New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1951

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 1,382 babies =
  2. 2 David 1,055 babies =
  3. 3 Peter 951 babies =
  4. 4 Michael 723 babies =
  5. 5 Robert 643 babies =
  6. 6 Kevin 553 babies =
  7. 7 Paul 491 babies 4
  8. 8 Brian 483 babies 1
  9. 9 William 479 babies 1
  10. 10 Ian 474 babies =
  11. 11 Stephen 434 babies 2
  12. 12 Graeme 405 babies 2
  13. 13 Alan 384 babies 3
  14. 14 Bruce 378 babies 5
  15. 15 Murray 374 babies =
  16. 16 Christopher 346 babies 8
  17. 17 James 346 babies 5
  18. 18 Graham 330 babies 1
  19. 19 Richard 327 babies 2
  20. 20 Colin 294 babies 3
  21. 21 Anthony 285 babies 1
  22. 22 Barry 283 babies =
  23. 23 Kenneth 269 babies 5
  24. 24 Wayne 269 babies 3
  25. 25 Trevor 268 babies 2
  26. 26 Donald 261 babies 3
  27. 27 Gary 257 babies 3
  28. 28 Raymond 246 babies 2
  29. 29 Allan 238 babies 4
  30. 30 Philip 230 babies 2
  31. 31 Ronald 214 babies 3
  32. 32 Dennis 213 babies 1
  33. 33 Geoffrey 213 babies 2
  34. 34 Roger 208 babies 5
  35. 35 Grant 200 babies =
  36. 36 Keith 193 babies 2
  37. 37 Ross 193 babies =
  38. 38 Neil 191 babies 3
  39. 39 Thomas 181 babies 3
  40. 40 Warren 181 babies 3
  41. 41 Gregory 168 babies 9
  42. 42 Douglas 167 babies =
  43. 43 Garry 162 babies 2
  44. 44 Russell 161 babies 4
  45. 45 Andrew 158 babies 1
  46. 46 Terence 150 babies 1
  47. 47 Leslie 136 babies 6
  48. 48 Mark 134 babies 8
  49. 49 Charles 133 babies 5
  50. 50 Neville 130 babies 5
  51. 51 George 127 babies 2
  52. 52 Robin 122 babies 4
  53. 53 Phillip 121 babies 2
  54. 54 Gordon 120 babies 2
  55. 55 Edward 115 babies 11
  56. 56 Malcolm 115 babies 18
  57. 57 Patrick 110 babies =
  58. 58 Steven 109 babies 14
  59. 59 Noel 106 babies 10
  60. 60 Lindsay 105 babies 3
  61. 61 Denis 103 babies 1
  62. 62 Stuart 103 babies =
  63. 63 Maurice 98 babies 2
  64. 64 Rodney 97 babies 3
  65. 65 Bryan 96 babies 6
  66. 66 Rex 85 babies 8
  67. 67 Martin 84 babies 13
  68. 68 Joseph 82 babies =
  69. 69 Owen 82 babies 2
  70. 70 Norman 80 babies 4
  71. 71 Arthur 79 babies 4
  72. 72 Gavin 79 babies 6
  73. 73 Timothy 78 babies 6
  74. 74 Jeffrey 76 babies 1
  75. 75 Kerry 76 babies 6
  76. 76 Francis 73 babies 2
  77. 77 Eric 72 babies 4
  78. 78 Brent 69 babies 23
  79. 79 Lawrence 68 babies 10
  80. 80 Mervyn 63 babies 4
  81. 81 Desmond 61 babies 17
  82. 82 Henry 61 babies 29
  83. 83 Derek 60 babies 11
  84. 84 Warwick 60 babies 8
  85. 85 Ivan 58 babies 6
  86. 86 Alexander 57 babies 16
  87. 87 Bernard 55 babies 5
  88. 88 Glenn 54 babies 14
  89. 89 Lance 52 babies 4
  90. 90 Simon 50 babies 25
  91. 91 Walter 48 babies 6
  92. 92 Laurence 47 babies 6
  93. 93 Daniel 46 babies 5
  94. 94 Frederick 46 babies 6
  95. 95 Leonard 46 babies 1
  96. 96 Alistair 45 babies 7
  97. 97 Clifford 45 babies 28
  98. 98 Clive 45 babies 11
  99. 99 Stewart 45 babies 10
  100. 100 Maxwell 44 babies 8

