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 John 1,382 babies =
2 David 1,055 babies =
3 Peter 951 babies =
4 Michael 723 babies =
5 Robert 643 babies =
6 Kevin 553 babies =
7 Paul 491 babies 4
8 Brian 483 babies 1
9 William 479 babies 1
10 Ian 474 babies =
11 Stephen 434 babies 2
12 Graeme 405 babies 2
13 Alan 384 babies 3
14 Bruce 378 babies 5
15 Murray 374 babies =
16 Christopher 346 babies 8
17 James 346 babies 5
18 Graham 330 babies 1
19 Richard 327 babies 2
20 Colin 294 babies 3
21 Anthony 285 babies 1
22 Barry 283 babies =
23 Kenneth 269 babies 5
24 Wayne 269 babies 3
25 Trevor 268 babies 2
26 Donald 261 babies 3
27 Gary 257 babies 3
28 Raymond 246 babies 2
29 Allan 238 babies 4
30 Philip 230 babies 2
31 Ronald 214 babies 3
32 Dennis 213 babies 1
33 Geoffrey 213 babies 2
34 Roger 208 babies 5
35 Grant 200 babies =
36 Keith 193 babies 2
37 Ross 193 babies =
38 Neil 191 babies 3
39 Thomas 181 babies 3
40 Warren 181 babies 3
41 Gregory 168 babies 9
42 Douglas 167 babies =
43 Garry 162 babies 2
44 Russell 161 babies 4
45 Andrew 158 babies 1
46 Terence 150 babies 1
47 Leslie 136 babies 6
48 Mark 134 babies 8
49 Charles 133 babies 5
50 Neville 130 babies 5
51 George 127 babies 2
52 Robin 122 babies 4
53 Phillip 121 babies 2
54 Gordon 120 babies 2
55 Edward 115 babies 11
56 Malcolm 115 babies 18
57 Patrick 110 babies =
58 Steven 109 babies 14
59 Noel 106 babies 10
60 Lindsay 105 babies 3
61 Denis 103 babies 1
62 Stuart 103 babies =
63 Maurice 98 babies 2
64 Rodney 97 babies 3
65 Bryan 96 babies 6
66 Rex 85 babies 8
67 Martin 84 babies 13
68 Joseph 82 babies =
69 Owen 82 babies 2
70 Norman 80 babies 4
71 Arthur 79 babies 4
72 Gavin 79 babies 6
73 Timothy 78 babies 6
74 Jeffrey 76 babies 1
75 Kerry 76 babies 6
76 Francis 73 babies 2
77 Eric 72 babies 4
78 Brent 69 babies 23
79 Lawrence 68 babies 10
80 Mervyn 63 babies 4
81 Desmond 61 babies 17
82 Henry 61 babies 29
83 Derek 60 babies 11
84 Warwick 60 babies 8
85 Ivan 58 babies 6
86 Alexander 57 babies 16
87 Bernard 55 babies 5
88 Glenn 54 babies 14
89 Lance 52 babies 4
90 Simon 50 babies 25
91 Walter 48 babies 6
92 Laurence 47 babies 6
93 Daniel 46 babies 5
94 Frederick 46 babies 6
95 Leonard 46 babies 1
96 Alistair 45 babies 7
97 Clifford 45 babies 28
98 Clive 45 babies 11
99 Stewart 45 babies 10
100 Maxwell 44 babies 8
101 Gerald 43 babies 20
102 Frank 42 babies 16
103 Kelvin 42 babies 1
104 Nigel 42 babies 20
105 Harold 41 babies 5
106 Tony 41 babies 7
107 Larry 40 babies 2
108 Roderick 40 babies 35
109 Roy 40 babies 26
110 Hugh 39 babies 9
111 Selwyn 39 babies 11
112 Allen 38 babies 22
113 Brett 38 babies 16
114 Craig 38 babies 8
115 Evan 38 babies 11
116 Garth 37 babies 2
117 Lloyd 37 babies 18
118 Stanley 36 babies 41
119 Terry 36 babies 3
120 Albert 35 babies 27
121 Gerard 35 babies 24
122 Howard 34 babies 10
