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 John 1,504 babies =
2 David 992 babies =
3 Peter 919 babies =
4 Robert 680 babies =
5 Michael 666 babies =
6 Brian 530 babies 1
7 Kevin 527 babies 1
8 William 501 babies 2
9 Bruce 452 babies 4
10 Ian 440 babies 1
11 Paul 404 babies 3
12 James 403 babies 3
13 Graeme 399 babies 1
14 Alan 385 babies 3
15 Murray 331 babies 1
16 Graham 325 babies 1
17 Richard 304 babies 7
18 Kenneth 303 babies =
19 Colin 301 babies =
20 Wayne 297 babies =
21 Anthony 293 babies 1
22 Stephen 286 babies 17
23 Barry 278 babies 2
24 Trevor 267 babies 2
25 Raymond 266 babies 2
26 Christopher 257 babies 1
27 Allan 240 babies 1
28 Donald 240 babies 3
29 Ronald 235 babies 5
30 Dennis 231 babies 1
31 Philip 226 babies 7
32 Gary 216 babies 3
33 Roger 212 babies 2
34 Geoffrey 203 babies 2
35 Keith 202 babies 5
36 Ross 196 babies 3
37 Russell 195 babies 3
38 Thomas 176 babies 2
39 Douglas 166 babies 2
40 Malcolm 166 babies 13
41 Grant 161 babies 29
42 Neil 160 babies 2
43 Warren 157 babies 2
44 Terence 154 babies 2
45 Leslie 153 babies =
46 George 152 babies 3
47 Patrick 140 babies 3
48 Gordon 137 babies 1
49 Charles 133 babies 7
50 Rodney 127 babies 8
51 Noel 126 babies 3
52 Robin 125 babies 5
53 Phillip 120 babies 8
54 Andrew 118 babies 1
55 Neville 113 babies 9
56 Mark 112 babies 13
57 Stuart 108 babies 9
58 Garry 106 babies 1
59 Lindsay 105 babies 7
60 Edward 103 babies 16
61 Gregory 103 babies 4
62 Bryan 99 babies 11
63 Arthur 95 babies 1
64 Maurice 93 babies 4
65 Rex 89 babies 1
66 Eric 88 babies 9
67 Denis 86 babies 9
68 Norman 86 babies 3
69 Alexander 83 babies 5
70 Francis 79 babies 3
71 Martin 76 babies 21
72 Joseph 75 babies 6
73 Timothy 74 babies 23
74 Kerry 73 babies 11
75 Owen 72 babies 4
76 Desmond 70 babies 12
77 Gavin 70 babies 3
78 Clive 68 babies 7
79 Bernard 65 babies 3
80 Lawrence 62 babies 9
81 Steven 62 babies 35
82 Henry 59 babies 6
83 Warwick 59 babies 3
84 Laurence 58 babies 9
85 Mervyn 58 babies 13
86 Derek 57 babies 5
87 Frederick 57 babies 19
88 Roy 57 babies 4
89 Ivan 55 babies 14
90 Gerald 53 babies =
91 Jeffrey 53 babies 14
92 Alistair 52 babies 31
93 Leonard 52 babies 2
94 Roderick 50 babies 5
95 Allen 47 babies 5
96 Glenn 47 babies 19
97 Terrence 47 babies 14
98 Larry 46 babies 4
99 Nigel 45 babies 11
100 Lloyd 44 babies 25
101 Hugh 43 babies 14
102 Selwyn 41 babies 7
103 Albert 40 babies 1
104 Howard 40 babies 14
105 Jack 40 babies 19
106 Stanley 40 babies 33
107 Alastair 39 babies 19
108 Maxwell 39 babies 1
109 Brent 38 babies 2
110 Daniel 38 babies 1
111 Ernest 38 babies 6
112 Harry 38 babies 16
113 Lance 38 babies =
114 Stewart 38 babies 13
115 Kelvin 36 babies 17
116 Reginald 36 babies 4
117 Walter 36 babies 13
118 Wiremu 36 babies 21
119 Clifford 35 babies 16
120 Frank 34 babies 23
