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 John 1,561 babies =
2 David 917 babies =
3 Peter 813 babies =
4 Robert 711 babies =
5 Michael 574 babies 1
6 William 567 babies 1
7 Brian 563 babies =
8 Ian 503 babies =
9 James 434 babies 2
10 Kevin 411 babies 1
11 Graeme 376 babies 3
12 Graham 349 babies 5
13 Bruce 339 babies 6
14 Richard 337 babies 4
15 Anthony 319 babies 6
16 Alan 316 babies 3
17 Murray 315 babies 3
18 Paul 315 babies 6
19 Colin 304 babies 1
20 Raymond 304 babies 5
21 Barry 291 babies 2
22 Kenneth 283 babies 10
23 Ronald 267 babies 7
24 Donald 263 babies 2
25 Trevor 256 babies 1
26 Wayne 248 babies 2
27 Dennis 221 babies 3
28 Gary 220 babies 3
29 Allan 216 babies 2
30 Thomas 210 babies 4
31 Roger 205 babies 4
32 Ross 204 babies 1
33 Russell 185 babies =
34 Keith 184 babies 2
35 Douglas 171 babies 6
36 Leslie 171 babies 3
37 Christopher 169 babies 3
38 Neil 168 babies 1
39 Geoffrey 155 babies 2
40 George 153 babies 4
41 Edward 145 babies 4
42 Terence 143 babies 4
43 Gordon 134 babies 1
44 Warren 131 babies 10
45 Patrick 127 babies 1
46 Robin 123 babies 1
47 Neville 122 babies 2
48 Charles 121 babies 8
49 Malcolm 121 babies 3
50 Philip 114 babies 4
51 Rodney 114 babies =
52 Noel 113 babies 9
53 Maurice 106 babies =
54 Bryan 105 babies 4
55 Andrew 101 babies 16
56 Rex 101 babies 6
57 Desmond 97 babies 1
58 Stuart 97 babies 9
59 Arthur 94 babies 11
60 Garry 93 babies 10
61 Mervyn 92 babies 1
62 Lindsay 87 babies 12
63 Norman 87 babies 6
64 Eric 86 babies 7
65 Francis 86 babies 3
66 Stephen 84 babies =
67 Alexander 82 babies 4
68 Kerry 82 babies 10
69 Denis 77 babies 5
70 Bernard 73 babies 11
71 Grant 72 babies 13
72 Owen 72 babies 11
73 Leonard 66 babies 6
74 Clive 65 babies 3
75 Joseph 65 babies 10
76 Warwick 65 babies 19
77 Gerald 62 babies 6
78 Derek 61 babies 4
79 Phillip 61 babies 6
80 Timothy 60 babies 24
81 Ivan 59 babies 9
82 Harold 56 babies 1
83 Frederick 55 babies 7
84 Martin 55 babies 28
85 Roy 55 babies 10
86 Terrence 55 babies 11
87 Stanley 53 babies 7
88 Jeffrey 52 babies 22
89 Lawrence 51 babies 4
90 Henry 49 babies 2
91 Clifford 48 babies 2
92 Laurence 48 babies 14
93 Gavin 46 babies 5
94 Walter 46 babies =
95 Albert 45 babies 4
96 Allen 45 babies 10
97 Jack 45 babies 3
98 Roderick 45 babies 9
99 Errol 44 babies 3
100 Alfred 43 babies 28
101 Reginald 43 babies =
102 Selwyn 43 babies 10
103 Wiremu 42 babies 33
104 Lloyd 41 babies 1
105 Maxwell 41 babies 8
106 Alistair 40 babies 10
107 Daniel 40 babies 5
108 Frank 40 babies 21
109 Gregory 40 babies 67
110 Harry 40 babies 32
111 Hugh 38 babies 18
112 Rodger 38 babies 2
113 Lewis 37 babies 18
114 Mark 37 babies 23
115 Alastair 35 babies 12
116 Ernest 35 babies 26
117 Tony 35 babies 1
118 Howard 33 babies 9
119 Nigel 33 babies 28
120 Stewart 33 babies 12
121 Victor 32 babies 66
122 Edwin 31 babies 11
123 Ralph 31 babies 6
