New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1946

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 1,561 babies =
  2. 2 David 917 babies =
  3. 3 Peter 813 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 711 babies =
  5. 5 Michael 574 babies 1
  6. 6 William 567 babies 1
  7. 7 Brian 563 babies =
  8. 8 Ian 503 babies =
  9. 9 James 434 babies 2
  10. 10 Kevin 411 babies 1
  11. 11 Graeme 376 babies 3
  12. 12 Graham 349 babies 5
  13. 13 Bruce 339 babies 6
  14. 14 Richard 337 babies 4
  15. 15 Anthony 319 babies 6
  16. 16 Alan 316 babies 3
  17. 17 Murray 315 babies 3
  18. 18 Paul 315 babies 6
  19. 19 Colin 304 babies 1
  20. 20 Raymond 304 babies 5
  21. 21 Barry 291 babies 2
  22. 22 Kenneth 283 babies 10
  23. 23 Ronald 267 babies 7
  24. 24 Donald 263 babies 2
  25. 25 Trevor 256 babies 1
  26. 26 Wayne 248 babies 2
  27. 27 Dennis 221 babies 3
  28. 28 Gary 220 babies 3
  29. 29 Allan 216 babies 2
  30. 30 Thomas 210 babies 4
  31. 31 Roger 205 babies 4
  32. 32 Ross 204 babies 1
  33. 33 Russell 185 babies =
  34. 34 Keith 184 babies 2
  35. 35 Douglas 171 babies 6
  36. 36 Leslie 171 babies 3
  37. 37 Christopher 169 babies 3
  38. 38 Neil 168 babies 1
  39. 39 Geoffrey 155 babies 2
  40. 40 George 153 babies 4
  41. 41 Edward 145 babies 4
  42. 42 Terence 143 babies 4
  43. 43 Gordon 134 babies 1
  44. 44 Warren 131 babies 10
  45. 45 Patrick 127 babies 1
  46. 46 Robin 123 babies 1
  47. 47 Neville 122 babies 2
  48. 48 Charles 121 babies 8
  49. 49 Malcolm 121 babies 3
  50. 50 Philip 114 babies 4
  51. 51 Rodney 114 babies =
  52. 52 Noel 113 babies 9
  53. 53 Maurice 106 babies =
  54. 54 Bryan 105 babies 4
  55. 55 Andrew 101 babies 16
  56. 56 Rex 101 babies 6
  57. 57 Desmond 97 babies 1
  58. 58 Stuart 97 babies 9
  59. 59 Arthur 94 babies 11
  60. 60 Garry 93 babies 10
  61. 61 Mervyn 92 babies 1
  62. 62 Lindsay 87 babies 12
  63. 63 Norman 87 babies 6
  64. 64 Eric 86 babies 7
  65. 65 Francis 86 babies 3
  66. 66 Stephen 84 babies =
  67. 67 Alexander 82 babies 4
  68. 68 Kerry 82 babies 10
  69. 69 Denis 77 babies 5
  70. 70 Bernard 73 babies 11
  71. 71 Grant 72 babies 13
  72. 72 Owen 72 babies 11
  73. 73 Leonard 66 babies 6
  74. 74 Clive 65 babies 3
  75. 75 Joseph 65 babies 10
  76. 76 Warwick 65 babies 19
  77. 77 Gerald 62 babies 6
  78. 78 Derek 61 babies 4
  79. 79 Phillip 61 babies 6
  80. 80 Timothy 60 babies 24
  81. 81 Ivan 59 babies 9
  82. 82 Harold 56 babies 1
  83. 83 Frederick 55 babies 7
  84. 84 Martin 55 babies 28
  85. 85 Roy 55 babies 10
  86. 86 Terrence 55 babies 11
  87. 87 Stanley 53 babies 7
  88. 88 Jeffrey 52 babies 22
  89. 89 Lawrence 51 babies 4
  90. 90 Henry 49 babies 2
  91. 91 Clifford 48 babies 2
  92. 92 Laurence 48 babies 14
  93. 93 Gavin 46 babies 5
  94. 94 Walter 46 babies =
  95. 95 Albert 45 babies 4
  96. 96 Allen 45 babies 10
  97. 97 Jack 45 babies 3
  98. 98 Roderick 45 babies 9
  99. 99 Errol 44 babies 3
  100. 100 Alfred 43 babies 28