121 Harold 33 babies 15
122 Ralph 33 babies 10
123 Tony 33 babies 6
124 Craig 32 babies 5
125 Edwin 32 babies 5
126 Errol 32 babies 18
127 Evan 31 babies =
128 Garth 30 babies 24
129 Terry 30 babies 8
130 Lewis 29 babies 7
131 Simon 27 babies 18
132 Rodger 26 babies 4
133 Alfred 25 babies 7
134 Nicholas 25 babies 3
135 Victor 25 babies 21
136 Cyril 24 babies 15
137 Gerard 24 babies 29
138 Max 24 babies 9
139 Alister 23 babies 20
140 Jeffery 23 babies 3
141 Antony 22 babies 12
142 Duncan 22 babies 10
143 Hone 22 babies 20
144 Adrian 21 babies 22
145 Darryl 21 babies =
146 Herbert 21 babies 33
147 Ashley 20 babies 5
148 Carl 20 babies 20
149 Gilbert 20 babies 16
150 Lester 20 babies 16
151 Brett 19 babies 3
152 Dale 19 babies 3
153 Glen 19 babies 31
154 Ray 19 babies 43
155 Wallace 19 babies
156 Athol 18 babies 20
157 Leo 17 babies 30
158 Samuel 17 babies 10
159 Vernon 17 babies 5
160 Clarence 16 babies
161 Danny 16 babies 12
162 Jonathan 16 babies 18
163 Lyall 16 babies
164 Ewen 15 babies
165 Grahame 15 babies 6
166 Henare 15 babies 5
167 Hori 15 babies 13
168 Louis 15 babies 22
169 Sydney 15 babies 31
170 Barrie 14 babies 29
171 Dean 14 babies 9
172 Matthew 14 babies 9
173 Morris 14 babies 38
174 Roland 14 babies
175 Angus 13 babies 15
176 Perry 13 babies 6
177 Rangi 13 babies 2
178 Sidney 13 babies 20
179 Vincent 13 babies 29
180 Bryce 12 babies 15
181 Geoffery 12 babies
182 Harvey 12 babies 26
183 Hemi 12 babies 26
184 Jeremy 12 babies
185 Jon 12 babies
186 Laurie 12 babies
187 Lionel 12 babies 27
188 Bevan 11 babies 16
189 Bevin 11 babies
190 Clinton 11 babies
191 Earl 11 babies 33
192 Fredrick 11 babies
193 Julian 11 babies
194 Royce 11 babies
195 Spencer 11 babies
196 Terrance 11 babies 13
197 Vaughan 11 babies 2
198 Basil 10 babies 37
199 Campbell 10 babies
200 Cedric 10 babies 31
201 Hamish 10 babies 34
202 Hohepa 10 babies 7
203 Iain 10 babies
204 Percy 10 babies

Girl Names

1 Margaret 749 babies =
2 Christine 562 babies 6
3 Judith 495 babies 1
4 Jennifer 473 babies =
5 Susan 450 babies 1
6 Patricia 437 babies 3
7 Mary 415 babies =
8 Barbara 398 babies 3
9 Elizabeth 382 babies 1
10 Linda 348 babies 10
11 Lynette 329 babies 2
12 Helen 318 babies 2
13 Janice 314 babies 1
14 Heather 301 babies 3
15 Pamela 295 babies 4
16 Sandra 284 babies 7
17 Carol 278 babies 1
18 Diane 263 babies 3
19 Shirley 260 babies =
20 Kathleen 254 babies 2
21 Lorraine 223 babies =
22 Robyn 223 babies 1
23 Beverley 216 babies 1
24 Pauline 203 babies 2
25 Colleen 201 babies 2
26 Janet 196 babies 1
27 Maureen 190 babies 1
28 Carolyn 188 babies 1
29 Marilyn 187 babies 7
30 Gail 181 babies 21
31 Suzanne 181 babies =
32 Anne 177 babies 1
33 Raewyn 171 babies 1
34 Dianne 165 babies 2
35 Karen 156 babies =
36 Alison 155 babies =
37 Lesley 149 babies 7
38 Catherine 141 babies 1
