GIRLS
Similar Level of Popularity (within 10 places of each other)
Abigail, Addison, Alexis, Alice, Amelia, Anna, Annabelle, Ava, Charlotte, Chloe, Elizabeth, Ella, Ellie, Emily, Emma, Eva, Grace, Hannah, Hayley, Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle, Isla, Jessica, Lauren, Lily, Lucy, Madison, Mia, Mikayla, Mila, Olivia, Poppy, Ruby, Sarah, Scarlett, Sofia, Sophia, Sophie, Willow, Zara, Zoe
More Popular in Australia (11-40 places higher)
Alexandra, Alyssa, Amy, Evelyn, Ivy, Kayla, Layla, Lilly, Lola, Mackenzie, Maddison, Phoebe, Piper, Rose, Sienna, Summer, Violet
Much More Popular in Australia (more than 40 places higher)
Evie, Matilda, Maya
More Popular in New Zealand (11-40 places higher)
Aaliyah, Amber, Bella, Eden, Georgia, Holly, Jade, Jasmine, Molly, Olive, Paige, Samantha, Stella
Much More Popular in New Zealand (more than 40 places higher)
Aria, Leah
Not on New Zealand Girls Top 100
Amelie, Angelina, Audrey, Caitlin, Charlie, Chelsea, Claire, Ebony, Eliza, Elise, Eloise, Eve, Gabriella, Heidi, Imogen, Indiana, Josephine, Lacey, Lara, Lillian, Madeleine, Mariam, Milla, Savannah, Skye, Tahlia, Victoria
Not on Australian Girls Top 100
Ashley, Ayla, Brooklyn, Daisy, Faith, Hazel, Indie, Kate, Keira, Khloe, Lucia, Maia, Maria, Millie, Nevaeh, Nina, Peyton, Pippa, Riley, Skyla, Taylor
BOYS
Similar Level of Popularity (within 10 places of each other)
Alexander, Angus, Ashton, Benjamin, Braxton, Charlie, Christopher, Cooper, Dominic, Dylan, Edward, Eli, Ethan, Harry, Hugo, Hunter, Isaac, Jack, Jackson, Jacob, James, Jasper, Jordan, Joshua, Levi, Liam, Logan, Lucas, Mason, Max, Michael, Noah, Oliver, Oscar, Ryan, Samuel, Tyler, William, Zac, Zachary
More Popular in Australia (11-40 places higher)
Adam, Aidan, Aiden, Archie, Beau, Flynn, Harrison, Hayden, Henry, Jake, Jaxon, Lachlan, Lincoln, Marcus, Riley, Thomas, Xavier
Much More Popular in Australia (more than 40 places higher)
Nate, Patrick, Sebastian
More Popular in New Zealand (11-40 places higher)
Alex, Austin, Blake, Caleb, Cameron, Charles, Connor, Daniel, David, Finn, Jayden, Joseph, Leo, Luca, Matthew, Nathan, Ryder, Toby
Much More Popular in New Zealand (more than 40 places higher)
George, John
Not on New Zealand Boys Top 100
Ali, Andrew, Anthony, Archer, Bailey, Callum, Chase, Christian, Darcy, Declan, Gabriel, Hamish, Hudson, Jesse, Jonathan, Kai, Luke, Mitchell, Muhammad, Nicholas, Owen
Not on Australian Boys Top 100
Aaron, Asher, Carter, Felix, Fletcher, Israel, Joel, Kayden, Kingston, Leon, Louis, Nathaniel, Phoenix, Quinn, Robert, Sam, Tyson, Zion
Australia shares 77 Top 100 girls name with New Zealand, with 42 of them at a similar level of popularity, and 80 Top 100 boys names, with 40 at a similar level of popularity. That is very close – close enough that I think it would be fair to talk about Trans-Tasman name trends.
However, even with this harmony between us and our Antipodean cousins, it’s interesting to see that we each have our own particular likes and dislikes of certain names. We have hung stubbornly on to names that New Zealand has tired of, and vice versa, and they have their favourite names which are rare here, and vice versa, but in general I would say that New Zealand is slightly ahead of the trends – probably due to their much smaller population size.
Discussion of New Zealand names often seems to focus on “wacky” names, and name laws, so I think there could be closer examination of their popular names.
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It seems NZ likes more trendy names like Nevaeh, Khloe and Phoenix. As well some more classic names like George and John
Yes there’s a strong trend towards English-style names, and also one toward some of the American names we haven’t picked up on – as a result, they’re a bit ahead of us on both trends.
I think Nevaeh might be due to their larger Polynesian population – and I’m sure Israel is.
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