New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1947

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 1,628 babies =
  2. 2 David 979 babies =
  3. 3 Peter 898 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 766 babies =
  5. 5 Michael 606 babies =
  6. 6 Brian 597 babies 1
  7. 7 William 577 babies 1
  8. 8 Ian 477 babies =
  9. 9 Kevin 467 babies 1
  10. 10 James 452 babies 1
  11. 11 Richard 436 babies 3
  12. 12 Graham 398 babies =
  13. 13 Bruce 386 babies =
  14. 14 Graeme 374 babies 3
  15. 15 Paul 368 babies 3
  16. 16 Alan 361 babies =
  17. 17 Barry 352 babies 4
  18. 18 Kenneth 337 babies 4
  19. 19 Murray 334 babies 2
  20. 20 Ronald 310 babies 3
  21. 21 Wayne 307 babies 5
  22. 22 Anthony 304 babies 7
  23. 23 Colin 304 babies 4
  24. 24 Trevor 297 babies 1
  25. 25 Raymond 289 babies 5
  26. 26 Donald 267 babies 2
  27. 27 Allan 253 babies 2
  28. 28 Gary 253 babies =
  29. 29 Ross 232 babies 3
  30. 30 Christopher 218 babies 7
  31. 31 Roger 201 babies =
  32. 32 Dennis 196 babies 5
  33. 33 Keith 196 babies 1
  34. 34 Russell 196 babies 1
  35. 35 Thomas 189 babies 5
  36. 36 Geoffrey 173 babies 3
  37. 37 Terence 161 babies 5
  38. 38 Douglas 160 babies 3
  39. 39 George 157 babies 1
  40. 40 Neil 157 babies 2
  41. 41 Philip 156 babies 9
  42. 42 Leslie 150 babies 6
  43. 43 Warren 149 babies 1
  44. 44 Malcolm 147 babies 5
  45. 45 Patrick 139 babies =
  46. 46 Robin 139 babies =
  47. 47 Edward 134 babies 6
  48. 48 Gordon 133 babies 5
  49. 49 Neville 133 babies 2
  50. 50 Charles 128 babies 2
  51. 51 Noel 123 babies 1
  52. 52 Rodney 121 babies 1
  53. 53 Stephen 121 babies 13
  54. 54 Garry 110 babies 6
  55. 55 Andrew 103 babies =
  56. 56 Arthur 102 babies 3
  57. 57 Rex 99 babies 1
  58. 58 Bryan 97 babies 4
  59. 59 Denis 97 babies 10
  60. 60 Maurice 96 babies 7
  61. 61 Stuart 92 babies 3
  62. 62 Francis 91 babies 3
  63. 63 Kerry 89 babies 5
  64. 64 Alexander 86 babies 3
  65. 65 Gavin 86 babies 28
  66. 66 Eric 85 babies 2
  67. 67 Norman 83 babies 4
  68. 68 Desmond 82 babies 11
  69. 69 Phillip 82 babies 10
  70. 70 Joseph 77 babies 5
  71. 71 Ivan 75 babies 10
  72. 72 Owen 74 babies =
  73. 73 Gregory 72 babies 36
  74. 74 Lindsay 72 babies 12
  75. 75 Mervyn 72 babies 14
  76. 76 Warwick 71 babies =
  77. 77 Clive 69 babies 3
  78. 78 Frederick 66 babies 5
  79. 79 Grant 65 babies 8
  80. 80 Lawrence 61 babies 9
  81. 81 Bernard 60 babies 11
  82. 82 Derek 60 babies 4
  83. 83 Harold 60 babies 1
  84. 84 Terrence 57 babies 2
  85. 85 Allen 56 babies 11
  86. 86 Mark 56 babies 28
  87. 87 Hugh 55 babies 24
  88. 88 Laurence 55 babies 4
  89. 89 Kelvin 54 babies 38
  90. 90 Leonard 54 babies 17
  91. 91 Stanley 53 babies 4
  92. 92 Timothy 53 babies 12
  93. 93 Roy 52 babies 8
  94. 94 Stewart 52 babies 26
  95. 95 Henry 51 babies 5
  96. 96 Maxwell 51 babies 9
  97. 97 Jeffrey 50 babies 9
  98. 98 Gerald 48 babies 21
  99. 99 Martin 48 babies 15
  100. 100 Jack 46 babies 3

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 841 babies =
  2. 2 Judith 585 babies 1
  3. 3 Patricia 509 babies 1
  4. 4 Susan 436 babies 7
  5. 5 Elizabeth 416 babies =
  6. 6 Jennifer 412 babies 2
  7. 7 Mary 402 babies =
  8. 8 Pamela 374 babies =
  9. 9 Barbara 365 babies 3
  10. 10 Janice 365 babies =
  11. 11 Helen 350 babies 1
  12. 12 Lynette 337 babies 1
  13. 13 Carol 330 babies 4
  14. 14 Christine 328 babies 6
  15. 15 Kathleen 295 babies 2
  16. 16 Diane 289 babies =
  17. 17 Sandra 286 babies 6
  18. 18 Shirley 281 babies 4
  19. 19 Beverley 278 babies 1
  20. 20 Heather 266 babies 5
  21. 21 Lorraine 242 babies =
  22. 22 Maureen 221 babies =
  23. 23 Robyn 221 babies 3
  24. 24 Janet 207 babies =
  25. 25 Colleen 203 babies 6
  26. 26 Valerie 201 babies 5
  27. 27 Suzanne 200 babies 19
  28. 28 Pauline 192 babies 3
  29. 29 Marie 191 babies =
  30. 30 Anne 187 babies 5
  31. 31 Denise 184 babies 1
  32. 32 Dianne 182 babies 5
  33. 33 Alison 177 babies =
  34. 34 Yvonne 176 babies 7
  35. 35 Dorothy 169 babies 3
  36. 36 Carolyn 162 babies 5
  37. 37 Marilyn 160 babies 1
  38. 38 Annette 159 babies 10
  39. 39 Karen 159 babies 26
  40. 40 Raewyn 159 babies 12
  41. 41 Wendy 155 babies 2
  42. 42 Ann 149 babies 1
  43. 43 Catherine 146 babies 6
  44. 44 Lesley 141 babies =
  45. 45 Joan 139 babies 11
  46. 46 Cheryl 138 babies 11
  47. 47 Elaine 130 babies 5
  48. 48 Frances 130 babies 1
  49. 49 Kay 124 babies 7
  50. 50 Gail 120 babies 10
  51. 51 Rosemary 117 babies 13
  52. 52 Julie 112 babies 21
  53. 53 Marion 112 babies 1
  54. 54 Jillian 110 babies 4
  55. 55 Lois 104 babies 11
  56. 56 June 101 babies 3
  57. 57 Linda 99 babies 24
  58. 58 Jacqueline 96 babies 10
  59. 59 Joy 96 babies 9
  60. 60 Sheryl 96 babies 41
  61. 61 Gloria 95 babies 1
  62. 62 Gillian 93 babies 1
  63. 63 Diana 91 babies 9
  64. 64 Jill 91 babies 3
  65. 65 Jean 90 babies 6
  66. 66 Jeanette 90 babies 21
  67. 67 Ngaire 84 babies 16
  68. 68 Glenys 82 babies 1
  69. 69 Ruth 82 babies 7
  70. 70 Sally 81 babies 9
  71. 71 Sharon 79 babies =
  72. 72 Jocelyn 73 babies 17
  73. 73 Josephine 73 babies 12
  74. 74 Irene 71 babies 10
  75. 75 Betty 70 babies 5
  76. 76 Kathryn 70 babies 21
  77. 77 Adrienne 69 babies 11
  78. 78 Shona 68 babies 15
  79. 79 Joyce 67 babies 3
  80. 80 Doreen 64 babies =
  81. 81 Marlene 62 babies 3
  82. 82 Beverly 60 babies 7
  83. 83 Evelyn 60 babies 12
  84. 84 Lynne 59 babies 16
  85. 85 Noeline 59 babies 8
  86. 86 Brenda 57 babies 8
  87. 87 Eileen 57 babies 15
  88. 88 Dawn 56 babies 14
  89. 89 Nancy 56 babies 7
  90. 90 Susanne 55 babies 107
  91. 91 Carole 54 babies 24
  92. 92 Faye 54 babies 7
  93. 93 Janette 54 babies 13
  94. 94 Robin 54 babies 12
  95. 95 Lynnette 53 babies 12
  96. 96 Jane 52 babies 9
  97. 97 Sylvia 52 babies 13
  98. 98 Cynthia 50 babies 21
  99. 99 Vivienne 50 babies 8
  100. 100 Fay 48 babies 11

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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