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 John 1,403 babies =
2 David 961 babies =
3 Peter 890 babies =
4 Michael 707 babies 1
5 Robert 707 babies 1
6 Kevin 583 babies 1
7 Brian 492 babies 1
8 William 481 babies =
9 Bruce 470 babies =
10 Ian 421 babies =
11 Paul 421 babies =
12 James 406 babies =
13 Stephen 406 babies 9
14 Graeme 401 babies 1
15 Murray 358 babies =
16 Alan 354 babies 2
17 Richard 345 babies =
18 Kenneth 320 babies =
19 Graham 319 babies 3
20 Anthony 304 babies 1
21 Wayne 297 babies 1
22 Barry 294 babies 1
23 Colin 293 babies 4
24 Christopher 285 babies 2
25 Allan 255 babies 2
26 Raymond 252 babies 1
27 Trevor 241 babies 3
28 Ronald 238 babies 1
29 Donald 228 babies 1
30 Gary 218 babies 2
31 Geoffrey 214 babies 3
32 Philip 209 babies 1
33 Dennis 204 babies 3
34 Keith 186 babies 1
35 Grant 184 babies 6
36 Thomas 179 babies 2
37 Ross 178 babies 1
38 Malcolm 175 babies 2
39 Roger 174 babies 6
40 Russell 174 babies 3
41 Neil 172 babies 1
42 Douglas 162 babies 3
43 Warren 162 babies =
44 Edward 146 babies 16
45 Garry 138 babies 13
46 Andrew 136 babies 8
47 Terence 136 babies 3
48 Robin 133 babies 4
49 George 132 babies 3
50 Gregory 131 babies 11
51 Phillip 128 babies 2
52 Gordon 124 babies 4
53 Leslie 124 babies 8
54 Charles 121 babies 5
55 Neville 119 babies =
56 Mark 115 babies =
57 Patrick 111 babies 10
58 Rex 110 babies 7
59 Bryan 103 babies 3
60 Denis 102 babies 7
61 Rodney 102 babies 11
62 Stuart 101 babies 5
63 Lindsay 100 babies 4
64 Desmond 87 babies 12
65 Maurice 87 babies 1
66 Gavin 83 babies 11
67 Arthur 78 babies 4
68 Joseph 78 babies 4
69 Noel 78 babies 18
70 Alexander 77 babies 1
71 Owen 77 babies 4
72 Steven 75 babies 9
73 Eric 74 babies 7
74 Norman 74 babies 6
75 Jeffrey 72 babies 16
76 Mervyn 71 babies 9
77 Stanley 70 babies 29
78 Francis 68 babies 8
79 Timothy 66 babies 6
80 Martin 65 babies 9
81 Kerry 63 babies 7
82 Bernard 61 babies 3
83 Roy 60 babies 5
84 Nigel 57 babies 15
85 Lance 54 babies 28
86 Laurence 54 babies 2
87 Clive 53 babies 9
88 Frederick 53 babies 1
89 Lawrence 53 babies 9
90 Allen 52 babies 5
91 Ivan 51 babies 2
92 Warwick 50 babies 9
93 Albert 49 babies 10
94 Derek 49 babies 8
95 Terrence 47 babies 2
96 Leonard 46 babies 3
97 Walter 46 babies 20
98 Daniel 44 babies 12
99 Lloyd 44 babies 1
100 Selwyn 44 babies 2
101 Brent 43 babies 8
102 Glenn 43 babies 6
103 Alistair 42 babies 11
104 Kelvin 42 babies 11
105 Larry 42 babies 7
106 Craig 41 babies 18
107 Adrian 40 babies 37
108 Maxwell 40 babies =
109 Stewart 39 babies 5
110 Harold 37 babies 11
111 Henry 37 babies 29
112 Howard 37 babies 8
113 Tony 37 babies 10
114 Garth 36 babies 14
115 Simon 35 babies 16
116 Terry 35 babies 13
117 Alastair 34 babies 10
118 Frank 34 babies 2
119 Hugh 34 babies 18
120 Harry 33 babies 8
121 Gerald 32 babies 31
