Names that reached the top fifty in New Zealand

Names that reached the top 50 of New Zealand's published list, but never its top 10.

Scoped to one registrar: NZ Department of Internal Affairs — Most Popular Baby Names. Excluding the top ten keeps this from repeating that grouping — these are the names that got close to the front of New Zealand's list without ever leading it.

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

• Anthony

  Reached #11 among boys in New Zealand in 1959, across a record running 1954–2005.

• Aria

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

• Arthur

  Reached #11 among boys in New Zealand in 2023, across a record running 1954–2023.

• Cameron

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

• Connor

  Reached #11 among boys in New Zealand in 1999, across a record running 1992–2022.

• Elijah

  Reached #11 among boys in New Zealand in 2020, across a record running 1997–2023.

• Jacqueline

  Reached #11 among girls in New Zealand in 1964, across a record running 1954–1986.

• Lynette

  Reached #11 among girls in New Zealand in 1954, across a record running 1954–1970.

• Oscar

  Reached #11 among boys in New Zealand in 2022, across a record running 1998–2023.

• Paige

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

• Stephanie

  Reached #11 among girls in New Zealand in 1991, across a record running 1954–2005.

• Tracy

  Reached #11 among girls in New Zealand in 1970, across a record running 1961–1985.

• Zoe

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

• Caleb

  Reached #12 among boys in New Zealand in 1999, across a record running 1982–2023.

• Cooper

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

• Evelyn

  Reached #12 among girls in New Zealand in 2023, across a record running 2011–2023.

• Helen

  Reached #12 among girls in New Zealand in 1958, across a record running 1954–1990.

• Jenna

  Reached #12 among girls in New Zealand in 1985, across a record running 1983–2004.

• Kylie

  Reached #12 among girls in New Zealand in 1975, across a record running 1972–1990.

• Lucy

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

• Scott

  Reached #12 among boys in New Zealand in 1977, across a record running 1960–2002.

• Shane

  Reached #12 among boys in New Zealand in 1968, across a record running 1955–1998.

• Simon

  Reached #12 among boys in New Zealand in 1976, across a record running 1954–1997.

• Adam

  Reached #13 among boys in New Zealand in 1986, across a record running 1965–2023.

• Alexander

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

• Anne

  Reached #13 among girls in New Zealand in 1954, across a record running 1954–1972.

• Brooke

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

• Darren

  Reached #13 among boys in New Zealand in 1965, across a record running 1964–1982.

• Dean

  Reached #13 among boys in New Zealand in 1967, across a record running 1956–1991.

• Grant

  Reached #13 among boys in New Zealand in 1964, across a record running 1954–1987.

• Lachlan

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

• Tayla

  Reached #13 among girls in New Zealand in 1999, across a record running 1994–2011.

• Blake

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

• Brittany

  Reached #14 among girls in New Zealand in 1997, across a record running 1990–2000.

• Fiona

  Reached #14 among girls in New Zealand in 1969, across a record running 1955–1987.

• Hayley

  Reached #14 among girls in New Zealand in 1990, across a record running 1973–2016.

• Jayden

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

• Kate

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

• Luke

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

• Madison

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

• Nathan

  Reached #14 among boys in New Zealand in 1995, across a record running 1969–2023.

• Wayne

  Reached #14 among boys in New Zealand in 1959, across a record running 1954–1984.

• Alan

  Reached #15 among boys in New Zealand in 1954, across a record running 1954–1988.

• Andrea

  Reached #15 among girls in New Zealand in 1975, across a record running 1957–1988.

• Bruce

  Reached #15 among boys in New Zealand in 1955, across a record running 1954–1980.

• Heather

  Reached #15 among girls in New Zealand in 1955, across a record running 1954–1983.

• Jonathan

  Reached #15 among boys in New Zealand in 1982, across a record running 1957–2013.

• Maia

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

• Paula

  Reached #15 among girls in New Zealand in 1970, across a record running 1954–1984.

• Stacey

  Reached #15 among girls in New Zealand in 1984, across a record running 1973–1996.

• Steven

  Reached #15 among boys in New Zealand in 1967, across a record running 1954–1997.

• Vanessa

  Reached #15 among girls in New Zealand in 1973, across a record running 1967–1995.

• Catherine

  Reached #16 among girls in New Zealand in 1963, across a record running 1954–2001.

• Diane

  Reached #16 among girls in New Zealand in 1954, across a record running 1954–1973.

• Gregory

  Reached #16 among boys in New Zealand in 1960, across a record running 1954–1988.

• Holly

  Reached #16 among girls in New Zealand in 1994, across a record running 1983–2020.

• Katrina

  Reached #16 among girls in New Zealand in 1975, across a record running 1965–1990.

• Murray

  Reached #16 among boys in New Zealand in 1955, across a record running 1954–1973.

• Natalie

  Reached #16 among girls in New Zealand in 1984, across a record running 1965–2014.

• Archie

  Reached #17 among boys in New Zealand in 2022, across a record running 2008–2023.