The nzbabynames package provides the following datasets
nzbabynames This data set includes the sex and count of each first name from 1900 to 2017. The data set includes all names with more than 10 instances in any given year. Source: https://catalogue.data.govt.nz/dataset/baby-name-popularity-over-time/
library(nzbabynames)
head(nzbabynames)
#> Year Sex Name Count
#> 1 1997 Female Aaliyah 10
#> 2 1998 Female Aaliyah 22
#> 3 1999 Female Aaliyah 24
#> 4 2000 Female Aaliyah 26
#> 5 2001 Female Aaliyah 54
#> 6 2002 Female Aaliyah 81maorinames This data set includes the top 20 Māori baby names for 2016 and 2015 by sex. In 2015 data only includes children born in NZ, in 2016 rankings Māori baby names among children born overseas are also included Source: https://catalogue.data.govt.nz/dataset/most-popular-male-and-female-first-names
head(maorinames)
#> Name Sex Source Year Born Rank
#> 1 Maia Female Maori 2015 NZ 1
#> 2 Manaia Female Maori 2015 NZ 2
#> 3 Anahera Female Maori 2015 NZ 3
#> 4 Ana Female Maori 2015 NZ 4
#> 5 Aroha Female Maori 2015 NZ 5
#> 6 Kaia Female Maori 2015 NZ 6nzbirths Data on live births from 1935-2017. Data from 1971 includes live births by sex. Note: Data before 1991 includes New Zealand residents and overseas visitors. Data from 1991 includes New Zealand residents only. (Source: Stats NZ and licensed by Stats NZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.“)head(nzbirths)
#> Year Male Female Total
#> 1 1935 NA NA 27150
#> 2 1936 NA NA 28395
#> 3 1937 NA NA 29895
#> 4 1938 NA NA 30846
#> 5 1939 NA NA 32871
#> 6 1940 NA NA 36945