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 John 1,273 babies =
2 David 1,052 babies 1
3 Peter 1,047 babies 1
4 Robert 690 babies 1
5 Michael 680 babies 1
6 Paul 588 babies =
7 Kevin 568 babies =
8 Stephen 561 babies 1
9 Brian 494 babies 1
10 Christopher 476 babies 3
11 Ian 467 babies 1
12 William 433 babies 1
13 Bruce 399 babies 1
14 Richard 376 babies 2
15 Alan 354 babies 1
16 Anthony 352 babies 8
17 Graeme 344 babies 2
18 James 342 babies 1
19 Murray 328 babies 1
20 Colin 310 babies 6
21 Wayne 310 babies 2
22 Graham 307 babies 3
23 Barry 302 babies 2
24 Mark 289 babies 9
25 Gary 278 babies 7
26 Trevor 269 babies 1
27 Kenneth 263 babies 2
28 Philip 260 babies 6
29 Raymond 252 babies 1
30 Geoffrey 234 babies =
31 Ross 231 babies =
32 Allan 227 babies 3
33 Donald 226 babies 1
34 Keith 226 babies 2
35 Grant 200 babies =
36 Ronald 197 babies 3
37 Neil 191 babies 1
38 Warren 183 babies 5
39 Gregory 176 babies 1
40 Roger 175 babies 3
41 Dennis 174 babies 7
42 Andrew 170 babies 2
43 Russell 166 babies 2
44 Garry 160 babies 2
45 Thomas 160 babies =
46 Malcolm 147 babies 1
47 Steven 145 babies 8
48 Robin 142 babies 2
49 Douglas 141 babies =
50 Phillip 138 babies 8
51 Stuart 133 babies 3
52 Lindsay 132 babies 1
53 Patrick 131 babies 2
54 Charles 130 babies =
55 Gordon 125 babies 3
56 George 119 babies 4
57 Leslie 116 babies 1
58 Neville 116 babies 1
59 Craig 114 babies 15
60 Noel 110 babies 3
61 Edward 109 babies 2
62 Rodney 108 babies 3
63 Terence 105 babies 2
64 Rex 103 babies =
65 Jeffrey 100 babies 4
66 Martin 98 babies 4
67 Timothy 92 babies 6
68 Bryan 89 babies 8
69 Joseph 89 babies 3
70 Gavin 87 babies 8
71 Maurice 82 babies =
72 Nigel 81 babies 7
73 Arthur 80 babies 5
74 Eric 74 babies 7
75 Owen 74 babies 3
76 Kerry 71 babies 1
77 Brent 68 babies 4
78 Desmond 67 babies 11
79 Mervyn 67 babies 1
80 Tony 64 babies 15
81 Bernard 61 babies 1
82 Francis 61 babies 4
83 Clive 60 babies =
84 Gerald 60 babies 13
85 Alexander 58 babies 10
86 Daniel 54 babies 14
87 Henry 54 babies 20
88 Ivan 54 babies 8
89 Warwick 54 babies 4
90 Brett 50 babies 23
91 Frank 50 babies 27
92 Stewart 50 babies 8
93 Norman 49 babies =
94 Roy 49 babies 5
95 Simon 49 babies 15
96 Denis 48 babies 20
97 Jonathan 48 babies 35
98 Lawrence 47 babies 10
99 Alistair 46 babies 12
100 Derek 46 babies 14
101 Lance 46 babies 9
102 Frederick 45 babies 15
103 Kelvin 45 babies 9
104 Howard 43 babies 4
105 Laurence 43 babies 19
106 Nicholas 43 babies 21
107 Gerard 41 babies 13
108 Leonard 41 babies 2
109 Terry 41 babies 3
110 Lloyd 40 babies 19
111 Glenn 39 babies 10
112 Adrian 38 babies 14
113 Clifford 38 babies 1
114 Larry 38 babies 12
115 Darryl 37 babies 10
116 Hugh 37 babies 26
117 Jack 35 babies 6
118 Selwyn 35 babies 15
119 Alister 34 babies =
120 Ashley 34 babies 15
121 Allen 33 babies 23
122 Stanley 33 babies 13
123 Walter 33 babies 19
124 Evan 32 babies 5
