New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1948

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 1,575 babies =
  2. 2 David 982 babies =
  3. 3 Peter 891 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 719 babies =
  5. 5 Michael 602 babies =
  6. 6 William 590 babies 1
  7. 7 Brian 555 babies 1
  8. 8 Kevin 495 babies 1
  9. 9 James 432 babies 1
  10. 10 Richard 414 babies 1
  11. 11 Ian 406 babies 3
  12. 12 Graeme 404 babies 2
  13. 13 Bruce 402 babies =
  14. 14 Paul 386 babies 1
  15. 15 Graham 371 babies 3
  16. 16 Murray 348 babies 3
  17. 17 Alan 343 babies 1
  18. 18 Kenneth 324 babies =
  19. 19 Colin 310 babies 4
  20. 20 Wayne 287 babies 1
  21. 21 Barry 283 babies 4
  22. 22 Anthony 282 babies =
  23. 23 Raymond 276 babies 2
  24. 24 Ronald 257 babies 4
  25. 25 Donald 254 babies 1
  26. 26 Trevor 254 babies 2
  27. 27 Christopher 248 babies 3
  28. 28 Allan 238 babies 1
  29. 29 Dennis 228 babies 3
  30. 30 Keith 225 babies 3
  31. 31 Roger 219 babies =
  32. 32 Geoffrey 217 babies 4
  33. 33 Ross 217 babies 4
  34. 34 Russell 211 babies =
  35. 35 Gary 205 babies 7
  36. 36 Thomas 200 babies 1
  37. 37 Douglas 189 babies 1
  38. 38 Philip 183 babies 3
  39. 39 Stephen 182 babies 14
  40. 40 Neil 156 babies =
  41. 41 Warren 153 babies 2
  42. 42 Terence 146 babies 5
  43. 43 George 144 babies 4
  44. 44 Edward 136 babies 3
  45. 45 Leslie 133 babies 3
  46. 46 Neville 127 babies 3
  47. 47 Robin 124 babies 1
  48. 48 Stuart 123 babies 13
  49. 49 Gordon 121 babies 1
  50. 50 Patrick 121 babies 5
  51. 51 Bryan 117 babies 7
  52. 52 Lindsay 115 babies 22
  53. 53 Malcolm 113 babies 9
  54. 54 Noel 112 babies 3
  55. 55 Andrew 111 babies =
  56. 56 Charles 110 babies 6
  57. 57 Eric 109 babies 9
  58. 58 Rodney 105 babies 6
  59. 59 Garry 104 babies 5
  60. 60 Maurice 102 babies =
  61. 61 Phillip 99 babies 8
  62. 62 Arthur 95 babies 6
  63. 63 Kerry 91 babies =
  64. 64 Desmond 89 babies 4
  65. 65 Gregory 89 babies 8
  66. 66 Rex 87 babies 9
  67. 67 Francis 83 babies 5
  68. 68 Frederick 80 babies 10
  69. 69 Mark 80 babies 17
  70. 70 Grant 77 babies 9
  71. 71 Norman 77 babies 4
  72. 72 Mervyn 76 babies 3
  73. 73 Stanley 74 babies 18
  74. 74 Alexander 70 babies 10
  75. 75 Ivan 70 babies 4
  76. 76 Denis 69 babies 17
  77. 77 Jeffrey 68 babies 20
  78. 78 Joseph 68 babies 8
  79. 79 Owen 68 babies 7
  80. 80 Gavin 67 babies 15
  81. 81 Derek 66 babies 1
  82. 82 Bernard 64 babies 1
  83. 83 Terrence 64 babies 1
  84. 84 Roy 63 babies 9
  85. 85 Clive 61 babies 8
  86. 86 Warwick 60 babies 10
  87. 87 Hugh 59 babies =
  88. 88 Henry 58 babies 7
  89. 89 Lawrence 58 babies 9
  90. 90 Gerald 57 babies 8
  91. 91 Leonard 57 babies 1
  92. 92 Martin 57 babies 7
  93. 93 Laurence 54 babies 5
  94. 94 Larry 53 babies 26
  95. 95 Selwyn 53 babies 10
  96. 96 Timothy 52 babies 4
  97. 97 Frank 49 babies 11
  98. 98 Kelvin 48 babies 9
  99. 99 Roderick 46 babies 12
  100. 100 Allen 45 babies 15

