New Zealand Top Baby Names 2020

Rachel Stewart24 January 2021Last Updated: 24 December 2022

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The most popular New Zealand baby names 2020 for boys were Oliver, Noah, Leo, Jack and Lucas.

Hunter dropped out of the top 5 from the top Baby Names 2019 – sinking to number 12 and Lucas jumped up to claim this position rising from number 8 in 2019.

Otherwise the Oliver has kept the top spot since 2013. With Jack, Noah and Leo just swapping spots in positions 2, 3 & 4.

New Zealeand’s most popular girl baby names 2020 were Amelia, Charlotte, Isla, Olivia and Ruby.

Amelia bumped Charlotte out of number 1 from 2018 & 2019. Ruby climbed up an impressive 18 positions (from 23rd in 2019). Charlotte, Isla and Olivia have been jostling for position in the top 5 since 2016.

One of the trends for baby names 2020 in New Zealand include three letter names for girls. For example Ava, Mia, Zoe, Ivy, Eva and Ada. The three letter boys names were Leo, Max and Eli.

The double syllable names still represent the vast majority (144 names out of 200 top baby names New Zeland 2020) With the only single syllable girls names included Grace, Quinn, Rose.

The most popular four syllable girls names in New Zealand in 2020 were Amelia, Olivia, Isabella, Elizabeth, Penelope and Victoria.

And quite a few more three syllable girls names including Emily, Sophia, Evelyn, Aria, Matilda, Abigail, Sienna, Mackenzie, Maddison, Isabelle, Emilia, Sofia, Eleanor, Madison, Aaliyah, Harriet, Imogen, Kiara, Amaia, Addison, Jessica and Annabelle.

The single syllable boys names included Jack, George, James, Max, Finn, Beau, Luke, Blake, John, Charles and Flynn.

Three syllable boys names were Oliver, Theodore, Benjamin, Harrison, Joshua, Samuel, Xavier, Isaiah, Zachary, Gabriel and Elliot.

And the only four syllable boys names were Ezekiel, Alexander and depending on how you pronounce it – Sebastian. (Personally I mush it into Se-bas-chin but I am pretty sure it’s supposed to be four syllables)

Top 200 New Zealand Baby Names 2020

Rank	Girls Name	Total	Rank	Boys Name	Total
1	Amelia	255	1	Oliver	335
2	Charlotte	248	2	Noah	297
3	Isla	232	3	Leo	257
4	Olivia	225	4	Jack	251
5	Ruby	206	5	Lucas	247
6	Sophie	190	6	George	232
7	Harper	188	7	William	210
8	Mila	187	8	James	210
9	Willow	186	9	Thomas	202
10	Ava	185	10	Charlie	192
11	Grace	181	11	Arlo	180
12	Ella	179	12	Hunter	178
13	Emily	174	13	Liam	175
14	Isabella	171	14	Mason	175
15	Mia	167	15	Theodore	169
16	Zoe	161	16	Oscar	164
17	Chloe	151	17	Ethan	162
18	Hazel	151	18	Elijah	157
19	Lily	148	19	Lachlan	154
20	Lucy	147	20	Henry	149
21	Sophia	145	21	Max	145
22	Evelyn	132	22	Hudson	144
23	Aria	130	23	Cooper	143
24	Ivy	123	24	Alexander	140
25	Georgia	120	25	Luca	136
26	Matilda	111	26	Jackson	134
27	Emma	110	27	Jacob	131
28	Evie	105	28	Carter	129
29	Scarlett	102	29	Benjamin	127
30	Abigail	101	30	Levi	125
31	Thea	100	31	Archie	123
32	Freya	100	32	Finn	121
33	Riley	92	33	Harrison	121
34	Layla	92	34	Joshua	119
35	Sienna	89	35	Arthur	118
36	Maia	89	36	Isaac	117
37	Poppy	88	37	Samuel	116
38	Mackenzie	88	38	Harry	115
39	Millie	87	39	Beau	110
40	Zara	86	40	Hugo	110
41	Ellie	85	41	Lincoln	104
42	Indie	85	42	Ryan	104
43	Maddison	84	43	Caleb	101
44	Olive	84	44	Theo	101
45	Eva	84	45	Eli	100
46	Frankie	83	46	Asher	99
47	Ayla	82	47	Felix	99
48	Piper	81	48	Daniel	96
49	Alice	81	49	Luke	96
50	Violet	77	50	Logan	95
51	Luna	77	51	Archer	93
52	Bella	76	52	Ezra	92
53	Hannah	75	53	Riley	90
54	Isabelle	75	54	Joseph	90
55	Florence	72	55	Blake	87
56	Sadie	69	56	Harvey	86
57	Emilia	68	57	Jaxon	85
58	Elizabeth	68	58	Grayson	85
59	Sofia	68	59	Xavier	81
60	Stella	67	60	John	78
61	Eden	67	61	Louie	78
62	Aurora	67	62	Jayden	78
63	Phoebe	66	63	Jasper	77
64	Eleanor	64	64	Austin	75
65	Amber	62	65	Braxton	74
66	Penelope	61	66	Toby	73
67	Quinn	60	67	Connor	73
68	Jasmine	55	68	Ryder	73
69	Madison	55	69	Matthew	73
70	Aaliyah	53	70	Nathan	72
71	Summer	52	71	Roman	72
72	Harriet	52	72	Sebastian	72
73	Holly	51	73	Angus	70
74	Imogen	51	74	Jordan	70
75	Kiara	51	75	Louis	69
76	Cora	50	76	Edward	65
77	Elsie	50	77	Tyler	64
78	Billie	49	78	Adam	63
79	Amaia	49	79	Ashton	63
80	Nina	49	80	Luka	62
81	Addison	48	81	Zion	61
82	Leah	48	82	Wyatt	61
83	Maisie	48	83	Charles	60
84	Lilly	47	84	Bodhi	59
85	Jessica	46	85	Isaiah	59
86	Harlow	44	86	Ezekiel	59
87	Heidi	44	87	Dylan	59
88	Lola	44	88	Aiden	57
89	Rose	44	89	Michael	56
90	Annabelle	44	90	Zachary	53
91	Anna	44	91	Micah	51
92	Peyton	44	92	Harley	51
93	Charlie	43	93	Flynn	51
94	Daisy	43	94	Phoenix	50
95	Esther	43	95	Reuben	50
96	Victoria	42	96	Gabriel	49
97	Ada	42	97	Elliot	49
98	Marley	42	98	Nikau	48
99	Zoey	41	99	Leon	48
100	Sarah	41	100	David	48

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