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 795 babies =
  2. 2 Patricia 571 babies 1
  3. 3 Judith 522 babies 1
  4. 4 Jennifer 439 babies 8
  5. 5 Elizabeth 387 babies 2
  6. 6 Barbara 379 babies =
  7. 7 Mary 375 babies 2
  8. 8 Pamela 356 babies 2
  9. 9 Carol 341 babies =
  10. 10 Janice 339 babies 6
  11. 11 Susan 321 babies 8
  12. 12 Helen 306 babies 1
  13. 13 Lynette 285 babies 5
  14. 14 Shirley 283 babies =
  15. 15 Heather 274 babies 2
  16. 16 Diane 273 babies 1
  17. 17 Kathleen 258 babies 4
  18. 18 Beverley 249 babies 2
  19. 19 Colleen 232 babies 2
  20. 20 Christine 231 babies 5
  21. 21 Lorraine 220 babies 3
  22. 22 Maureen 205 babies =
  23. 23 Sandra 202 babies 3
  24. 24 Janet 200 babies 4
  25. 25 Pauline 199 babies 1
  26. 26 Robyn 177 babies 9
  27. 27 Yvonne 174 babies 1
  28. 28 Raewyn 166 babies 4
  29. 29 Marie 160 babies 9
  30. 30 Denise 155 babies 46
  31. 31 Valerie 154 babies 8
  32. 32 Dorothy 151 babies 5
  33. 33 Alison 143 babies 3
  34. 34 Joan 140 babies 5
  35. 35 Anne 135 babies 4
  36. 36 Marilyn 135 babies 14
  37. 37 Dianne 133 babies 4
  38. 38 Rosemary 133 babies 20
  39. 39 Wendy 133 babies 3
  40. 40 Gail 130 babies 6
  41. 41 Carolyn 127 babies 3
  42. 42 Elaine 127 babies 9
  43. 43 Ann 121 babies 9
  44. 44 Lesley 121 babies 10
  45. 45 Jeanette 120 babies 8
  46. 46 Suzanne 120 babies 19
  47. 47 Frances 118 babies 17
  48. 48 Annette 116 babies 8
  49. 49 Catherine 116 babies 21
  50. 50 Joy 116 babies 18
  51. 51 Ngaire 113 babies 5
  52. 52 Marion 112 babies 13
  53. 53 June 111 babies 10
  54. 54 Diana 102 babies 13
  55. 55 Jocelyn 102 babies =
  56. 56 Kay 102 babies 8
  57. 57 Cheryl 101 babies =
  58. 58 Jillian 100 babies 1
  59. 59 Jean 99 babies 12
  60. 60 Gloria 95 babies 12
  61. 61 Jill 95 babies 8
  62. 62 Ruth 95 babies 4
  63. 63 Gillian 94 babies 12
  64. 64 Irene 91 babies 11
  65. 65 Karen 91 babies 17
  66. 66 Lois 91 babies 17
  67. 67 Carole 88 babies 22
  68. 68 Jacqueline 88 babies 9
  69. 69 Glenys 83 babies 15
  70. 70 Betty 77 babies 3
  71. 71 Sharon 74 babies 19
  72. 72 Eileen 73 babies 3
  73. 73 Julie 73 babies 5
  74. 74 Dawn 69 babies 14
  75. 75 Beverly 68 babies 4
  76. 76 Joyce 66 babies 9
  77. 77 Noeline 65 babies 13
  78. 78 Marlene 64 babies 17
  79. 79 Sally 64 babies 14
  80. 80 Doreen 63 babies 6
  81. 81 Linda 63 babies 2
  82. 82 Robin 61 babies 6
  83. 83 Lynnette 57 babies 9
  84. 84 Sylvia 57 babies 7
  85. 85 Josephine 56 babies 23
  86. 86 Daphne 55 babies 8
  87. 87 Jane 55 babies 35
  88. 88 Adrienne 54 babies 2
  89. 89 Fay 54 babies 5
  90. 90 Leonie 53 babies 10
  91. 91 Vivienne 53 babies 10
  92. 92 Maria 51 babies 8
  93. 93 Shona 51 babies 3
  94. 94 Brenda 50 babies 13
  95. 95 Evelyn 50 babies 6
  96. 96 Nancy 50 babies 33
  97. 97 Kathryn 49 babies 13
  98. 98 Eleanor 48 babies 7
  99. 99 Faye 48 babies =
  100. 100 Lynne 48 babies 13

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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