New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1959

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 1,334 babies =
  2. 2 David 1,305 babies =
  3. 3 John 1,230 babies =
  4. 4 Michael 1,108 babies =
  5. 5 Stephen 891 babies =
  6. 6 Mark 829 babies 1
  7. 7 Paul 725 babies 1
  8. 8 Robert 694 babies =
  9. 9 Christopher 677 babies =
  10. 10 Kevin 565 babies =
  11. 11 Anthony 514 babies 1
  12. 12 Richard 490 babies 1
  13. 13 Ian 431 babies =
  14. 14 Wayne 405 babies 1
  15. 15 Bruce 402 babies 3
  16. 16 William 399 babies 2
  17. 17 Brian 377 babies 2
  18. 18 Grant 376 babies 2
  19. 19 Gregory 362 babies 5
  20. 20 James 358 babies 3
  21. 21 Andrew 352 babies 6
  22. 22 Gary 344 babies 2
  23. 23 Alan 338 babies 6
  24. 24 Philip 338 babies 4
  25. 25 Graeme 311 babies 3
  26. 26 Steven 311 babies 1
  27. 27 Murray 308 babies 6
  28. 28 Ross 294 babies 2
  29. 29 Colin 280 babies =
  30. 30 Geoffrey 262 babies 1
  31. 31 Barry 252 babies 2
  32. 32 Graham 238 babies 2
  33. 33 Allan 236 babies 1
  34. 34 Kenneth 225 babies 1
  35. 35 Neil 224 babies 3
  36. 36 Trevor 212 babies =
  37. 37 Donald 209 babies =
  38. 38 Russell 209 babies 8
  39. 39 Craig 200 babies 8
  40. 40 Keith 199 babies 6
  41. 41 Martin 196 babies =
  42. 42 Raymond 190 babies 3
  43. 43 Phillip 188 babies 7
  44. 44 Timothy 188 babies 4
  45. 45 Stuart 183 babies 3
  46. 46 Brent 175 babies 5
  47. 47 Warren 174 babies 6
  48. 48 Thomas 171 babies 5
  49. 49 Roger 163 babies 4
  50. 50 Garry 157 babies 10
  51. 51 Jeffrey 154 babies 6
  52. 52 Patrick 151 babies 3
  53. 53 Tony 150 babies 1
  54. 54 Simon 143 babies 10
  55. 55 Douglas 141 babies 4
  56. 56 Malcolm 141 babies 1
  57. 57 Gavin 132 babies 4
  58. 58 Kerry 130 babies 2
  59. 59 George 125 babies 7
  60. 60 Ronald 123 babies 2
  61. 61 Nigel 121 babies 1
  62. 62 Neville 118 babies 2
  63. 63 Gordon 117 babies 2
  64. 64 Terence 117 babies 3
  65. 65 Robin 110 babies 11
  66. 66 Dean 107 babies 6
  67. 67 Edward 106 babies 3
  68. 68 Lance 102 babies 5
  69. 69 Nicholas 101 babies 5
  70. 70 Brett 98 babies 2
  71. 71 Shane 98 babies 6
  72. 72 Joseph 96 babies 12
  73. 73 Leslie 95 babies 4
  74. 74 Charles 91 babies 3
  75. 75 Rodney 90 babies =
  76. 76 Bryan 88 babies 5
  77. 77 Derek 84 babies 1
  78. 78 Dennis 82 babies 15
  79. 79 Terry 81 babies 9
  80. 80 Glenn 80 babies 2
  81. 81 Daniel 79 babies 9
  82. 82 Lindsay 77 babies 2
  83. 83 Noel 77 babies 5
  84. 84 Eric 72 babies 5
  85. 85 Maurice 71 babies 1
  86. 86 Matthew 69 babies 11
  87. 87 Alexander 68 babies 2
  88. 88 Jonathan 68 babies 17
  89. 89 Adrian 67 babies 22
  90. 90 Arthur 67 babies 3
  91. 91 Kelvin 67 babies 15
  92. 92 Rex 67 babies 9
  93. 93 Francis 65 babies 11
  94. 94 Alistair 62 babies 7
  95. 95 Stewart 62 babies 5
  96. 96 Gerard 61 babies 4
  97. 97 Carl 60 babies 5
  98. 98 Bernard 57 babies 14
  99. 99 Ivan 55 babies 10
  100. 100 Owen 51 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Susan 888 babies =
