New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1952

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 1,369 babies =
  2. 2 Peter 1,047 babies 1
  3. 3 David 1,037 babies 1
  4. 4 Michael 757 babies =
  5. 5 Robert 638 babies =
  6. 6 Paul 573 babies 1
  7. 7 Kevin 559 babies 1
  8. 8 Brian 483 babies =
  9. 9 Stephen 482 babies 2
  10. 10 Ian 472 babies =
  11. 11 William 465 babies 2
  12. 12 Richard 407 babies 7
  13. 13 Christopher 402 babies 3
  14. 14 Bruce 397 babies =
  15. 15 Graeme 395 babies 3
  16. 16 Alan 379 babies 3
  17. 17 James 378 babies =
  18. 18 Gary 337 babies 9
  19. 19 Graham 312 babies 1
  20. 20 Murray 306 babies 5
  21. 21 Barry 295 babies 1
  22. 22 Philip 295 babies 8
  23. 23 Wayne 295 babies 1
  24. 24 Anthony 290 babies 3
  25. 25 Kenneth 281 babies 2
  26. 26 Colin 277 babies 6
  27. 27 Trevor 245 babies 2
  28. 28 Raymond 242 babies =
  29. 29 Allan 229 babies =
  30. 30 Geoffrey 228 babies 3
  31. 31 Ross 224 babies 6
  32. 32 Donald 217 babies 6
  33. 33 Mark 215 babies 15
  34. 34 Dennis 214 babies 2
  35. 35 Grant 207 babies =
  36. 36 Keith 200 babies =
  37. 37 Roger 186 babies 3
  38. 38 Neil 184 babies =
  39. 39 Ronald 171 babies 8
  40. 40 Gregory 166 babies 1
  41. 41 Russell 166 babies 3
  42. 42 Phillip 162 babies 11
  43. 43 Warren 161 babies 3
  44. 44 Andrew 154 babies 1
  45. 45 Thomas 152 babies 6
  46. 46 Garry 150 babies 3
  47. 47 Malcolm 150 babies 9
  48. 48 Stuart 141 babies 14
  49. 49 Douglas 139 babies 7
  50. 50 Robin 133 babies 2
  51. 51 Patrick 132 babies 6
  52. 52 George 130 babies 1
  53. 53 Lindsay 130 babies 7
  54. 54 Charles 128 babies 5
  55. 55 Steven 123 babies 3
  56. 56 Leslie 122 babies 9
  57. 57 Neville 119 babies 7
  58. 58 Gordon 118 babies 4
  59. 59 Edward 112 babies 4
  60. 60 Bryan 108 babies 5
  61. 61 Terence 104 babies 15
  62. 62 Gavin 101 babies 10
  63. 63 Noel 101 babies 4
  64. 64 Rex 89 babies 2
  65. 65 Rodney 88 babies 1
  66. 66 Joseph 86 babies 2
  67. 67 Eric 85 babies 10
  68. 68 Arthur 84 babies 3
  69. 69 Jeffrey 84 babies 5
  70. 70 Martin 83 babies 3
  71. 71 Maurice 79 babies 8
  72. 72 Owen 78 babies 3
  73. 73 Timothy 78 babies =
  74. 74 Craig 76 babies 40
  75. 75 Alexander 73 babies 11
  76. 76 Denis 73 babies 15
  77. 77 Kerry 72 babies 2
  78. 78 Francis 67 babies 2
  79. 79 Nigel 65 babies 25
  80. 80 Mervyn 64 babies =
  81. 81 Brent 63 babies 3
  82. 82 Bernard 61 babies 5
  83. 83 Clive 61 babies 15
  84. 84 Stewart 60 babies 15
  85. 85 Warwick 59 babies 1
  86. 86 Derek 58 babies 3
  87. 87 Frederick 57 babies 7
  88. 88 Lawrence 57 babies 9
  89. 89 Desmond 56 babies 8
  90. 90 Hugh 53 babies 20
  91. 91 Lloyd 53 babies 26
  92. 92 Lance 52 babies 3
  93. 93 Norman 52 babies 23
  94. 94 Kelvin 51 babies 9
  95. 95 Tony 51 babies 11
  96. 96 Ivan 50 babies 11
  97. 97 Gerald 49 babies 4
  98. 98 Allen 48 babies 14
  99. 99 Roy 48 babies 10
  100. 100 Daniel 47 babies 7

