New Zeland's Top Names of 2010

Hello fellow name lovers, I haven’t posted in so long! But have still been checking out nameberry whenever I get the chance.
I thought you all may be interested in this :slight_smile:

The list on the whole is similar to many top tens, but [name]Liam[/name] was interesting new number one, I am interested to have a look where it comes in elsewhere.
No suprises with the girls :slight_smile: It’s funny, my name is has been in the top ten…for well as long as I can remember ([name]Emma[/name]) But I never come across any…[name]Ive[/name] only known one or two.

Top Ten Boys Names:

[name]Liam[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]William[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Jacob[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]

View the full list at :http://www.dia.govt.nz/pubforms.nsf/URL/Top100BabyBoysNamesNewZealand.pdf/$file/Top100BabyBoysNamesNewZealand.pdf

Top Ten Girls Names:

[name]Sophie[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Isabella[/name]
[name]Lily[/name]
[name]Ella[/name]
[name]Chloe[/name]
[name]Emily[/name]
[name]Emma[/name]

View the full list at:http://www.dia.govt.nz/pubforms.nsf/URL/Top100BabyGirlsNamesNewZealand.pdf/$file/Top100BabyGirlsNamesNewZealand.pdf

My mum took brownies and at one stage the entire pack was pretty much entirely Emmas and Jessicas! Hopefully by the time I have kids two of those names will be off the lists so I won’t look like a sheep when I name them haha :slight_smile: