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 John 1,628 babies =
2 David 979 babies =
3 Peter 898 babies =
4 Robert 766 babies =
5 Michael 606 babies =
6 Brian 597 babies 1
7 William 577 babies 1
8 Ian 477 babies =
9 Kevin 467 babies 1
10 James 452 babies 1
11 Richard 436 babies 3
12 Graham 398 babies =
13 Bruce 386 babies =
14 Graeme 374 babies 3
15 Paul 368 babies 3
16 Alan 361 babies =
17 Barry 352 babies 4
18 Kenneth 337 babies 4
19 Murray 334 babies 2
20 Ronald 310 babies 3
21 Wayne 307 babies 5
22 Anthony 304 babies 7
23 Colin 304 babies 4
24 Trevor 297 babies 1
25 Raymond 289 babies 5
26 Donald 267 babies 2
27 Allan 253 babies 2
28 Gary 253 babies =
29 Ross 232 babies 3
30 Christopher 218 babies 7
31 Roger 201 babies =
32 Dennis 196 babies 5
33 Keith 196 babies 1
34 Russell 196 babies 1
35 Thomas 189 babies 5
36 Geoffrey 173 babies 3
37 Terence 161 babies 5
38 Douglas 160 babies 3
39 George 157 babies 1
40 Neil 157 babies 2
41 Philip 156 babies 9
42 Leslie 150 babies 6
43 Warren 149 babies 1
44 Malcolm 147 babies 5
45 Patrick 139 babies =
46 Robin 139 babies =
47 Edward 134 babies 6
48 Gordon 133 babies 5
49 Neville 133 babies 2
50 Charles 128 babies 2
51 Noel 123 babies 1
52 Rodney 121 babies 1
53 Stephen 121 babies 13
54 Garry 110 babies 6
55 Andrew 103 babies =
56 Arthur 102 babies 3
57 Rex 99 babies 1
58 Bryan 97 babies 4
59 Denis 97 babies 10
60 Maurice 96 babies 7
61 Stuart 92 babies 3
62 Francis 91 babies 3
63 Kerry 89 babies 5
64 Alexander 86 babies 3
65 Gavin 86 babies 28
66 Eric 85 babies 2
67 Norman 83 babies 4
68 Desmond 82 babies 11
69 Phillip 82 babies 10
70 Joseph 77 babies 5
71 Ivan 75 babies 10
72 Owen 74 babies =
73 Gregory 72 babies 36
74 Lindsay 72 babies 12
75 Mervyn 72 babies 14
76 Warwick 71 babies =
77 Clive 69 babies 3
78 Frederick 66 babies 5
79 Grant 65 babies 8
80 Lawrence 61 babies 9
81 Bernard 60 babies 11
82 Derek 60 babies 4
83 Harold 60 babies 1
84 Terrence 57 babies 2
85 Allen 56 babies 11
86 Mark 56 babies 28
87 Hugh 55 babies 24
88 Laurence 55 babies 4
89 Kelvin 54 babies 38
90 Leonard 54 babies 17
91 Stanley 53 babies 4
92 Timothy 53 babies 12
93 Roy 52 babies 8
94 Stewart 52 babies 26
95 Henry 51 babies 5
96 Maxwell 51 babies 9
97 Jeffrey 50 babies 9
98 Gerald 48 babies 21
99 Martin 48 babies 15
100 Jack 46 babies 3
101 Ralph 45 babies 22
102 Daniel 44 babies 5
103 Reginald 42 babies 2
104 Albert 41 babies 9
105 Selwyn 41 babies 3
106 Ernest 39 babies 10
107 Nigel 38 babies 12
108 Frank 37 babies =
109 Harry 37 babies 1
110 Walter 37 babies 16
111 Roderick 36 babies 13
112 Howard 35 babies 6
113 Errol 34 babies 14
114 Alistair 33 babies 8
115 Alister 33 babies 10
116 Evan 32 babies 13
117 Nicholas 32 babies 11
118 Alfred 30 babies 18
119 Ashley 30 babies 7
120 Larry 30 babies 12
121 Lloyd 30 babies 17
122 Alastair 29 babies 7
123 Herbert 29 babies 16
124 Sydney 29 babies 13
125 Brent 28 babies 9
126 Clifford 28 babies 35
127 Rodger 28 babies 15
128 Terry 28 babies 4
129 Garth 26 babies 1
130 Gerard 26 babies 45
131 Lewis 26 babies 18
132 Victor 26 babies 11
133 Glenn 25 babies 2
134 Tony 25 babies 17
135 Wiremu 25 babies 32
136 Edwin 24 babies 14
137 Lionel 24 babies 23
138 Louis 24 babies 15
139 Steven 24 babies 6
140 Antony 23 babies 16
141 Samuel 23 babies 13
142 Craig 22 babies 1
143 Harvey 22 babies 28
144 Cecil 21 babies 6
145 Darryl 21 babies 51
146 Vincent 21 babies 21
147 Adrian 20 babies 1
148 Barrie 20 babies 12
149 Max 20 babies 16
150 Morris 20 babies 44
151 Vernon 20 babies 37
152 Brett 19 babies 7
153 Hone 18 babies 10
154 Lance 18 babies 4
155 Leo 18 babies 6
156 Carl 17 babies 9
157 Leon 17 babies 15
158 Henare 16 babies 23
159 Hori 16 babies 7
160 Fredrick 15 babies 16
161 Grahame 15 babies 10
162 Roland 15 babies 33
163 Terrance 15 babies 8
164 Basil 14 babies 14
165 Clarence 14 babies 4
166 Cyril 14 babies 23
167 Duncan 14 babies 3
168 Hector 14 babies 24
169 Matthew 14 babies 3
170 Wallace 14 babies 4
171 Bryce 13 babies 2
172 Glen 13 babies 10
173 Hohepa 13 babies 12
174 Jeffery 13 babies 10
175 Rangi 13 babies new
176 Sidney 13 babies 4
177 Athol 12 babies 4
178 Daryl 12 babies new
179 Gilbert 12 babies new
180 Guy 12 babies 4
181 Lyall 12 babies 12
182 Ray 12 babies 17
183 Benjamin 11 babies new
184 Campbell 11 babies 6
185 Hamish 11 babies new
186 Jonathan 11 babies =
187 Rowan 11 babies new
188 Simon 11 babies 22
189 Brendan 10 babies new
190 Dean 10 babies new
191 Ewen 10 babies 7
192 Geoffery 10 babies new
193 Jeremy 10 babies new
194 Jon 10 babies new
195 Lester 10 babies 55
196 Lyndsay 10 babies 19
197 Lynn 10 babies 19
198 Melvyn 10 babies 3
199 Nelson 10 babies 26
200 Royce 10 babies 3
201 Sonny 10 babies new
202 Wilson 10 babies new

Girl Names

1 Margaret 841 babies =
2 Judith 585 babies 1
3 Patricia 509 babies 1
4 Susan 436 babies 7
5 Elizabeth 416 babies =
6 Jennifer 412 babies 2
7 Mary 402 babies =
8 Pamela 374 babies =
9 Barbara 365 babies 3
10 Janice 365 babies =
11 Helen 350 babies 1
12 Lynette 337 babies 1
13 Carol 330 babies 4
14 Christine 328 babies 6
15 Kathleen 295 babies 2
16 Diane 289 babies =
17 Sandra 286 babies 6
18 Shirley 281 babies 4
19 Beverley 278 babies 1
20 Heather 266 babies 5
21 Lorraine 242 babies =
22 Maureen 221 babies =
23 Robyn 221 babies 3
24 Janet 207 babies =
25 Colleen 203 babies 6
26 Valerie 201 babies 5
27 Suzanne 200 babies 19
28 Pauline 192 babies 3
29 Marie 191 babies =
30 Anne 187 babies 5
31 Denise 184 babies 1
32 Dianne 182 babies 5
33 Alison 177 babies =
34 Yvonne 176 babies 7
35 Dorothy 169 babies 3
36 Carolyn 162 babies 5
37 Marilyn 160 babies 1
38 Annette 159 babies 10
39 Karen 159 babies 26
40 Raewyn 159 babies 12
41 Wendy 155 babies 2
42 Ann 149 babies 1
43 Catherine 146 babies 6
44 Lesley 141 babies =
45 Joan 139 babies 11
46 Cheryl 138 babies 11
47 Elaine 130 babies 5
48 Frances 130 babies 1
49 Kay 124 babies 7
50 Gail 120 babies 10
51 Rosemary 117 babies 13
52 Julie 112 babies 21
53 Marion 112 babies 1
54 Jillian 110 babies 4
55 Lois 104 babies 11
56 June 101 babies 3
57 Linda 99 babies 24
58 Jacqueline 96 babies 10
59 Joy 96 babies 9
60 Sheryl 96 babies 41
61 Gloria 95 babies 1
62 Gillian 93 babies 1
63 Diana 91 babies 9
64 Jill 91 babies 3
65 Jean 90 babies 6
66 Jeanette 90 babies 21
67 Ngaire 84 babies 16
68 Glenys 82 babies 1
69 Ruth 82 babies 7
70 Sally 81 babies 9
71 Sharon 79 babies =
72 Jocelyn 73 babies 17
73 Josephine 73 babies 12
74 Irene 71 babies 10
75 Betty 70 babies 5
76 Kathryn 70 babies 21
77 Adrienne 69 babies 11
78 Shona 68 babies 15
79 Joyce 67 babies 3
80 Doreen 64 babies =
81 Marlene 62 babies 3
82 Beverly 60 babies 7
83 Evelyn 60 babies 12
84 Lynne 59 babies 16
85 Noeline 59 babies 8
86 Brenda 57 babies 8
87 Eileen 57 babies 15
88 Dawn 56 babies 14
89 Nancy 56 babies 7
90 Susanne 55 babies 107
91 Carole 54 babies 24
92 Faye 54 babies 7
93 Janette 54 babies 13
94 Robin 54 babies 12
95 Lynnette 53 babies 12
96 Jane 52 babies 9
97 Sylvia 52 babies 13
98 Cynthia 50 babies 21
99 Vivienne 50 babies 8
100 Fay 48 babies 11
101 Daphne 47 babies 15
102 Rosalie 47 babies 2
103 Claire 46 babies 27
104 Lynda 46 babies 47
105 Maria 46 babies 13
106 Phyllis 46 babies 3
107 Janis 45 babies 94
108 Beryl 44 babies 6
109 Caroline 44 babies 7
110 Glennis 42 babies 7
111 Andrea 39 babies 62
112 Eleanor 39 babies 14
113 Leonie 39 babies 23
114 Dale 38 babies 17
115 Lynn 38 babies 10
116 Angela 37 babies 2
117 Ellen 37 babies 4
118 Kaye 37 babies 13
119 Maxine 37 babies 2
120 Sharyn 37 babies 44
121 Clare 36 babies 12
122 Gaynor 36 babies 1
123 Audrey 35 babies 6
124 Penelope 35 babies 13
125 Edith 33 babies 1
126 Erin 33 babies 41
127 Norma 33 babies 19
128 Prudence 33 babies 13
129 Allison 32 babies 10
130 Jan 32 babies 20
131 Julia 32 babies 5
132 Louise 32 babies 14
133 Bronwyn 31 babies 18
134 Glenis 31 babies 1
135 Marjorie 31 babies 28
136 Hilary 29 babies 12
137 Mavis 29 babies 20
138 Nola 29 babies 26
139 Virginia 29 babies 4
140 Alice 28 babies 30
141 Gaylene 28 babies 4
142 Glenda 28 babies 26
143 Teresa 28 babies 62
144 Christina 27 babies 8
145 Paula 27 babies 2
146 Sarah 27 babies 32
147 Donna 26 babies 27
148 Philippa 26 babies 10
149 Stephanie 26 babies 136
150 Thelma 26 babies 8
151 Aileen 25 babies 3
152 Georgina 25 babies 8
153 Anita 24 babies 9
154 Anna 24 babies 22
155 Florence 24 babies 15
156 Judy 24 babies 60
157 Rose 24 babies 20
158 Katherine 23 babies 5
159 Lorna 23 babies 32
160 Olive 23 babies 36
161 Geraldine 22 babies 27
162 Gay 21 babies 40
163 Isabel 21 babies 48
164 Linley 21 babies 53
165 Lynley 21 babies 9
166 Rae 21 babies 38
167 Sharron 21 babies 5
168 Bernadette 20 babies 12
169 Coral 20 babies 48