124 Terry 31 babies 8
125 Alister 30 babies 33
126 Ashley 28 babies 11
127 Kelvin 27 babies 22
128 Nicholas 27 babies 33
129 Evan 26 babies 10
130 Garth 26 babies 8
131 Glenn 26 babies 10
132 Larry 26 babies 33
133 Max 26 babies 13
134 Brent 25 babies 14
135 Henare 25 babies =
136 Barrie 23 babies 3
137 Sydney 23 babies 22
138 Cecil 22 babies 21
139 Herbert 22 babies 18
140 Lester 22 babies 51
141 Craig 21 babies 12
142 Leon 21 babies 11
143 Cyril 20 babies 10
144 Fredrick 20 babies 10
145 Steven 20 babies 40
146 Adrian 19 babies 20
147 Carl 19 babies
148 Hoani 19 babies
149 Leo 19 babies 3
150 Basil 18 babies 20
151 Grahame 18 babies 28
152 Hori 18 babies 1
153 Louis 18 babies 4
154 Samuel 18 babies 9
155 Terrance 18 babies 39
156 Antony 17 babies 6
157 Dale 17 babies 25
158 Lance 17 babies 34
159 Brett 16 babies
160 Lionel 16 babies 35
161 Clarence 15 babies 1
162 Glen 15 babies 13
163 Hone 15 babies 18
164 Jeffery 15 babies 7
165 Ray 15 babies 3
166 Simon 15 babies 13
167 Vincent 15 babies 18
168 Arnold 14 babies 4
169 Bryce 14 babies 19
170 Duncan 14 babies 30
171 Harvey 14 babies 28
172 Matthew 14 babies 6
173 Nelson 14 babies 6
174 Wallace 14 babies 5
175 Gerard 13 babies 11
176 Jimmy 13 babies
177 Lyndsay 13 babies
178 Lynn 13 babies
179 Miles 13 babies
180 Sidney 13 babies
181 Athol 12 babies 43
182 Ben 12 babies
183 Cedric 12 babies
184 Guy 12 babies
185 Hohepa 12 babies 41
186 Jonathan 12 babies 30
187 Paora 12 babies
188 Vernon 12 babies 40
189 Bevan 11 babies 2
190 Campbell 11 babies
191 Charlie 11 babies 2
192 Hector 11 babies
193 Lyall 11 babies 1
194 Morris 11 babies 40
195 Roland 11 babies 17
196 Darryl 10 babies
197 Eruera 10 babies
198 Ewen 10 babies
199 Hemi 10 babies
200 Joe 10 babies
201 Melvyn 10 babies 18
202 Renata 10 babies
203 Royce 10 babies 19
204 Tom 10 babies

Girl Names

1 Margaret 795 babies =
2 Patricia 571 babies 1
3 Judith 522 babies 1
4 Jennifer 439 babies 8
5 Elizabeth 387 babies 2
6 Barbara 379 babies =
7 Mary 375 babies 2
8 Pamela 356 babies 2
9 Carol 341 babies =
10 Janice 339 babies 6
11 Susan 321 babies 8
12 Helen 306 babies 1
13 Lynette 285 babies 5
14 Shirley 283 babies =
15 Heather 274 babies 2
16 Diane 273 babies 1
17 Kathleen 258 babies 4
18 Beverley 249 babies 2
19 Colleen 232 babies 2
20 Christine 231 babies 5
21 Lorraine 220 babies 3
22 Maureen 205 babies =
23 Sandra 202 babies 3
24 Janet 200 babies 4
25 Pauline 199 babies 1
26 Robyn 177 babies 9
27 Yvonne 174 babies 1
28 Raewyn 166 babies 4
29 Marie 160 babies 9
30 Denise 155 babies 46
31 Valerie 154 babies 8
32 Dorothy 151 babies 5
33 Alison 143 babies 3
34 Joan 140 babies 5
35 Anne 135 babies 4
36 Marilyn 135 babies 14
37 Dianne 133 babies 4
38 Rosemary 133 babies 20
39 Wendy 133 babies 3
40 Gail 130 babies 6
41 Carolyn 127 babies 3
42 Elaine 127 babies 9
43 Ann 121 babies 9
