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 John 1,384 babies =
2 David 1,150 babies =
3 Peter 1,144 babies =
4 Michael 850 babies 1
5 Robert 727 babies 1
6 Paul 677 babies =
7 Stephen 570 babies 1
8 Kevin 541 babies 1
9 Christopher 505 babies 1
10 Brian 469 babies 1
11 Ian 438 babies =
12 William 438 babies =
13 Mark 422 babies 11
14 Richard 391 babies =
15 Bruce 376 babies 2
16 Alan 375 babies 1
17 Murray 370 babies 2
18 Graeme 365 babies 1
19 Wayne 332 babies 2
20 Gary 324 babies 5
21 James 322 babies 3
22 Anthony 313 babies 6
23 Philip 299 babies 5
24 Graham 298 babies 2
25 Barry 288 babies 2
26 Colin 281 babies 6
27 Kenneth 248 babies =
28 Trevor 247 babies 2
29 Ross 238 babies 2
30 Grant 234 babies 5
31 Geoffrey 221 babies 1
32 Raymond 214 babies 3
33 Keith 213 babies 1
34 Allan 208 babies 2
35 Donald 197 babies 2
36 Ronald 195 babies =
37 Roger 191 babies 3
38 Gregory 190 babies 1
39 Steven 189 babies 8
40 Neil 181 babies 3
41 Warren 179 babies 3
42 Andrew 176 babies =
43 Garry 173 babies 1
44 Russell 168 babies 1
45 Thomas 167 babies =
46 Dennis 165 babies 5
47 Phillip 159 babies 3
48 Douglas 151 babies 1
49 Stuart 151 babies 2
50 George 148 babies 6
51 Leslie 140 babies 6
52 Robin 140 babies 4
53 Malcolm 138 babies 7
54 Gordon 133 babies 1
55 Edward 132 babies 6
56 Neville 132 babies 2
57 Terence 127 babies 6
58 Martin 120 babies 8
59 Charles 118 babies 5
60 Patrick 115 babies 7
61 Timothy 111 babies 6
62 Lindsay 108 babies 10
63 Noel 101 babies 3
64 Kerry 100 babies 12
65 Rex 100 babies 1
66 Joseph 99 babies 3
67 Craig 97 babies 8
68 Jeffrey 97 babies 3
69 Gavin 95 babies 1
70 Rodney 95 babies 8
71 Brent 94 babies 6
72 Alexander 82 babies 13
73 Nigel 82 babies 1
74 Bryan 79 babies 6
75 Owen 76 babies =
76 Tony 75 babies 4
77 Eric 71 babies 3
78 Glenn 71 babies 33
79 Lawrence 71 babies 19
80 Arthur 68 babies 7
81 Bernard 68 babies =
82 Denis 66 babies 14
83 Ivan 66 babies 5
84 Francis 62 babies 2
85 Henry 61 babies 2
86 Gerard 60 babies 21
87 Mervyn 60 babies 8
88 Derek 59 babies 12
89 Norman 59 babies 4
90 Desmond 57 babies 12
91 Simon 56 babies 4
92 Brett 52 babies 2
93 Lance 52 babies 8
94 Maurice 52 babies 23
95 Daniel 49 babies 9
96 Frederick 49 babies 6
97 Nicholas 49 babies 9
98 Roy 48 babies 4
99 Stewart 48 babies 7
100 Clive 47 babies 17
101 Kelvin 46 babies 2
102 Warwick 46 babies 13
103 Gerald 45 babies 19
104 Howard 45 babies =
105 Lloyd 45 babies 5
106 Alistair 44 babies 7
107 Jack 44 babies 10
108 Laurence 44 babies 3
109 Adrian 43 babies 3
110 Frank 42 babies 19
111 Jonathan 42 babies 14
112 Larry 42 babies 2
113 Leonard 40 babies 5
114 Terry 40 babies 5
115 Allen 38 babies 6
116 Roderick 38 babies 28
117 Carl 36 babies 14
118 Stanley 36 babies 4
119 Clifford 35 babies 6
120 Evan 35 babies 4
121 Albert 33 babies 9
122 Harry 33 babies 13
123 Maxwell 33 babies 5
124 Alister 32 babies 5
125 Harold 32 babies 8
