New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1945

Names registered at least 10 times in a year, so the list is shorter in early years. Spellings with and without macrons are counted together (Nikau and Nīkau).

Boy Names

  1. 1 John 1,376 babies =
  2. 2 David 743 babies =
  3. 3 Peter 740 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 635 babies =
  5. 5 William 508 babies =
  6. 6 Michael 496 babies 2
  7. 7 Brian 479 babies 1
  8. 8 Ian 412 babies 1
  9. 9 Kevin 366 babies 4
  10. 10 Richard 363 babies 5
  11. 11 James 345 babies 2
  12. 12 Kenneth 328 babies 2
  13. 13 Alan 301 babies 3
  14. 14 Graeme 296 babies 5
  15. 15 Raymond 295 babies 4
  16. 16 Ronald 289 babies 5
  17. 17 Graham 287 babies 1
  18. 18 Colin 279 babies 6
  19. 19 Bruce 278 babies 2
  20. 20 Murray 263 babies 3
  21. 21 Anthony 262 babies 1
  22. 22 Donald 255 babies 8
  23. 23 Barry 251 babies 3
  24. 24 Paul 236 babies 2
  25. 25 Gary 214 babies 2
  26. 26 Trevor 201 babies 2
  27. 27 Allan 194 babies 2
  28. 28 Wayne 193 babies 1
  29. 29 Douglas 185 babies 2
  30. 30 Dennis 172 babies 2
  31. 31 Ross 164 babies 7
  32. 32 Keith 161 babies 1
  33. 33 Russell 156 babies 2
  34. 34 Thomas 156 babies 4
  35. 35 Roger 152 babies 7
  36. 36 George 144 babies 1
  37. 37 Neil 144 babies 1
  38. 38 Terence 143 babies 4
  39. 39 Leslie 139 babies =
  40. 40 Christopher 131 babies 11
  41. 41 Geoffrey 129 babies 1
  42. 42 Gordon 123 babies 1
  43. 43 Noel 119 babies 1
  44. 44 Patrick 118 babies 1
  45. 45 Edward 116 babies 5
  46. 46 Philip 109 babies 12
  47. 47 Robin 108 babies 4
  48. 48 Arthur 104 babies 1
  49. 49 Neville 101 babies 1
  50. 50 Bryan 96 babies 7
  51. 51 Rodney 96 babies 11
  52. 52 Malcolm 93 babies 2
  53. 53 Maurice 93 babies 3
  54. 54 Warren 92 babies =
  55. 55 Victor 90 babies 60
  56. 56 Charles 88 babies 10
  57. 57 Eric 88 babies 8
  58. 58 Desmond 87 babies 1
  59. 59 Bernard 83 babies 4
  60. 60 Mervyn 79 babies 6
  61. 61 Owen 76 babies 13
  62. 62 Rex 76 babies 10
  63. 63 Alexander 71 babies =
  64. 64 Denis 67 babies 13
  65. 65 Joseph 67 babies 13
  66. 66 Stephen 67 babies 3
  67. 67 Stuart 67 babies 8
  68. 68 Francis 66 babies 7
  69. 69 Norman 66 babies 16
  70. 70 Garry 64 babies 3
  71. 71 Andrew 63 babies 7
  72. 72 Ivan 62 babies 12
  73. 73 Phillip 62 babies 13
  74. 74 Lindsay 59 babies 9
  75. 75 Roy 59 babies 4
  76. 76 Frederick 57 babies 6
  77. 77 Clive 55 babies 6
  78. 78 Kerry 54 babies 4
  79. 79 Leonard 54 babies 6
  80. 80 Stanley 54 babies 12
  81. 81 Harold 51 babies 14
  82. 82 Derek 50 babies 17
  83. 83 Gerald 50 babies 1
  84. 84 Grant 50 babies 45
  85. 85 Lawrence 50 babies 8
  86. 86 Allen 49 babies 1
  87. 87 Frank 44 babies 10
  88. 88 Henry 44 babies 17
  89. 89 Clifford 43 babies 9
  90. 90 Ernest 43 babies 2
  91. 91 Mark 43 babies 19
  92. 92 Selwyn 43 babies 22
  93. 93 Hugh 42 babies 12
  94. 94 Walter 42 babies 22
  95. 95 Warwick 42 babies 6
  96. 96 Errol 40 babies 4
  97. 97 Terrence 40 babies 6
  98. 98 Gavin 38 babies 10
  99. 99 Albert 37 babies 23
  100. 100 Jack 37 babies 3