44 Lesley 121 babies 10
45 Jeanette 120 babies 8
46 Suzanne 120 babies 19
47 Frances 118 babies 17
48 Annette 116 babies 8
49 Catherine 116 babies 21
50 Joy 116 babies 18
51 Ngaire 113 babies 5
52 Marion 112 babies 13
53 June 111 babies 10
54 Diana 102 babies 13
55 Jocelyn 102 babies =
56 Kay 102 babies 8
57 Cheryl 101 babies =
58 Jillian 100 babies 1
59 Jean 99 babies 12
60 Gloria 95 babies 12
61 Jill 95 babies 8
62 Ruth 95 babies 4
63 Gillian 94 babies 12
64 Irene 91 babies 11
65 Karen 91 babies 17
66 Lois 91 babies 17
67 Carole 88 babies 22
68 Jacqueline 88 babies 9
69 Glenys 83 babies 15
70 Betty 77 babies 3
71 Sharon 74 babies 19
72 Eileen 73 babies 3
73 Julie 73 babies 5
74 Dawn 69 babies 14
75 Beverly 68 babies 4
76 Joyce 66 babies 9
77 Noeline 65 babies 13
78 Marlene 64 babies 17
79 Sally 64 babies 14
80 Doreen 63 babies 6
81 Linda 63 babies 2
82 Robin 61 babies 6
83 Lynnette 57 babies 9
84 Sylvia 57 babies 7
85 Josephine 56 babies 23
86 Daphne 55 babies 8
87 Jane 55 babies 35
88 Adrienne 54 babies 2
89 Fay 54 babies 5
90 Leonie 53 babies 10
91 Vivienne 53 babies 10
92 Maria 51 babies 8
93 Shona 51 babies 3
94 Brenda 50 babies 13
95 Evelyn 50 babies 6
96 Nancy 50 babies 33
97 Kathryn 49 babies 13
98 Eleanor 48 babies 7
99 Faye 48 babies =
100 Lynne 48 babies 13
101 Sheryl 45 babies 5
102 Caroline 44 babies 2
103 Glennis 43 babies 33
104 Rosalie 42 babies 25
105 Kaye 40 babies 22
106 Janette 39 babies 3
107 Marjorie 39 babies 12
108 Norma 39 babies 11
109 Phyllis 38 babies 3
110 Alice 37 babies 13
111 Noelene 37 babies 9
112 Nola 37 babies 13
113 Ellen 35 babies 15
114 Beryl 34 babies 10
115 Bronwyn 34 babies 60
116 Glenda 34 babies 5
117 Maxine 34 babies =
118 Angela 33 babies 32
119 Cynthia 33 babies 5
120 Donna 33 babies 43
121 Coral 32 babies 20
122 Gay 32 babies 13
123 Gaynor 32 babies 22
124 Hilary 32 babies 18
125 Lynn 32 babies 9
126 Edith 31 babies 4
127 Lorna 31 babies 11
128 Rae 31 babies 15
129 Audrey 30 babies 10
130 Claire 30 babies 27
131 Dale 30 babies 75
132 Anna 29 babies 42
133 Clare 29 babies
134 Geraldine 29 babies 36
135 Glenis 29 babies 14
136 Julia 29 babies 21
137 Penelope 29 babies 18
138 Philippa 28 babies 74
139 Allison 27 babies 65
140 Florence 27 babies 32
141 Prudence 27 babies 31
142 Thelma 27 babies 14
143 Virginia 27 babies 5
144 Anita 26 babies 41
145 Gaylene 26 babies 69
146 Louise 26 babies 20
147 Paula 26 babies 21
148 Aileen 25 babies 14
149 Annie 25 babies 23
150 Jan 25 babies 8
151 Lynda 25 babies =
152 Christina 24 babies 19
153 Katherine 24 babies 37
154 Roberta 24 babies
155 Grace 23 babies 61
156 Lynley 23 babies 72
157 Mavis 23 babies 25
158 Rosalind 23 babies 91
159 Veronica 23 babies 30
160 Georgina 22 babies 40
161 Isobel 22 babies 27
162 Laraine 22 babies 16
163 Miriam 22 babies 83
164 Sharyn 22 babies 39
165 Winifred 22 babies 4
166 Ailsa 21 babies 35
