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Popular baby names (and Maori baby names) in New Zealand, 2024

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Flag of New Zealand

Last year, the island nation of New Zealand welcomed a total of 59,199 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Isla and Noah.

Here are New Zealand’s top 50+ girl names and top 50 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Isla, 190 baby girls
  2. Amelia, 183
  3. Charlotte, 173
  4. Lily, 158
  5. Isabella, 155
  6. Olivia, 154
  7. Hazel, 144
  8. Harper, 141
  9. Mia, 137
  10. Mila, 133
  11. Ava, 129 (tie)
  12. Ruby, 129 (tie)
  13. Sophie, 128
  14. Grace, 120
  15. Chloe, 114
  16. Ella, 113
  17. Aria, 112
  18. Willow, 107 (tie)
  19. Zoe, 107 (tie)
  20. Evelyn, 105 (tie)
  21. Millie, 105 (tie)
  22. Violet, 103
  23. Sophia, 102
  24. Daisy, 101
  25. Freya, 97
  26. Lucy, 96
  27. Ivy, 94
  28. Sienna, 92
  29. Emily, 91
  30. Amaia, 89 (tie)
  31. Matilda, 89 (tie)
  32. Olive, 88
  33. Margot, 87
  34. Kaia, 85 (tie)
  35. Maeve, 85 (tie)
  36. Ellie, 82
  37. Billie, 81 (tie)
  38. Layla, 81 (tie)
  39. Frankie, 80
  40. Stella, 79
  41. Georgia, 78 (tie)
  42. Sadie, 78 (tie)
  43. Maia, 77 (tie)
  44. Sofia, 77 (tie)
  45. Aurora, 74 (tie)
  46. Elsie, 74 (tie)
  47. Penelope, 72 (tie)
  48. Poppy, 72 (tie)
  49. Luna, 71
  50. Eden, 70 (3-way tie)
  51. Florence, 70 (3-way tie)
  52. Riley, 70 (3-way tie)

Boy names

  1. Noah, 250 baby boys
  2. Oliver, 228
  3. Leo, 202
  4. George, 198 (tie)
  5. Jack, 198 (tie)
  6. Luca, 192
  7. Theodore, 189
  8. Elijah, 159
  9. Theo, 158
  10. Arthur, 152
  11. Charlie, 149
  12. James, 141
  13. Lucas, 137
  14. Henry, 135
  15. Arlo, 132 (3-way tie)
  16. Hudson, 132 (3-way tie)
  17. William, 132 (3-way tie)
  18. Archie, 131
  19. Lachlan, 121
  20. Cooper, 116
  21. Ezra, 114 (tie)
  22. Finn, 114 (tie)
  23. Liam, 113 (tie)
  24. Thomas, 113 (tie)
  25. Ethan, 106 (4-way tie)
  26. Hugo, 106 (4-way tie)
  27. Levi, 106 (4-way tie)
  28. Oscar, 106 (4-way tie)
  29. Hunter, 105
  30. Max, 101
  31. Carter, 98 (tie)
  32. Louie, 98 (tie)
  33. Mason, 97
  34. Felix, 94
  35. Asher, 93
  36. Archer, 87 (3-way tie)
  37. Austin, 87 (3-way tie)
  38. Daniel, 87 (3-way tie)
  39. Beau, 85 (tie)
  40. Luke, 85 (tie)
  41. Benjamin, 84
  42. Alexander, 82
  43. Luka, 79 (tie)
  44. Roman, 79 (tie)
  45. Jasper, 78
  46. Elias, 77
  47. Riley, 76
  48. Joseph, 74
  49. Harvey, 72
  50. Louis, 71

The girls’ top 100 included Mackenzie (66th), Asees (80th), Arabella (89th), and Esther (92nd).

The boys’ top 100 included Zorawar (55th), Oakley (59th), Atlas (78th), and Bodhi (97th).

And what about Maori names specifically?