125 Alfred 31 babies 24
126 Matthew 31 babies 15
127 Terrence 31 babies 11
128 Maxwell 30 babies 5
129 Reginald 30 babies 5
130 Albert 29 babies 9
131 Carl 28 babies 19
132 Edwin 28 babies 10
133 Harold 27 babies 11
134 Ralph 27 babies 5
135 Harry 26 babies 20
136 Jeremy 26 babies 17
137 Wiremu 26 babies 6
138 Dale 25 babies 19
139 Jeffery 25 babies 20
140 Lester 25 babies 2
141 Dean 24 babies 29
142 Errol 23 babies 18
143 Guy 23 babies 30
144 Roderick 23 babies 16
145 Antony 21 babies 1
146 Cyril 21 babies 3
147 Garth 21 babies 10
148 Kim 21 babies 14
149 Bryce 20 babies 5
150 Daryl 20 babies 10
151 Lewis 20 babies 21
152 Rodger 20 babies 7
153 Samuel 20 babies 5
154 Victor 20 babies 29
155 Alastair 19 babies 38
156 Duncan 19 babies 5
157 Ernest 19 babies 21
158 Glen 19 babies 25
159 Herbert 19 babies 15
160 Lionel 19 babies 33
161 Sydney 19 babies 3
162 Vernon 19 babies 18
163 Karl 18 babies
164 Max 18 babies 17
165 Scott 18 babies
166 Ray 17 babies 30
167 Bevan 16 babies 2
168 Jan 16 babies
169 Lee 16 babies 2
170 Alec 15 babies
171 Angus 15 babies
172 Benjamin 15 babies 7
173 Leigh 15 babies
174 Perry 15 babies 2
175 Vaughan 14 babies 3
176 Clarence 13 babies
177 Darrell 13 babies
178 Edmund 13 babies
179 Johannes 13 babies
180 Leo 13 babies 24
181 Milton 13 babies 5
182 Sonny 13 babies
183 Terrance 13 babies 25
184 Vincent 13 babies 13
185 Brendan 12 babies 3
186 Campbell 12 babies
187 Danny 12 babies
188 Hamish 12 babies 36
189 Louis 12 babies 34
190 Morris 12 babies 15
191 Rangi 12 babies 14
192 Barrie 11 babies 6
193 Brendon 11 babies 11
194 Clinton 11 babies 4
195 Edgar 11 babies
196 Henare 11 babies 4
197 Hohepa 11 babies 5
198 Iain 11 babies 5
199 Leon 11 babies
200 Lex 11 babies
201 Martyn 11 babies 16
202 Sean 11 babies
203 Alvin 10 babies
204 Basil 10 babies 24
205 Cecil 10 babies
206 Don 10 babies
207 Gilbert 10 babies 41
208 Harvey 10 babies
209 Jon 10 babies 42
210 Julian 10 babies 49
211 Russel 10 babies
212 Sidney 10 babies 49

Girl Names

1 Christine 811 babies =
2 Susan 653 babies 1
3 Margaret 599 babies 1
4 Jennifer 498 babies =
5 Judith 478 babies =
6 Patricia 453 babies =
7 Elizabeth 374 babies =
8 Mary 366 babies =
9 Linda 346 babies =
10 Helen 344 babies 3
11 Robyn 334 babies =
12 Barbara 326 babies 2
13 Lynette 315 babies 1
14 Karen 312 babies 4
15 Diane 297 babies =
16 Heather 295 babies =
17 Anne 288 babies =
18 Pamela 276 babies 2
19 Sandra 269 babies 7
20 Carol 248 babies 1
21 Janice 248 babies =
22 Janet 244 babies 1
23 Wendy 229 babies 3
24 Raewyn 223 babies 6
25 Julie 221 babies 9
26 Pauline 218 babies 2
27 Marilyn 210 babies =
28 Dianne 208 babies 5
29 Kathleen 202 babies 7
30 Lorraine 202 babies 2
31 Yvonne 189 babies 5
32 Alison 186 babies 1
33 Gail 178 babies 4
34 Shirley 178 babies 9
35 Rosemary 174 babies 5
36 Beverley 168 babies 1
37 Marie 164 babies 10
38 Suzanne 163 babies 9
39 Catherine 162 babies 2
