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 John 1,575 babies =
2 David 982 babies =
3 Peter 891 babies =
4 Robert 719 babies =
5 Michael 602 babies =
6 William 590 babies 1
7 Brian 555 babies 1
8 Kevin 495 babies 1
9 James 432 babies 1
10 Richard 414 babies 1
11 Ian 406 babies 3
12 Graeme 404 babies 2
13 Bruce 402 babies =
14 Paul 386 babies 1
15 Graham 371 babies 3
16 Murray 348 babies 3
17 Alan 343 babies 1
18 Kenneth 324 babies =
19 Colin 310 babies 4
20 Wayne 287 babies 1
21 Barry 283 babies 4
22 Anthony 282 babies =
23 Raymond 276 babies 2
24 Ronald 257 babies 4
25 Donald 254 babies 1
26 Trevor 254 babies 2
27 Christopher 248 babies 3
28 Allan 238 babies 1
29 Dennis 228 babies 3
30 Keith 225 babies 3
31 Roger 219 babies =
32 Geoffrey 217 babies 4
33 Ross 217 babies 4
34 Russell 211 babies =
35 Gary 205 babies 7
36 Thomas 200 babies 1
37 Douglas 189 babies 1
38 Philip 183 babies 3
39 Stephen 182 babies 14
40 Neil 156 babies =
41 Warren 153 babies 2
42 Terence 146 babies 5
43 George 144 babies 4
44 Edward 136 babies 3
45 Leslie 133 babies 3
46 Neville 127 babies 3
47 Robin 124 babies 1
48 Stuart 123 babies 13
49 Gordon 121 babies 1
50 Patrick 121 babies 5
51 Bryan 117 babies 7
52 Lindsay 115 babies 22
53 Malcolm 113 babies 9
54 Noel 112 babies 3
55 Andrew 111 babies =
56 Charles 110 babies 6
57 Eric 109 babies 9
58 Rodney 105 babies 6
59 Garry 104 babies 5
60 Maurice 102 babies =
61 Phillip 99 babies 8
62 Arthur 95 babies 6
63 Kerry 91 babies =
64 Desmond 89 babies 4
65 Gregory 89 babies 8
66 Rex 87 babies 9
67 Francis 83 babies 5
68 Frederick 80 babies 10
69 Mark 80 babies 17
70 Grant 77 babies 9
71 Norman 77 babies 4
72 Mervyn 76 babies 3
73 Stanley 74 babies 18
74 Alexander 70 babies 10
75 Ivan 70 babies 4
76 Denis 69 babies 17
77 Jeffrey 68 babies 20
78 Joseph 68 babies 8
79 Owen 68 babies 7
80 Gavin 67 babies 15
81 Derek 66 babies 1
82 Bernard 64 babies 1
83 Terrence 64 babies 1
84 Roy 63 babies 9
85 Clive 61 babies 8
86 Warwick 60 babies 10
87 Hugh 59 babies =
88 Henry 58 babies 7
89 Lawrence 58 babies 9
90 Gerald 57 babies 8
91 Leonard 57 babies 1
92 Martin 57 babies 7
93 Laurence 54 babies 5
94 Larry 53 babies 26
95 Selwyn 53 babies 10
96 Timothy 52 babies 4
97 Frank 49 babies 11
98 Kelvin 48 babies 9
99 Roderick 46 babies 12
100 Allen 45 babies 15
101 Stewart 45 babies 7
102 Albert 43 babies 2
103 Clifford 43 babies 23
104 Walter 43 babies 6
105 Ernest 42 babies 1
106 Harold 41 babies 23
107 Brent 40 babies 18
108 Errol 40 babies 5
109 Maxwell 40 babies 13
110 Nigel 40 babies 3
111 Daniel 39 babies 9
112 Ralph 39 babies 11
113 Lance 38 babies 41
114 Victor 38 babies 18
115 Glenn 37 babies 18
116 Steven 37 babies 23
117 Tony 37 babies 17
118 Howard 36 babies 6
119 Alister 35 babies 4
120 Reginald 35 babies 17
121 Terry 35 babies 7
122 Adrian 34 babies 25
