New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1953

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 1,273 babies =
  2. 2 David 1,052 babies 1
  3. 3 Peter 1,047 babies 1
  4. 4 Robert 690 babies 1
  5. 5 Michael 680 babies 1
  6. 6 Paul 588 babies =
  7. 7 Kevin 568 babies =
  8. 8 Stephen 561 babies 1
  9. 9 Brian 494 babies 1
  10. 10 Christopher 476 babies 3
  11. 11 Ian 467 babies 1
  12. 12 William 433 babies 1
  13. 13 Bruce 399 babies 1
  14. 14 Richard 376 babies 2
  15. 15 Alan 354 babies 1
  16. 16 Anthony 352 babies 8
  17. 17 Graeme 344 babies 2
  18. 18 James 342 babies 1
  19. 19 Murray 328 babies 1
  20. 20 Colin 310 babies 6
  21. 21 Wayne 310 babies 2
  22. 22 Graham 307 babies 3
  23. 23 Barry 302 babies 2
  24. 24 Mark 289 babies 9
  25. 25 Gary 278 babies 7
  26. 26 Trevor 269 babies 1
  27. 27 Kenneth 263 babies 2
  28. 28 Philip 260 babies 6
  29. 29 Raymond 252 babies 1
  30. 30 Geoffrey 234 babies =
  31. 31 Ross 231 babies =
  32. 32 Allan 227 babies 3
  33. 33 Donald 226 babies 1
  34. 34 Keith 226 babies 2
  35. 35 Grant 200 babies =
  36. 36 Ronald 197 babies 3
  37. 37 Neil 191 babies 1
  38. 38 Warren 183 babies 5
  39. 39 Gregory 176 babies 1
  40. 40 Roger 175 babies 3
  41. 41 Dennis 174 babies 7
  42. 42 Andrew 170 babies 2
  43. 43 Russell 166 babies 2
  44. 44 Garry 160 babies 2
  45. 45 Thomas 160 babies =
  46. 46 Malcolm 147 babies 1
  47. 47 Steven 145 babies 8
  48. 48 Robin 142 babies 2
  49. 49 Douglas 141 babies =
  50. 50 Phillip 138 babies 8
  51. 51 Stuart 133 babies 3
  52. 52 Lindsay 132 babies 1
  53. 53 Patrick 131 babies 2
  54. 54 Charles 130 babies =
  55. 55 Gordon 125 babies 3
  56. 56 George 119 babies 4
  57. 57 Leslie 116 babies 1
  58. 58 Neville 116 babies 1
  59. 59 Craig 114 babies 15
  60. 60 Noel 110 babies 3
  61. 61 Edward 109 babies 2
  62. 62 Rodney 108 babies 3
  63. 63 Terence 105 babies 2
  64. 64 Rex 103 babies =
  65. 65 Jeffrey 100 babies 4
  66. 66 Martin 98 babies 4
  67. 67 Timothy 92 babies 6
  68. 68 Bryan 89 babies 8
  69. 69 Joseph 89 babies 3
  70. 70 Gavin 87 babies 8
  71. 71 Maurice 82 babies =
  72. 72 Nigel 81 babies 7
  73. 73 Arthur 80 babies 5
  74. 74 Eric 74 babies 7
  75. 75 Owen 74 babies 3
  76. 76 Kerry 71 babies 1
  77. 77 Brent 68 babies 4
  78. 78 Desmond 67 babies 11
  79. 79 Mervyn 67 babies 1
  80. 80 Tony 64 babies 15
  81. 81 Bernard 61 babies 1
  82. 82 Francis 61 babies 4
  83. 83 Clive 60 babies =
  84. 84 Gerald 60 babies 13
  85. 85 Alexander 58 babies 10
  86. 86 Daniel 54 babies 14
  87. 87 Henry 54 babies 20
  88. 88 Ivan 54 babies 8
  89. 89 Warwick 54 babies 4
  90. 90 Brett 50 babies 23
  91. 91 Frank 50 babies 27
  92. 92 Stewart 50 babies 8
  93. 93 Norman 49 babies =
  94. 94 Roy 49 babies 5
  95. 95 Simon 49 babies 15
  96. 96 Denis 48 babies 20
  97. 97 Jonathan 48 babies 35
  98. 98 Lawrence 47 babies 10
  99. 99 Alistair 46 babies 12
  100. 100 Derek 46 babies 14

