New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1957

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 1,431 babies =
  2. 2 John 1,250 babies =
  3. 3 David 1,168 babies =
  4. 4 Michael 937 babies =
  5. 5 Paul 776 babies =
  6. 6 Stephen 758 babies =
  7. 7 Robert 718 babies =
  8. 8 Mark 642 babies 1
  9. 9 Christopher 626 babies 1
  10. 10 Kevin 531 babies 2
  11. 11 Richard 481 babies 1
  12. 12 Ian 465 babies 1
  13. 13 Anthony 453 babies 4
  14. 14 Brian 453 babies 1
  15. 15 William 404 babies 1
  16. 16 Bruce 391 babies =
  17. 17 Wayne 369 babies 2
  18. 18 Murray 365 babies 4
  19. 19 Gary 363 babies =
  20. 20 James 356 babies 2
  21. 21 Alan 346 babies =
  22. 22 Graeme 321 babies 2
  23. 23 Grant 290 babies 1
  24. 24 Barry 289 babies 1
  25. 25 Graham 273 babies 2
  26. 26 Ross 273 babies 7
  27. 27 Geoffrey 271 babies =
  28. 28 Philip 269 babies 4
  29. 29 Colin 267 babies 3
  30. 30 Gregory 254 babies =
  31. 31 Trevor 243 babies 6
  32. 32 Kenneth 233 babies 3
  33. 33 Andrew 225 babies 5
  34. 34 Neil 218 babies 3
  35. 35 Allan 216 babies =
  36. 36 Steven 215 babies 2
  37. 37 Donald 203 babies 1
  38. 38 Garry 199 babies 4
  39. 39 Keith 196 babies 1
  40. 40 Raymond 191 babies 2
  41. 41 Thomas 180 babies 3
  42. 42 Stuart 176 babies 3
  43. 43 Phillip 173 babies 4
  44. 44 Roger 164 babies 3
  45. 45 Timothy 159 babies 12
  46. 46 Martin 157 babies 4
  47. 47 Ronald 154 babies 7
  48. 48 Russell 154 babies 5
  49. 49 Warren 153 babies 3
  50. 50 Patrick 150 babies 4
  51. 51 Craig 142 babies 4
  52. 52 Brent 136 babies 12
  53. 53 Douglas 134 babies 4
  54. 54 Malcolm 132 babies 9
  55. 55 Robin 130 babies 1
  56. 56 Simon 129 babies 7
  57. 57 Jeffrey 125 babies 9
  58. 58 Lindsay 124 babies 12
  59. 59 Nigel 120 babies 8
  60. 60 Gordon 119 babies 9
  61. 61 George 113 babies 8
  62. 62 Gavin 112 babies 1
  63. 63 Dennis 111 babies 3
  64. 64 Bryan 110 babies 4
  65. 65 Tony 107 babies 7
  66. 66 Charles 104 babies 7
  67. 67 Edward 104 babies 2
  68. 68 Neville 104 babies 6
  69. 69 Leslie 98 babies 11
  70. 70 Glenn 96 babies 4
  71. 71 Kerry 95 babies =
  72. 72 Brett 93 babies 25
  73. 73 Joseph 92 babies 4
  74. 74 Rodney 90 babies 1
  75. 75 Terence 88 babies 9
  76. 76 Lance 86 babies 4
  77. 77 Nicholas 86 babies 10
  78. 78 Eric 82 babies =
  79. 79 Bernard 81 babies 9
  80. 80 Noel 80 babies 4
  81. 81 Rex 80 babies 8
  82. 82 Daniel 75 babies 3
  83. 83 Owen 70 babies 19
  84. 84 Alexander 69 babies 7
  85. 85 Dean 69 babies 10
  86. 86 Derek 68 babies 7
  87. 87 Warwick 68 babies 35
  88. 88 Maurice 67 babies 6
  89. 89 Gerard 63 babies 6
  90. 90 Terry 63 babies 2
  91. 91 Darryl 57 babies 13
  92. 92 Jonathan 57 babies 9
  93. 93 Shane 57 babies 9
  94. 94 Francis 56 babies =
  95. 95 Mervyn 53 babies 13
  96. 96 Gerald 52 babies 7
  97. 97 Norman 52 babies 16
  98. 98 Allen 51 babies 13
  99. 99 Hugh 51 babies 1
  100. 100 Alistair 50 babies 4