123 Alistair 34 babies 9
124 Jack 33 babies 24
125 Lloyd 33 babies 4
126 Alastair 32 babies 4
127 Evan 32 babies 11
128 Harry 31 babies 19
129 Craig 30 babies 13
130 Edwin 29 babies 6
131 Nicholas 29 babies 14
132 Duncan 28 babies 35
133 Gilbert 28 babies 46
134 Lester 28 babies 61
135 Morris 28 babies 15
136 Rodger 28 babies 9
137 Lewis 27 babies 6
138 Sydney 27 babies 14
139 Wiremu 26 babies 4
140 Alfred 25 babies 22
141 Barrie 25 babies 7
142 Ashley 22 babies 23
143 Jeffery 22 babies 31
144 Jonathan 21 babies 42
145 Darryl 20 babies =
146 Louis 20 babies 8
147 Max 20 babies 2
148 Samuel 20 babies 7
149 Simon 20 babies 39
150 Vincent 20 babies 4
151 Cyril 19 babies 15
152 Garth 19 babies 23
153 Antony 18 babies 13
154 Brett 18 babies 2
155 Dale 18 babies new
156 Harvey 18 babies 13
157 Hemi 18 babies new
158 Earl 17 babies new
159 Grahame 17 babies 2
160 Lionel 17 babies 23
161 Basil 16 babies 3
162 Dean 16 babies 28
163 Hone 16 babies 10
164 Vernon 16 babies 13
165 Bryce 15 babies 6
166 Gerard 15 babies 36
167 Hamish 15 babies 18
168 Carl 14 babies 12
169 Cedric 14 babies new
170 Daryl 14 babies 8
171 Henare 14 babies 13
172 Bevan 13 babies new
173 Danny 13 babies new
174 Hoani 13 babies new
175 Rangi 13 babies =
176 Athol 12 babies 1
177 Brendan 12 babies 12
178 Cecil 12 babies 34
179 Herbert 12 babies 56
180 Hori 12 babies 21
181 Matthew 12 babies 12
182 Perry 12 babies new
183 Terrance 12 babies 20
184 Glen 11 babies 12
185 Godfrey 11 babies new
186 Jimmy 11 babies new
187 Leo 11 babies 32
188 Leon 11 babies 31
189 Miles 11 babies new
190 Angus 10 babies new
191 Ben 10 babies new
192 Charlie 10 babies new
193 Clifton 10 babies new
194 Hector 10 babies 26
195 Hohepa 10 babies 22
196 Lynn 10 babies 1
197 Ray 10 babies 15
198 Sidney 10 babies 22
199 Vaughan 10 babies new
200 Warrick 10 babies new
201 Wi 10 babies new

Girl Names

1 Margaret 730 babies =
2 Judith 543 babies =
3 Patricia 523 babies =
4 Jennifer 466 babies 2
5 Barbara 431 babies 4
6 Susan 416 babies 2
7 Mary 414 babies =
8 Christine 413 babies 6
9 Sandra 356 babies 8
10 Elizabeth 353 babies 5
11 Pamela 338 babies 3
12 Janice 337 babies 2
13 Lynette 323 babies 1
14 Helen 322 babies 3
15 Diane 287 babies 1
16 Carol 286 babies 3
17 Heather 283 babies 3
18 Kathleen 272 babies 3
19 Shirley 269 babies 1
20 Linda 263 babies 37
21 Lorraine 244 babies =
22 Marilyn 232 babies 15
23 Robyn 226 babies =
24 Beverley 217 babies 5
25 Janet 214 babies 1
26 Pauline 204 babies 2
27 Colleen 196 babies 2
28 Maureen 189 babies 6
29 Carolyn 187 babies 7
30 Lesley 187 babies 14
31 Suzanne 186 babies 4
32 Dianne 178 babies =
33 Anne 177 babies 3
34 Raewyn 173 babies 6
35 Karen 170 babies 4
36 Alison 162 babies 3
37 Jillian 156 babies 17
38 Marie 156 babies 9
39 Catherine 147 babies 4
40 Valerie 145 babies 14
