New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1958

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 1,484 babies =
  2. 2 David 1,238 babies 1
  3. 3 John 1,181 babies 1
  4. 4 Michael 1,009 babies =
  5. 5 Stephen 872 babies 1
  6. 6 Paul 803 babies 1
  7. 7 Mark 752 babies 1
  8. 8 Robert 708 babies 1
  9. 9 Christopher 681 babies =
  10. 10 Kevin 551 babies =
  11. 11 Richard 482 babies =
  12. 12 Anthony 445 babies 1
  13. 13 Ian 432 babies 1
  14. 14 William 429 babies 1
  15. 15 Wayne 422 babies 2
  16. 16 Grant 392 babies 7
  17. 17 Alan 376 babies 4
  18. 18 Bruce 368 babies 2
  19. 19 Brian 367 babies 5
  20. 20 Gary 357 babies 1
  21. 21 Murray 357 babies 3
  22. 22 Graeme 349 babies =
  23. 23 James 348 babies 3
  24. 24 Gregory 330 babies 6
  25. 25 Steven 297 babies 11
  26. 26 Ross 291 babies =
  27. 27 Andrew 278 babies 6
  28. 28 Philip 269 babies =
  29. 29 Colin 267 babies =
  30. 30 Graham 266 babies 5
  31. 31 Geoffrey 253 babies 4
  32. 32 Allan 244 babies 3
  33. 33 Barry 241 babies 9
  34. 34 Keith 225 babies 5
  35. 35 Kenneth 225 babies 3
  36. 36 Trevor 209 babies 5
  37. 37 Donald 203 babies =
  38. 38 Neil 198 babies 4
  39. 39 Raymond 194 babies 1
  40. 40 Garry 185 babies 2
  41. 41 Martin 180 babies 5
  42. 42 Stuart 173 babies =
  43. 43 Thomas 172 babies 2
  44. 44 Simon 170 babies 12
  45. 45 Roger 168 babies 1
  46. 46 Russell 166 babies 2
  47. 47 Craig 163 babies 4
  48. 48 Timothy 162 babies 3
  49. 49 Patrick 159 babies 1
  50. 50 Phillip 158 babies 7
  51. 51 Brent 153 babies 1
  52. 52 Tony 149 babies 13
  53. 53 Warren 149 babies 4
  54. 54 Robin 143 babies 1
  55. 55 Malcolm 135 babies 1
  56. 56 Kerry 132 babies 15
  57. 57 Jeffrey 130 babies =
  58. 58 Ronald 129 babies 11
  59. 59 Douglas 127 babies 6
  60. 60 Joseph 123 babies 13
  61. 61 Gavin 118 babies 1
  62. 62 Nigel 115 babies 3
  63. 63 Dennis 112 babies =
  64. 64 Neville 112 babies 4
  65. 65 Gordon 110 babies 5
  66. 66 George 107 babies 5
  67. 67 Terence 106 babies 8
  68. 68 Brett 103 babies 4
  69. 69 Leslie 103 babies =
  70. 70 Edward 102 babies 3
  71. 71 Charles 94 babies 5
  72. 72 Dean 94 babies 13
  73. 73 Lance 93 babies 3
  74. 74 Nicholas 93 babies 3
  75. 75 Rodney 91 babies 1
  76. 76 Derek 88 babies 10
  77. 77 Shane 86 babies 16
  78. 78 Noel 85 babies 2
  79. 79 Eric 83 babies 1
  80. 80 Lindsay 83 babies 22
  81. 81 Bryan 79 babies 17
  82. 82 Glenn 79 babies 12
  83. 83 Rex 74 babies 2
  84. 84 Bernard 73 babies 5
  85. 85 Alexander 67 babies 1
  86. 86 Maurice 67 babies 2
  87. 87 Alistair 65 babies 13
  88. 88 Terry 63 babies 2
  89. 89 Ivan 62 babies 23
  90. 90 Daniel 61 babies 8
  91. 91 Desmond 61 babies 41
  92. 92 Gerard 61 babies 3
  93. 93 Arthur 60 babies 10
  94. 94 Lawrence 60 babies 14
  95. 95 Owen 60 babies 12
  96. 96 Warwick 58 babies 9
  97. 97 Matthew 57 babies 10
  98. 98 Walter 57 babies 25
  99. 99 Leonard 55 babies 14
  100. 100 Stewart 55 babies 2