126 Victor 32 babies 28
127 Alfred 31 babies 2
128 Antony 31 babies 17
129 Daryl 31 babies 21
130 Shane 30 babies new
131 Terrence 30 babies 4
132 Wiremu 29 babies 5
133 Matthew 28 babies 7
134 Garth 27 babies 13
135 Hugh 27 babies 19
136 Kim 27 babies 12
137 Reginald 27 babies 8
138 Samuel 27 babies 15
139 Ashley 26 babies 19
140 Darryl 26 babies 25
141 Selwyn 26 babies 23
142 Dean 25 babies 1
143 Benjamin 24 babies 29
144 Walter 24 babies 21
145 Alastair 23 babies 10
146 Jeffery 23 babies 7
147 Johannes 23 babies 32
148 Lester 23 babies 8
149 Rodger 23 babies 3
150 Duncan 22 babies 6
151 Ernest 22 babies 6
152 Errol 22 babies 10
153 Guy 22 babies 10
154 Leo 22 babies 26
155 Ralph 22 babies 21
156 Jeremy 20 babies 20
157 Lee 20 babies 12
158 Scott 20 babies 7
159 Vernon 20 babies 3
160 Lewis 19 babies 9
161 Edwin 18 babies 29
162 Gilbert 18 babies 45
163 Glen 18 babies 5
164 Grahame 17 babies new
165 Max 17 babies 1
166 Barrie 16 babies 26
167 Dale 16 babies 29
168 Iain 16 babies 30
169 Karl 16 babies 6
170 Rangi 16 babies 21
171 Brendan 15 babies 14
172 Jan 15 babies 4
173 Sydney 15 babies 12
174 Bryce 14 babies 25
175 Hamish 14 babies 13
176 Henare 14 babies 20
177 Miles 14 babies new
178 Sonny 14 babies 4
179 Vincent 14 babies 5
180 Bevan 13 babies 13
181 Campbell 13 babies 5
182 Fredrick 13 babies new
183 Herbert 13 babies 24
184 Roland 13 babies new
185 Shaun 13 babies new
186 Julian 12 babies 24
187 Leigh 12 babies 14
188 Sean 12 babies 14
189 Athol 11 babies new
190 Bradley 11 babies new
191 Brendon 11 babies 2
192 Cyril 11 babies 46
193 Earl 11 babies new
194 Fraser 11 babies new
195 Leon 11 babies 4
196 Melvin 11 babies new
197 Morris 11 babies 7
198 Ray 11 babies 32
199 Clement 10 babies new
200 Danny 10 babies 13
201 Darrell 10 babies 24
202 Edmund 10 babies 24
203 Jon 10 babies 6
204 Laurie 10 babies new
205 Micheal 10 babies new
206 Neal 10 babies new

Girl Names

1 Christine 769 babies =
2 Susan 728 babies =
3 Margaret 559 babies =
4 Judith 529 babies 1
5 Jennifer 460 babies 1
6 Elizabeth 420 babies 1
7 Mary 419 babies 1
8 Patricia 403 babies 2
9 Linda 392 babies =
10 Barbara 378 babies 2
11 Lynette 353 babies 2
12 Robyn 340 babies 1
13 Anne 328 babies 4
14 Karen 324 babies =
15 Helen 323 babies 5
16 Diane 290 babies 1
17 Wendy 281 babies 6
18 Sandra 276 babies 1
19 Janet 273 babies 3
20 Heather 271 babies 4
21 Pamela 258 babies 3
22 Carol 246 babies 2
23 Janice 237 babies 2
24 Julie 228 babies 1
25 Suzanne 226 babies 13
26 Lorraine 224 babies 4
27 Dianne 218 babies 1
28 Marilyn 211 babies 1
29 Raewyn 206 babies 5
30 Rosemary 205 babies 5
31 Kathleen 199 babies 2
32 Pauline 199 babies 6
33 Alison 186 babies 1
34 Gail 181 babies 1
35 Lesley 173 babies 7
36 Denise 171 babies 8
37 Sharon 171 babies 12
38 Yvonne 169 babies 7
39 Catherine 166 babies =
40 Shirley 160 babies 6
41 Beverley 154 babies 5
42 Maureen 152 babies 2
43 Deborah 151 babies 10