39 Ann 139 babies 10
40 Marie 139 babies 2
41 Annette 136 babies 2
42 Wendy 135 babies 2
43 Cheryl 133 babies 11
44 Yvonne 132 babies 2
45 Julie 129 babies 2
46 Valerie 129 babies 6
47 Rosemary 122 babies 2
48 Dorothy 120 babies 2
49 Denise 118 babies 8
50 Kathryn 116 babies 24
51 Kay 113 babies 8
52 Elaine 112 babies =
53 Joan 112 babies 11
54 Frances 111 babies 6
55 Sheryl 111 babies 2
56 Marion 108 babies 5
57 Jeanette 107 babies 2
58 Joy 106 babies 2
59 Gillian 103 babies 9
60 Jillian 102 babies 23
61 Lynne 100 babies 27
62 Sharon 100 babies 2
63 Lois 98 babies =
64 Ruth 96 babies 12
65 Lynda 95 babies 7
66 Glenys 91 babies 9
67 Diana 88 babies 5
68 Gloria 86 babies 1
69 Jocelyn 84 babies 4
70 Jill 82 babies 3
71 Irene 78 babies 5
72 Sally 78 babies 14
73 Jacqueline 76 babies 15
74 Lynnette 73 babies 25
75 Vivienne 68 babies 12
76 Ngaire 67 babies 12
77 Dawn 65 babies 7
78 Noeline 63 babies 5
79 Shona 63 babies 5
80 Jean 60 babies 9
81 Josephine 60 babies 6
82 June 59 babies 9
83 Adrienne 58 babies 4
84 Brenda 58 babies 13
85 Sharyn 57 babies 79
86 Eileen 56 babies 9
87 Jane 56 babies 2
88 Jan 55 babies 33
89 Janis 54 babies 11
90 Beverly 52 babies 2
91 Maria 51 babies 7
92 Penelope 50 babies 14
93 Faye 49 babies 12
94 Carole 46 babies 9
95 Evelyn 46 babies 4
96 Rosalie 46 babies 4
97 Stephanie 46 babies 10
98 Nancy 45 babies 2
99 Glenda 44 babies 30
100 Julia 44 babies 22
101 Lynley 44 babies 48
102 Marjorie 44 babies 6
103 Marlene 43 babies 21
104 Caroline 42 babies 3
105 Dale 42 babies 9
106 Doreen 41 babies 2
107 Virginia 41 babies 20
108 Christina 40 babies 3
109 Cynthia 40 babies 16
110 Deborah 40 babies 67
111 Gaylene 39 babies 17
112 Georgina 39 babies 32
113 Janette 39 babies 4
114 Fay 38 babies 20
115 Andrea 37 babies 6
116 Joyce 37 babies 2
117 Leonie 37 babies 22
118 Lynn 37 babies 14
119 Phyllis 37 babies 5
120 Betty 36 babies 40
121 Katherine 35 babies 17
122 Kaye 35 babies 3
123 Paula 35 babies 3
124 Eleanor 34 babies 11
125 Claire 33 babies 15
126 Philippa 33 babies 15
127 Sylvia 33 babies 37
128 Angela 32 babies 3
129 Clare 32 babies 8
130 Gaynor 32 babies 32
131 Hilary 32 babies 19
132 Susanne 32 babies 7
133 Daphne 31 babies 23
134 Gayle 31 babies 18
135 Glenis 31 babies 33
136 Florence 30 babies 20
137 Anna 29 babies 3
138 Maree 29 babies 7
139 Mavis 29 babies 12
140 Norma 29 babies 29
141 Bronwyn 28 babies 29
142 Donna 28 babies 11
143 Joanne 28 babies 54
144 Beryl 27 babies 8
145 Coral 27 babies 22
146 Robin 27 babies 43
147 Teresa 27 babies 5
148 Gay 26 babies 18
149 Maxine 26 babies 26
150 Nola 26 babies 22
151 Glennis 25 babies 17
152 Sarah 25 babies 39
153 Allison 24 babies 20
154 Edith 24 babies 19
155 Ellen 24 babies 40
156 Gael 24 babies 61
157 Isobel 24 babies 38
158 Lorna 24 babies 20
159 Louise 24 babies 28
