New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1955

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 1,391 babies =
  2. 2 Peter 1,258 babies 1
  3. 3 David 1,188 babies 1
  4. 4 Michael 868 babies =
  5. 5 Robert 732 babies =
  6. 6 Paul 723 babies =
  7. 7 Stephen 685 babies =
  8. 8 Kevin 565 babies =
  9. 9 Christopher 550 babies =
  10. 10 Ian 496 babies 1
  11. 11 Mark 454 babies 2
  12. 12 Richard 434 babies 2
  13. 13 William 428 babies 1
  14. 14 Brian 394 babies 4
  15. 15 Bruce 387 babies =
  16. 16 Alan 377 babies =
  17. 17 Murray 375 babies =
  18. 18 Anthony 372 babies 4
  19. 19 Wayne 367 babies =
  20. 20 James 352 babies 1
  21. 21 Graeme 350 babies 3
  22. 22 Gary 337 babies 2
  23. 23 Graham 320 babies 1
  24. 24 Barry 292 babies 1
  25. 25 Colin 274 babies 1
  26. 26 Ross 267 babies 3
  27. 27 Geoffrey 266 babies 4
  28. 28 Raymond 252 babies 4
  29. 29 Kenneth 249 babies 2
  30. 30 Philip 248 babies 7
  31. 31 Trevor 243 babies 3
  32. 32 Neil 227 babies 8
  33. 33 Grant 220 babies 3
  34. 34 Donald 212 babies 1
  35. 35 Gregory 208 babies 3
  36. 36 Steven 201 babies 3
  37. 37 Allan 200 babies 3
  38. 38 Garry 200 babies 5
  39. 39 Andrew 196 babies 3
  40. 40 Roger 194 babies 3
  41. 41 Keith 183 babies 8
  42. 42 Ronald 169 babies 6
  43. 43 Warren 161 babies 2
  44. 44 Russell 154 babies =
  45. 45 Thomas 153 babies =
  46. 46 Dennis 152 babies =
  47. 47 Stuart 146 babies 2
  48. 48 Timothy 143 babies 13
  49. 49 Malcolm 141 babies 4
  50. 50 Douglas 132 babies 2
  51. 51 Edward 131 babies 4
  52. 52 Phillip 129 babies 5
  53. 53 Robin 128 babies 1
  54. 54 Martin 124 babies 4
  55. 55 Gavin 123 babies 14
  56. 56 Patrick 122 babies 4
  57. 57 Leslie 119 babies 6
  58. 58 Gordon 118 babies 4
  59. 59 Charles 117 babies =
  60. 60 Terence 116 babies 3
  61. 61 George 113 babies 11
  62. 62 Craig 112 babies 5
  63. 63 Lindsay 108 babies 1
  64. 64 Jeffrey 99 babies 4
  65. 65 Bryan 98 babies 9
  66. 66 Joseph 97 babies =
  67. 67 Glenn 95 babies 11
  68. 68 Rex 94 babies 3
  69. 69 Kerry 92 babies 5
  70. 70 Neville 91 babies 14
  71. 71 Noel 91 babies 8
  72. 72 Nigel 88 babies 1
  73. 73 Tony 87 babies 3
  74. 74 Brent 86 babies 3
  75. 75 Arthur 84 babies 5
  76. 76 Alexander 82 babies 4
  77. 77 Rodney 75 babies 7
  78. 78 Simon 68 babies 13
  79. 79 Maurice 67 babies 15
  80. 80 Eric 63 babies 3
  81. 81 Lance 63 babies 12
  82. 82 Francis 62 babies 2
  83. 83 Bernard 59 babies 2
  84. 84 Nicholas 58 babies 13
  85. 85 Owen 58 babies 10
  86. 86 Stewart 57 babies 13
  87. 87 Gerard 56 babies 1
  88. 88 Derek 53 babies =
  89. 89 Roy 53 babies 9
  90. 90 Gerald 52 babies 13
  91. 91 Hugh 51 babies 44
  92. 92 Mervyn 49 babies 5
  93. 93 Brett 48 babies 1
  94. 94 Desmond 48 babies 4
  95. 95 Frank 48 babies 15
  96. 96 Norman 48 babies 7
  97. 97 Warwick 48 babies 5
  98. 98 Lawrence 47 babies 19
  99. 99 Laurence 46 babies 9
  100. 100 Lloyd 46 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Susan 749 babies 1
