New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1960

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 David 1,304 babies 1
  2. 2 Peter 1,257 babies 1
  3. 3 Michael 1,088 babies 1
  4. 4 John 1,084 babies 1
  5. 5 Stephen 994 babies =
  6. 6 Mark 900 babies =
  7. 7 Paul 746 babies =
  8. 8 Robert 661 babies =
  9. 9 Christopher 621 babies =
  10. 10 Kevin 545 babies =
  11. 11 Anthony 511 babies =
  12. 12 Richard 472 babies =
  13. 13 Ian 452 babies =
  14. 14 Craig 441 babies 25
  15. 15 William 421 babies 1
  16. 16 Gregory 419 babies 3
  17. 17 Wayne 418 babies 3
  18. 18 Andrew 400 babies 3
  19. 19 Grant 390 babies 1
  20. 20 James 374 babies =
  21. 21 Bruce 373 babies 6
  22. 22 Brian 367 babies 5
  23. 23 Steven 342 babies 3
  24. 24 Murray 327 babies 3
  25. 25 Philip 327 babies 1
  26. 26 Graeme 317 babies 1
  27. 27 Ross 305 babies 1
  28. 28 Alan 295 babies 5
  29. 29 Gary 271 babies 7
  30. 30 Colin 249 babies 1
  31. 31 Graham 239 babies 1
  32. 32 Barry 229 babies 1
  33. 33 Geoffrey 223 babies 3
  34. 34 Neil 219 babies 1
  35. 35 Martin 217 babies 6
  36. 36 Trevor 214 babies =
  37. 37 Kenneth 210 babies 3
  38. 38 Allan 202 babies 5
  39. 39 Raymond 198 babies 3
  40. 40 Russell 198 babies 2
  41. 41 Phillip 197 babies 2
  42. 42 Timothy 192 babies 2
  43. 43 Thomas 180 babies 5
  44. 44 Warren 176 babies 3
  45. 45 Tony 174 babies 8
  46. 46 Donald 173 babies 9
  47. 47 Brent 172 babies 1
  48. 48 Roger 171 babies 1
  49. 49 Stuart 169 babies 4
  50. 50 Simon 167 babies 4
  51. 51 Keith 161 babies 11
  52. 52 Nigel 159 babies 9
  53. 53 Garry 157 babies 3
  54. 54 Jeffrey 142 babies 3
  55. 55 Douglas 140 babies =
  56. 56 Brett 139 babies 14
  57. 57 Gavin 137 babies =
  58. 58 Malcolm 137 babies 2
  59. 59 Ronald 133 babies 1
  60. 60 Patrick 129 babies 8
  61. 61 George 118 babies 2
  62. 62 Shane 118 babies 9
  63. 63 Edward 113 babies 4
  64. 64 Kerry 112 babies 6
  65. 65 Robin 103 babies =
  66. 66 Dean 100 babies =
  67. 67 Neville 99 babies 5
  68. 68 Gordon 98 babies 5
  69. 69 Rodney 96 babies 6
  70. 70 Joseph 95 babies 2
  71. 71 Terence 95 babies 7
  72. 72 Eric 93 babies 12
  73. 73 Lance 92 babies 5
  74. 74 Antony 90 babies 38
  75. 75 Daniel 88 babies 6
  76. 76 Dennis 87 babies 2
  77. 77 Leslie 87 babies 4
  78. 78 Matthew 85 babies 8
  79. 79 Nicholas 85 babies 10
  80. 80 Terry 85 babies 1
  81. 81 Bryan 84 babies 5
  82. 82 Kelvin 80 babies 9
  83. 83 Glenn 78 babies 3
  84. 84 Charles 77 babies 10
  85. 85 Derek 77 babies 8
  86. 86 Jonathan 76 babies 2
  87. 87 Scott 72 babies 20
  88. 88 Adrian 71 babies 1
  89. 89 Alexander 70 babies 2
  90. 90 Lindsay 70 babies 8
  91. 91 Darryl 65 babies 10
  92. 92 Owen 65 babies 8
  93. 93 Alistair 64 babies 1
  94. 94 Gerard 64 babies 2
  95. 95 Noel 64 babies 12
  96. 96 Warwick 64 babies 8
  97. 97 Bernard 63 babies 1
  98. 98 Rex 59 babies 6
  99. 99 Carl 58 babies 2
  100. 100 Francis 58 babies 7

