New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1949

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 1,504 babies =
  2. 2 David 992 babies =
  3. 3 Peter 919 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 680 babies =
  5. 5 Michael 666 babies =
  6. 6 Brian 530 babies 1
  7. 7 Kevin 527 babies 1
  8. 8 William 501 babies 2
  9. 9 Bruce 452 babies 4
  10. 10 Ian 440 babies 1
  11. 11 Paul 404 babies 3
  12. 12 James 403 babies 3
  13. 13 Graeme 399 babies 1
  14. 14 Alan 385 babies 3
  15. 15 Murray 331 babies 1
  16. 16 Graham 325 babies 1
  17. 17 Richard 304 babies 7
  18. 18 Kenneth 303 babies =
  19. 19 Colin 301 babies =
  20. 20 Wayne 297 babies =
  21. 21 Anthony 293 babies 1
  22. 22 Stephen 286 babies 17
  23. 23 Barry 278 babies 2
  24. 24 Trevor 267 babies 2
  25. 25 Raymond 266 babies 2
  26. 26 Christopher 257 babies 1
  27. 27 Allan 240 babies 1
  28. 28 Donald 240 babies 3
  29. 29 Ronald 235 babies 5
  30. 30 Dennis 231 babies 1
  31. 31 Philip 226 babies 7
  32. 32 Gary 216 babies 3
  33. 33 Roger 212 babies 2
  34. 34 Geoffrey 203 babies 2
  35. 35 Keith 202 babies 5
  36. 36 Ross 196 babies 3
  37. 37 Russell 195 babies 3
  38. 38 Thomas 176 babies 2
  39. 39 Douglas 166 babies 2
  40. 40 Malcolm 166 babies 13
  41. 41 Grant 161 babies 29
  42. 42 Neil 160 babies 2
  43. 43 Warren 157 babies 2
  44. 44 Terence 154 babies 2
  45. 45 Leslie 153 babies =
  46. 46 George 152 babies 3
  47. 47 Patrick 140 babies 3
  48. 48 Gordon 137 babies 1
  49. 49 Charles 133 babies 7
  50. 50 Rodney 127 babies 8
  51. 51 Noel 126 babies 3
  52. 52 Robin 125 babies 5
  53. 53 Phillip 120 babies 8
  54. 54 Andrew 118 babies 1
  55. 55 Neville 113 babies 9
  56. 56 Mark 112 babies 13
  57. 57 Stuart 108 babies 9
  58. 58 Garry 106 babies 1
  59. 59 Lindsay 105 babies 7
  60. 60 Edward 103 babies 16
  61. 61 Gregory 103 babies 4
  62. 62 Bryan 99 babies 11
  63. 63 Arthur 95 babies 1
  64. 64 Maurice 93 babies 4
  65. 65 Rex 89 babies 1
  66. 66 Eric 88 babies 9
  67. 67 Denis 86 babies 9
  68. 68 Norman 86 babies 3
  69. 69 Alexander 83 babies 5
  70. 70 Francis 79 babies 3
  71. 71 Martin 76 babies 21
  72. 72 Joseph 75 babies 6
  73. 73 Timothy 74 babies 23
  74. 74 Kerry 73 babies 11
  75. 75 Owen 72 babies 4
  76. 76 Desmond 70 babies 12
  77. 77 Gavin 70 babies 3
  78. 78 Clive 68 babies 7
  79. 79 Bernard 65 babies 3
  80. 80 Lawrence 62 babies 9
  81. 81 Steven 62 babies 35
  82. 82 Henry 59 babies 6
  83. 83 Warwick 59 babies 3
  84. 84 Laurence 58 babies 9
  85. 85 Mervyn 58 babies 13
  86. 86 Derek 57 babies 5
  87. 87 Frederick 57 babies 19
  88. 88 Roy 57 babies 4
  89. 89 Ivan 55 babies 14
  90. 90 Gerald 53 babies =
  91. 91 Jeffrey 53 babies 14
  92. 92 Alistair 52 babies 31
  93. 93 Leonard 52 babies 2
  94. 94 Roderick 50 babies 5
  95. 95 Allen 47 babies 5
  96. 96 Glenn 47 babies 19
  97. 97 Terrence 47 babies 14
  98. 98 Larry 46 babies 4
  99. 99 Nigel 45 babies 11
  100. 100 Lloyd 44 babies 25

