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 John 1,391 babies =
2 Peter 1,258 babies 1
3 David 1,188 babies 1
4 Michael 868 babies =
5 Robert 732 babies =
6 Paul 723 babies =
7 Stephen 685 babies =
8 Kevin 565 babies =
9 Christopher 550 babies =
10 Ian 496 babies 1
11 Mark 454 babies 2
12 Richard 434 babies 2
13 William 428 babies 1
14 Brian 394 babies 4
15 Bruce 387 babies =
16 Alan 377 babies =
17 Murray 375 babies =
18 Anthony 372 babies 4
19 Wayne 367 babies =
20 James 352 babies 1
21 Graeme 350 babies 3
22 Gary 337 babies 2
23 Graham 320 babies 1
24 Barry 292 babies 1
25 Colin 274 babies 1
26 Ross 267 babies 3
27 Geoffrey 266 babies 4
28 Raymond 252 babies 4
29 Kenneth 249 babies 2
30 Philip 248 babies 7
31 Trevor 243 babies 3
32 Neil 227 babies 8
33 Grant 220 babies 3
34 Donald 212 babies 1
35 Gregory 208 babies 3
36 Steven 201 babies 3
37 Allan 200 babies 3
38 Garry 200 babies 5
39 Andrew 196 babies 3
40 Roger 194 babies 3
41 Keith 183 babies 8
42 Ronald 169 babies 6
43 Warren 161 babies 2
44 Russell 154 babies =
45 Thomas 153 babies =
46 Dennis 152 babies =
47 Stuart 146 babies 2
48 Timothy 143 babies 13
49 Malcolm 141 babies 4
50 Douglas 132 babies 2
51 Edward 131 babies 4
52 Phillip 129 babies 5
53 Robin 128 babies 1
54 Martin 124 babies 4
55 Gavin 123 babies 14
56 Patrick 122 babies 4
57 Leslie 119 babies 6
58 Gordon 118 babies 4
59 Charles 117 babies =
60 Terence 116 babies 3
61 George 113 babies 11
62 Craig 112 babies 5
63 Lindsay 108 babies 1
64 Jeffrey 99 babies 4
65 Bryan 98 babies 9
66 Joseph 97 babies =
67 Glenn 95 babies 11
68 Rex 94 babies 3
69 Kerry 92 babies 5
70 Neville 91 babies 14
71 Noel 91 babies 8
72 Nigel 88 babies 1
73 Tony 87 babies 3
74 Brent 86 babies 3
75 Arthur 84 babies 5
76 Alexander 82 babies 4
77 Rodney 75 babies 7
78 Simon 68 babies 13
79 Maurice 67 babies 15
80 Eric 63 babies 3
81 Lance 63 babies 12
82 Francis 62 babies 2
83 Bernard 59 babies 2
84 Nicholas 58 babies 13
85 Owen 58 babies 10
86 Stewart 57 babies 13
87 Gerard 56 babies 1
88 Derek 53 babies =
89 Roy 53 babies 9
90 Gerald 52 babies 13
91 Hugh 51 babies 44
92 Mervyn 49 babies 5
93 Brett 48 babies 1
94 Desmond 48 babies 4
95 Frank 48 babies 15
96 Norman 48 babies 7
97 Warwick 48 babies 5
98 Lawrence 47 babies 19
99 Laurence 46 babies 9
100 Lloyd 46 babies 5
101 Shane 46 babies 29
102 Adrian 45 babies 7
103 Frederick 44 babies 7
104 Henry 44 babies 19
105 Jonathan 44 babies 6
106 Kelvin 44 babies 5
107 Terry 44 babies 7
108 Clive 43 babies 8
109 Denis 43 babies 27
110 Daniel 42 babies 15
111 Leonard 42 babies 2
112 Duncan 40 babies 38
113 Alistair 38 babies 7
114 Larry 38 babies 2
115 Allen 37 babies =
116 Glen 37 babies 47
117 Harry 36 babies 5
118 Ivan 36 babies 35
119 Walter 36 babies 25
120 Terrence 35 babies 11
121 Lewis 34 babies 39
122 Matthew 34 babies 11
123 Stanley 34 babies 5
124 Ashley 33 babies 15
125 Carl 33 babies 8
126 Darryl 33 babies 14
127 Howard 33 babies 23
128 Roderick 32 babies 12
129 Victor 32 babies 3