160 Veronica 24 babies 40
161 Vivien 24 babies 5
162 Alice 23 babies 14
163 Fiona 23 babies 25
164 Geraldine 23 babies 6
165 Judy 23 babies 56
166 Noelene 23 babies 20
167 Olive 23 babies 85
168 Victoria 23 babies 3
169 Averil 22 babies 62
170 Kerry 22 babies 1
171 Michele 22 babies 65
172 Monica 22 babies 10
173 Thelma 22 babies 14
174 Theresa 22 babies 11
175 Marian 21 babies 5
176 Gabrielle 20 babies 19
177 Isabel 20 babies 48
178 Juliet 20 babies 57
179 Lindsay 20 babies 31
180 Rachel 20 babies 6
181 Erin 19 babies 38
182 Hazel 19 babies 34
183 Bernadette 18 babies 36
184 Paulette 18 babies 11
185 Adele 16 babies 21
186 Aileen 16 babies 11
187 Anita 16 babies 27
188 Leslie 16 babies 20
189 May 16 babies 38
190 Miriam 16 babies 35
191 Prudence 16 babies 28
192 Rita 16 babies 20
193 Felicity 15 babies new
194 Gaye 15 babies 40
195 Janine 15 babies 25
196 Kristine 15 babies new
197 Leigh 15 babies 68
198 Marguerite 15 babies new
199 Mere 15 babies 1
200 Merilyn 15 babies 29
201 Mihi 15 babies 27
202 Naomi 15 babies new
203 Natalie 15 babies 46
204 Rhonda 15 babies 49
205 Rosalind 15 babies 22
206 Rowena 15 babies 65
207 Sonia 15 babies 23
208 Violet 15 babies 7
209 Belinda 14 babies new
210 Charlotte 14 babies 16
211 Grace 14 babies 8
212 Joanna 14 babies 16
213 Lucy 14 babies 53
214 Moira 14 babies new
215 Rona 14 babies 54
216 Vicki 14 babies 15
217 Audrey 13 babies 56
218 Beatrice 13 babies new
219 Delwyn 13 babies new
220 Edna 13 babies 40
221 Gwenda 13 babies 17
222 Laurel 13 babies 17
223 Lindsey 13 babies new
224 Linley 13 babies 2
225 Melva 13 babies new
226 Muriel 13 babies 2
227 Rosemarie 13 babies new
228 Agnes 12 babies 28
229 Alexandra 12 babies new
230 Elisabeth 12 babies new
231 Gladys 12 babies new
232 Lilian 12 babies 23
233 Lillian 12 babies new
234 Maraea 12 babies 12
235 Marcia 12 babies 54
236 Priscilla 12 babies 46
237 Sharron 12 babies 45
238 Vivian 12 babies 37
239 Winifred 12 babies 46
240 Annie 11 babies 61
241 Anthea 11 babies new
242 Esther 11 babies 55
243 Jessie 11 babies new
244 Marianne 11 babies 3
245 Martha 11 babies new
246 Molly 11 babies new
247 Noeleen 11 babies new
248 Phillipa 11 babies 10
249 Raylene 11 babies 19
250 Rebecca 11 babies new
251 Rose 11 babies 10
252 Ailsa 10 babies 23
253 Cecilia 10 babies new
254 Deirdre 10 babies new
255 Emma 10 babies new
256 Eunice 10 babies 53
257 Hera 10 babies new
258 Iris 10 babies new
259 Janne 10 babies new
260 Jenny 10 babies new
261 Kathrine 10 babies new
262 Nita 10 babies new
263 Rae 10 babies 111
264 Rangi 10 babies new
265 Roberta 10 babies 11
266 Shelley 10 babies new
267 Sherryl 10 babies 53
268 Tui 10 babies 13
269 Valda 10 babies 4
270 Vanessa 10 babies new

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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