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 730 babies =
  2. 2 Judith 543 babies =
  3. 3 Patricia 523 babies =
  4. 4 Jennifer 466 babies 2
  5. 5 Barbara 431 babies 4
  6. 6 Susan 416 babies 2
  7. 7 Mary 414 babies =
  8. 8 Christine 413 babies 6
  9. 9 Sandra 356 babies 8
  10. 10 Elizabeth 353 babies 5
  11. 11 Pamela 338 babies 3
  12. 12 Janice 337 babies 2
  13. 13 Lynette 323 babies 1
  14. 14 Helen 322 babies 3
  15. 15 Diane 287 babies 1
  16. 16 Carol 286 babies 3
  17. 17 Heather 283 babies 3
  18. 18 Kathleen 272 babies 3
  19. 19 Shirley 269 babies 1
  20. 20 Linda 263 babies 37
  21. 21 Lorraine 244 babies =
  22. 22 Marilyn 232 babies 15
  23. 23 Robyn 226 babies =
  24. 24 Beverley 217 babies 5
  25. 25 Janet 214 babies 1
  26. 26 Pauline 204 babies 2
  27. 27 Colleen 196 babies 2
  28. 28 Maureen 189 babies 6
  29. 29 Carolyn 187 babies 7
  30. 30 Lesley 187 babies 14
  31. 31 Suzanne 186 babies 4
  32. 32 Dianne 178 babies =
  33. 33 Anne 177 babies 3
  34. 34 Raewyn 173 babies 6
  35. 35 Karen 170 babies 4
  36. 36 Alison 162 babies 3
  37. 37 Jillian 156 babies 17
  38. 38 Marie 156 babies 9
  39. 39 Catherine 147 babies 4
  40. 40 Valerie 145 babies 14
  41. 41 Denise 143 babies 10
  42. 42 Joan 142 babies 3
  43. 43 Annette 141 babies 5
  44. 44 Wendy 141 babies 3
  45. 45 Rosemary 140 babies 6
  46. 46 Yvonne 137 babies 12
  47. 47 Julie 135 babies 5
  48. 48 Frances 133 babies =
  49. 49 Ann 129 babies 7
  50. 50 Dorothy 128 babies 15
  51. 51 Gail 124 babies 1
  52. 52 Elaine 121 babies 5
  53. 53 Sheryl 119 babies 7
  54. 54 Cheryl 114 babies 8
  55. 55 Jeanette 114 babies 11
  56. 56 Joy 104 babies 3
  57. 57 Glenys 102 babies 11
  58. 58 Jacqueline 101 babies =
  59. 59 Kay 96 babies 10
  60. 60 Sharon 95 babies 11
  61. 61 Marion 94 babies 8
  62. 62 Diana 93 babies 1
  63. 63 Lois 91 babies 8
  64. 64 Ngaire 87 babies 3
  65. 65 Jocelyn 86 babies 7
  66. 66 Irene 83 babies 8
  67. 67 Jill 82 babies 3
  68. 68 Gillian 79 babies 6
  69. 69 Gloria 79 babies 8
  70. 70 Dawn 78 babies 18
  71. 71 Jean 77 babies 6
  72. 72 Lynda 77 babies 32
  73. 73 June 75 babies 17
  74. 74 Kathryn 71 babies 2
  75. 75 Josephine 70 babies 2
  76. 76 Ruth 70 babies 7
  77. 77 Eileen 68 babies 10
  78. 78 Janis 64 babies 29
  79. 79 Adrienne 63 babies 2
  80. 80 Betty 62 babies 5
  81. 81 Faye 62 babies 11
  82. 82 Marlene 62 babies 1
  83. 83 Noeline 62 babies 2
  84. 84 Shona 62 babies 6
  85. 85 Carole 59 babies 6
  86. 86 Sally 58 babies 16
  87. 87 Vivienne 58 babies 12
  88. 88 Lynne 57 babies 4
  89. 89 Jane 55 babies 7
  90. 90 Sylvia 55 babies 7
  91. 91 Evelyn 54 babies 8
  92. 92 Beverly 53 babies 10
  93. 93 Cynthia 53 babies 5
  94. 94 Fay 52 babies 6
  95. 95 Leonie 51 babies 18
  96. 96 Nancy 50 babies 7
  97. 97 Brenda 49 babies 11
  98. 98 Maria 49 babies 7
  99. 99 Lynnette 48 babies 4
  100. 100 Rosalie 48 babies 2

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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