44 Jillian 151 babies 1
45 Ann 150 babies 4
46 Colleen 148 babies 1
47 Annette 144 babies 4
48 Jane 144 babies 2
49 Marie 141 babies 12
50 Sheryl 134 babies 14
51 Carolyn 128 babies 1
52 Kathryn 123 babies 3
53 Frances 121 babies 1
54 Kay 114 babies 11
55 Jacqueline 111 babies 2
56 Cheryl 106 babies 10
57 Glenda 105 babies 1
58 Ruth 104 babies 16
59 Maria 101 babies 2
60 Sally 96 babies 16
61 Lynda 95 babies 13
62 Marion 92 babies 6
63 Gillian 91 babies 17
64 Glenys 91 babies 5
65 Jan 90 babies 12
66 Lynne 90 babies =
67 Elaine 89 babies 2
68 Jeanette 89 babies 9
69 Irene 87 babies 9
70 Jocelyn 87 babies 3
71 Donna 85 babies 13
72 Brenda 84 babies 5
73 Josephine 84 babies 2
74 Jill 83 babies 2
75 Vicki 80 babies 6
76 Angela 77 babies 6
77 Vivienne 77 babies 1
78 Joanne 76 babies 12
79 Shona 76 babies 4
80 Valerie 76 babies 24
81 Joy 75 babies 19
82 Lois 74 babies 12
83 Stephanie 72 babies 5
84 Joan 71 babies 21
85 Dorothy 70 babies 14
86 Paula 69 babies 7
87 Diana 68 babies 1
88 Gloria 67 babies 11
89 Adrienne 64 babies 4
90 Bronwyn 62 babies 11
91 Marian 60 babies 64
92 Lynnette 58 babies 17
93 Louise 57 babies 4
94 Penelope 54 babies 21
95 Virginia 54 babies 10
96 Christina 53 babies 9
97 Lynn 53 babies 16
98 Claire 52 babies 4
99 Janette 52 babies 17
100 Dawn 51 babies 3
101 Leonie 51 babies 16
102 Maree 51 babies 4
103 Ngaire 50 babies 17
104 Anna 49 babies 23
105 June 49 babies 7
106 Caroline 48 babies 15
107 Evelyn 48 babies 4
108 Katherine 48 babies 22
109 Philippa 48 babies 18
110 Eileen 47 babies 21
111 Lynley 47 babies 3
112 Fiona 45 babies 10
113 Rhonda 45 babies 13
114 Andrea 44 babies 4
115 Gaylene 44 babies 52
116 Julia 44 babies 22
117 Beverly 43 babies 21
118 Dale 43 babies 1
119 Susanne 43 babies 24
120 Debra 42 babies 49
121 Kerry 42 babies 11
122 Michele 42 babies 11
123 Teresa 42 babies 5
124 Judy 41 babies 5
125 Charmaine 40 babies 20
126 Sarah 40 babies 11
127 Victoria 40 babies 9
128 Kaye 39 babies 36
129 Faye 38 babies 31
130 Jean 38 babies 37
131 Marlene 38 babies 17
132 Glenis 37 babies 7
133 Nicola 36 babies 1
134 Maxine 35 babies 30
135 Noeline 35 babies 12
136 Daphne 34 babies 32
137 Ellen 34 babies 6
138 Clare 33 babies 7
139 Doreen 33 babies 23
140 Vicky 32 babies 144
141 Cynthia 31 babies =
142 Janine 31 babies 48
143 Joyce 31 babies 3
144 Rosalie 31 babies 21
145 Sylvia 31 babies 1
146 Fay 30 babies 11
147 Gayle 30 babies 11
148 Gaynor 30 babies 22
149 Michelle 30 babies 23
150 Nancy 30 babies 43
151 Prudence 30 babies 6
152 Rachel 30 babies 24
153 Veronica 29 babies 5
154 Bernadette 28 babies 12
155 Allison 27 babies 4
156 Beryl 27 babies 16
157 Georgina 27 babies 18
158 Phyllis 27 babies 33
159 Geraldine 26 babies 40
160 Paulette 26 babies 12
161 Moira 25 babies 14
162 Sharyn 25 babies 10
163 Edith 24 babies 26
164 Phillipa 24 babies =
165 Robin 24 babies 41
166 Shelley 24 babies 17
167 Sheryll 24 babies 88
