Names that peaked in New Zealand in the 2010s

Names whose highest recorded position in New Zealand's published list falls in the 2010s, 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.

46 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

• Amelia

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in New Zealand in 2019, across a record running 1986–2023.

• Liam

  Highest recorded position #1 among boys in New Zealand in 2010, across a record running 1986–2023.

• Oliver

  Highest recorded position #1 among boys in New Zealand in 2013, across a record running 1983–2023.

• Olivia

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in New Zealand in 2012, across a record running 1977–2023.

• Ruby

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in New Zealand in 2011, across a record running 1992–2023.

• Emily

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in New Zealand in 2013, across a record running 1975–2023.

• Harper

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in New Zealand in 2017, across a record running 2012–2023.

• Leo

  Highest recorded position #3 among boys in New Zealand in 2019, across a record running 2003–2023.

• Lucas

  Highest recorded position #4 among boys in New Zealand in 2011, across a record running 2001–2023.

• Mason

  Highest recorded position #4 among boys in New Zealand in 2014, across a record running 2000–2023.

• Ava

  Highest recorded position #5 among girls in New Zealand in 2017, across a record running 2003–2023.

• Hunter

  Highest recorded position #5 among boys in New Zealand in 2017, across a record running 1999–2023.

• Mia

  Highest recorded position #7 among girls in New Zealand in 2017, across a record running 2001–2023.

• Chloe

  Highest recorded position #8 among girls in New Zealand in 2010, across a record running 1986–2023.

• Sophia

  Highest recorded position #9 among girls in New Zealand in 2012, across a record running 1995–2023.

• Arlo

  Highest recorded position #10 among boys in New Zealand in 2017, across a record running 2013–2023.

• Max

  Highest recorded position #10 among boys in New Zealand in 2016, across a record running 1992–2023.

• Aria

  Highest recorded position #11 among girls in New Zealand in 2018, across a record running 2007–2023.

• Zoe

  Highest recorded position #11 among girls in New Zealand in 2010, across a record running 1988–2023.

• Cooper

  Highest recorded position #12 among boys in New Zealand in 2012, across a record running 2006–2023.

• Alexander

  Highest recorded position #13 among boys in New Zealand in 2014, across a record running 1954–2023.

• Lachlan

  Highest recorded position #13 among boys in New Zealand in 2018, across a record running 1997–2023.

• Blake

  Highest recorded position #14 among boys in New Zealand in 2012, across a record running 1993–2023.

• Isaac

  Highest recorded position #17 among boys in New Zealand in 2010, across a record running 1981–2023.

• Eva

  Highest recorded position #19 among girls in New Zealand in 2012, across a record running 2002–2023.

• Tyler

  Highest recorded position #19 among boys in New Zealand in 2010, across a record running 1991–2021.

• Carter

  Highest recorded position #21 among boys in New Zealand in 2015, across a record running 2006–2023.

• Jackson

  Highest recorded position #21 among boys in New Zealand in 2014, across a record running 1993–2023.

• Harry

  Highest recorded position #22 among boys in New Zealand in 2018, across a record running 1994–2023.

• Levi

  Highest recorded position #22 among boys in New Zealand in 2014, across a record running 1990–2023.

• Scarlett

  Highest recorded position #23 among girls in New Zealand in 2015, across a record running 2005–2023.

• Isabelle

  Highest recorded position #27 among girls in New Zealand in 2015, across a record running 2002–2023.

• Evie

  Highest recorded position #28 among girls in New Zealand in 2019, across a record running 2012–2023.

• Harrison

  Highest recorded position #28 among boys in New Zealand in 2018, across a record running 1994–2023.

• Summer

  Highest recorded position #28 among girls in New Zealand in 2011, across a record running 1996–2023.

• Xavier

  Highest recorded position #29 among boys in New Zealand in 2010, across a record running 1999–2022.

• Abigail

  Highest recorded position #30 among girls in New Zealand in 2010, across a record running 1991–2023.

• Alice

  Highest recorded position #31 among girls in New Zealand in 2018, across a record running 1979–2023.

• Thea

  Highest recorded position #31 among girls in New Zealand in 2019, across a record running 2014–2023.

• Zara

  Highest recorded position #32 among girls in New Zealand in 2013, across a record running 1999–2023.

• Leah

  Highest recorded position #39 among girls in New Zealand in 2012, across a record running 1976–2022.

• Sofia

  Highest recorded position #47 among girls in New Zealand in 2011, across a record running 2008–2023.

• Sebastian

  Highest recorded position #52 among boys in New Zealand in 2018, across a record running 2002–2023.

• Nina

  Highest recorded position #63 among girls in New Zealand in 2014, across a record running 2011–2022.

• Lola

  Highest recorded position #74 among girls in New Zealand in 2016, across a record running 2009–2022.

• Marcus

  Highest recorded position #78 among boys in New Zealand in 2010, across a record running 1971–2014.