The top Maori baby names in New Zealand in 2024 — just like in 2023, and 2022 — were Aroha/Te Aroha for girls and Ariki/Te Ariki for boys.

Here are New Zealand’s top 10 Maori girl names and top 10 Maori boy names:

Maori girl names

  1. Aroha/Te Aroha, 173 baby girls
  2. Maia/Te Maia, 137
  3. Moana/Te Moana, 84
  4. Anahera/Te Anahera, 66
  5. Atarangi/Te Atarangi, 60
  6. Manaia, 58
  7. Rangimarie/Te Rangimarie, 54
  8. Rangi/Te Rangi, 49
  9. Marama/Te Marama, 48
  10. Tui, 45

Maori boy names

  1. Ariki/Te Ariki, 137 baby boys
  2. Wiremu, 100
  3. Koa, 76
  4. Mikaere, 74
  5. Rangi/Te Rangi, 70
  6. Nikau, 68
  7. Rawiri, 65
  8. Kiwa, 55
  9. Kahurangi/Te Kahurangi, 52
  10. Manaaki, 51

(Please note that I’ve simplified these lists a bit, because Maori names/words that contain macrons don’t render properly on my site.)

Interestingly, the Maori rankings don’t cover the calendar year 2024, like New Zealand’s national rankings do. Instead, they cover births from July 1, 2024, to June 18, 2025. These dates coincide with Matariki, a.k.a. Maori New Year.

Sources: Top Baby Names – New Zealand Government, Top baby names for 2024 – Beehive.govt.nz, Aroha/Te Aroha and Ariki/Te Ariki top Maori baby names of 2024/2025 – dia.govt.nz

Image: Adapted from Flag of New Zealand (public domain)

Popular baby names in Yukon (Canada), 2016-2020

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Flag of Yukon

From 2016 to 2020, the Canadian territory of Yukon (which shares a border with the U.S. state of Alaska) welcomed 2,023 babies.

The baby girls were given a total of 677 different names (522 of which were used only once), while the baby boys were given a total of 601 different names (418 of which were used only once).

What were the most popular names overall? Ava and Henry.

Here are Yukon’s top girl names and top boy names for the five-year period (2016-2020):

Girl names

  1. Ava, 13 baby girls
  2. Lily, 10
  3. Olivia, 9
  4. Charlotte and Isla, 8 each [tie]
  5. Eleanor, 7
  6. Alice, Amelia, Anna, Aurora, Emma, Evelyn, Freya, Grace, Hazel, and Sadie, 6 each [10-way tie]

Boy names

  1. Henry, 11 baby boys
  2. Carter, Jacob, Mason, and Thomas, 9 each [4-way tie]
  3. Liam, Owen, and Theodore, 8 [3-way tie]
  4. Benjamin, Charles, Hunter, Jack, James, Oliver, and Wyatt, 7 each [7-way tie]
  5. Alexander, Asher, Austin, Isaac, Jasper, Lucas, Noah, Rowan, and William, 6 each [9-way tie]

During the previous five-year period, from 2011 to 2015, the top names in Yukon were Ava and Liam.

P.S. According to the CBC, Yukon’s top names in 2019 specifically were Ava/Isla/Livia/Quinn (a four-way tie) and Henry.

Source: Baby Names in Yukon, 2016-2020 – Yukon Bureau of Statistics

Image: Adapted from Flag of Yukon (public domain)

Popular baby names in Virginia, 2024

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Flag of Virginia

Last year, the Commonwealth of Virginia welcomed roughly 94,443 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Charlotte and Liam, according to the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Vital Records.