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Susan 850 babies =
  2. 2 Karen 708 babies =
  3. 3 Christine 675 babies =
  4. 4 Julie 498 babies 1
  5. 5 Deborah 475 babies 1
  6. 6 Sandra 459 babies 2
  7. 7 Donna 408 babies 8
  8. 8 Jennifer 403 babies 2
  9. 9 Elizabeth 401 babies 2
  10. 10 Wendy 398 babies 1
  11. 11 Sharon 395 babies 6
  12. 12 Joanne 388 babies 8
  13. 13 Linda 372 babies 6
  14. 14 Robyn 363 babies 4
  15. 15 Judith 344 babies 3
  16. 16 Mary 339 babies 2
  17. 17 Helen 333 babies 2
  18. 18 Margaret 320 babies 5
  19. 19 Patricia 307 babies 5
  20. 20 Debra 305 babies 4
  21. 21 Carol 281 babies 6
  22. 22 Barbara 270 babies 1
  23. 23 Denise 268 babies 5
  24. 24 Anne 264 babies 1
  25. 25 Catherine 264 babies 1
  26. 26 Diane 260 babies 2
  27. 27 Lynette 254 babies 5
  28. 28 Heather 253 babies 5
  29. 29 Suzanne 237 babies =
  30. 30 Vicki 227 babies =
  31. 31 Michelle 219 babies 15
  32. 32 Carolyn 216 babies 1
  33. 33 Jane 202 babies 1
  34. 34 Fiona 200 babies 8
  35. 35 Raewyn 193 babies =
  36. 36 Kathryn 183 babies 2
  37. 37 Alison 182 babies =
  38. 38 Janet 180 babies 6
  39. 39 Pamela 177 babies 8
  40. 40 Jacqueline 170 babies 13
  41. 41 Dianne 165 babies 2
  42. 42 Yvonne 162 babies 9
  43. 43 Rosemary 160 babies =
  44. 44 Kathleen 159 babies 1
  45. 45 Janice 155 babies 5
  46. 46 Brenda 151 babies 10
  47. 47 Shirley 149 babies 11
  48. 48 Nicola 148 babies 17
  49. 49 Annette 144 babies 5
  50. 50 Pauline 144 babies 9
  51. 51 Angela 143 babies 15
  52. 52 Kim 140 babies 18
  53. 53 Kerry 137 babies 16
  54. 54 Lorraine 135 babies 6
  55. 55 Jan 134 babies 1
  56. 56 Jillian 134 babies 2
  57. 57 Marie 134 babies 2
  58. 58 Sheryl 129 babies 3
  59. 59 Cheryl 128 babies 13
  60. 60 Andrea 126 babies 19
  61. 61 Ann 123 babies 9
  62. 62 Lynda 121 babies 14
  63. 63 Maree 118 babies 6
  64. 64 Maria 116 babies 12
  65. 65 Gillian 114 babies 6
  66. 66 Kay 112 babies 9
  67. 67 Lesley 109 babies 20
  68. 68 Sally 107 babies 18
  69. 69 Shona 101 babies 5
  70. 70 Frances 100 babies 3
  71. 71 Stephanie 99 babies 6
  72. 72 Caroline 98 babies 13
  73. 73 Louise 97 babies 11
  74. 74 Colleen 96 babies 25
  75. 75 Vivienne 96 babies 13
  76. 76 Gail 95 babies 8
  77. 77 Diana 93 babies 3
  78. 78 Michele 93 babies 4
  79. 79 Bronwyn 92 babies 2
  80. 80 Ruth 92 babies 12
  81. 81 Beverley 90 babies 14
  82. 82 Debbie 89 babies 21
  83. 83 Lynne 88 babies 12
  84. 84 Sarah 87 babies 6
  85. 85 Glenda 86 babies 22
  86. 86 Shelley 86 babies 11
  87. 87 Janine 85 babies 12
  88. 88 Jeanette 85 babies 4
  89. 89 Anna 83 babies 34
  90. 90 Teresa 83 babies 3
  91. 91 Maureen 80 babies 8
  92. 92 Adrienne 77 babies 14
  93. 93 Joy 77 babies 9
  94. 94 Tracey 74 babies 67
  95. 95 Jocelyn 73 babies =
  96. 96 Kaye 71 babies 11
  97. 97 Penelope 70 babies 11
  98. 98 Josephine 69 babies 16
  99. 99 Christina 68 babies 6
  100. 100 Tina 68 babies 20

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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