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 John 1,369 babies =
2 Peter 1,047 babies 1
3 David 1,037 babies 1
4 Michael 757 babies =
5 Robert 638 babies =
6 Paul 573 babies 1
7 Kevin 559 babies 1
8 Brian 483 babies =
9 Stephen 482 babies 2
10 Ian 472 babies =
11 William 465 babies 2
12 Richard 407 babies 7
13 Christopher 402 babies 3
14 Bruce 397 babies =
15 Graeme 395 babies 3
16 Alan 379 babies 3
17 James 378 babies =
18 Gary 337 babies 9
19 Graham 312 babies 1
20 Murray 306 babies 5
21 Barry 295 babies 1
22 Philip 295 babies 8
23 Wayne 295 babies 1
24 Anthony 290 babies 3
25 Kenneth 281 babies 2
26 Colin 277 babies 6
27 Trevor 245 babies 2
28 Raymond 242 babies =
29 Allan 229 babies =
30 Geoffrey 228 babies 3
31 Ross 224 babies 6
32 Donald 217 babies 6
33 Mark 215 babies 15
34 Dennis 214 babies 2
35 Grant 207 babies =
36 Keith 200 babies =
37 Roger 186 babies 3
38 Neil 184 babies =
39 Ronald 171 babies 8
40 Gregory 166 babies 1
41 Russell 166 babies 3
42 Phillip 162 babies 11
43 Warren 161 babies 3
44 Andrew 154 babies 1
45 Thomas 152 babies 6
46 Garry 150 babies 3
47 Malcolm 150 babies 9
48 Stuart 141 babies 14
49 Douglas 139 babies 7
50 Robin 133 babies 2
51 Patrick 132 babies 6
52 George 130 babies 1
53 Lindsay 130 babies 7
54 Charles 128 babies 5
55 Steven 123 babies 3
56 Leslie 122 babies 9
57 Neville 119 babies 7
58 Gordon 118 babies 4
59 Edward 112 babies 4
60 Bryan 108 babies 5
61 Terence 104 babies 15
62 Gavin 101 babies 10
63 Noel 101 babies 4
64 Rex 89 babies 2
65 Rodney 88 babies 1
66 Joseph 86 babies 2
67 Eric 85 babies 10
68 Arthur 84 babies 3
69 Jeffrey 84 babies 5
70 Martin 83 babies 3
71 Maurice 79 babies 8
72 Owen 78 babies 3
73 Timothy 78 babies =
74 Craig 76 babies 40
75 Alexander 73 babies 11
76 Denis 73 babies 15
77 Kerry 72 babies 2
78 Francis 67 babies 2
79 Nigel 65 babies 25
80 Mervyn 64 babies =
81 Brent 63 babies 3
82 Bernard 61 babies 5
83 Clive 61 babies 15
84 Stewart 60 babies 15
85 Warwick 59 babies 1
86 Derek 58 babies 3
87 Frederick 57 babies 7
88 Lawrence 57 babies 9
89 Desmond 56 babies 8
90 Hugh 53 babies 20
91 Lloyd 53 babies 26
92 Lance 52 babies 3
93 Norman 52 babies 23
94 Kelvin 51 babies 9
95 Tony 51 babies 11
96 Ivan 50 babies 11
97 Gerald 49 babies 4
98 Allen 48 babies 14
99 Roy 48 babies 10
100 Daniel 47 babies 7
101 Glenn 47 babies 13
102 Larry 47 babies 5
103 Selwyn 47 babies 8
104 Walter 47 babies 13
105 Darryl 46 babies 27
106 Leonard 46 babies 11
107 Henry 44 babies 25
108 Howard 44 babies 14
109 Stanley 44 babies 9
110 Simon 43 babies 20
111 Alistair 40 babies 15
112 Terry 39 babies 7
113 Brett 37 babies =
114 Clifford 37 babies 17
115 Harry 37 babies 14
116 Terrence 37 babies 9
117 Alastair 36 babies 11
118 Frank 36 babies 16
119 Alister 35 babies 25
120 Gerard 35 babies 1
121 Albert 34 babies 1
122 Harold 34 babies 17
123 Jack 34 babies 25