122 Ernest 31 babies 11
123 Jack 31 babies 18
124 Ashley 30 babies 23
125 Clifford 30 babies 6
126 Evan 30 babies 1
127 Jonathan 30 babies 35
128 Reginald 30 babies 12
129 Brett 29 babies 22
130 Errol 29 babies 4
131 Wiremu 29 babies 13
132 Alfred 28 babies 1
133 Edwin 27 babies 8
134 Nicholas 27 babies =
135 Samuel 27 babies 23
136 Ralph 26 babies 14
137 Alister 25 babies 2
138 Duncan 25 babies 4
139 Carl 24 babies 9
140 Max 24 babies 2
141 Rodger 24 babies 9
142 Lewis 22 babies 12
143 Roderick 22 babies 49
144 Antony 21 babies 3
145 Gerard 21 babies 8
146 Gilbert 21 babies 3
147 Lester 21 babies 3
148 Victor 21 babies 13
149 Bevan 20 babies 39
150 Vincent 20 babies 29
151 Louis 19 babies 17
152 Matthew 19 babies 20
153 Darryl 18 babies 8
154 Fredrick 18 babies 38
155 Terrance 18 babies 41
156 Cyril 17 babies 20
157 Henare 17 babies 9
158 Dean 16 babies 13
159 Glen 16 babies 6
160 Russel 16 babies new
161 Athol 15 babies 5
162 Benjamin 15 babies new
163 Bryce 15 babies 17
164 Sydney 15 babies 5
165 Herbert 14 babies 19
166 Karl 14 babies new
167 Morris 14 babies 6
168 Rowan 14 babies new
169 Brendan 13 babies new
170 Fraser 13 babies new
171 Harvey 13 babies 11
172 Jeffery 13 babies 32
173 Jeremy 13 babies 11
174 Lyall 13 babies 11
175 Perry 13 babies 1
176 Vernon 13 babies 17
177 Barrie 12 babies 7
178 Danny 12 babies 17
179 Julian 12 babies 14
180 Leo 12 babies 23
181 Leon 12 babies new
182 Rangi 12 babies 5
183 Ray 12 babies 29
184 Vaughan 12 babies 13
185 Arnold 11 babies new
186 Bradley 11 babies new
187 Ewen 11 babies 23
188 Hamish 11 babies 13
189 Joe 11 babies new
190 Lionel 11 babies 3
191 Martyn 11 babies new
192 Micheal 11 babies new
193 Neill 11 babies new
194 Stephan 11 babies new
195 Brendon 10 babies new
196 Grahame 10 babies 31
197 Guy 10 babies new
198 Jan 10 babies new
199 Johnny 10 babies new
200 Mathew 10 babies new
201 Percy 10 babies 3
202 Sidney 10 babies 24
203 Sonny 10 babies new

Girl Names

1 Margaret 702 babies =
2 Christine 606 babies =
3 Judith 505 babies =
4 Susan 489 babies 1
5 Jennifer 473 babies 1
6 Mary 435 babies 1
7 Linda 420 babies 3
8 Patricia 417 babies 2
9 Elizabeth 387 babies =
10 Barbara 386 babies 2
11 Lynette 366 babies =
12 Helen 335 babies =
13 Janice 307 babies =
14 Carol 301 babies 3
15 Diane 297 babies 3
16 Sandra 292 babies =
17 Pamela 274 babies 2
18 Heather 256 babies 4
19 Kathleen 250 babies 1
20 Anne 240 babies 12
21 Shirley 233 babies 2
22 Karen 226 babies 13
23 Janet 220 babies 3
24 Robyn 216 babies 2
25 Beverley 208 babies 2
26 Lorraine 202 babies 5
27 Marilyn 199 babies 2
28 Pauline 195 babies 4
29 Suzanne 191 babies 2
30 Gail 187 babies =
31 Maureen 181 babies 4
32 Carolyn 171 babies 4
33 Colleen 169 babies 8
34 Dianne 169 babies =
35 Wendy 164 babies 7
36 Alison 160 babies =