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 749 babies =
  2. 2 Christine 562 babies 6
  3. 3 Judith 495 babies 1
  4. 4 Jennifer 473 babies =
  5. 5 Susan 450 babies 1
  6. 6 Patricia 437 babies 3
  7. 7 Mary 415 babies =
  8. 8 Barbara 398 babies 3
  9. 9 Elizabeth 382 babies 1
  10. 10 Linda 348 babies 10
  11. 11 Lynette 329 babies 2
  12. 12 Helen 318 babies 2
  13. 13 Janice 314 babies 1
  14. 14 Heather 301 babies 3
  15. 15 Pamela 295 babies 4
  16. 16 Sandra 284 babies 7
  17. 17 Carol 278 babies 1
  18. 18 Diane 263 babies 3
  19. 19 Shirley 260 babies =
  20. 20 Kathleen 254 babies 2
  21. 21 Lorraine 223 babies =
  22. 22 Robyn 223 babies 1
  23. 23 Beverley 216 babies 1
  24. 24 Pauline 203 babies 2
  25. 25 Colleen 201 babies 2
  26. 26 Janet 196 babies 1
  27. 27 Maureen 190 babies 1
  28. 28 Carolyn 188 babies 1
  29. 29 Marilyn 187 babies 7
  30. 30 Gail 181 babies 21
  31. 31 Suzanne 181 babies =
  32. 32 Anne 177 babies 1
  33. 33 Raewyn 171 babies 1
  34. 34 Dianne 165 babies 2
  35. 35 Karen 156 babies =
  36. 36 Alison 155 babies =
  37. 37 Lesley 149 babies 7
  38. 38 Catherine 141 babies 1
  39. 39 Ann 139 babies 10
  40. 40 Marie 139 babies 2
  41. 41 Annette 136 babies 2
  42. 42 Wendy 135 babies 2
  43. 43 Cheryl 133 babies 11
  44. 44 Yvonne 132 babies 2
  45. 45 Julie 129 babies 2
  46. 46 Valerie 129 babies 6
  47. 47 Rosemary 122 babies 2
  48. 48 Dorothy 120 babies 2
  49. 49 Denise 118 babies 8
  50. 50 Kathryn 116 babies 24
  51. 51 Kay 113 babies 8
  52. 52 Elaine 112 babies =
  53. 53 Joan 112 babies 11
  54. 54 Frances 111 babies 6
  55. 55 Sheryl 111 babies 2
  56. 56 Marion 108 babies 5
  57. 57 Jeanette 107 babies 2
  58. 58 Joy 106 babies 2
  59. 59 Gillian 103 babies 9
  60. 60 Jillian 102 babies 23
  61. 61 Lynne 100 babies 27
  62. 62 Sharon 100 babies 2
  63. 63 Lois 98 babies =
  64. 64 Ruth 96 babies 12
  65. 65 Lynda 95 babies 7
  66. 66 Glenys 91 babies 9
  67. 67 Diana 88 babies 5
  68. 68 Gloria 86 babies 1
  69. 69 Jocelyn 84 babies 4
  70. 70 Jill 82 babies 3
  71. 71 Irene 78 babies 5
  72. 72 Sally 78 babies 14
  73. 73 Jacqueline 76 babies 15
  74. 74 Lynnette 73 babies 25
  75. 75 Vivienne 68 babies 12
  76. 76 Ngaire 67 babies 12
  77. 77 Dawn 65 babies 7
  78. 78 Noeline 63 babies 5
  79. 79 Shona 63 babies 5
  80. 80 Jean 60 babies 9
  81. 81 Josephine 60 babies 6
  82. 82 June 59 babies 9
  83. 83 Adrienne 58 babies 4
  84. 84 Brenda 58 babies 13
  85. 85 Sharyn 57 babies 79
  86. 86 Eileen 56 babies 9
  87. 87 Jane 56 babies 2
  88. 88 Jan 55 babies 33
  89. 89 Janis 54 babies 11
  90. 90 Beverly 52 babies 2
  91. 91 Maria 51 babies 7
  92. 92 Penelope 50 babies 14
  93. 93 Faye 49 babies 12
  94. 94 Carole 46 babies 9
  95. 95 Evelyn 46 babies 4
  96. 96 Rosalie 46 babies 4
  97. 97 Stephanie 46 babies 10
  98. 98 Nancy 45 babies 2
  99. 99 Glenda 44 babies 30
  100. 100 Julia 44 babies 22

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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