41 Denise 143 babies 10
42 Joan 142 babies 3
43 Annette 141 babies 5
44 Wendy 141 babies 3
45 Rosemary 140 babies 6
46 Yvonne 137 babies 12
47 Julie 135 babies 5
48 Frances 133 babies =
49 Ann 129 babies 7
50 Dorothy 128 babies 15
51 Gail 124 babies 1
52 Elaine 121 babies 5
53 Sheryl 119 babies 7
54 Cheryl 114 babies 8
55 Jeanette 114 babies 11
56 Joy 104 babies 3
57 Glenys 102 babies 11
58 Jacqueline 101 babies =
59 Kay 96 babies 10
60 Sharon 95 babies 11
61 Marion 94 babies 8
62 Diana 93 babies 1
63 Lois 91 babies 8
64 Ngaire 87 babies 3
65 Jocelyn 86 babies 7
66 Irene 83 babies 8
67 Jill 82 babies 3
68 Gillian 79 babies 6
69 Gloria 79 babies 8
70 Dawn 78 babies 18
71 Jean 77 babies 6
72 Lynda 77 babies 32
73 June 75 babies 17
74 Kathryn 71 babies 2
75 Josephine 70 babies 2
76 Ruth 70 babies 7
77 Eileen 68 babies 10
78 Janis 64 babies 29
79 Adrienne 63 babies 2
80 Betty 62 babies 5
81 Faye 62 babies 11
82 Marlene 62 babies 1
83 Noeline 62 babies 2
84 Shona 62 babies 6
85 Carole 59 babies 6
86 Sally 58 babies 16
87 Vivienne 58 babies 12
88 Lynne 57 babies 4
89 Jane 55 babies 7
90 Sylvia 55 babies 7
91 Evelyn 54 babies 8
92 Beverly 53 babies 10
93 Cynthia 53 babies 5
94 Fay 52 babies 6
95 Leonie 51 babies 18
96 Nancy 50 babies 7
97 Brenda 49 babies 11
98 Maria 49 babies 7
99 Lynnette 48 babies 4
100 Rosalie 48 babies 2
101 Caroline 46 babies 8
102 Glenis 46 babies 32
103 Robin 46 babies 9
104 Doreen 45 babies 24
105 Christina 44 babies 39
106 Penelope 43 babies 18
107 Stephanie 43 babies 42
108 Marjorie 42 babies 27
109 Andrea 40 babies 2
110 Daphne 40 babies 9
111 Norma 40 babies 16
112 Bronwyn 39 babies 21
113 Eleanor 39 babies 1
114 Dale 38 babies =
115 Ellen 38 babies 2
116 Gayle 37 babies 142
117 Janette 37 babies 24
118 Joyce 37 babies 39
119 Kaye 37 babies 1
120 Veronica 37 babies 57
121 Jan 36 babies 9
122 Julia 36 babies 9
123 Maxine 36 babies 4
124 Phyllis 36 babies 18
125 Angela 35 babies 9
126 Paula 35 babies 19
127 Virginia 35 babies 12
128 Gaylene 32 babies 13
129 Glenda 32 babies 13
130 Gay 31 babies 32
131 Louise 31 babies 1
132 Lynn 31 babies 17
133 Allison 30 babies 4
134 Anna 30 babies 20
135 Edith 30 babies 10
136 Beryl 29 babies 28
137 Clare 29 babies 16
138 Katherine 29 babies 20
139 Susanne 29 babies 49
140 Claire 28 babies 37
141 Philippa 28 babies 7
142 Teresa 28 babies 1
143 Erin 27 babies 17
144 Georgina 27 babies 8
145 Maree 27 babies 28
146 Noelene 27 babies 42
147 Bernadette 26 babies 21
148 Hazel 26 babies 23
149 Lynley 26 babies 16
150 Hilary 25 babies 14
151 Mavis 25 babies 14
152 Rae 25 babies 14
153 Donna 24 babies 6
154 Gaye 24 babies 103
155 Miriam 24 babies 109
156 Florence 23 babies 1
157 Gabrielle 23 babies 29
158 Geraldine 23 babies 3
159 Thelma 23 babies 9
160 Anita 22 babies 7
161 Audrey 22 babies 38
162 Gaynor 22 babies 40
