Births - Top 350 baby names by sex 1848–2018

This dataset does not include names of people born overseas whose birth was not registered in New Zealand.
As first and middle names are recorded in the system together, the first name has been split off from middle names by looking for the first space in the name. This means there may be names not correctly listed.

Records with no first name details have been excluded from this dataset.
Registrations with a sex other than Male or Female (e.g. indeterminate or not recorded) are excluded.

Select "Top 350 names for Male and Female birth registration since 1848".xlsx file
Figure.NZ reorganised the data structure to allow for better data visualisation.

This dataset represents the top 350 male and female first names based on births registered in New Zealand since official records began in 1848