40 Maureen 161 babies 6
41 Ann 156 babies 9
42 Lesley 154 babies 3
43 Kay 152 babies 9
44 Denise 147 babies 5
45 Jillian 146 babies 9
46 Cheryl 144 babies 2
47 Colleen 144 babies 9
48 Lynda 137 babies 5
49 Sharon 136 babies 5
50 Jane 132 babies 1
51 Annette 128 babies 8
52 Carolyn 123 babies 10
53 Deborah 113 babies 24
54 Frances 110 babies 1
55 Kathryn 104 babies 6
56 Valerie 104 babies 1
57 Jacqueline 103 babies 3
58 Glenda 101 babies 8
59 Jeanette 97 babies 4
60 Irene 95 babies 10
61 Maria 95 babies 13
62 Joy 94 babies 6
63 Joan 93 babies 12
64 Sheryl 93 babies 7
65 Elaine 92 babies 4
66 Lynne 90 babies 8
67 Brenda 89 babies 2
68 Marion 87 babies 7
69 Glenys 86 babies 7
70 Lois 83 babies =
71 Dorothy 82 babies 12
72 Jill 82 babies 5
73 Jocelyn 82 babies 9
74 Ruth 81 babies 18
75 Josephine 79 babies 20
76 Sally 79 babies 8
77 Jan 76 babies 10
78 Vivienne 74 babies 2
79 Paula 72 babies 1
80 Gillian 70 babies 18
81 Vicki 70 babies 21
82 Angela 69 babies 6
83 Shona 68 babies 11
84 Donna 63 babies 1
85 Adrienne 61 babies 12
86 Diana 61 babies 4
87 Christina 60 babies 4
88 Stephanie 60 babies 20
89 Eileen 58 babies 8
90 Joanne 58 babies 8
91 Philippa 58 babies 8
92 Kaye 57 babies 8
93 Jean 56 babies 14
94 Julia 55 babies 17
95 Susanne 54 babies 14
96 Beverly 53 babies 17
97 Louise 53 babies 8
98 Faye 52 babies 23
99 Gloria 52 babies 14
100 Rhonda 52 babies 6
101 Bronwyn 50 babies 15
102 Claire 50 babies 28
103 Dawn 50 babies 11
104 Maxine 49 babies 37
105 Virginia 49 babies 19
106 Maree 48 babies 1
107 Nancy 47 babies 15
108 Lynley 46 babies 7
109 Lynnette 45 babies 3
110 Andrea 44 babies 7
111 Evelyn 43 babies 9
112 June 43 babies 19
113 Lynn 43 babies 5
114 Marlene 43 babies 18
115 Penelope 43 babies 25
116 Janette 41 babies 11
117 Leonie 41 babies 16
118 Victoria 41 babies 22
119 Dale 40 babies 7
120 Ngaire 40 babies 23
121 Caroline 39 babies 27
122 Fiona 39 babies 35
123 Noeline 39 babies 7
124 Robin 39 babies 15
125 Glenis 38 babies 11
126 Michelle 38 babies 81
127 Anna 37 babies 2
128 Teresa 36 babies 18
129 Judy 35 babies 12
130 Katherine 35 babies 2
131 Clare 34 babies 21
132 Kerry 34 babies 15
133 Michele 34 babies 28
134 Nicola 34 babies 35
135 Fay 33 babies 31
136 Gayle 32 babies 80
137 Sarah 32 babies 14
138 Betty 31 babies 24
139 Georgina 31 babies 6
140 Beryl 30 babies 2
141 Cynthia 30 babies 5
142 Eleanor 30 babies 2
143 Ellen 30 babies 9
144 Sylvia 30 babies 15
145 Charmaine 29 babies 6
146 Joyce 29 babies 12
147 Moira 29 babies 21
148 Paulette 29 babies 99
149 Shelley 29 babies 14
150 Vivien 29 babies 52
151 Anita 28 babies 27
152 Sharyn 28 babies 2
153 Janis 27 babies 1
154 Leslie 27 babies 12
155 Marian 27 babies 12
156 Marjorie 26 babies 23
157 Prudence 26 babies 8
158 Veronica 26 babies 13
159 Allison 25 babies 16
160 Audrey 25 babies 17
161 Carole 25 babies 15
162 Doreen 25 babies 24
163 Felicity 25 babies 9