37 Rosemary 160 babies 10
38 Raewyn 159 babies 5
39 Lesley 151 babies 2
40 Frances 150 babies 14
41 Denise 147 babies 8
42 Lynda 145 babies 23
43 Marie 145 babies 3
44 Ann 144 babies 5
45 Valerie 142 babies 1
46 Annette 140 babies 5
47 Yvonne 134 babies 3
48 Catherine 132 babies 10
49 Sharon 128 babies 13
50 Jillian 126 babies 10
51 Cheryl 118 babies 8
52 Julie 118 babies 7
53 Kathryn 109 babies 3
54 Gloria 107 babies 14
55 Dorothy 100 babies 7
56 Lynne 100 babies 5
57 Jeanette 98 babies =
58 Jocelyn 98 babies 11
59 Marion 98 babies 3
60 Kay 95 babies 9
61 Gillian 91 babies 2
62 Jane 91 babies 25
63 Joan 91 babies 10
64 Joy 90 babies 6
65 Lois 90 babies 2
66 Elaine 88 babies 14
67 Jill 88 babies 3
68 Adrienne 86 babies 15
69 Jacqueline 85 babies 4
70 Glenys 81 babies 4
71 Ruth 81 babies 7
72 Sally 80 babies =
73 Sheryl 80 babies 18
74 Diana 73 babies 7
75 Vivienne 72 babies =
76 Irene 71 babies 5
77 Shona 68 babies 2
78 Jean 66 babies 2
79 Dawn 65 babies 2
80 Glenda 64 babies 19
81 Josephine 64 babies =
82 Brenda 62 babies 2
83 Lynnette 61 babies 9
84 Maria 60 babies 7
85 June 59 babies 3
86 Noeline 59 babies 8
87 Ngaire 58 babies 11
88 Marlene 54 babies 15
89 Lynley 50 babies 12
90 Susanne 49 babies 42
91 Eileen 48 babies 5
92 Julia 47 babies 8
93 Paula 47 babies 30
94 Daphne 46 babies 39
95 Faye 46 babies 2
96 Fay 45 babies 18
97 Penelope 45 babies 5
98 Robin 45 babies 48
99 Christina 44 babies 9
100 Janis 44 babies 11
101 Beverly 43 babies 11
102 Evelyn 43 babies 7
103 Jan 43 babies 15
104 Sharyn 42 babies 19
105 Caroline 41 babies 1
106 Doreen 41 babies =
107 Nancy 41 babies 9
108 Virginia 41 babies 1
109 Donna 40 babies 33
110 Joanne 40 babies 33
111 Joyce 40 babies 5
112 Betty 39 babies 8
113 Carole 39 babies 19
114 Cynthia 39 babies 5
115 Leonie 39 babies 2
116 Louise 39 babies 43
117 Maxine 39 babies 32
118 Dale 38 babies 13
119 Deborah 38 babies 9
120 Maree 38 babies 18
121 Lynn 37 babies 3
122 Teresa 37 babies 25
123 Georgina 36 babies 11
124 Janette 36 babies 11
125 Andrea 35 babies 10
126 Clare 35 babies 3
127 Bronwyn 34 babies 14
128 Ellen 34 babies 27
129 Gayle 34 babies 5
130 Rosalie 34 babies 34
131 Vicki 34 babies 85
132 Edith 33 babies 22
133 Gaylene 33 babies 22
134 Nola 33 babies 16
135 Katherine 32 babies 14
136 Stephanie 32 babies 39
137 Veronica 32 babies 23
138 Allison 31 babies 15
139 Lorna 31 babies 19
140 Marjorie 31 babies 38
141 Phyllis 31 babies 22
142 Victoria 31 babies 26
143 Claire 29 babies 18
144 Angela 28 babies 16
145 Norma 28 babies 5
146 Anna 27 babies 9
147 Eleanor 27 babies 23
148 Glenis 27 babies 13
149 Hilary 27 babies 18
150 Sylvia 27 babies 23
151 Beryl 26 babies 7
152 Fiona 26 babies 11
153 Gaye 26 babies 41
154 Rachel 26 babies 26
155 Aileen 25 babies 31
156 Erin 25 babies 25
157 Philippa 25 babies 31
