New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1954

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 1,384 babies =
  2. 2 David 1,150 babies =
  3. 3 Peter 1,144 babies =
  4. 4 Michael 850 babies 1
  5. 5 Robert 727 babies 1
  6. 6 Paul 677 babies =
  7. 7 Stephen 570 babies 1
  8. 8 Kevin 541 babies 1
  9. 9 Christopher 505 babies 1
  10. 10 Brian 469 babies 1
  11. 11 Ian 438 babies =
  12. 12 William 438 babies =
  13. 13 Mark 422 babies 11
  14. 14 Richard 391 babies =
  15. 15 Bruce 376 babies 2
  16. 16 Alan 375 babies 1
  17. 17 Murray 370 babies 2
  18. 18 Graeme 365 babies 1
  19. 19 Wayne 332 babies 2
  20. 20 Gary 324 babies 5
  21. 21 James 322 babies 3
  22. 22 Anthony 313 babies 6
  23. 23 Philip 299 babies 5
  24. 24 Graham 298 babies 2
  25. 25 Barry 288 babies 2
  26. 26 Colin 281 babies 6
  27. 27 Kenneth 248 babies =
  28. 28 Trevor 247 babies 2
  29. 29 Ross 238 babies 2
  30. 30 Grant 234 babies 5
  31. 31 Geoffrey 221 babies 1
  32. 32 Raymond 214 babies 3
  33. 33 Keith 213 babies 1
  34. 34 Allan 208 babies 2
  35. 35 Donald 197 babies 2
  36. 36 Ronald 195 babies =
  37. 37 Roger 191 babies 3
  38. 38 Gregory 190 babies 1
  39. 39 Steven 189 babies 8
  40. 40 Neil 181 babies 3
  41. 41 Warren 179 babies 3
  42. 42 Andrew 176 babies =
  43. 43 Garry 173 babies 1
  44. 44 Russell 168 babies 1
  45. 45 Thomas 167 babies =
  46. 46 Dennis 165 babies 5
  47. 47 Phillip 159 babies 3
  48. 48 Douglas 151 babies 1
  49. 49 Stuart 151 babies 2
  50. 50 George 148 babies 6
  51. 51 Leslie 140 babies 6
  52. 52 Robin 140 babies 4
  53. 53 Malcolm 138 babies 7
  54. 54 Gordon 133 babies 1
  55. 55 Edward 132 babies 6
  56. 56 Neville 132 babies 2
  57. 57 Terence 127 babies 6
  58. 58 Martin 120 babies 8
  59. 59 Charles 118 babies 5
  60. 60 Patrick 115 babies 7
  61. 61 Timothy 111 babies 6
  62. 62 Lindsay 108 babies 10
  63. 63 Noel 101 babies 3
  64. 64 Kerry 100 babies 12
  65. 65 Rex 100 babies 1
  66. 66 Joseph 99 babies 3
  67. 67 Craig 97 babies 8
  68. 68 Jeffrey 97 babies 3
  69. 69 Gavin 95 babies 1
  70. 70 Rodney 95 babies 8
  71. 71 Brent 94 babies 6
  72. 72 Alexander 82 babies 13
  73. 73 Nigel 82 babies 1
  74. 74 Bryan 79 babies 6
  75. 75 Owen 76 babies =
  76. 76 Tony 75 babies 4
  77. 77 Eric 71 babies 3
  78. 78 Glenn 71 babies 33
  79. 79 Lawrence 71 babies 19
  80. 80 Arthur 68 babies 7
  81. 81 Bernard 68 babies =
  82. 82 Denis 66 babies 14
  83. 83 Ivan 66 babies 5
  84. 84 Francis 62 babies 2
  85. 85 Henry 61 babies 2
  86. 86 Gerard 60 babies 21
  87. 87 Mervyn 60 babies 8
  88. 88 Derek 59 babies 12
  89. 89 Norman 59 babies 4
  90. 90 Desmond 57 babies 12
  91. 91 Simon 56 babies 4
  92. 92 Brett 52 babies 2
  93. 93 Lance 52 babies 8
  94. 94 Maurice 52 babies 23
  95. 95 Daniel 49 babies 9
  96. 96 Frederick 49 babies 6
  97. 97 Nicholas 49 babies 9
  98. 98 Roy 48 babies 4
  99. 99 Stewart 48 babies 7
  100. 100 Clive 47 babies 17