130 Harold 31 babies 5
131 Bryce 30 babies 43
132 Clifford 29 babies 13
133 Ernest 29 babies 18
134 Jack 29 babies 27
135 Samuel 29 babies 3
136 Dean 28 babies 6
137 Evan 28 babies 17
138 Albert 27 babies 17
139 Alastair 26 babies 6
140 Edwin 26 babies 21
141 Garth 26 babies 7
142 Dale 25 babies 25
143 Karl 25 babies 26
144 Maxwell 25 babies 21
145 Daryl 24 babies 16
146 Guy 24 babies 7
147 Jeffery 24 babies 1
148 Johannes 24 babies 1
149 Kim 24 babies 13
150 Ralph 24 babies 5
151 Lester 23 babies 3
152 Selwyn 23 babies 11
153 Antony 22 babies 25
154 Alfred 21 babies 27
155 Athol 21 babies 34
156 Reginald 21 babies 19
157 Vincent 21 babies 22
158 Jeremy 20 babies 2
159 Perry 20 babies
160 Sydney 20 babies 13
161 Wiremu 20 babies 29
162 Alister 19 babies 38
163 Miles 19 babies 14
164 Brendan 18 babies 7
165 Errol 18 babies 13
166 Louis 18 babies
167 Rodger 17 babies 18
168 Sean 17 babies 20
169 Barrie 16 babies 3
170 Bevan 16 babies 10
171 Blair 16 babies
172 Vaughan 16 babies
173 Brendon 15 babies 18
174 Herbert 15 babies 9
175 Leo 15 babies 21
176 Morris 15 babies 21
177 Sidney 15 babies
178 Vernon 15 babies 19
179 Wallace 15 babies
180 Cyril 14 babies 12
181 Darrell 14 babies 20
182 Gilbert 14 babies 20
183 Hamish 14 babies 8
184 Terrance 14 babies
185 Alec 13 babies
186 Jan 13 babies 14
187 Lionel 13 babies
188 Max 13 babies 23
189 Rowan 13 babies
190 Scott 13 babies 32
191 Benjamin 12 babies 48
192 Grahame 12 babies 28
193 Iain 12 babies 25
194 Lee 12 babies 37
195 Leon 12 babies =
196 Lyall 12 babies
197 Marcus 12 babies
198 Martyn 12 babies
199 Clyde 11 babies
200 Danny 11 babies =
201 Euan 11 babies
202 Rangi 11 babies 32
203 Riki 11 babies
204 Arnold 10 babies
205 Clarence 10 babies
206 Hoani 10 babies
207 Hohepa 10 babies
208 Hone 10 babies
209 Julian 10 babies 23
210 Lex 10 babies
211 Ray 10 babies 13
212 Shaun 10 babies 27

Girl Names

1 Susan 749 babies 1
2 Christine 698 babies 1
3 Margaret 562 babies =
4 Judith 460 babies =
5 Jennifer 447 babies =
6 Karen 436 babies 8
7 Patricia 425 babies 1
8 Mary 401 babies 1
9 Linda 386 babies =
10 Barbara 378 babies =
11 Elizabeth 362 babies 5
12 Robyn 354 babies =
13 Wendy 346 babies 4
14 Helen 334 babies 1
15 Heather 331 babies 5
16 Lynette 321 babies 5
17 Anne 311 babies 4
18 Sandra 304 babies =
19 Diane 289 babies 3
20 Carol 259 babies 2
21 Pamela 248 babies =
22 Janet 242 babies 3
23 Janice 241 babies =
24 Suzanne 239 babies 1
25 Raewyn 226 babies 4
26 Sharon 223 babies 11
27 Dianne 220 babies =
28 Julie 216 babies 4
29 Rosemary 201 babies 1
30 Deborah 191 babies 13
31 Alison 190 babies 2
32 Denise 184 babies 4
33 Kathleen 184 babies 2
34 Pauline 184 babies 2
35 Catherine 179 babies 4
36 Lorraine 178 babies 10
37 Yvonne 165 babies 1
38 Marie 160 babies 11
39 Ann 159 babies 6
40 Beverley 156 babies 1
41 Annette 154 babies 6
42 Lesley 154 babies 7
43 Shirley 153 babies 3
44 Colleen 151 babies 2
45 Marilyn 146 babies 17
46 Maureen 134 babies 4
47 Glenda 130 babies 10
48 Jane 128 babies =