124 Laurence 34 babies 32
125 Victor 34 babies 6
126 Adrian 33 babies 3
127 Nicholas 33 babies 3
128 Roderick 33 babies 20
129 Evan 32 babies 14
130 Lewis 32 babies 3
131 Wiremu 32 babies 11
132 Jonathan 30 babies 6
133 Maxwell 30 babies 33
134 Reginald 30 babies 10
135 Ashley 29 babies 2
136 Ernest 29 babies 3
137 Garth 29 babies 21
138 Lester 28 babies 9
139 Ralph 28 babies 6
140 Daryl 27 babies 23
141 Matthew 27 babies 1
142 Edwin 25 babies 16
143 Cyril 24 babies 14
144 Vernon 24 babies 16
145 Rodger 23 babies 48
146 Antony 22 babies 5
147 Max 22 babies 6
148 Samuel 22 babies 14
149 Alfred 21 babies 13
150 Carl 21 babies 1
151 Duncan 20 babies 8
152 Hamish 20 babies 2
153 Jeremy 20 babies 12
154 Bryce 19 babies 32
155 Louis 19 babies 13
156 Leo 18 babies 3
157 Dale 17 babies 13
158 Fredrick 17 babies 14
159 Jeffery 17 babies 13
160 Errol 16 babies 22
161 Julian 16 babies 28
162 Kim 16 babies new
163 Sidney 16 babies 6
164 Sydney 16 babies 29
165 Benjamin 15 babies 19
166 Gilbert 15 babies 2
167 Jon 15 babies new
168 Laurie 15 babies new
169 Bevan 14 babies 16
170 Dean 14 babies 10
171 Lee 14 babies 12
172 Vaughan 14 babies 4
173 Guy 13 babies 24
174 Herbert 13 babies =
175 Morris 13 babies 16
176 Perry 13 babies 24
177 Rangi 13 babies 16
178 Shane 13 babies new
179 Tom 13 babies 22
180 Basil 12 babies 3
181 Blair 12 babies 3
182 Brendon 12 babies 26
183 Glen 12 babies 38
184 Hone 12 babies new
185 Martyn 12 babies 6
186 Milton 12 babies new
187 Arnold 11 babies new
188 Brendan 11 babies 33
189 Charlie 11 babies 14
190 Clinton 11 babies 11
191 Fraser 11 babies 20
192 Henare 11 babies 14
193 Lionel 11 babies 3
194 Mathew 11 babies new
195 Micheal 11 babies new
196 Ray 11 babies 21
197 Vincent 11 babies 43
198 Barrie 10 babies 46
199 Cameron 10 babies new
200 Chris 10 babies new
201 Clyde 10 babies new
202 Hohepa 10 babies 20
203 Iain 10 babies new
204 Joe 10 babies 5
205 Melvin 10 babies 3
206 Nelson 10 babies 14
207 Tamati 10 babies new
208 Terrance 10 babies new
209 Wallace 10 babies 1

Girl Names

1 Christine 691 babies =
2 Margaret 635 babies =
3 Susan 628 babies =
4 Jennifer 543 babies =
5 Judith 536 babies =
6 Patricia 504 babies =
7 Elizabeth 446 babies 1
8 Mary 391 babies 1
9 Linda 387 babies 2
10 Barbara 375 babies =
11 Robyn 316 babies 7
12 Sandra 314 babies 5
13 Helen 295 babies 2
14 Lynette 290 babies 2
15 Diane 289 babies 5
16 Heather 289 babies 2
17 Anne 270 babies 4
18 Karen 265 babies 5
19 Carol 257 babies 3
20 Pamela 244 babies 1
21 Janice 243 babies 6
22 Kathleen 229 babies 3
23 Janet 223 babies 1
24 Pauline 221 babies 2
25 Shirley 216 babies 2
26 Wendy 212 babies 4
27 Marilyn 209 babies 2
28 Lorraine 207 babies 7
29 Suzanne 193 babies 9
30 Raewyn 192 babies 3
31 Alison 187 babies =
32 Ann 187 babies 10
33 Dianne 186 babies 1
34 Julie 185 babies 10
35 Beverley 173 babies 7
36 Yvonne 172 babies 1
37 Gail 170 babies 8