158 Alice 24 babies 4
159 Geraldine 24 babies 5
160 Glennis 24 babies 9
161 Isobel 24 babies 4
162 Theresa 24 babies 12
163 Gael 23 babies 7
164 Gay 23 babies 16
165 Michele 23 babies 6
166 Noelene 23 babies =
167 Sarah 23 babies 15
168 Sharron 23 babies 69
169 Judy 22 babies 4
170 Rhonda 22 babies 34
171 Hazel 21 babies 11
172 Juliet 21 babies 6
173 Kaye 21 babies 51
174 Kerry 21 babies 4
175 Anita 20 babies 12
176 Annie 20 babies 64
177 Audrey 20 babies 40
178 Myra 20 babies
179 Prudence 20 babies 12
180 Rangi 20 babies 84
181 Gaynor 19 babies 51
182 Mere 19 babies 17
183 Shelley 19 babies 83
184 Agnes 18 babies 44
185 Bernadette 18 babies 2
186 Esther 18 babies 56
187 Florence 18 babies 51
188 Gwenda 18 babies 33
189 Joanna 18 babies 23
190 Lillian 18 babies 43
191 Olive 18 babies 24
192 Rita 18 babies =
193 Thelma 18 babies 20
194 Celia 17 babies
195 Hilda 17 babies
196 Iris 17 babies 62
197 Margot 17 babies
198 Mavis 17 babies 59
199 Miriam 17 babies 9
200 Monica 17 babies 28
201 Peggy 17 babies
202 Rae 17 babies 61
203 Sonia 17 babies 4
204 Erica 16 babies
205 Lindsay 16 babies 26
206 Mereana 16 babies
207 Rosalind 16 babies 2
208 Rose 16 babies 43
209 Vera 16 babies
210 Vivien 16 babies 49
211 Winifred 16 babies 28
212 Belinda 15 babies 3
213 Coral 15 babies 68
214 Gabrielle 15 babies 38
215 Grace 15 babies 4
216 Isabel 15 babies 39
217 Leigh 15 babies 20
218 Leslie 15 babies 30
219 Marian 15 babies 44
220 Moira 15 babies 6
221 Raelene 15 babies
222 Roberta 15 babies 43
223 Ani 14 babies
224 Bronwen 14 babies
225 Delwyn 14 babies 6
226 Janine 14 babies 31
227 Kristine 14 babies 31
228 Loraine 14 babies
229 Marianne 14 babies 15
230 Merilyn 14 babies 30
231 Noeleen 14 babies 16
232 Tui 14 babies 36
233 Michelle 13 babies
234 Adele 12 babies 49
235 Alyson 12 babies
236 Bernice 12 babies
237 Elsie 12 babies
238 Emily 12 babies
239 Felicity 12 babies 46
240 Gladys 12 babies 9
241 Hine 12 babies
242 Lilian 12 babies 10
243 Linley 12 babies 19
244 Lucy 12 babies 31
245 Martha 12 babies =
246 Rosemarie 12 babies 19
247 Therese 12 babies
248 Valda 12 babies 21
249 Alma 11 babies
250 Cushla 11 babies
251 Deirdre 11 babies 3
252 Hera 11 babies 5
253 Jenifer 11 babies
254 Lyn 11 babies
255 Lyndsey 11 babies
256 May 11 babies 67
257 Megan 11 babies
258 Rowena 11 babies 52
259 Sherryl 11 babies 8
260 Toni 11 babies
261 Valmai 11 babies
262 Violet 11 babies 54
263 Ailsa 10 babies 11
264 Beth 10 babies
265 Charlotte 10 babies 55
266 Constance 10 babies
267 Eunice 10 babies 11
268 Gwendoline 10 babies
269 Jeannette 10 babies
270 Lena 10 babies
271 Natalie 10 babies 68
272 Nicola 10 babies
273 Nora 10 babies
274 Rebecca 10 babies 24

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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