trans-tasman comparison · ABS BDM + NZ DIA · 2023
Australia vs New Zealand baby names
Same hemisphere, similar accents, very similar baby names. We compare the top 30 names in both countries head-to-head — based on official Australian state BDM registries and the New Zealand DIA dataset.
18/30 boys' names
in both top 30s
in both top 30s
11/30 girls' names
in both top 30s
in both top 30s
48% overall
trans-Tasman overlap
trans-Tasman overlap
♂ Boys' top 30 — AU vs NZ 2023
- #1 Oliver 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #2
- #2 Noah 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #1
- #3 Henry 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #12
- #4 Leo 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #7
- #5 Theodore 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #8
- #6 Hudson 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #13
- #7 Luca 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #3
- #8 William 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #20
- #9 Jack 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #5
- #10 Charlie 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #6
- #11 Thomas 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #29
- #12 Levi 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #48
- #13 Lucas 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #22
- #14 Archie 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #47
- #15 Elijah 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #18
- #16 James 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #21
- #17 Harvey 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #113
- #18 Arlo 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #15
- #19 Liam 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #27
- #20 Alexander 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #56
- #21 Oscar 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #36
- #22 Harrison 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #115
- #23 Arthur 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #14
- #24 Max 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #49
- #25 Kai 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #317
- #26 Hugo 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #44
- #27 Sebastian 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #102
- #28 George 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #11
- #29 Cooper 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #39
- #30 Hunter 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #73
♀ Girls' top 30 — AU vs NZ 2023
- #1 Isla 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #10
- #2 Amelia 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #9
- #3 Charlotte 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #4
- #4 Olivia 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #17
- #5 Mia 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #32
- #6 Ava 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #25
- #7 Matilda 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #66
- #8 Harper 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #19
- #9 Lily 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #24
- #10 Grace 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #40
- #11 Ella 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #26
- #12 Hazel 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #28
- #13 Evelyn 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #31
- #14 Ivy 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #55
- #15 Willow 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #23
- #16 Isabella 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #35
- #17 Sophia 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #69
- #18 Sophie 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #33
- #19 Chloe 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #58
- #20 Mila 🇦🇺🇳🇿 NZ #30
- #21 Sienna 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #120
- #22 Zoe 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #60
- #23 Daisy 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #65
- #24 Ruby 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #38
- #25 Evie 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #162
- #26 Violet 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #87
- #27 Aria 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #37
- #28 Ellie 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #91
- #29 Florence 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #50
- #30 Audrey 🇦🇺 only (top 30) NZ #323
Names that are big in NZ but NOT in AU top 30
These names are in New Zealand's top 30 but didn't crack Australia's top 30 for 2023. Worth a look if you want something stylish but under-the-radar in AU.
- NZ #16 Riley 156 babies
Sources
- Australia: aggregated from 8 state/territory BDM registries. See /about-data for per-state details.
- New Zealand: DIA "Baby name popularity over time" via the nzbabynames R package (open-source GitHub mirror). DIA dataset does not publish gender breakdown per name; we cross-reference AU data to infer gender for this comparator.