New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1956

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 Peter 1,451 babies 1
  2. 2 John 1,279 babies 1
  3. 3 David 1,200 babies =
  4. 4 Michael 869 babies =
  5. 5 Paul 726 babies 1
  6. 6 Stephen 720 babies 1
  7. 7 Robert 696 babies 2
  8. 8 Kevin 599 babies =
  9. 9 Mark 573 babies 2
  10. 10 Christopher 523 babies 1
  11. 11 Ian 451 babies 1
  12. 12 Richard 436 babies =
  13. 13 Brian 429 babies 1
  14. 14 William 428 babies 1
  15. 15 Wayne 397 babies 4
  16. 16 Bruce 395 babies 1
  17. 17 Anthony 382 babies 1
  18. 18 James 354 babies 2
  19. 19 Gary 348 babies 3
  20. 20 Graeme 337 babies 1
  21. 21 Alan 329 babies 5
  22. 22 Murray 312 babies 5
  23. 23 Graham 293 babies =
  24. 24 Grant 259 babies 9
  25. 25 Barry 256 babies 1
  26. 26 Colin 256 babies 1
  27. 27 Geoffrey 245 babies =
  28. 28 Andrew 242 babies 11
  29. 29 Kenneth 237 babies =
  30. 30 Gregory 236 babies 5
  31. 31 Neil 236 babies 1
  32. 32 Philip 234 babies 2
  33. 33 Ross 232 babies 7
  34. 34 Steven 215 babies 2
  35. 35 Allan 207 babies 2
  36. 36 Donald 200 babies 2
  37. 37 Trevor 198 babies 6
  38. 38 Raymond 187 babies 10
  39. 39 Stuart 175 babies 8
  40. 40 Keith 170 babies 1
  41. 41 Roger 169 babies 1
  42. 42 Garry 166 babies 4
  43. 43 Russell 165 babies 1
  44. 44 Thomas 160 babies 1
  45. 45 Malcolm 157 babies 4
  46. 46 Patrick 151 babies 10
  47. 47 Phillip 149 babies 5
  48. 48 Jeffrey 145 babies 16
  49. 49 Douglas 144 babies 1
  50. 50 Martin 141 babies 4
  51. 51 Gordon 135 babies 7
  52. 52 Warren 135 babies 9
  53. 53 George 134 babies 8
  54. 54 Ronald 132 babies 12
  55. 55 Craig 128 babies 7
  56. 56 Robin 126 babies 3
  57. 57 Timothy 124 babies 9
  58. 58 Leslie 122 babies 1
  59. 59 Charles 116 babies =
  60. 60 Dennis 116 babies 14
  61. 61 Gavin 115 babies 6
  62. 62 Neville 113 babies 8
  63. 63 Simon 113 babies 15
  64. 64 Brent 112 babies 10
  65. 65 Edward 109 babies 14
  66. 66 Terence 102 babies 6
  67. 67 Nigel 96 babies 5
  68. 68 Bryan 94 babies 3
  69. 69 Joseph 93 babies 3
  70. 70 Lindsay 93 babies 7
  71. 71 Kerry 92 babies 2
  72. 72 Tony 91 babies 1
  73. 73 Rex 88 babies 5
  74. 74 Glenn 86 babies 7
  75. 75 Rodney 82 babies 2
  76. 76 Noel 80 babies 5
  77. 77 Alexander 76 babies 1
  78. 78 Eric 71 babies 2
  79. 79 Derek 66 babies 9
  80. 80 Lance 62 babies 1
  81. 81 Norman 62 babies 15
  82. 82 Maurice 61 babies 3
  83. 83 Gerard 60 babies 4
  84. 84 Shane 60 babies 17
  85. 85 Daniel 58 babies 25
  86. 86 Desmond 58 babies 8
  87. 87 Nicholas 57 babies 3
  88. 88 Bernard 55 babies 5
  89. 89 Ivan 55 babies 29
  90. 90 Arthur 54 babies 15
  91. 91 Stewart 54 babies 5
  92. 92 Terry 54 babies 15
  93. 93 Kelvin 53 babies 13
  94. 94 Francis 52 babies 12
  95. 95 Dean 49 babies 41
  96. 96 Alistair 48 babies 17
  97. 97 Brett 48 babies 4
  98. 98 Lawrence 48 babies =
  99. 99 Leonard 47 babies 12
  100. 100 Hugh 45 babies 9

