New Zealand Top Baby Names 2018

Rachel Stewart12 February 2019Last Updated: 24 December 2022

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The most popular New Zealand baby names 2018 for boys were Oliver, Jack, Noah, William and Hunter.

Oliver and Jack haven’t moved from the top spots since 2013. Hunter and Noad snuck up from positions 6 and 7 to push out Mason and James from the top 5.

New Zealeand’s most popular girl baby names 2018 were Charlotte, Harper, Isla, Olivia and Ava.

The top four names are all the same from the previous year with a bit of position switching. Ava replaced Ella at number 5, coming up from number 9 in 2017.

Some of boys names that dropped off the top 100 baby names Zealand from last year are Fletcher, Aaron and Zion. And new names to join the top 100 include Cohen, Reuben and Wyatt.

And some of the 2017 girls names that didn’t make the list this year included Ariana, Elsie and Lucia. Some of the names joining the list in 2018 were Skylar, Amaia and Maya.

Top 200 New Zealand Baby Names 2018

Rank	Girls Name	Girls Named in 2017	Rank	Boys Name	Boys Named in 2017
1	Charlotte	277	1	Oliver	314
2	Harper	236	2	Jack	284
3	Isla	232	3	Noah	257
4	Olivia	225	4	William	251
5	Ava	217	5	Hunter	245
6	Amelia	215	6	James	242
7	Mia	205	7	George	234
8	Mila	201	8	Mason	230
9	Sophie	197	9	Lucas	227
10	Emily	190	10	Arlo	194
11	Isabella	185	11	Leo	193
12	Ella	185	12	Liam	188
13	Lucy	169	13	Max	186
14	Ruby	163	14	Thomas	182
15	Lily	161	15	Charlie	181
16	Chloe	159	16	Cooper	172
17	Zoe	157	17	Benjamin	164
18	Emma	156	18	Elijah	159
19	Grace	152	19	Henry	154
20	Aria	147	20	Joshua	153
21	Willow	136	21	Lachlan	153
22	Georgia	134	22	Oscar	150
23	Sophia	130	23	Ethan	148
24	Evelyn	129	24	Alexander	147
25	Hazel	125	25	Samuel	146
26	Eva	117	26	Carter	145
27	Scarlett	114	27	Jacob	143
28	Ivy	104	28	Jackson	139
29	Indie	99	29	Finn	134
30	Madison	97	30	Isaac	128
31	Isabelle	96	31	Daniel	128
32	Alice	96	32	Theodore	126
33	Matilda	95	33	Luke	119
34	Mackenzie	94	34	Harrison	118
35	Evie	94	35	Harry	116
36	Thea	93	36	Blake	116
37	Zara	92	37	Levi	115
38	Hannah	92	38	Archie	115
39	Stella	90	39	Eli	109
40	Layla	87	40	Ryan	108
41	Ayla	85	41	Riley	107
42	Sienna	84	42	Lincoln	105
43	Paige	84	43	Logan	101
44	Maddison	83	44	Luca	98
45	Millie	82	45	Austin	98
46	Bella	81	46	Archer	97
47	Poppy	79	47	Hugo	96
48	Frankie	76	48	Xavier	95
49	Riley	75	49	Theo	95
50	Maia	75	50	Caleb	95
51	Florence	75	51	Joseph	93
52	Piper	74	52	Aiden	93
53	Phoebe	74	53	Jordan	91
54	Abigail	74	54	Connor	90
55	Eden	69	55	Beau	88
56	Freya	68	56	Ezra	88
57	Addison	68	57	Michael	86
58	Ellie	66	58	Toby	84
59	Quinn	65	59	Jayden	84
60	Olive	65	60	Hudson	84
61	Sofia	63	61	Nathan	82
62	Violet	62	62	Felix	79
63	Lilly	61	63	Harvey	79
64	Sadie	58	64	Edward	79
65	Pippa	58	65	Ryder	78
66	Penelope	58	66	Zachary	78
67	Aurora	58	67	Braxton	78
68	Jasmine	56	68	Flynn	75
69	Aaliyah	56	69	Dylan	75
70	Peyton	55	70	Asher	74
71	Victoria	53	71	Ashton	74
72	Summer	53	72	Arthur	74
73	Zoey	53	73	Sebastian	73
74	Luna	53	74	Jaxon	73
75	Charlie	53	75	Beauden	70
76	Rose	52	76	Charles	70
77	Leah	52	77	Bodhi	70
78	Keira	52	78	Grayson	69
79	Eleanor	52	79	Tyler	68
80	Anna	52	80	John	68
81	Jessica	51	81	Matthew	66
82	Emilia	51	82	Gabriel	64
83	Elizabeth	51	83	David	64
84	Harriet	51	84	Patrick	63
85	Molly	47	85	Leon	62
86	Heidi	46	86	Kingston	62
87	Amaia	45	87	Reuben	61
88	Nina	44	88	Phoenix	60
89	Amber	44	89	Angus	60
90	Annabelle	44	90	Louis	59
91	Maya	43	91	Owen	59
92	Lola	43	92	Jasper	59
93	Brooklyn	43	93	Wyatt	58
94	Sarah	42	94	Roman	55
95	Arabella	42	95	Nixon	54
96	Skylar	41	96	Jake	53
97	Madeline	41	97	Adam	53
98	Faith	41	98	Spencer	52
99	Holly	41	99	Jesse	52
100	Clara	41	100	Cohen	52

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