123 Adrian 33 babies 16
124 Reginald 32 babies 4
125 Terrence 32 babies 30
126 Jonathan 31 babies 1
127 Lewis 31 babies 15
128 Alastair 30 babies 11
129 Harry 29 babies 9
130 Nicholas 29 babies 4
131 Victor 29 babies 17
132 Darryl 28 babies 21
133 Ralph 28 babies 3
134 Samuel 28 babies 1
135 Sydney 28 babies 29
136 Alfred 27 babies 4
137 Ashley 27 babies 13
138 Errol 27 babies 8
139 Ernest 26 babies 17
140 Matthew 26 babies 12
141 Max 26 babies 1
142 Wiremu 26 babies 11
143 Duncan 24 babies 5
144 Alister 23 babies 7
145 Glen 23 babies 14
146 Jeffery 23 babies 26
147 Lester 23 babies =
148 Jack 22 babies 25
149 Carl 20 babies 10
150 Hamish 20 babies 38
151 Antony 18 babies 7
152 Barrie 18 babies 25
153 Leo 18 babies 27
154 Vincent 18 babies 4
155 Brendan 17 babies 14
156 Brendon 17 babies 39
157 Cyril 17 babies 1
158 Edwin 17 babies 25
159 Morris 17 babies 8
160 Vernon 17 babies 16
161 Rangi 16 babies 21
162 Scott 16 babies
163 Daryl 15 babies
164 Gilbert 15 babies 18
165 Jeremy 15 babies 8
166 Karl 15 babies =
167 Leigh 15 babies
168 Louis 15 babies 17
169 Sidney 15 babies 33
170 Dale 14 babies
171 Fraser 14 babies 1
172 Fredrick 14 babies 18
173 Harvey 14 babies 2
174 Herbert 14 babies 9
175 Ray 14 babies 8
176 Vaughan 14 babies 8
177 Basil 13 babies
178 Blair 13 babies
179 Clinton 13 babies
180 Dean 13 babies 22
181 Grahame 13 babies 15
182 Hohepa 13 babies
183 Lee 13 babies
184 Benjamin 12 babies 22
185 Bevan 12 babies 36
186 Bryce 12 babies 23
187 Campbell 12 babies
188 Denys 12 babies
189 Julian 12 babies 10
190 Lionel 12 babies =
191 Martyn 12 babies =
192 Nelson 12 babies
193 Rodger 12 babies 52
194 Cecil 11 babies
195 Danny 11 babies 17
196 Earl 11 babies
197 Guy 11 babies =
198 Hori 11 babies
199 Joe 11 babies 10
200 Perry 11 babies 25
201 Tom 11 babies
202 Angus 10 babies
203 Charlie 10 babies
204 Clarence 10 babies
205 Claude 10 babies
206 Henare 10 babies 49
207 Lyall 10 babies 33
208 Melvin 10 babies
209 Miles 10 babies
210 Wallace 10 babies

Girl Names

1 Christine 673 babies 1
2 Margaret 635 babies 1
3 Susan 528 babies 1
4 Jennifer 485 babies 1
5 Judith 469 babies 2
6 Patricia 422 babies 2
7 Linda 416 babies =
8 Elizabeth 413 babies 1
9 Mary 370 babies 3
10 Barbara 349 babies =
11 Helen 306 babies 1
12 Lynette 302 babies 1
13 Anne 285 babies 7
14 Heather 278 babies 4
15 Janice 275 babies 2
16 Carol 274 babies 2
17 Sandra 273 babies 1
18 Robyn 261 babies 6
19 Pamela 255 babies 2
20 Diane 252 babies 5
21 Lorraine 247 babies 5
22 Janet 241 babies 1
23 Karen 241 babies 1
24 Irene 230 babies 52
25 Kathleen 203 babies 6
26 Pauline 199 babies 2
27 Shirley 196 babies 6
28 Beverley 195 babies 3
29 Marilyn 193 babies 2
30 Wendy 191 babies 5
31 Alison 184 babies 5
32 Dianne 177 babies 2
33 Raewyn 177 babies 5
34 Catherine 174 babies 14
35 Maureen 174 babies 4