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Christine 769 babies =
  2. 2 Susan 728 babies =
  3. 3 Margaret 559 babies =
  4. 4 Judith 529 babies 1
  5. 5 Jennifer 460 babies 1
  6. 6 Elizabeth 420 babies 1
  7. 7 Mary 419 babies 1
  8. 8 Patricia 403 babies 2
  9. 9 Linda 392 babies =
  10. 10 Barbara 378 babies 2
  11. 11 Lynette 353 babies 2
  12. 12 Robyn 340 babies 1
  13. 13 Anne 328 babies 4
  14. 14 Karen 324 babies =
  15. 15 Helen 323 babies 5
  16. 16 Diane 290 babies 1
  17. 17 Wendy 281 babies 6
  18. 18 Sandra 276 babies 1
  19. 19 Janet 273 babies 3
  20. 20 Heather 271 babies 4
  21. 21 Pamela 258 babies 3
  22. 22 Carol 246 babies 2
  23. 23 Janice 237 babies 2
  24. 24 Julie 228 babies 1
  25. 25 Suzanne 226 babies 13
  26. 26 Lorraine 224 babies 4
  27. 27 Dianne 218 babies 1
  28. 28 Marilyn 211 babies 1
  29. 29 Raewyn 206 babies 5
  30. 30 Rosemary 205 babies 5
  31. 31 Kathleen 199 babies 2
  32. 32 Pauline 199 babies 6
  33. 33 Alison 186 babies 1
  34. 34 Gail 181 babies 1
  35. 35 Lesley 173 babies 7
  36. 36 Denise 171 babies 8
  37. 37 Sharon 171 babies 12
  38. 38 Yvonne 169 babies 7
  39. 39 Catherine 166 babies =
  40. 40 Shirley 160 babies 6
  41. 41 Beverley 154 babies 5
  42. 42 Maureen 152 babies 2
  43. 43 Deborah 151 babies 10
  44. 44 Jillian 151 babies 1
  45. 45 Ann 150 babies 4
  46. 46 Colleen 148 babies 1
  47. 47 Annette 144 babies 4
  48. 48 Jane 144 babies 2
  49. 49 Marie 141 babies 12
  50. 50 Sheryl 134 babies 14
  51. 51 Carolyn 128 babies 1
  52. 52 Kathryn 123 babies 3
  53. 53 Frances 121 babies 1
  54. 54 Kay 114 babies 11
  55. 55 Jacqueline 111 babies 2
  56. 56 Cheryl 106 babies 10
  57. 57 Glenda 105 babies 1
  58. 58 Ruth 104 babies 16
  59. 59 Maria 101 babies 2
  60. 60 Sally 96 babies 16
  61. 61 Lynda 95 babies 13
  62. 62 Marion 92 babies 6
  63. 63 Gillian 91 babies 17
  64. 64 Glenys 91 babies 5
  65. 65 Jan 90 babies 12
  66. 66 Lynne 90 babies =
  67. 67 Elaine 89 babies 2
  68. 68 Jeanette 89 babies 9
  69. 69 Irene 87 babies 9
  70. 70 Jocelyn 87 babies 3
  71. 71 Donna 85 babies 13
  72. 72 Brenda 84 babies 5
  73. 73 Josephine 84 babies 2
  74. 74 Jill 83 babies 2
  75. 75 Vicki 80 babies 6
  76. 76 Angela 77 babies 6
  77. 77 Vivienne 77 babies 1
  78. 78 Joanne 76 babies 12
  79. 79 Shona 76 babies 4
  80. 80 Valerie 76 babies 24
  81. 81 Joy 75 babies 19
  82. 82 Lois 74 babies 12
  83. 83 Stephanie 72 babies 5
  84. 84 Joan 71 babies 21
  85. 85 Dorothy 70 babies 14
  86. 86 Paula 69 babies 7
  87. 87 Diana 68 babies 1
  88. 88 Gloria 67 babies 11
  89. 89 Adrienne 64 babies 4
  90. 90 Bronwyn 62 babies 11
  91. 91 Marian 60 babies 64
  92. 92 Lynnette 58 babies 17
  93. 93 Louise 57 babies 4
  94. 94 Penelope 54 babies 21
  95. 95 Virginia 54 babies 10
  96. 96 Christina 53 babies 9
  97. 97 Lynn 53 babies 16
  98. 98 Claire 52 babies 4
  99. 99 Janette 52 babies 17
  100. 100 Dawn 51 babies 3

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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