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Karen 825 babies 2
  2. 2 Susan 814 babies 1
  3. 3 Christine 774 babies 1
  4. 4 Jennifer 460 babies 2
  5. 5 Margaret 437 babies =
  6. 6 Judith 427 babies 2
  7. 7 Linda 413 babies 3
  8. 8 Robyn 407 babies =
  9. 9 Elizabeth 371 babies 2
  10. 10 Patricia 367 babies 1
  11. 11 Wendy 367 babies 3
  12. 12 Sandra 363 babies 6
  13. 13 Mary 354 babies 2
  14. 14 Helen 334 babies 1
  15. 15 Deborah 329 babies 13
  16. 16 Anne 310 babies =
  17. 17 Barbara 304 babies 5
  18. 18 Heather 297 babies 1
  19. 19 Carol 292 babies 1
  20. 20 Lynette 287 babies 1
  21. 21 Diane 271 babies =
  22. 22 Pamela 266 babies =
  23. 23 Sharon 263 babies 8
  24. 24 Suzanne 252 babies =
  25. 25 Catherine 237 babies 2
  26. 26 Julie 228 babies 3
  27. 27 Jane 217 babies 13
  28. 28 Raewyn 217 babies 2
  29. 29 Janet 213 babies =
  30. 30 Shirley 210 babies 5
  31. 31 Janice 209 babies 6
  32. 32 Denise 205 babies 5
  33. 33 Pauline 195 babies =
  34. 34 Dianne 190 babies 8
  35. 35 Joanne 180 babies 17
  36. 36 Alison 177 babies 4
  37. 37 Rosemary 176 babies 6
  38. 38 Gail 172 babies 8
  39. 39 Lorraine 172 babies 3
  40. 40 Annette 164 babies 2
  41. 41 Kathleen 162 babies 7
  42. 42 Vicki 161 babies 17
  43. 43 Donna 155 babies 21
  44. 44 Marie 152 babies 1
  45. 45 Debra 149 babies 25
  46. 46 Carolyn 143 babies 26
  47. 47 Jacqueline 143 babies 3
  48. 48 Yvonne 142 babies 7
  49. 49 Lynda 138 babies 6
  50. 50 Maureen 133 babies 4
  51. 51 Kathryn 130 babies 3
  52. 52 Sheryl 129 babies 1
  53. 53 Ann 127 babies 14
  54. 54 Colleen 124 babies 5
  55. 55 Brenda 121 babies 2
  56. 56 Jillian 121 babies 9
  57. 57 Maria 121 babies 1
  58. 58 Jan 119 babies 5
  59. 59 Fiona 117 babies 66
  60. 60 Beverley 113 babies 10
  61. 61 Lesley 113 babies 19
  62. 62 Angela 112 babies 6
  63. 63 Cheryl 111 babies 10
  64. 64 Glenda 107 babies 21
  65. 65 Sally 105 babies 2
  66. 66 Kerry 102 babies 28
  67. 67 Gillian 101 babies 7
  68. 68 Kay 99 babies 7
  69. 69 Maree 92 babies 2
  70. 70 Frances 91 babies 4
  71. 71 Shona 91 babies 12
  72. 72 Louise 88 babies 5
  73. 73 Glenys 87 babies 15
  74. 74 Ruth 87 babies 2
  75. 75 Diana 86 babies 9
  76. 76 Penelope 84 babies 5
  77. 77 Michelle 83 babies 26
  78. 78 Bronwyn 82 babies 17
  79. 79 Christina 80 babies 20
  80. 80 Josephine 80 babies 13
  81. 81 Lynne 80 babies 8
  82. 82 Valerie 80 babies 4
  83. 83 Marilyn 79 babies 25
  84. 84 Teresa 78 babies 20
  85. 85 Caroline 77 babies 35
  86. 86 Jocelyn 77 babies 6
  87. 87 Joy 76 babies 25
  88. 88 Elaine 75 babies 4
  89. 89 Andrea 73 babies 23
  90. 90 Jeanette 73 babies 21
  91. 91 Lois 72 babies 9
  92. 92 Anna 71 babies 13
  93. 93 Jill 71 babies 8
  94. 94 Dorothy 70 babies 19
  95. 95 Marion 70 babies 30
  96. 96 Adrienne 69 babies 14
  97. 97 Janette 69 babies 20
  98. 98 Nicola 69 babies 21
  99. 99 Paula 69 babies 1
  100. 100 Vivienne 69 babies 26

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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