36 Colleen 166 babies 3
37 Yvonne 166 babies 10
38 Suzanne 163 babies 9
39 Lesley 161 babies =
40 Denise 158 babies 1
41 Sharon 145 babies 8
42 Ann 142 babies 2
43 Carolyn 137 babies 11
44 Julie 137 babies 8
45 Gail 133 babies 15
46 Rosemary 133 babies 9
47 Annette 129 babies 1
48 Marie 128 babies 5
49 Cheryl 122 babies 2
50 Kay 118 babies 10
51 Kathryn 117 babies 2
52 Lynda 114 babies 10
53 Marion 108 babies 6
54 Frances 107 babies 14
55 Valerie 106 babies 10
56 Jillian 104 babies 6
57 Dorothy 102 babies 2
58 Joan 100 babies 5
59 Jocelyn 100 babies 1
60 Lynne 100 babies 4
61 Glenys 99 babies 9
62 Lois 99 babies 3
63 Jeanette 92 babies 6
64 Jill 92 babies 3
65 Elaine 91 babies 1
66 Joy 87 babies 2
67 Jacqueline 86 babies 2
68 Sheryl 85 babies 5
69 Ruth 80 babies 2
70 Brenda 79 babies 12
71 Shona 79 babies 6
72 Vivienne 79 babies 3
73 Sally 78 babies 1
74 Glenda 77 babies 6
75 Gloria 77 babies 21
76 Gillian 76 babies 15
77 Jane 71 babies 15
78 Adrienne 64 babies 10
79 Ngaire 64 babies 8
80 June 63 babies 5
81 Deborah 59 babies 38
82 Janette 58 babies 42
83 Jean 57 babies 5
84 Eileen 54 babies 7
85 Lynnette 54 babies 2
86 Diana 53 babies 12
87 Stephanie 53 babies 49
88 Dawn 52 babies 9
89 Lynn 52 babies 32
90 Beverly 51 babies 11
91 Maria 51 babies 7
92 Robin 51 babies 6
93 Bronwyn 50 babies 34
94 Angela 49 babies 50
95 Joanne 49 babies 15
96 Christina 48 babies 3
97 Josephine 48 babies 16
98 Fay 47 babies 2
99 Evelyn 46 babies 3
100 Louise 45 babies 16
101 Marlene 45 babies 13
102 Donna 42 babies 7
103 Jan 42 babies =
104 Maree 42 babies 16
105 Teresa 42 babies 17
106 Susanne 41 babies 16
107 Paula 40 babies 14
108 Rosalie 40 babies 22
109 Doreen 39 babies 3
110 Faye 39 babies 15
111 Julia 39 babies 19
112 Katherine 39 babies 23
113 Lynley 39 babies 24
114 Penelope 39 babies 17
115 Victoria 39 babies 27
116 Noeline 38 babies 30
117 Philippa 38 babies 40
118 Virginia 38 babies 10
119 Andrea 37 babies 6
120 Nancy 37 babies 13
121 Vicki 37 babies 10
122 Caroline 36 babies 17
123 Eleanor 36 babies 24
124 Glenis 36 babies 24
125 Leonie 36 babies 10
126 Maxine 35 babies 9
127 Dale 34 babies 9
128 Sharyn 34 babies 24
129 Betty 33 babies 17
130 Ellen 33 babies 2
131 Joyce 33 babies 20
132 Kaye 33 babies 41
133 Sylvia 33 babies 17
134 Cynthia 32 babies 20
135 Gaylene 32 babies 2
136 Rhonda 32 babies 34
137 Adele 31 babies 97
138 Carole 31 babies 25
139 Gayle 31 babies 10
140 Hilary 31 babies 9
141 Daphne 30 babies 47
142 Georgina 30 babies 19
143 Janis 30 babies 43
144 Marian 29 babies 75
145 Anna 28 babies 1
146 Veronica 28 babies 9
147 Claire 27 babies 4
148 Clare 27 babies 22
149 Gaye 27 babies 4
150 Judy 27 babies 19
151 Lorna 26 babies 12
152 Alice 25 babies 6
153 Shelley 25 babies 30
154 Geraldine 24 babies 5
155 Lee 24 babies
156 Prudence 24 babies 23
157 Rose 24 babies 51