164 Phillipa 25 babies 70
165 Rosalie 25 babies 58
166 Bernadette 24 babies 13
167 Gaylene 24 babies 36
168 Daphne 23 babies 25
169 Debra 23 babies 34
170 Gaynor 23 babies 6
171 Rebecca 23 babies 21
172 Theresa 23 babies 17
173 Alice 22 babies 14
174 Hazel 22 babies 30
175 Marcia 22 babies 22
176 Rachel 22 babies 6
177 Gaye 21 babies 8
178 Glennis 21 babies 3
179 Glynis 21 babies 62
180 Norma 21 babies 32
181 Sonia 21 babies 55
182 Aileen 20 babies 6
183 Charlotte 20 babies 29
184 Erin 20 babies 24
185 Gay 20 babies 5
186 Rosalind 20 babies 14
187 Rose 20 babies =
188 Adele 19 babies 32
189 Edith 19 babies 36
190 Janine 19 babies 17
191 Phyllis 19 babies 72
192 Cherie 18 babies 67
193 Cherry 18 babies 20
194 Lorna 18 babies 62
195 Noelene 18 babies 38
196 Sharron 18 babies 59
197 Beth 17 babies
198 Gael 17 babies 73
199 Geraldine 17 babies 34
200 Katrina 17 babies 9
201 Lee 17 babies 5
202 Lucy 17 babies 72
203 Nola 17 babies 6
204 Alexandra 16 babies 33
205 Annie 16 babies 16
206 Aroha 16 babies 32
207 Averil 16 babies
208 Cushla 16 babies 61
209 Edna 16 babies 52
210 Hilary 16 babies 28
211 Miriam 16 babies 42
212 Peggy 16 babies 56
213 Celia 15 babies
214 Esther 15 babies
215 Gabrielle 15 babies 35
216 Gladys 15 babies 48
217 Grace 15 babies
218 Joanna 15 babies 24
219 Laurel 15 babies 36
220 Leone 15 babies 31
221 Priscilla 15 babies 35
222 Rawinia 15 babies
223 Raylene 15 babies 25
224 Rowena 15 babies 31
225 Toni 15 babies 6
226 Trudy 15 babies 38
227 Vivian 15 babies
228 Doris 14 babies 11
229 Florence 14 babies 66
230 Glenice 14 babies 10
231 Gwenda 14 babies 6
232 Helena 14 babies
233 Hine 14 babies 39
234 Johanna 14 babies 15
235 Leigh 14 babies 18
236 Marianne 14 babies 8
237 Mavis 14 babies 6
238 Vera 14 babies
239 Ailsa 13 babies
240 Coral 13 babies 20
241 Olive 13 babies 67
242 Stella 13 babies 14
243 Valda 13 babies
244 Cathrine 12 babies
245 Erica 12 babies 30
246 Hilda 12 babies
247 Isabel 12 babies 20
248 Juliet 12 babies 19
249 Kristine 12 babies 54
250 Lillian 12 babies
251 Monica 12 babies 43
252 Natalie 12 babies 68
253 Rae 12 babies 55
254 Rosina 12 babies
255 Sheryll 12 babies
256 Thelma 12 babies 63
257 Vanessa 12 babies
258 Violet 12 babies 48
259 Delwyn 11 babies 35
260 Ivy 11 babies
261 Jenny 11 babies 33
262 Moana 11 babies
263 Roberta 11 babies 45
264 Rosanne 11 babies
265 Ruby 11 babies
266 Tui 11 babies 65
267 Agnes 10 babies 9
268 Alexis 10 babies
269 Ani 10 babies
270 Constance 10 babies
271 Elisabeth 10 babies 57
272 Elva 10 babies
273 Hannah 10 babies
274 Jessie 10 babies
275 Karyn 10 babies 33
276 Loraine 10 babies 24
277 Mere 10 babies
278 Mereana 10 babies
279 Merilyn 10 babies
280 Muriel 10 babies 1
281 Naomi 10 babies
282 Rosemarie 10 babies 47
283 Verna 10 babies
284 Vicky 10 babies 64
285 Wanda 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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