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 696 babies =
  2. 2 Judith 532 babies 1
  3. 3 Patricia 488 babies 1
  4. 4 Janice 357 babies =
  5. 5 Mary 348 babies =
  6. 6 Barbara 345 babies =
  7. 7 Elizabeth 334 babies 3
  8. 8 Lynette 316 babies 6
  9. 9 Carol 314 babies 7
  10. 10 Pamela 313 babies 2
  11. 11 Helen 307 babies 4
  12. 12 Jennifer 303 babies 1
  13. 13 Heather 262 babies 2
  14. 14 Shirley 253 babies 5
  15. 15 Diane 247 babies 5
  16. 16 Beverley 241 babies 4
  17. 17 Colleen 229 babies 2
  18. 18 Lorraine 222 babies 1
  19. 19 Susan 218 babies 9
  20. 20 Janet 206 babies 2
  21. 21 Kathleen 205 babies 4
  22. 22 Maureen 202 babies 4
  23. 23 Valerie 163 babies =
  24. 24 Pauline 159 babies 2
  25. 25 Christine 153 babies 12
  26. 26 Sandra 151 babies 13
  27. 27 Dorothy 149 babies 6
  28. 28 Yvonne 147 babies 8
  29. 29 Joan 144 babies 4
  30. 30 Frances 141 babies 1
  31. 31 Anne 136 babies 1
  32. 32 Raewyn 133 babies 6
  33. 33 Elaine 132 babies 3
  34. 34 Lesley 131 babies 7
  35. 35 Robyn 129 babies =
  36. 36 Alison 126 babies 9
  37. 37 Jeanette 121 babies 3
  38. 38 Marie 118 babies 14
  39. 39 Marion 114 babies 3
  40. 40 Annette 112 babies 7
  41. 41 Dianne 108 babies 5
  42. 42 Wendy 107 babies 9
  43. 43 June 102 babies 20
  44. 44 Carolyn 99 babies 24
  45. 45 Carole 98 babies 8
  46. 46 Gail 97 babies 13
  47. 47 Jean 97 babies 1
  48. 48 Kay 95 babies 19
  49. 49 Lois 95 babies 18
  50. 50 Marilyn 91 babies 1
  51. 51 Gillian 90 babies 23
  52. 52 Ann 89 babies 18
  53. 53 Irene 89 babies 8
  54. 54 Glenys 88 babies 11
  55. 55 Jocelyn 88 babies 11
  56. 56 Ngaire 88 babies 2
  57. 57 Cheryl 86 babies 58
  58. 58 Rosemary 86 babies 14
  59. 59 Jillian 84 babies 1
  60. 60 Dawn 82 babies 2
  61. 61 Marlene 80 babies 30
  62. 62 Josephine 78 babies 7
  63. 63 Nancy 78 babies 7
  64. 64 Noeline 78 babies 7
  65. 65 Suzanne 78 babies 8
  66. 66 Ruth 77 babies 5
  67. 67 Diana 76 babies 11
  68. 68 Joy 73 babies 16
  69. 69 Jill 70 babies =
  70. 70 Catherine 69 babies 23
  71. 71 Beverly 68 babies 6
  72. 72 Gloria 67 babies 22
  73. 73 Betty 65 babies 15
  74. 74 Doreen 65 babies 21
  75. 75 Eileen 65 babies 1
  76. 76 Denise 64 babies 3
  77. 77 Jacqueline 63 babies =
  78. 78 Julie 63 babies 6
  79. 79 Rosalie 61 babies 4
  80. 80 Leonie 57 babies 16
  81. 81 Vivienne 56 babies 25
  82. 82 Karen 55 babies 3
  83. 83 Linda 55 babies 5
  84. 84 Fay 52 babies 4
  85. 85 Joyce 51 babies 7
  86. 86 Adrienne 50 babies 4
  87. 87 Lynne 50 babies 6
  88. 88 Robin 50 babies 9
  89. 89 Evelyn 48 babies 6
  90. 90 Sharon 48 babies 10
  91. 91 Sylvia 46 babies 7
  92. 92 Lynnette 45 babies 20
  93. 93 Sally 45 babies 1
  94. 94 Daphne 43 babies 7
  95. 95 Marjorie 43 babies 1
  96. 96 Shona 43 babies 15
  97. 97 Norma 42 babies 11
  98. 98 Ellen 41 babies 10
  99. 99 Faye 41 babies =
  100. 100 Maria 40 babies 11

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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