49 Gail 126 babies 15
50 Jillian 126 babies 6
51 Lynda 125 babies 10
52 Sheryl 124 babies 2
53 Brenda 123 babies 19
54 Jacqueline 120 babies 1
55 Kay 119 babies 1
56 Carolyn 118 babies 5
57 Marion 116 babies 5
58 Maria 112 babies 1
59 Cheryl 111 babies 3
60 Donna 109 babies 11
61 Kathryn 109 babies 9
62 Vicki 107 babies 13
63 Jeanette 100 babies 5
64 Gillian 99 babies 1
65 Jan 99 babies =
66 Sally 97 babies 6
67 Ruth 96 babies 9
68 Lynne 95 babies 2
69 Jocelyn 94 babies 1
70 Jill 92 babies 4
71 Joanne 91 babies 7
72 Frances 90 babies 19
73 Maree 89 babies 29
74 Valerie 88 babies 6
75 Dorothy 83 babies 10
76 Elaine 83 babies 9
77 Adrienne 81 babies 12
78 Glenys 81 babies 14
79 Joy 80 babies 2
80 Angela 79 babies 4
81 Irene 79 babies 12
82 Shona 79 babies 3
83 Paula 74 babies 3
84 Lois 73 babies 2
85 Bronwyn 72 babies 5
86 Vivienne 72 babies 9
87 Fiona 71 babies 25
88 Louise 69 babies 5
89 Stephanie 69 babies 6
90 Christina 66 babies 6
91 Debra 66 babies 29
92 Ngaire 66 babies 11
93 Claire 64 babies 5
94 Diana 64 babies 7
95 Jean 64 babies 35
96 Lynnette 63 babies 4
97 Joan 62 babies 13
98 Penelope 61 babies 4
99 Gloria 60 babies 11
100 Katherine 58 babies 8
101 Maxine 58 babies 33
102 Philippa 58 babies 7
103 Lynley 57 babies 8
104 Michelle 56 babies 45
105 Andrea 55 babies 9
106 Anna 55 babies 2
107 Dawn 53 babies 7
108 Lynn 51 babies 11
109 Rhonda 51 babies 4
110 Teresa 51 babies 13
111 Virginia 50 babies 16
112 Caroline 49 babies 6
113 Eileen 49 babies 3
114 Josephine 49 babies 41
115 Kaye 47 babies 13
116 Michele 47 babies 6
117 Susanne 47 babies 2
118 Janette 45 babies 19
119 Shelley 45 babies 47
120 Gaylene 44 babies 5
121 Julia 44 babies 5
122 Leonie 44 babies 21
123 Marlene 44 babies 8
124 Moira 44 babies 37
125 Cynthia 43 babies 16
126 Gayle 41 babies 21
127 June 41 babies 22
128 Nicola 41 babies 5
129 Beverly 39 babies 12
130 Fay 39 babies 16
131 Evelyn 38 babies 24
132 Noeline 38 babies 3
133 Robin 38 babies 32
134 Sarah 38 babies 8
135 Glenis 37 babies 3
136 Kerry 37 babies 15
137 Victoria 37 babies 10
138 Charmaine 36 babies 13
139 Sylvia 36 babies 6
140 Dale 35 babies 22
141 Janine 35 babies 1
142 Sharron 35 babies 34
143 Daphne 34 babies 7
144 Joyce 34 babies 1
145 Felicity 33 babies 45
146 Rachel 33 babies 6
147 Rosalie 33 babies 3
148 Georgina 32 babies 9
149 Marian 32 babies 58
150 Theresa 32 babies 18
151 Clare 31 babies 13
152 Faye 31 babies 23
153 Nancy 31 babies 3
154 Judy 30 babies 30
155 Beryl 27 babies 1
156 Prudence 27 babies 5
157 Sharyn 27 babies 5
158 Carole 26 babies 21
159 Ellen 26 babies 22
160 Joanna 26 babies 53
161 Lorna 26 babies 12
162 Miriam 26 babies 108
163 Rosalind 26 babies 80
164 Veronica 26 babies 11
165 Alice 25 babies 5
166 Anita 25 babies 12
167 Betty 25 babies 4
168 Bernadette 24 babies 14
169 Doreen 24 babies 30
170 Gaye 24 babies 10
171 Johanna 24 babies 10
172 Paulette 24 babies 12
173 Phillipa 24 babies 9
174 Vivien 24 babies 3
175 Delwyn 23 babies 18
176 Eleanor 23 babies 7
177 Adele 22 babies 8