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Christine 673 babies 1
  2. 2 Margaret 635 babies 1
  3. 3 Susan 528 babies 1
  4. 4 Jennifer 485 babies 1
  5. 5 Judith 469 babies 2
  6. 6 Patricia 422 babies 2
  7. 7 Linda 416 babies =
  8. 8 Elizabeth 413 babies 1
  9. 9 Mary 370 babies 3
  10. 10 Barbara 349 babies =
  11. 11 Helen 306 babies 1
  12. 12 Lynette 302 babies 1
  13. 13 Anne 285 babies 7
  14. 14 Heather 278 babies 4
  15. 15 Janice 275 babies 2
  16. 16 Carol 274 babies 2
  17. 17 Sandra 273 babies 1
  18. 18 Robyn 261 babies 6
  19. 19 Pamela 255 babies 2
  20. 20 Diane 252 babies 5
  21. 21 Lorraine 247 babies 5
  22. 22 Janet 241 babies 1
  23. 23 Karen 241 babies 1
  24. 24 Irene 230 babies 52
  25. 25 Kathleen 203 babies 6
  26. 26 Pauline 199 babies 2
  27. 27 Shirley 196 babies 6
  28. 28 Beverley 195 babies 3
  29. 29 Marilyn 193 babies 2
  30. 30 Wendy 191 babies 5
  31. 31 Alison 184 babies 5
  32. 32 Dianne 177 babies 2
  33. 33 Raewyn 177 babies 5
  34. 34 Catherine 174 babies 14
  35. 35 Maureen 174 babies 4
  36. 36 Colleen 166 babies 3
  37. 37 Yvonne 166 babies 10
  38. 38 Suzanne 163 babies 9
  39. 39 Lesley 161 babies =
  40. 40 Denise 158 babies 1
  41. 41 Sharon 145 babies 8
  42. 42 Ann 142 babies 2
  43. 43 Carolyn 137 babies 11
  44. 44 Julie 137 babies 8
  45. 45 Gail 133 babies 15
  46. 46 Rosemary 133 babies 9
  47. 47 Annette 129 babies 1
  48. 48 Marie 128 babies 5
  49. 49 Cheryl 122 babies 2
  50. 50 Kay 118 babies 10
  51. 51 Kathryn 117 babies 2
  52. 52 Lynda 114 babies 10
  53. 53 Marion 108 babies 6
  54. 54 Frances 107 babies 14
  55. 55 Valerie 106 babies 10
  56. 56 Jillian 104 babies 6
  57. 57 Dorothy 102 babies 2
  58. 58 Joan 100 babies 5
  59. 59 Jocelyn 100 babies 1
  60. 60 Lynne 100 babies 4
  61. 61 Glenys 99 babies 9
  62. 62 Lois 99 babies 3
  63. 63 Jeanette 92 babies 6
  64. 64 Jill 92 babies 3
  65. 65 Elaine 91 babies 1
  66. 66 Joy 87 babies 2
  67. 67 Jacqueline 86 babies 2
  68. 68 Sheryl 85 babies 5
  69. 69 Ruth 80 babies 2
  70. 70 Brenda 79 babies 12
  71. 71 Shona 79 babies 6
  72. 72 Vivienne 79 babies 3
  73. 73 Sally 78 babies 1
  74. 74 Glenda 77 babies 6
  75. 75 Gloria 77 babies 21
  76. 76 Gillian 76 babies 15
  77. 77 Jane 71 babies 15
  78. 78 Adrienne 64 babies 10
  79. 79 Ngaire 64 babies 8
  80. 80 June 63 babies 5
  81. 81 Deborah 59 babies 38
  82. 82 Janette 58 babies 42
  83. 83 Jean 57 babies 5
  84. 84 Eileen 54 babies 7
  85. 85 Lynnette 54 babies 2
  86. 86 Diana 53 babies 12
  87. 87 Stephanie 53 babies 49
  88. 88 Dawn 52 babies 9
  89. 89 Lynn 52 babies 32
  90. 90 Beverly 51 babies 11
  91. 91 Maria 51 babies 7
  92. 92 Robin 51 babies 6
  93. 93 Bronwyn 50 babies 34
  94. 94 Angela 49 babies 50
  95. 95 Joanne 49 babies 15
  96. 96 Christina 48 babies 3
  97. 97 Josephine 48 babies 16
  98. 98 Fay 47 babies 2
  99. 99 Evelyn 46 babies 3
  100. 100 Louise 45 babies 16

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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