38 Colleen 167 babies 2
39 Denise 166 babies 1
40 Rosemary 164 babies 6
41 Catherine 161 babies 7
42 Carolyn 157 babies 1
43 Annette 151 babies 4
44 Sharon 150 babies 3
45 Lesley 149 babies 6
46 Maureen 145 babies 11
47 Marie 139 babies 1
48 Cheryl 129 babies 1
49 Kathryn 126 babies 2
50 Irene 119 babies 26
51 Jane 113 babies 26
52 Kay 111 babies 2
53 Lynda 110 babies 1
54 Jillian 109 babies 2
55 Frances 108 babies 1
56 Ruth 108 babies 13
57 Valerie 100 babies 2
58 Lynne 98 babies 2
59 Dorothy 97 babies 2
60 Jacqueline 97 babies 7
61 Marion 97 babies 8
62 Gillian 95 babies 14
63 Jeanette 94 babies =
64 Jocelyn 94 babies 5
65 Brenda 93 babies 5
66 Glenda 93 babies 8
67 Jill 93 babies 3
68 Joy 91 babies 2
69 Elaine 90 babies 4
70 Lois 89 babies 8
71 Sheryl 86 babies 3
72 Shona 85 babies 1
73 Adrienne 82 babies 5
74 Maria 80 babies 17
75 Joan 79 babies 17
76 Glenys 78 babies 15
77 Deborah 77 babies 4
78 Paula 77 babies 29
79 Jean 76 babies 4
80 Vivienne 75 babies 8
81 Eileen 74 babies 3
82 Diana 66 babies 4
83 Donna 66 babies 19
84 Sally 65 babies 11
85 Gloria 60 babies 10
86 Bronwyn 57 babies 7
87 Jan 57 babies 16
88 Angela 56 babies 6
89 Louise 52 babies 11
90 Penelope 52 babies 24
91 Christina 51 babies 5
92 Dawn 51 babies 4
93 June 51 babies 13
94 Caroline 50 babies 28
95 Josephine 50 babies 2
96 Marlene 50 babies 5
97 Ngaire 50 babies 18
98 Joanne 49 babies 3
99 Philippa 48 babies 18
100 Kaye 47 babies 32
101 Leonie 47 babies 24
102 Vicki 46 babies 19
103 Andrea 45 babies 16
104 Fay 45 babies 6
105 Maree 45 babies 1
106 Rhonda 45 babies 30
107 Rosalie 45 babies 1
108 Stephanie 45 babies 21
109 Susanne 45 babies 3
110 Teresa 45 babies 5
111 Julia 44 babies =
112 Lynnette 43 babies 27
113 Beverly 42 babies 23
114 Glenis 42 babies 10
115 Lynley 42 babies 2
116 Noeline 42 babies =
117 Judy 40 babies 33
118 Lynn 40 babies 29
119 Phyllis 40 babies 39
120 Evelyn 39 babies 21
121 Faye 39 babies 11
122 Nancy 37 babies 2
123 Sarah 37 babies 57
124 Virginia 37 babies 6
125 Anna 36 babies 20
126 Dale 36 babies 1
127 Janette 36 babies 45
128 Katherine 36 babies 16
129 Sylvia 36 babies 4
130 Claire 35 babies 17
131 Gaylene 35 babies 4
132 Lorna 35 babies 19
133 Marjorie 34 babies 33
134 Ellen 33 babies 4
135 Shelley 33 babies 18
136 Cynthia 32 babies 2
137 Sharron 32 babies 44
138 Doreen 31 babies 29
139 Robin 31 babies 47
140 Victoria 31 babies 25
141 Maxine 30 babies 15
142 Beryl 29 babies 30
143 Daphne 29 babies 2
144 Eleanor 29 babies 21
145 Georgina 29 babies 3
146 Carole 28 babies 8
147 Kerry 28 babies 21
148 Norma 28 babies 15
149 Prudence 28 babies 7
150 Sharyn 28 babies 22
151 Charmaine 27 babies 60
152 Clare 27 babies 4
153 Edith 27 babies 20
154 Janis 27 babies 11
155 Theresa 27 babies 68
156 Adele 26 babies 19
157 Fiona 26 babies 3
158 Joyce 26 babies 27
159 Alice 25 babies 7
160 Erin 25 babies 4
161 Michele 25 babies 17