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Susan 849 babies =
  2. 2 Christine 755 babies =
  3. 3 Karen 616 babies 3
  4. 4 Judith 478 babies =
  5. 5 Margaret 467 babies 2
  6. 6 Jennifer 433 babies 1
  7. 7 Elizabeth 394 babies 4
  8. 8 Robyn 388 babies 4
  9. 9 Patricia 380 babies 2
  10. 10 Linda 369 babies 1
  11. 11 Mary 360 babies 3
  12. 12 Barbara 335 babies 2
  13. 13 Helen 326 babies 1
  14. 14 Wendy 325 babies 1
  15. 15 Sharon 319 babies 11
  16. 16 Anne 318 babies 1
  17. 17 Heather 317 babies 2
  18. 18 Sandra 312 babies =
  19. 19 Lynette 308 babies 3
  20. 20 Carol 296 babies =
  21. 21 Diane 275 babies 2
  22. 22 Pamela 251 babies 1
  23. 23 Julie 242 babies 5
  24. 24 Suzanne 235 babies =
  25. 25 Janice 230 babies 2
  26. 26 Dianne 222 babies 1
  27. 27 Catherine 215 babies 8
  28. 28 Deborah 215 babies 2
  29. 29 Janet 203 babies 7
  30. 30 Raewyn 203 babies 5
  31. 31 Rosemary 194 babies 2
  32. 32 Alison 192 babies 1
  33. 33 Pauline 188 babies 1
  34. 34 Kathleen 186 babies 1
  35. 35 Shirley 184 babies 8
  36. 36 Lorraine 171 babies =
  37. 37 Denise 166 babies 5
  38. 38 Annette 157 babies 3
  39. 39 Ann 152 babies =
  40. 40 Jane 150 babies 8
  41. 41 Yvonne 149 babies 4
  42. 42 Lesley 141 babies =
  43. 43 Glenda 139 babies 4
  44. 44 Jacqueline 134 babies 10
  45. 45 Marie 134 babies 7
  46. 46 Gail 133 babies 3
  47. 47 Jillian 128 babies 3
  48. 48 Kathryn 128 babies 13
  49. 49 Colleen 127 babies 5
  50. 50 Beverley 124 babies 10
  51. 51 Sheryl 124 babies 1
  52. 52 Joanne 123 babies 19
  53. 53 Cheryl 121 babies 6
  54. 54 Maureen 121 babies 8
  55. 55 Lynda 116 babies 4
  56. 56 Maria 116 babies 2
  57. 57 Brenda 114 babies 4
  58. 58 Marilyn 112 babies 13
  59. 59 Vicki 110 babies 3
  60. 60 Gillian 105 babies 4
  61. 61 Kay 100 babies 6
  62. 62 Joy 99 babies 17
  63. 63 Jan 98 babies 2
  64. 64 Donna 97 babies 4
  65. 65 Marion 93 babies 8
  66. 66 Frances 91 babies 6
  67. 67 Sally 90 babies 1
  68. 68 Angela 89 babies 12
  69. 69 Jeanette 89 babies 6
  70. 70 Debra 88 babies 21
  71. 71 Maree 87 babies 2
  72. 72 Carolyn 83 babies 16
  73. 73 Lynne 81 babies 5
  74. 74 Vivienne 81 babies 12
  75. 75 Dorothy 80 babies =
  76. 76 Ruth 79 babies 9
  77. 77 Louise 78 babies 11
  78. 78 Valerie 76 babies 4
  79. 79 Anna 74 babies 27
  80. 80 Jocelyn 73 babies 11
  81. 81 Penelope 73 babies 17
  82. 82 Adrienne 71 babies 5
  83. 83 Shona 71 babies 1
  84. 84 Diana 70 babies 10
  85. 85 Jill 70 babies 15
  86. 86 Philippa 69 babies 16
  87. 87 Victoria 68 babies 50
  88. 88 Glenys 67 babies 10
  89. 89 Stephanie 67 babies =
  90. 90 Joan 66 babies 7
  91. 91 Rhonda 66 babies 18
  92. 92 Elaine 63 babies 16
  93. 93 Josephine 63 babies 21
  94. 94 Kerry 63 babies 42
  95. 95 Bronwyn 62 babies 10
  96. 96 Dawn 62 babies 11
  97. 97 Katherine 62 babies 3
  98. 98 Paula 61 babies 15
  99. 99 Christina 60 babies 9
  100. 100 Lois 59 babies 16

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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