  2. 2 Karen 734 babies =
  3. 3 Christine 655 babies =
  4. 4 Deborah 515 babies 2
  5. 5 Julie 475 babies 8
  6. 6 Jennifer 427 babies 2
  7. 7 Linda 423 babies =
  8. 8 Sandra 411 babies 7
  9. 9 Wendy 383 babies 1
  10. 10 Robyn 382 babies 1
  11. 11 Elizabeth 380 babies 2
  12. 12 Judith 377 babies 2
  13. 13 Margaret 363 babies 8
  14. 14 Patricia 353 babies =
  15. 15 Donna 351 babies 23
  16. 16 Debra 341 babies 6
  17. 17 Sharon 341 babies 1
  18. 18 Mary 336 babies 2
  19. 19 Helen 319 babies 7
  20. 20 Joanne 308 babies 7
  21. 21 Barbara 306 babies 4
  22. 22 Lynette 301 babies 2
  23. 23 Heather 267 babies 3
  24. 24 Diane 262 babies 5
  25. 25 Anne 261 babies 2
  26. 26 Catherine 251 babies 2
  27. 27 Carol 241 babies 6
  28. 28 Denise 239 babies =
  29. 29 Suzanne 233 babies 4
  30. 30 Vicki 221 babies 4
  31. 31 Pamela 216 babies 2
  32. 32 Janet 213 babies =
  33. 33 Carolyn 203 babies 6
  34. 34 Jane 202 babies 1
  35. 35 Raewyn 201 babies 4
  36. 36 Shirley 180 babies =
  37. 37 Alison 179 babies 4
  38. 38 Kathryn 179 babies 6
  39. 39 Dianne 170 babies 4
  40. 40 Janice 170 babies 10
  41. 41 Pauline 170 babies 4
  42. 42 Fiona 163 babies 11
  43. 43 Rosemary 163 babies 3
  44. 44 Annette 162 babies 2
  45. 45 Kathleen 159 babies 2
  46. 46 Michelle 158 babies 28
  47. 47 Lesley 151 babies =
  48. 48 Lynda 145 babies 2
  49. 49 Colleen 144 babies 7
  50. 50 Sally 143 babies 4
  51. 51 Yvonne 138 babies 6
  52. 52 Ann 137 babies 4
  53. 53 Jacqueline 132 babies 2
  54. 54 Jan 132 babies 1
  55. 55 Marie 131 babies 6
  56. 56 Brenda 128 babies 8
  57. 57 Maree 124 babies 8
  58. 58 Jillian 123 babies =
  59. 59 Gillian 120 babies 1
  60. 60 Lorraine 120 babies 18
  61. 61 Sheryl 119 babies 4
  62. 62 Louise 113 babies 19
  63. 63 Glenda 112 babies 9
  64. 64 Shona 111 babies 5
  65. 65 Nicola 110 babies 3
  66. 66 Angela 109 babies 4
  67. 67 Beverley 107 babies =
  68. 68 Gail 107 babies 16
  69. 69 Kerry 107 babies 10
  70. 70 Kim 106 babies 8
  71. 71 Lynne 105 babies 6
  72. 72 Cheryl 104 babies 11
  73. 73 Frances 102 babies 19
  74. 74 Michele 101 babies 12
  75. 75 Kay 96 babies 12
  76. 76 Maria 96 babies 6
  77. 77 Stephanie 96 babies 16
  78. 78 Adrienne 95 babies 13
  79. 79 Andrea 94 babies 4
  80. 80 Diana 90 babies 14
  81. 81 Bronwyn 85 babies 7
  82. 82 Josephine 84 babies 7
  83. 83 Maureen 84 babies 10
  84. 84 Jeanette 81 babies 8
  85. 85 Caroline 80 babies 6
  86. 86 Penelope 80 babies 1
  87. 87 Teresa 80 babies 14
  88. 88 Vivienne 77 babies 2
  89. 89 Valerie 75 babies 16
  90. 90 Sarah 74 babies 3
  91. 91 Paula 73 babies 7
  92. 92 Ruth 73 babies 21
  93. 93 Christina 72 babies 19
  94. 94 Philippa 72 babies 1
  95. 95 Jocelyn 71 babies 13
  96. 96 Lynley 71 babies 12
  97. 97 Shelley 70 babies 12
  98. 98 Claire 69 babies =
  99. 99 Janine 69 babies 2
  100. 100 Jill 68 babies 4

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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