162 Betty 24 babies 33
163 Florence 24 babies 65
164 Gaynor 24 babies 3
165 Geraldine 24 babies 11
166 Leslie 24 babies 97
167 Marian 24 babies 23
168 Moira 24 babies 1
169 Nicola 24 babies
170 Rachel 24 babies 16
171 Veronica 24 babies 25
172 Felicity 23 babies 25
173 Janine 23 babies 11
174 Olive 23 babies 10
175 Allison 22 babies 20
176 Aileen 21 babies 28
177 Audrey 21 babies 5
178 Anita 20 babies 27
179 Bernadette 20 babies 20
180 Gabrielle 20 babies 18
181 Glennis 20 babies 16
182 Hilary 20 babies 42
183 Laurel 20 babies 47
184 Natalie 20 babies 90
185 Gaye 19 babies 36
186 Priscilla 19 babies 33
187 Rose 19 babies 30
188 Trudy 19 babies 36
189 Annie 18 babies
190 Gay 18 babies 9
191 Katrina 18 babies 24
192 Rebecca 18 babies 1
193 Thelma 18 babies 29
194 Joanna 17 babies 46
195 Kristine 17 babies 19
196 Lee 17 babies 41
197 Marcia 17 babies 11
198 Rae 17 babies 27
199 Rita 17 babies 12
200 Rosalind 17 babies 21
201 Tui 17 babies 33
202 Vivien 17 babies 8
203 Debra 16 babies
204 Hazel 16 babies 29
205 Isobel 16 babies 24
206 Lindsay 16 babies 65
207 Michelle 16 babies 9
208 Monica 16 babies 18
209 Nola 16 babies 39
210 Violet 16 babies 22
211 Winifred 16 babies 39
212 Charlotte 15 babies 24
213 Cherry 15 babies
214 Elisabeth 15 babies 42
215 Erica 15 babies 42
216 Gayle 15 babies 77
217 Leigh 15 babies 45
218 Roberta 15 babies
219 Toni 15 babies
220 Vicky 15 babies
221 Bernice 14 babies
222 Deidre 14 babies 33
223 Deirdre 14 babies 14
224 Delwyn 14 babies 35
225 Gwenda 14 babies 64
226 Huia 14 babies
227 Isabel 14 babies 21
228 Jenny 14 babies 33
229 Juliet 14 babies 29
230 Kaylene 14 babies
231 Mavis 14 babies 22
232 Megan 14 babies
233 Noelene 14 babies 15
234 Phillipa 14 babies 1
235 Rosemarie 14 babies
236 Sonia 14 babies 43
237 Alexandra 13 babies
238 Aroha 13 babies
239 Doris 13 babies
240 Glenice 13 babies 18
241 Glynis 13 babies 67
242 Karyn 13 babies
243 Lilian 13 babies
244 Marianne 13 babies
245 Martha 13 babies 20
246 May 13 babies 2
247 Paulette 13 babies
248 Raylene 13 babies 1
249 Johanna 12 babies
250 Laura 12 babies
251 Leone 12 babies 10
252 Loraine 12 babies 51
253 Miriam 12 babies 36
254 Raelene 12 babies 34
255 Rowena 12 babies 63
256 Stella 12 babies
257 Therese 12 babies
258 Agnes 11 babies 7
259 Cherie 11 babies
260 Coral 11 babies 64
261 Edna 11 babies
262 Eva 11 babies 24
263 Gale 11 babies
264 Gladys 11 babies
265 Jenifer 11 babies
266 Lyn 11 babies 34
267 Marguerite 11 babies 90
268 Peggy 11 babies 83
269 Cushla 10 babies 15
270 Elsie 10 babies
271 Gael 10 babies 88
272 Hine 10 babies 12
273 Jeanne 10 babies
274 Lucy 10 babies 31
275 Lyndsay 10 babies
276 Maraea 10 babies 69
277 Marama 10 babies
278 Margot 10 babies
279 Muriel 10 babies
280 Nellie 10 babies
281 Valmai 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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