168 Theresa 24 babies 4
169 Adele 23 babies 19
170 Alice 23 babies 3
171 Betty 23 babies 33
172 Gabrielle 23 babies 43
173 Lorna 23 babies 21
174 Rebecca 23 babies 3
175 Glynis 22 babies 4
176 Sharron 22 babies 20
177 Vivien 22 babies 27
178 Anita 21 babies 27
179 Carole 21 babies 18
180 Gaye 21 babies 3
181 Johanna 21 babies 53
182 Charlotte 20 babies 1
183 Eleanor 20 babies 41
184 Gay 20 babies 1
185 Leslie 20 babies 31
186 Marianne 20 babies 50
187 Rita 20 babies new
188 Roberta 20 babies 75
189 Cherie 19 babies 3
190 Felicity 19 babies 27
191 Thelma 19 babies 65
192 Toni 19 babies 33
193 Delwyn 18 babies 66
194 Erin 18 babies 10
195 Florence 18 babies 34
196 Isobel 18 babies new
197 Janis 18 babies 44
198 Lillian 18 babies 52
199 Peggy 18 babies 13
200 Amanda 17 babies new
201 Beth 17 babies 4
202 Gael 17 babies 4
203 Glennis 17 babies 25
204 Kristine 17 babies 45
205 Marcia 17 babies 30
206 Myra 17 babies new
207 Sherryl 17 babies new
208 Sonia 17 babies 27
209 Aileen 16 babies 27
210 Deirdre 16 babies new
211 Esther 16 babies 3
212 Isabel 16 babies 35
213 Joanna 16 babies 5
214 Laurel 16 babies 5
215 Priscilla 16 babies 6
216 Rae 16 babies 37
217 Raylene 16 babies 6
218 April 15 babies new
219 Averil 15 babies 12
220 Bernice 15 babies new
221 Carmel 15 babies new
222 Cherry 15 babies 29
223 Gwenda 15 babies 8
224 Hine 15 babies 9
225 Leigh 15 babies 10
226 Linley 15 babies new
227 Lucy 15 babies 25
228 Mere 15 babies 49
229 Mereana 15 babies 49
230 Cecilia 14 babies new
231 Coral 14 babies 9
232 Erica 14 babies 13
233 Monica 14 babies 18
234 Roslyn 14 babies new
235 Tui 14 babies 31
236 Vivian 14 babies 9
237 Ailsa 13 babies 2
238 Faith 13 babies new
239 Genevieve 13 babies new
240 Hilda 13 babies 6
241 Jenny 13 babies 20
242 Marjorie 13 babies 86
243 Rosalind 13 babies 57
244 Wilhelmina 13 babies new
245 Celia 12 babies 32
246 Glenice 12 babies 16
247 Iris 12 babies new
248 Karin 12 babies new
249 Katrina 12 babies 49
250 Lee 12 babies 49
251 Lilian 12 babies new
252 Marina 12 babies new
253 Mavis 12 babies 16
254 May 12 babies new
255 Naomi 12 babies 26
256 Olive 12 babies 15
257 Rose 12 babies 70
258 Trudy 12 babies 32
259 Audrey 11 babies 99
260 Bronwen 11 babies new
261 Dallas 11 babies new
262 Edna 11 babies 53
263 Helena 11 babies 31
264 Laura 11 babies new
265 Loraine 11 babies 11
266 Margot 11 babies new
267 Marguerite 11 babies new
268 Megan 11 babies new
269 Mihi 11 babies new
270 Miriam 11 babies 59
271 Queenie 11 babies new
272 Rowena 11 babies 48
273 Violet 11 babies 15
274 Yvette 11 babies new
275 Agnes 10 babies 8
276 Elsie 10 babies new
277 Hilary 10 babies 67
278 Karyn 10 babies 3
279 Lindsay 10 babies new
280 Patrice 10 babies new
281 Rosemarie 10 babies 1
282 Rosina 10 babies 28
283 Valda 10 babies 40
284 Vanessa 10 babies 27

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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