178 Gay 22 babies 6
179 Geraldine 22 babies 20
180 Lucy 22 babies 47
181 Marcia 22 babies 24
182 Rose 22 babies 75
183 Allison 21 babies 28
184 Carmel 21 babies 37
185 Gael 21 babies 17
186 Marianne 21 babies =
187 Marjorie 21 babies 55
188 Rebecca 21 babies 14
189 Sonia 21 babies 19
190 Sue 21 babies
191 Leslie 20 babies 6
192 Phyllis 20 babies 34
193 Amanda 19 babies 7
194 Cherie 19 babies 5
195 Coral 19 babies 36
196 Florence 19 babies 1
197 Lee 19 babies 53
198 Noelene 19 babies
199 Norma 19 babies
200 Toni 19 babies 8
201 Vicky 19 babies 61
202 Cushla 18 babies
203 Erin 18 babies 9
204 Gaynor 18 babies 56
205 Leigh 18 babies 20
206 Melanie 18 babies
207 Rita 18 babies 20
208 Esther 17 babies 3
209 Glennis 17 babies 6
210 Gwenda 17 babies 13
211 Hazel 17 babies
212 Isobel 17 babies 16
213 Lilian 17 babies 38
214 Naomi 17 babies 41
215 Sheryll 17 babies 48
216 Belinda 16 babies
217 Charlotte 16 babies 35
218 Hilary 16 babies 59
219 Iris 16 babies 28
220 Isabel 16 babies 8
221 Juliet 16 babies
222 Natalie 16 babies
223 Nola 16 babies
224 Rangi 16 babies
225 Rosemarie 16 babies 56
226 Roslyn 16 babies 8
227 Aileen 15 babies 18
228 Ailsa 15 babies 9
229 Audrey 15 babies 30
230 Bronwen 15 babies 30
231 Edith 15 babies 68
232 Gabrielle 15 babies 60
233 Ingrid 15 babies
234 Roberta 15 babies 46
235 Rowena 15 babies 37
236 Vanessa 15 babies 48
237 Beth 14 babies 36
238 Bridget 14 babies
239 Helena 14 babies 24
240 Katrina 14 babies 9
241 Kim 14 babies
242 Lillian 14 babies 44
243 Linley 14 babies 17
244 Louisa 14 babies
245 Martha 14 babies
246 Trudy 14 babies 12
247 Vivian 14 babies 11
248 Alexandra 13 babies
249 Bernice 13 babies 29
250 Cathrine 13 babies
251 Megan 13 babies 17
252 Mere 13 babies 24
253 Monica 13 babies 20
254 Tui 13 babies 19
255 Deidre 12 babies
256 Elisabeth 12 babies
257 Emma 12 babies
258 Erica 12 babies 26
259 Eva 12 babies
260 Hine 12 babies 36
261 Jenny 12 babies 20
262 Laurel 12 babies 48
263 Mereana 12 babies 34
264 Sheree 12 babies
265 Terry 12 babies
266 Therese 12 babies
267 Tina 12 babies
268 Vera 12 babies
269 Winifred 12 babies
270 Alma 11 babies
271 Aroha 11 babies
272 Averil 11 babies 53
273 Bella 11 babies
274 Cecilia 11 babies 44
275 Cherry 11 babies 53
276 Corinne 11 babies
277 Dallas 11 babies 16
278 Desiree 11 babies
279 Edna 11 babies 17
280 Grace 11 babies
281 Huia 11 babies
282 Juliana 11 babies
283 Kathrine 11 babies
284 Kristine 11 babies 80
285 Lyndsay 11 babies
286 Maraea 11 babies
287 Phillippa 11 babies
288 Priscilla 11 babies 73
289 Rachael 11 babies
290 Stella 11 babies
291 Anthea 10 babies
292 Celia 10 babies 47
293 Doris 10 babies
294 Glynis 10 babies 119
295 Leah 10 babies
296 Lyn 10 babies
297 Mavis 10 babies 44
298 Merle 10 babies
299 Moana 10 babies
300 Muriel 10 babies
301 Myra 10 babies 95
302 Rawinia 10 babies
303 Sara 10 babies
304 Sherryl 10 babies 97
305 Wilhelmina 10 babies 61

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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