Alex

  Highest recorded position #27 among boys in New Zealand in 2004, across a record running 1987–2018.

• Callum

  Highest recorded position #27 among boys in New Zealand in 2000, across a record running 1988–2009.

• Maddison

  Highest recorded position #27 among girls in New Zealand in 2008, across a record running 1995–2023.

• Molly

  Highest recorded position #31 among girls in New Zealand in 2003, across a record running 1997–2023.

• Alyssa

  Highest recorded position #37 among girls in New Zealand in 2003, across a record running 1999–2013.

• Ben

  Highest recorded position #38 among boys in New Zealand in 2002, across a record running 1981–2011.

• Jake

  Highest recorded position #44 among boys in New Zealand in 2005, across a record running 1991–2017.

• Phoebe

  Highest recorded position #45 among girls in New Zealand in 2004, across a record running 1996–2023.

• Christian

  Highest recorded position #56 among boys in New Zealand in 2000, across a record running 1996–2013.