Here are Virginia’s top 15 girl names and top 15 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Charlotte
  2. Olivia
  3. Emma
  4. Sophia
  5. Amelia
  6. Isabella
  7. Mia
  8. Ava
  9. Eleanor
  10. Evelyn
  11. Harper
  12. Elizabeth
  13. Sofia
  14. Abigail
  15. Aurora

Boy names

  1. Liam
  2. Noah
  3. James
  4. Oliver
  5. William
  6. Henry
  7. Theodore
  8. Lucas
  9. Elijah
  10. John
  11. Levi
  12. Ethan
  13. Dylan
  14. Benjamin
  15. Michael

The state also revealed the top names within each of its four largest ethnic groups: White, Black, Hispanic and Asian. (According to the most recent CDC data, 53.1% of Virginia’s babies were born to non-Hispanic White mothers, 19.0% to Black mothers, 17.5% to Hispanic mothers, and 7.4% to Asian mothers.)

These were the top 5 girl names and 5 boy names among Virginia’s White babies:

Girl names, WhiteBoy names, White
1. Charlotte
2. Olivia
3. Eleanor
4. Amelia
5. Emma		1. James
2. William
3. Oliver
4. Henry
5. Theodore

These were the top 5 girl names and 5 boy names among Virginia’s Black babies:

Girl names, BlackBoy names, Black
1. Nova
2. Naomi
3. Ava
4. Brielle
5. Zuri		1. Noah
2. Amir
3. Josiah
4. Elijah
5. Ezra

These were the top 5 girl names and 5 boy names among Virginia’s Hispanic babies:

Girl names, HispanicBoy names, Hispanic
1. Mia
2. Isabella
3. Sofia
4. Genesis
5. Camila		1. Liam
2. Dylan
3. Matteo
4. Noah
5. Thiago

And these were the top 5 girl names and 5 boy names among Virginia’s Asian babies:

Girl names, AsianBoy names, Asian
1. Sophia
2. Emma
3. Olivia
4. Chloe
5. Eliana		1. Noah
2. Muhammad
3. Henry
4. Lucas
5. Ethan

Finally, here’s a link to Virginia’s 2023 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Virginia (public domain)

Top names for baby boys, length by length, in 2024

Lengths of baby boy names in 2024 (U.S.)

The most common length for baby boy names last year was 6 letters (used 29.4% of the time), followed by 5 letters (26.5%) and 4 letters (17.4%).

What were the most popular boy names of 2024 within each length group?

Top boy names with 2 letters:

  1. Bo
  2. Ty
  3. Om
  4. Aj
  5. Cy

Top boy names with 3 letters:

  1. Leo
  2. Ian
  3. Kai
  4. Eli
  5. Ace

Top boy names with 4 letters:

  1. Liam
  2. Noah
  3. Levi
  4. Ezra
  5. Jack

Top boy names with 5 letters:

  1. James
  2. Henry
  3. Mateo
  4. Lucas
  5. Ethan

Top boy names with 6 letters:

  1. Oliver
  2. Elijah
  3. Daniel
  4. Samuel
  5. Hudson

Top boy names with 7 letters:

  1. William
  2. Michael
  3. Matthew
  4. Jackson
  5. Gabriel

Top boy names with 8 letters:

  1. Theodore
  2. Benjamin
  3. Santiago
  4. Maverick
  5. Jonathan

Top boy names with 9 letters:

  1. Sebastian
  2. Alexander
  3. Christian
  4. Nathaniel
  5. Alejandro

Top boy names with 10 letters:

  1. Alessandro
  2. Maximilian
  3. Montgomery
  4. Kristopher
  5. Cristopher

Top boy names with 11 letters:

  1. Christopher
  2. Maximiliano
  3. Muhammadali
  4. Constantine
  5. Abdulrahman

Top boy names with 12 letters:

  1. Michelangelo
  2. Konstantinos
  3. Muhammadamin
  4. Maximilliano
  5. Massimiliano (tied with #6)

Top boy names with 13 letters:

  1. Muhammadyusuf
  2. Michaelangelo
  3. Kamsiyochukwu
  4. Muhammadsodiq
  5. Muhammadyasin (part of a 5-way tie)

(There weren’t enough 14-letter or 15-letter names to create a top-5 list for either group.)

Source: SSA