170 Gladys 20 babies 1
171 Hazel 20 babies 14
172 Lilian 20 babies
173 Maree 20 babies 74
174 Marian 20 babies 30
175 Merilyn 20 babies 20
176 Natalie 20 babies 57
177 Veronica 20 babies 18
178 Winifred 20 babies 13
179 Isobel 19 babies 18
180 Joanne 19 babies 22
181 Kerry 19 babies 5
182 Monica 19 babies 6
183 Valda 19 babies 15
184 Violet 19 babies 38
185 Fiona 18 babies 58
186 Gabrielle 18 babies 87
187 Moira 18 babies 76
188 Noelene 18 babies 77
189 Edna 17 babies 8
190 Elsie 17 babies 10
191 Grace 17 babies 36
192 Gwendoline 17 babies 52
193 Paulette 17 babies
194 Peggy 17 babies 26
195 Vivien 17 babies 6
196 Adele 16 babies 6
197 Gwenda 16 babies 13
198 Karin 16 babies
199 Mihi 16 babies 33
200 Muriel 16 babies 17
201 Rachel 16 babies 13
202 Rebecca 16 babies
203 Victoria 16 babies 33
204 Annie 15 babies 55
205 Cherie 15 babies 18
206 Eunice 15 babies 18
207 Hine 15 babies
208 Leslie 15 babies 18
209 Michele 15 babies
210 Rangi 15 babies 40
211 Rita 15 babies 40
212 Rona 15 babies 72
213 Bernice 14 babies
214 Carrol 14 babies
215 Caryl 14 babies
216 Erica 14 babies
217 Gael 14 babies 49
218 Laraine 14 babies 56
219 Loraine 14 babies 16
220 Merle 14 babies 11
221 Myra 14 babies 2
222 Rhonda 14 babies 46
223 Roberta 14 babies 69
224 Rosalind 14 babies 66
225 Alma 13 babies 10
226 Deirdre 13 babies 46
227 Delwyn 13 babies 19
228 Elisabeth 13 babies
229 Joanna 13 babies 35
230 Lillian 13 babies 31
231 Martha 13 babies 2
232 Melva 13 babies 48
233 Ruby 13 babies
234 Verna 13 babies
235 Vicki 13 babies
236 Agnes 12 babies 45
237 Ailsa 12 babies 71
238 Avis 12 babies 16
239 Beatrice 12 babies 16
240 Beth 12 babies 2
241 Bridget 12 babies
242 Coleen 12 babies 35
243 Esther 12 babies 61
244 Glenice 12 babies
245 Iris 12 babies 70
246 Laurel 12 babies
247 Lucy 12 babies 29
248 Marcia 12 babies 20
249 Mereana 12 babies 13
250 Meryl 12 babies
251 Noeleen 12 babies 2
252 Priscilla 12 babies 18
253 Roslyn 12 babies
254 Cecilia 11 babies
255 Deborah 11 babies
256 Doris 11 babies 47
257 Gaye 11 babies 83
258 Gayle 11 babies 16
259 Heni 11 babies
260 Hilda 11 babies 15
261 Janine 11 babies
262 Jeanne 11 babies
263 Lindsay 11 babies 36
264 Miriam 11 babies 101
265 Sonia 11 babies 86
266 Theresa 11 babies 20
267 Vera 11 babies 46
268 Charlotte 10 babies 3
269 Cherry 10 babies 63
270 Constance 10 babies 14
271 Cushla 10 babies 31
272 Ethel 10 babies 62
273 Eva 10 babies 16
274 Hera 10 babies 16
275 Jeannette 10 babies 30
276 Jenifer 10 babies 83
277 Jessie 10 babies 65
278 Juliet 10 babies 65
279 Lenore 10 babies
280 Maraea 10 babies
281 Matekino 10 babies
282 Michelle 10 babies
283 Nora 10 babies 33
284 Noreen 10 babies
285 Raylene 10 babies 20
286 Ripeka 10 babies 20
287 Rowena 10 babies
288 Stella 10 babies
289 Valarie 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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