158 Phyllis 23 babies 17
159 Bernadette 22 babies 26
160 Fiona 22 babies 8
161 Gwenda 22 babies 27
162 Janine 22 babies 64
163 Norma 22 babies 18
164 Erin 21 babies 8
165 Glennis 21 babies 5
166 Marjorie 21 babies 26
167 Gaynor 20 babies 14
168 Kerry 20 babies 6
169 Moira 20 babies 51
170 Nola 20 babies 36
171 Rae 20 babies 31
172 Beryl 19 babies 21
173 Edith 19 babies 41
174 Glynis 19 babies
175 Hazel 19 babies 4
176 Kristine 19 babies 51
177 Marguerite 19 babies
178 Michele 19 babies 13
179 Rosalind 19 babies 28
180 Sarah 19 babies 13
181 Sharron 19 babies 13
182 Audrey 18 babies 5
183 Gael 18 babies 20
184 Olive 18 babies 7
185 Peggy 18 babies 16
186 Rachel 18 babies 32
187 Rita 18 babies 5
188 Violet 18 babies 74
189 Delwyn 17 babies 36
190 Monica 17 babies 10
191 Rebecca 17 babies 83
192 Rowena 17 babies 66
193 Sonia 17 babies 10
194 Vivien 17 babies 16
195 Allison 16 babies 57
196 Coral 16 babies 17
197 Felicity 16 babies 42
198 Gabrielle 16 babies 16
199 Gay 16 babies 35
200 Juliet 16 babies 28
201 Loraine 16 babies 27
202 Merilyn 16 babies 28
203 Noeleen 16 babies 28
204 Aileen 15 babies 49
205 Anita 15 babies 30
206 Isabel 15 babies 10
207 Maraea 15 babies
208 Marcia 15 babies
209 Mavis 15 babies 11
210 Alma 14 babies 39
211 Charmaine 14 babies
212 Esther 14 babies 26
213 Grace 14 babies 2
214 Gwendoline 14 babies 54
215 Katrina 14 babies
216 Michelle 14 babies 17
217 Miriam 14 babies 18
218 Noelene 14 babies 52
219 Priscilla 14 babies
220 Raelene 14 babies 1
221 Rangi 14 babies 41
222 Thelma 14 babies 29
223 Theresa 14 babies 61
224 Trudy 14 babies
225 Averil 13 babies
226 Emily 13 babies 12
227 Ethel 13 babies
228 Florence 13 babies 41
229 Isobel 13 babies 68
230 Laurel 13 babies
231 Linley 13 babies 12
232 Lyn 13 babies 22
233 Phillipa 13 babies
234 Tui 13 babies 2
235 Vivian 13 babies
236 Charlotte 12 babies 29
237 Deirdre 12 babies 14
238 Eva 12 babies
239 Iris 12 babies 43
240 Joanna 12 babies 51
241 Leone 12 babies
242 Lillian 12 babies 52
243 Lucy 12 babies 1
244 May 12 babies 12
245 Mihi 12 babies
246 Nanette 12 babies
247 Raylene 12 babies
248 Roslyn 12 babies
249 Valda 12 babies 1
250 Winifred 12 babies 39
251 Agnes 11 babies 67
252 Ailsa 11 babies 11
253 Cecilia 11 babies
254 Cushla 11 babies 4
255 Deidre 11 babies
256 Elisabeth 11 babies
257 Erica 11 babies 53
258 Glenice 11 babies
259 Hera 11 babies 7
260 Hine 11 babies 19
261 Jenny 11 babies
262 Leigh 11 babies 45
263 Leslie 11 babies 45
264 Marina 11 babies
265 Martha 11 babies 20
266 Melva 11 babies
267 April 10 babies
268 Belinda 10 babies 56
269 Bronwen 10 babies 45
270 Jeannette 10 babies 1
271 Lindsay 10 babies 66
272 Mona 10 babies
273 Naomi 10 babies
274 Natalie 10 babies 3
275 Olwyn 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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