{"id":225207,"date":"2026-01-09T15:47:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/225207\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:47:37","slug":"new-zealands-most-popular-baby-names-for-2025-revealed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/225207\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand\u2019s most popular baby names for 2025 revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">Jack also scored another year in the top 10, which it has done since 1998.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">The top M\u0101ori baby names of the past year are released around Matariki.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWith over 58,000 births registered this year and 19,457 unique first names, it\u2019s clear that while parents love individuality, established names like Noah and Isla continue to dominate,\u201d Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke\u202fvan Velden said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThese trends give us fascinating snapshots of Kiwi culture and how enduring favourites shape the names we choose for the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">Van Velden said it was \u201calways fun\u201d to see where the names of leaders of the countries end up on the list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis year, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon\u2019s first name was chosen for 20 babies, while Minister Winston Peters remained a rare pick with no fewer than six babies named Winston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cDeputy Prime Minister, David Seymour\u2019s name proved more popular, appearing 46 times. And my own name, Brooke, was given to 15 baby girls in 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">Van Velden said while it is interesting to look at the data, it is also an important reminder for parents to make sure their baby\u2019s name is officially registered.<\/p>\n<p>The top 20 girls\u2019 names of 2025<\/p>\n<p>IslaCharlotteAmeliaHazelOliviaLilyLucyMilaAriaMiaSophiaSophieEllaRubyIsabellaMillieHarperFreyaSadieAva<\/p>\n<p> The top 20 boys\u2019 names of 2025<\/p>\n<p>NoahLucaOliverGeorgeTheodoreLeoCharlieJackElijahTheoArthurHudsonJamesHenryCooperWilliamLachlanLucasArchieLiam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack also scored another year in the top 10, which it has done since 1998. The top M\u0101ori&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[836,22059,6794,6186,9217,2082,194,685,6093,3025,13617,21409,117,111,43,139,69,10903,12860,379,2963],"class_list":{"0":"post-225207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-836","9":"tag-babies","10":"tag-baby","11":"tag-changed","12":"tag-choices","13":"tag-for","14":"tag-kiwi","15":"tag-last","16":"tag-little","17":"tag-most","18":"tag-name","19":"tag-names","20":"tag-new","21":"tag-new-zealand","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-newzealand","24":"tag-nz","25":"tag-popular","26":"tag-revealed","27":"tag-year","28":"tag-zealands"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}