New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1950

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 1,403 babies =
  2. 2 David 961 babies =
  3. 3 Peter 890 babies =
  4. 4 Michael 707 babies 1
  5. 5 Robert 707 babies 1
  6. 6 Kevin 583 babies 1
  7. 7 Brian 492 babies 1
  8. 8 William 481 babies =
  9. 9 Bruce 470 babies =
  10. 10 Ian 421 babies =
  11. 11 Paul 421 babies =
  12. 12 James 406 babies =
  13. 13 Stephen 406 babies 9
  14. 14 Graeme 401 babies 1
  15. 15 Murray 358 babies =
  16. 16 Alan 354 babies 2
  17. 17 Richard 345 babies =
  18. 18 Kenneth 320 babies =
  19. 19 Graham 319 babies 3
  20. 20 Anthony 304 babies 1
  21. 21 Wayne 297 babies 1
  22. 22 Barry 294 babies 1
  23. 23 Colin 293 babies 4
  24. 24 Christopher 285 babies 2
  25. 25 Allan 255 babies 2
  26. 26 Raymond 252 babies 1
  27. 27 Trevor 241 babies 3
  28. 28 Ronald 238 babies 1
  29. 29 Donald 228 babies 1
  30. 30 Gary 218 babies 2
  31. 31 Geoffrey 214 babies 3
  32. 32 Philip 209 babies 1
  33. 33 Dennis 204 babies 3
  34. 34 Keith 186 babies 1
  35. 35 Grant 184 babies 6
  36. 36 Thomas 179 babies 2
  37. 37 Ross 178 babies 1
  38. 38 Malcolm 175 babies 2
  39. 39 Roger 174 babies 6
  40. 40 Russell 174 babies 3
  41. 41 Neil 172 babies 1
  42. 42 Douglas 162 babies 3
  43. 43 Warren 162 babies =
  44. 44 Edward 146 babies 16
  45. 45 Garry 138 babies 13
  46. 46 Andrew 136 babies 8
  47. 47 Terence 136 babies 3
  48. 48 Robin 133 babies 4
  49. 49 George 132 babies 3
  50. 50 Gregory 131 babies 11
  51. 51 Phillip 128 babies 2
  52. 52 Gordon 124 babies 4
  53. 53 Leslie 124 babies 8
  54. 54 Charles 121 babies 5
  55. 55 Neville 119 babies =
  56. 56 Mark 115 babies =
  57. 57 Patrick 111 babies 10
  58. 58 Rex 110 babies 7
  59. 59 Bryan 103 babies 3
  60. 60 Denis 102 babies 7
  61. 61 Rodney 102 babies 11
  62. 62 Stuart 101 babies 5
  63. 63 Lindsay 100 babies 4
  64. 64 Desmond 87 babies 12
  65. 65 Maurice 87 babies 1
  66. 66 Gavin 83 babies 11
  67. 67 Arthur 78 babies 4
  68. 68 Joseph 78 babies 4
  69. 69 Noel 78 babies 18
  70. 70 Alexander 77 babies 1
  71. 71 Owen 77 babies 4
  72. 72 Steven 75 babies 9
  73. 73 Eric 74 babies 7
  74. 74 Norman 74 babies 6
  75. 75 Jeffrey 72 babies 16
  76. 76 Mervyn 71 babies 9
  77. 77 Stanley 70 babies 29
  78. 78 Francis 68 babies 8
  79. 79 Timothy 66 babies 6
  80. 80 Martin 65 babies 9
  81. 81 Kerry 63 babies 7
  82. 82 Bernard 61 babies 3
  83. 83 Roy 60 babies 5
  84. 84 Nigel 57 babies 15
  85. 85 Lance 54 babies 28
  86. 86 Laurence 54 babies 2
  87. 87 Clive 53 babies 9
  88. 88 Frederick 53 babies 1
  89. 89 Lawrence 53 babies 9
  90. 90 Allen 52 babies 5
  91. 91 Ivan 51 babies 2
  92. 92 Warwick 50 babies 9
  93. 93 Albert 49 babies 10
  94. 94 Derek 49 babies 8
  95. 95 Terrence 47 babies 2
  96. 96 Leonard 46 babies 3
  97. 97 Walter 46 babies 20
  98. 98 Daniel 44 babies 12
  99. 99 Lloyd 44 babies 1
  100. 100 Selwyn 44 babies 2