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Christine 811 babies =
  2. 2 Susan 653 babies 1
  3. 3 Margaret 599 babies 1
  4. 4 Jennifer 498 babies =
  5. 5 Judith 478 babies =
  6. 6 Patricia 453 babies =
  7. 7 Elizabeth 374 babies =
  8. 8 Mary 366 babies =
  9. 9 Linda 346 babies =
  10. 10 Helen 344 babies 3
  11. 11 Robyn 334 babies =
  12. 12 Barbara 326 babies 2
  13. 13 Lynette 315 babies 1
  14. 14 Karen 312 babies 4
  15. 15 Diane 297 babies =
  16. 16 Heather 295 babies =
  17. 17 Anne 288 babies =
  18. 18 Pamela 276 babies 2
  19. 19 Sandra 269 babies 7
  20. 20 Carol 248 babies 1
  21. 21 Janice 248 babies =
  22. 22 Janet 244 babies 1
  23. 23 Wendy 229 babies 3
  24. 24 Raewyn 223 babies 6
  25. 25 Julie 221 babies 9
  26. 26 Pauline 218 babies 2
  27. 27 Marilyn 210 babies =
  28. 28 Dianne 208 babies 5
  29. 29 Kathleen 202 babies 7
  30. 30 Lorraine 202 babies 2
  31. 31 Yvonne 189 babies 5
  32. 32 Alison 186 babies 1
  33. 33 Gail 178 babies 4
  34. 34 Shirley 178 babies 9
  35. 35 Rosemary 174 babies 5
  36. 36 Beverley 168 babies 1
  37. 37 Marie 164 babies 10
  38. 38 Suzanne 163 babies 9
  39. 39 Catherine 162 babies 2
  40. 40 Maureen 161 babies 6
  41. 41 Ann 156 babies 9
  42. 42 Lesley 154 babies 3
  43. 43 Kay 152 babies 9
  44. 44 Denise 147 babies 5
  45. 45 Jillian 146 babies 9
  46. 46 Cheryl 144 babies 2
  47. 47 Colleen 144 babies 9
  48. 48 Lynda 137 babies 5
  49. 49 Sharon 136 babies 5
  50. 50 Jane 132 babies 1
  51. 51 Annette 128 babies 8
  52. 52 Carolyn 123 babies 10
  53. 53 Deborah 113 babies 24
  54. 54 Frances 110 babies 1
  55. 55 Kathryn 104 babies 6
  56. 56 Valerie 104 babies 1
  57. 57 Jacqueline 103 babies 3
  58. 58 Glenda 101 babies 8
  59. 59 Jeanette 97 babies 4
  60. 60 Irene 95 babies 10
  61. 61 Maria 95 babies 13
  62. 62 Joy 94 babies 6
  63. 63 Joan 93 babies 12
  64. 64 Sheryl 93 babies 7
  65. 65 Elaine 92 babies 4
  66. 66 Lynne 90 babies 8
  67. 67 Brenda 89 babies 2
  68. 68 Marion 87 babies 7
  69. 69 Glenys 86 babies 7
  70. 70 Lois 83 babies =
  71. 71 Dorothy 82 babies 12
  72. 72 Jill 82 babies 5
  73. 73 Jocelyn 82 babies 9
  74. 74 Ruth 81 babies 18
  75. 75 Josephine 79 babies 20
  76. 76 Sally 79 babies 8
  77. 77 Jan 76 babies 10
  78. 78 Vivienne 74 babies 2
  79. 79 Paula 72 babies 1
  80. 80 Gillian 70 babies 18
  81. 81 Vicki 70 babies 21
  82. 82 Angela 69 babies 6
  83. 83 Shona 68 babies 11
  84. 84 Donna 63 babies 1
  85. 85 Adrienne 61 babies 12
  86. 86 Diana 61 babies 4
  87. 87 Christina 60 babies 4
  88. 88 Stephanie 60 babies 20
  89. 89 Eileen 58 babies 8
  90. 90 Joanne 58 babies 8
  91. 91 Philippa 58 babies 8
  92. 92 Kaye 57 babies 8
  93. 93 Jean 56 babies 14
  94. 94 Julia 55 babies 17
  95. 95 Susanne 54 babies 14
  96. 96 Beverly 53 babies 17
  97. 97 Louise 53 babies 8
  98. 98 Faye 52 babies 23
  99. 99 Gloria 52 babies 14
  100. 100 Rhonda 52 babies 6

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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