28 April 2022
45 Pipitea Street, Wellington 6011
Phone +64 4 495 7200
dia.govt.nz
Rex Davey via FYI
fyi-request-18975-
[email address]
Tēnā koe Rex
OIA request 21/22 0653 Request for Statistics of baby names
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal
Affairs (Department) on 28 March 2022.
You requested –
1. the number of children named Stevie in the last 5 years
a. may I please have this broken down by gender and year
2. the number of children named Georgie in the last 5 years
a. may I please have this broken down by gender and year
3. the number of children named Quinn in the last 5 years
a. may I please have this broken down by gender and year
4. the number of children named Frankie in the last 5 years
a. may I please have this broken down by gender and year
5. the number of children named Jamie in the last 5 years
a. may I please have this broken down by gender and year
6. the number of children named Blake (or Blayke) in the last 5 years
a. may I please have this broken down by gender and year
7. the number of children named Emmerson in the last 5 years
a. may I please have this broken down by gender and year
8. the number of children named Emery in the last 5 years
a. may I please have this broken down by gender and year
9. the number of children named Stephanie in the last 5 years
a.
may I please have this broken down by gender and year
We sent you an email on the 5 April 2022 to advise that data on top baby names, by year, is
already available on the data.govt.nz website. We also explained that if there was a count of
less than 10 for the names that you had requested, then it will not appear in this data set.
You were advised to contact us if the information on the data.govt.nz website was not
sufficient, we have not received your reply.
In response to your request please refer to Appendix A, attached. Appendix A provides you with
a breakdown of the data you have requested. Please note that if there is a count of less than
five it will be displayed as <5.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, the Department has
decided to proactively release a copy of this response on the DIA website. All requestor data,
including your name and contact details, will be removed prior to release. The released
response will be made available here:
https://www.dia.govt.nz/Official-Information-Act-
Requests-2.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi
Anne-Claire Wyseur
Manager Operational Policy and Official Correspondence
Service Delivery and Operations
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