163 Prudence 22 babies 35
164 Sharyn 22 babies 44
165 Victoria 22 babies 38
166 Vivien 22 babies 29
167 Coral 21 babies 2
168 Glennis 21 babies 58
169 Kerry 21 babies 12
170 Marian 21 babies 4
171 Merilyn 21 babies 4
172 Nola 21 babies 34
173 Paulette 21 babies 20
174 Rachel 21 babies 27
175 Aileen 20 babies 24
176 Alice 20 babies 36
177 Deborah 20 babies 78
178 Lorna 20 babies 19
179 Annie 19 babies 25
180 Edna 19 babies 9
181 Marcia 19 babies 67
182 Monica 19 babies =
183 Rosalind 19 babies 41
184 Sonia 19 babies 81
185 Theresa 19 babies 81
186 Cushla 18 babies 85
187 Esther 18 babies 56
188 Fiona 18 babies 3
189 Loraine 18 babies 30
190 Priscilla 18 babies 62
191 Sarah 18 babies 45
192 Sharron 18 babies 25
193 Winifred 18 babies 15
194 Charlotte 17 babies 74
195 Isobel 17 babies 16
196 Joanna 17 babies 33
197 Joanne 17 babies 17
198 Mere 17 babies new
199 Myra 17 babies 22
200 Valmai 17 babies new
201 Vicki 17 babies 34
202 Elsie 16 babies 12
203 Eunice 16 babies 3
204 Gwenda 16 babies 7
205 Laurel 16 babies 41
206 Adele 15 babies 10
207 Laraine 15 babies 11
208 Leslie 15 babies =
209 Lilian 15 babies 37
210 Lindsay 15 babies 53
211 Peggy 15 babies 17
212 Rita 15 babies 1
213 Roslyn 15 babies 40
214 Sherryl 15 babies new
215 Violet 15 babies 31
216 Erica 14 babies =
217 Gael 14 babies =
218 Glennys 14 babies new
219 Grace 14 babies 28
220 Janine 14 babies 41
221 Judy 14 babies 65
222 Linley 14 babies 58
223 Merle 14 babies 3
224 Muriel 14 babies 24
225 Isabel 13 babies 62
226 Leone 13 babies new
227 May 13 babies new
228 Mihi 13 babies 29
229 Ailsa 12 babies 8
230 Alma 12 babies 5
231 Averil 12 babies new
232 Cherie 12 babies 27
233 Gwendoline 12 babies 41
234 Heni 12 babies 25
235 Juliet 12 babies 43
236 Michele 12 babies 27
237 Ngahuia 12 babies new
238 Phillipa 12 babies new
239 Polly 12 babies new
240 Rawinia 12 babies new
241 Rose 12 babies 84
242 Wilma 12 babies new
243 Emily 11 babies new
244 Huia 11 babies new
245 Lee 11 babies new
246 Maraea 11 babies 34
247 Marianne 11 babies new
248 Miriama 11 babies new
249 Natalie 11 babies 73
250 Nellie 11 babies new
251 Noreen 11 babies 33
252 Olive 11 babies 92
253 Rhonda 11 babies 31
254 Roberta 11 babies 31
255 Tui 11 babies new
256 Agnes 10 babies 20
257 Antoinette 10 babies new
258 Bernice 10 babies 45
259 Cherry 10 babies 10
260 Doris 10 babies 4
261 Glynis 10 babies new
262 Hine 10 babies 55
263 Karin 10 babies 65
264 Lavinia 10 babies new
265 Leigh 10 babies new
266 Lucy 10 babies 19
267 Olwyn 10 babies new
268 Raylene 10 babies 17
269 Rona 10 babies 57
270 Rosie 10 babies new
271 Rowena 10 babies 16
272 Ruby 10 babies 39
273 Valda 10 babies 90
274 Vera 10 babies 7
275 Vivian 10 babies new
276 Wikitoria 10 babies new

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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