167 Erin 21 babies 10
168 Gael 21 babies 10
169 Gladys 21 babies
170 Rangi 21 babies 52
171 Rita 21 babies 31
172 Sharron 21 babies 78
173 Andrea 20 babies 33
174 Gaye 20 babies 22
175 Iris 20 babies 32
176 Rhonda 20 babies
177 Rose 20 babies 4
178 Sarah 20 babies
179 Sonia 20 babies 4
180 Bernadette 19 babies 6
181 Edna 19 babies 24
182 Esther 19 babies 5
183 Muriel 19 babies 30
184 Gwenda 18 babies 33
185 Hazel 18 babies 48
186 Kerry 18 babies 5
187 Mere 18 babies 12
188 Monica 18 babies 21
189 Vivien 18 babies
190 Adele 17 babies
191 Agnes 17 babies 46
192 Dallas 17 babies
193 Jenifer 17 babies 13
194 Joanna 17 babies
195 Merilyn 17 babies 5
196 Olive 17 babies 36
197 Susanne 17 babies 58
198 Valda 17 babies 37
199 Bronwen 16 babies 6
200 Elsie 16 babies 7
201 Janis 16 babies 36
202 Joanne 16 babies 13
203 Loraine 16 babies 8
204 Marian 16 babies 52
205 Teresa 16 babies 20
206 Cherry 15 babies 32
207 Coleen 15 babies
208 Delwyn 15 babies
209 Doris 15 babies 33
210 Ethel 15 babies 16
211 Isabel 15 babies 40
212 Jessie 15 babies 3
213 Juliet 15 babies 14
214 Rachel 15 babies 18
215 Alma 14 babies 66
216 Judy 14 babies 3
217 Linley 14 babies 26
218 Lucy 14 babies
219 Myra 14 babies 11
220 Peggy 14 babies 76
221 Vera 14 babies 37
222 Violet 14 babies 30
223 Cherie 13 babies
224 Eunice 13 babies 29
225 Freda 13 babies
226 Leslie 13 babies 36
227 Lindsay 13 babies
228 Marcia 13 babies 8
229 Martha 13 babies 15
230 May 13 babies 71
231 Merle 13 babies 30
232 Mihi 13 babies
233 Natalie 13 babies 79
234 Priscilla 13 babies
235 Valmai 13 babies
236 Victoria 13 babies 118
237 Ani 12 babies
238 Beth 12 babies 12
239 Celia 12 babies
240 Cushla 12 babies
241 Elva 12 babies
242 Emily 12 babies
243 Fiona 12 babies
244 Gwendoline 12 babies
245 Jeannette 12 babies 48
246 Leone 12 babies 36
247 Maree 12 babies
248 Marjory 12 babies
249 Noeleen 12 babies 28
250 Nora 12 babies
251 Sheryn 12 babies
252 Wikitoria 12 babies
253 Amy 11 babies
254 Avis 11 babies 19
255 Beatrice 11 babies 19
256 Constance 11 babies
257 Eva 11 babies 49
258 Hera 11 babies
259 Leigh 11 babies
260 Lena 11 babies
261 Lillian 11 babies 79
262 Mereana 11 babies
263 Moira 11 babies 72
264 Raelene 11 babies 17
265 Raylene 11 babies 42
266 Ripeka 11 babies
267 Sherryl 11 babies
268 Vivian 11 babies
269 Alexis 10 babies
270 Aroha 10 babies
271 Charlotte 10 babies
272 Deirdre 10 babies
273 Gabrielle 10 babies 109
274 Gayle 10 babies 61
275 Hilda 10 babies 96
276 Kathrine 10 babies
277 Kaylene 10 babies
278 Larraine 10 babies
279 Lyndsay 10 babies 81
280 Melva 10 babies 35
281 Meri 10 babies
282 Molly 10 babies
283 Naomi 10 babies 52
284 Rona 10 babies
285 Stephanie 10 babies 138
286 Theresa 10 babies 35
287 Valma 10 babies
288 Wilma 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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