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 702 babies =
  2. 2 Christine 606 babies =
  3. 3 Judith 505 babies =
  4. 4 Susan 489 babies 1
  5. 5 Jennifer 473 babies 1
  6. 6 Mary 435 babies 1
  7. 7 Linda 420 babies 3
  8. 8 Patricia 417 babies 2
  9. 9 Elizabeth 387 babies =
  10. 10 Barbara 386 babies 2
  11. 11 Lynette 366 babies =
  12. 12 Helen 335 babies =
  13. 13 Janice 307 babies =
  14. 14 Carol 301 babies 3
  15. 15 Diane 297 babies 3
  16. 16 Sandra 292 babies =
  17. 17 Pamela 274 babies 2
  18. 18 Heather 256 babies 4
  19. 19 Kathleen 250 babies 1
  20. 20 Anne 240 babies 12
  21. 21 Shirley 233 babies 2
  22. 22 Karen 226 babies 13
  23. 23 Janet 220 babies 3
  24. 24 Robyn 216 babies 2
  25. 25 Beverley 208 babies 2
  26. 26 Lorraine 202 babies 5
  27. 27 Marilyn 199 babies 2
  28. 28 Pauline 195 babies 4
  29. 29 Suzanne 191 babies 2
  30. 30 Gail 187 babies =
  31. 31 Maureen 181 babies 4
  32. 32 Carolyn 171 babies 4
  33. 33 Colleen 169 babies 8
  34. 34 Dianne 169 babies =
  35. 35 Wendy 164 babies 7
  36. 36 Alison 160 babies =
  37. 37 Rosemary 160 babies 10
  38. 38 Raewyn 159 babies 5
  39. 39 Lesley 151 babies 2
  40. 40 Frances 150 babies 14
  41. 41 Denise 147 babies 8
  42. 42 Lynda 145 babies 23
  43. 43 Marie 145 babies 3
  44. 44 Ann 144 babies 5
  45. 45 Valerie 142 babies 1
  46. 46 Annette 140 babies 5
  47. 47 Yvonne 134 babies 3
  48. 48 Catherine 132 babies 10
  49. 49 Sharon 128 babies 13
  50. 50 Jillian 126 babies 10
  51. 51 Cheryl 118 babies 8
  52. 52 Julie 118 babies 7
  53. 53 Kathryn 109 babies 3
  54. 54 Gloria 107 babies 14
  55. 55 Dorothy 100 babies 7
  56. 56 Lynne 100 babies 5
  57. 57 Jeanette 98 babies =
  58. 58 Jocelyn 98 babies 11
  59. 59 Marion 98 babies 3
  60. 60 Kay 95 babies 9
  61. 61 Gillian 91 babies 2
  62. 62 Jane 91 babies 25
  63. 63 Joan 91 babies 10
  64. 64 Joy 90 babies 6
  65. 65 Lois 90 babies 2
  66. 66 Elaine 88 babies 14
  67. 67 Jill 88 babies 3
  68. 68 Adrienne 86 babies 15
  69. 69 Jacqueline 85 babies 4
  70. 70 Glenys 81 babies 4
  71. 71 Ruth 81 babies 7
  72. 72 Sally 80 babies =
  73. 73 Sheryl 80 babies 18
  74. 74 Diana 73 babies 7
  75. 75 Vivienne 72 babies =
  76. 76 Irene 71 babies 5
  77. 77 Shona 68 babies 2
  78. 78 Jean 66 babies 2
  79. 79 Dawn 65 babies 2
  80. 80 Glenda 64 babies 19
  81. 81 Josephine 64 babies =
  82. 82 Brenda 62 babies 2
  83. 83 Lynnette 61 babies 9
  84. 84 Maria 60 babies 7
  85. 85 June 59 babies 3
  86. 86 Noeline 59 babies 8
  87. 87 Ngaire 58 babies 11
  88. 88 Marlene 54 babies 15
  89. 89 Lynley 50 babies 12
  90. 90 Susanne 49 babies 42
  91. 91 Eileen 48 babies 5
  92. 92 Julia 47 babies 8
  93. 93 Paula 47 babies 30
  94. 94 Daphne 46 babies 39
  95. 95 Faye 46 babies 2
  96. 96 Fay 45 babies 18
  97. 97 Penelope 45 babies 5
  98. 98 Robin 45 babies 48
  99. 99 Christina 44 babies 9
  100. 100 Janis 44 babies 11

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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