  2. 2 Christine 698 babies 1
  3. 3 Margaret 562 babies =
  4. 4 Judith 460 babies =
  5. 5 Jennifer 447 babies =
  6. 6 Karen 436 babies 8
  7. 7 Patricia 425 babies 1
  8. 8 Mary 401 babies 1
  9. 9 Linda 386 babies =
  10. 10 Barbara 378 babies =
  11. 11 Elizabeth 362 babies 5
  12. 12 Robyn 354 babies =
  13. 13 Wendy 346 babies 4
  14. 14 Helen 334 babies 1
  15. 15 Heather 331 babies 5
  16. 16 Lynette 321 babies 5
  17. 17 Anne 311 babies 4
  18. 18 Sandra 304 babies =
  19. 19 Diane 289 babies 3
  20. 20 Carol 259 babies 2
  21. 21 Pamela 248 babies =
  22. 22 Janet 242 babies 3
  23. 23 Janice 241 babies =
  24. 24 Suzanne 239 babies 1
  25. 25 Raewyn 226 babies 4
  26. 26 Sharon 223 babies 11
  27. 27 Dianne 220 babies =
  28. 28 Julie 216 babies 4
  29. 29 Rosemary 201 babies 1
  30. 30 Deborah 191 babies 13
  31. 31 Alison 190 babies 2
  32. 32 Denise 184 babies 4
  33. 33 Kathleen 184 babies 2
  34. 34 Pauline 184 babies 2
  35. 35 Catherine 179 babies 4
  36. 36 Lorraine 178 babies 10
  37. 37 Yvonne 165 babies 1
  38. 38 Marie 160 babies 11
  39. 39 Ann 159 babies 6
  40. 40 Beverley 156 babies 1
  41. 41 Annette 154 babies 6
  42. 42 Lesley 154 babies 7
  43. 43 Shirley 153 babies 3
  44. 44 Colleen 151 babies 2
  45. 45 Marilyn 146 babies 17
  46. 46 Maureen 134 babies 4
  47. 47 Glenda 130 babies 10
  48. 48 Jane 128 babies =
  49. 49 Gail 126 babies 15
  50. 50 Jillian 126 babies 6
  51. 51 Lynda 125 babies 10
  52. 52 Sheryl 124 babies 2
  53. 53 Brenda 123 babies 19
  54. 54 Jacqueline 120 babies 1
  55. 55 Kay 119 babies 1
  56. 56 Carolyn 118 babies 5
  57. 57 Marion 116 babies 5
  58. 58 Maria 112 babies 1
  59. 59 Cheryl 111 babies 3
  60. 60 Donna 109 babies 11
  61. 61 Kathryn 109 babies 9
  62. 62 Vicki 107 babies 13
  63. 63 Jeanette 100 babies 5
  64. 64 Gillian 99 babies 1
  65. 65 Jan 99 babies =
  66. 66 Sally 97 babies 6
  67. 67 Ruth 96 babies 9
  68. 68 Lynne 95 babies 2
  69. 69 Jocelyn 94 babies 1
  70. 70 Jill 92 babies 4
  71. 71 Joanne 91 babies 7
  72. 72 Frances 90 babies 19
  73. 73 Maree 89 babies 29
  74. 74 Valerie 88 babies 6
  75. 75 Dorothy 83 babies 10
  76. 76 Elaine 83 babies 9
  77. 77 Adrienne 81 babies 12
  78. 78 Glenys 81 babies 14
  79. 79 Joy 80 babies 2
  80. 80 Angela 79 babies 4
  81. 81 Irene 79 babies 12
  82. 82 Shona 79 babies 3
  83. 83 Paula 74 babies 3
  84. 84 Lois 73 babies 2
  85. 85 Bronwyn 72 babies 5
  86. 86 Vivienne 72 babies 9
  87. 87 Fiona 71 babies 25
  88. 88 Louise 69 babies 5
  89. 89 Stephanie 69 babies 6
  90. 90 Christina 66 babies 6
  91. 91 Debra 66 babies 29
  92. 92 Ngaire 66 babies 11
  93. 93 Claire 64 babies 5
  94. 94 Diana 64 babies 7
  95. 95 Jean 64 babies 35
  96. 96 Lynnette 63 babies 4
  97. 97 Joan 62 babies 13
  98. 98 Penelope 61 babies 4
  99. 99 Gloria 60 babies 11
  100. 100 Katherine 58 babies 8

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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