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Susan 914 babies 1
  2. 2 Karen 808 babies 1
  3. 3 Christine 609 babies =
  4. 4 Jennifer 457 babies =
  5. 5 Margaret 427 babies =
  6. 6 Deborah 416 babies 9
  7. 7 Linda 408 babies =
  8. 8 Wendy 402 babies 3
  9. 9 Elizabeth 398 babies =
  10. 10 Judith 370 babies 4
  11. 11 Robyn 358 babies 3
  12. 12 Helen 352 babies 2
  13. 13 Julie 344 babies 13
  14. 14 Patricia 342 babies 4
  15. 15 Sandra 338 babies 3
  16. 16 Mary 315 babies 3
  17. 17 Barbara 308 babies =
  18. 18 Sharon 304 babies 5
  19. 19 Diane 301 babies 2
  20. 20 Lynette 299 babies =
  21. 21 Carol 276 babies 2
  22. 22 Debra 268 babies 23
  23. 23 Anne 263 babies 7
  24. 24 Catherine 256 babies 1
  25. 25 Suzanne 237 babies 1
  26. 26 Heather 236 babies 8
  27. 27 Joanne 232 babies 8
  28. 28 Denise 226 babies 4
  29. 29 Pamela 225 babies 7
  30. 30 Janice 219 babies 1
  31. 31 Raewyn 206 babies 3
  32. 32 Janet 200 babies 3
  33. 33 Jane 188 babies 6
  34. 34 Vicki 186 babies 8
  35. 35 Dianne 185 babies 1
  36. 36 Shirley 179 babies 6
  37. 37 Pauline 176 babies 4
  38. 38 Donna 175 babies 5
  39. 39 Carolyn 174 babies 7
  40. 40 Rosemary 173 babies 3
  41. 41 Alison 171 babies 5
  42. 42 Lorraine 171 babies 3
  43. 43 Kathleen 169 babies 2
  44. 44 Kathryn 167 babies 7
  45. 45 Yvonne 164 babies 3
  46. 46 Annette 162 babies 6
  47. 47 Lesley 146 babies 14
  48. 48 Ann 139 babies 5
  49. 49 Marie 135 babies 5
  50. 50 Lynda 134 babies 1
  51. 51 Jacqueline 132 babies 4
  52. 52 Gail 129 babies 14
  53. 53 Fiona 128 babies 6
  54. 54 Sally 128 babies 11
  55. 55 Jan 127 babies 3
  56. 56 Colleen 125 babies 2
  57. 57 Sheryl 125 babies 5
  58. 58 Jillian 124 babies 2
  59. 59 Kerry 120 babies 7
  60. 60 Gillian 118 babies 7
  61. 61 Cheryl 117 babies 2
  62. 62 Angela 115 babies =
  63. 63 Kay 115 babies 5
  64. 64 Brenda 114 babies 9
  65. 65 Maree 114 babies 4
  66. 66 Diana 113 babies 9
  67. 67 Beverley 110 babies 7
  68. 68 Nicola 109 babies 30
  69. 69 Shona 104 babies 2
  70. 70 Maria 103 babies 13
  71. 71 Ruth 102 babies 3
  72. 72 Glenda 101 babies 8
  73. 73 Maureen 93 babies 23
  74. 74 Michelle 89 babies 3
  75. 75 Andrea 88 babies 14
  76. 76 Jeanette 87 babies 14
  77. 77 Lynne 87 babies 4
  78. 78 Kim 86 babies 45
  79. 79 Caroline 84 babies 6
  80. 80 Glenys 84 babies 7
  81. 81 Louise 84 babies 9
  82. 82 Jocelyn 82 babies 4
  83. 83 Joy 82 babies 4
  84. 84 Paula 82 babies 15
  85. 85 Penelope 82 babies 9
  86. 86 Michele 80 babies 16
  87. 87 Sarah 80 babies 16
  88. 88 Bronwyn 79 babies 10
  89. 89 Josephine 79 babies 9
  90. 90 Vivienne 79 babies 10
  91. 91 Adrienne 78 babies 5
  92. 92 Frances 75 babies 22
  93. 93 Stephanie 74 babies 13
  94. 94 Elaine 72 babies 6
  95. 95 Philippa 72 babies 9
  96. 96 Jill 71 babies 3
  97. 97 Janine 70 babies 23
  98. 98 Claire 69 babies 27
  99. 99 Anna 68 babies 7
  100. 100 Katherine 68 babies 19

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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