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Christine 691 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 635 babies =
  3. 3 Susan 628 babies =
  4. 4 Jennifer 543 babies =
  5. 5 Judith 536 babies =
  6. 6 Patricia 504 babies =
  7. 7 Elizabeth 446 babies 1
  8. 8 Mary 391 babies 1
  9. 9 Linda 387 babies 2
  10. 10 Barbara 375 babies =
  11. 11 Robyn 316 babies 7
  12. 12 Sandra 314 babies 5
  13. 13 Helen 295 babies 2
  14. 14 Lynette 290 babies 2
  15. 15 Diane 289 babies 5
  16. 16 Heather 289 babies 2
  17. 17 Anne 270 babies 4
  18. 18 Karen 265 babies 5
  19. 19 Carol 257 babies 3
  20. 20 Pamela 244 babies 1
  21. 21 Janice 243 babies 6
  22. 22 Kathleen 229 babies 3
  23. 23 Janet 223 babies 1
  24. 24 Pauline 221 babies 2
  25. 25 Shirley 216 babies 2
  26. 26 Wendy 212 babies 4
  27. 27 Marilyn 209 babies 2
  28. 28 Lorraine 207 babies 7
  29. 29 Suzanne 193 babies 9
  30. 30 Raewyn 192 babies 3
  31. 31 Alison 187 babies =
  32. 32 Ann 187 babies 10
  33. 33 Dianne 186 babies 1
  34. 34 Julie 185 babies 10
  35. 35 Beverley 173 babies 7
  36. 36 Yvonne 172 babies 1
  37. 37 Gail 170 babies 8
  38. 38 Colleen 167 babies 2
  39. 39 Denise 166 babies 1
  40. 40 Rosemary 164 babies 6
  41. 41 Catherine 161 babies 7
  42. 42 Carolyn 157 babies 1
  43. 43 Annette 151 babies 4
  44. 44 Sharon 150 babies 3
  45. 45 Lesley 149 babies 6
  46. 46 Maureen 145 babies 11
  47. 47 Marie 139 babies 1
  48. 48 Cheryl 129 babies 1
  49. 49 Kathryn 126 babies 2
  50. 50 Irene 119 babies 26
  51. 51 Jane 113 babies 26
  52. 52 Kay 111 babies 2
  53. 53 Lynda 110 babies 1
  54. 54 Jillian 109 babies 2
  55. 55 Frances 108 babies 1
  56. 56 Ruth 108 babies 13
  57. 57 Valerie 100 babies 2
  58. 58 Lynne 98 babies 2
  59. 59 Dorothy 97 babies 2
  60. 60 Jacqueline 97 babies 7
  61. 61 Marion 97 babies 8
  62. 62 Gillian 95 babies 14
  63. 63 Jeanette 94 babies =
  64. 64 Jocelyn 94 babies 5
  65. 65 Brenda 93 babies 5
  66. 66 Glenda 93 babies 8
  67. 67 Jill 93 babies 3
  68. 68 Joy 91 babies 2
  69. 69 Elaine 90 babies 4
  70. 70 Lois 89 babies 8
  71. 71 Sheryl 86 babies 3
  72. 72 Shona 85 babies 1
  73. 73 Adrienne 82 babies 5
  74. 74 Maria 80 babies 17
  75. 75 Joan 79 babies 17
  76. 76 Glenys 78 babies 15
  77. 77 Deborah 77 babies 4
  78. 78 Paula 77 babies 29
  79. 79 Jean 76 babies 4
  80. 80 Vivienne 75 babies 8
  81. 81 Eileen 74 babies 3
  82. 82 Diana 66 babies 4
  83. 83 Donna 66 babies 19
  84. 84 Sally 65 babies 11
  85. 85 Gloria 60 babies 10
  86. 86 Bronwyn 57 babies 7
  87. 87 Jan 57 babies 16
  88. 88 Angela 56 babies 6
  89. 89 Louise 52 babies 11
  90. 90 Penelope 52 babies 24
  91. 91 Christina 51 babies 5
  92. 92 Dawn 51 babies 4
  93. 93 June 51 babies 13
  94. 94 Caroline 50 babies 28
  95. 95 Josephine 50 babies 2
  96. 96 Marlene 50 babies 5
  97. 97 Ngaire 50 babies 18
  98. 98 Joanne 49 babies 3
  99. 99 Philippa 48 babies 18
  100. 100 Kaye 47 babies 32

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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