New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1961

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 1,353 babies =
  2. 2 Peter 1,214 babies =
  3. 3 Michael 1,181 babies =
  4. 4 John 1,145 babies =
  5. 5 Mark 1,017 babies 1
  6. 6 Stephen 910 babies 1
  7. 7 Paul 785 babies =
  8. 8 Robert 736 babies =
  9. 9 Andrew 674 babies 9
  10. 10 Christopher 545 babies 1
  11. 11 Richard 544 babies 1
  12. 12 Anthony 533 babies 1
  13. 13 Kevin 513 babies 3
  14. 14 Ian 453 babies 1
  15. 15 Wayne 436 babies 2
  16. 16 William 407 babies 1
  17. 17 Gregory 403 babies 1
  18. 18 Craig 378 babies 4
  19. 19 Grant 373 babies =
  20. 20 Steven 370 babies 3
  21. 21 Bruce 352 babies =
  22. 22 James 352 babies 2
  23. 23 Gary 329 babies 6
  24. 24 Murray 325 babies =
  25. 25 Graeme 323 babies 1
  26. 26 Philip 306 babies 1
  27. 27 Brian 301 babies 5
  28. 28 Alan 293 babies =
  29. 29 Ross 287 babies 2
  30. 30 Graham 262 babies 1
  31. 31 Brent 257 babies 16
  32. 32 Geoffrey 245 babies 1
  33. 33 Colin 244 babies 3
  34. 34 Barry 235 babies 2
  35. 35 Martin 228 babies =
  36. 36 Dean 222 babies 30
  37. 37 Neil 217 babies 3
  38. 38 Russell 214 babies 2
  39. 39 Trevor 204 babies 3
  40. 40 Simon 197 babies 10
  41. 41 Phillip 193 babies =
  42. 42 Allan 191 babies 4
  43. 43 Kenneth 190 babies 6
  44. 44 Raymond 186 babies 5
  45. 45 Keith 185 babies 6
  46. 46 Warren 176 babies 2
  47. 47 Shane 173 babies 15
  48. 48 Donald 169 babies 2
  49. 49 Stuart 168 babies =
  50. 50 Tony 167 babies 5
  51. 51 Timothy 166 babies 9
  52. 52 Thomas 165 babies 9
  53. 53 Malcolm 163 babies 5
  54. 54 Nigel 159 babies 2
  55. 55 Jeffrey 155 babies 1
  56. 56 Brett 153 babies =
  57. 57 Roger 147 babies 9
  58. 58 Patrick 145 babies 2
  59. 59 Kerry 140 babies 5
  60. 60 Joseph 138 babies 10
  61. 61 Ronald 135 babies 2
  62. 62 Gavin 131 babies 5
  63. 63 Douglas 128 babies 8
  64. 64 Garry 128 babies 11
  65. 65 Robin 121 babies =
  66. 66 George 119 babies 5
  67. 67 Gordon 118 babies 1
  68. 68 Terence 116 babies 3
  69. 69 Lance 115 babies 4
  70. 70 Charles 113 babies 14
  71. 71 Neville 111 babies 4
  72. 72 Edward 109 babies 9
  73. 73 Nicholas 104 babies 6
  74. 74 Daniel 103 babies 1
  75. 75 Glenn 101 babies 8
  76. 76 Antony 100 babies 2
  77. 77 Derek 99 babies 8
  78. 78 Leslie 98 babies 1
  79. 79 Bryan 93 babies 2
  80. 80 Matthew 93 babies 2
  81. 81 Dennis 89 babies 5
  82. 82 Jonathan 87 babies 4
  83. 83 Adrian 79 babies 5
  84. 84 Kelvin 78 babies 2
  85. 85 Lindsay 78 babies 5
  86. 86 Bernard 75 babies 11
  87. 87 Rodney 75 babies 18
  88. 88 Carl 74 babies 11
  89. 89 Darryl 72 babies 2
  90. 90 Eric 71 babies 18
  91. 91 Terry 70 babies 11
  92. 92 Scott 67 babies 5
  93. 93 Alexander 66 babies 4
  94. 94 Kim 66 babies 18
  95. 95 Alistair 61 babies 2
  96. 96 Arthur 61 babies 5
  97. 97 Henry 61 babies 5
  98. 98 Gerard 57 babies 4
  99. 99 Noel 57 babies 4
  100. 100 Warwick 57 babies 4

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Susan 767 babies =
  2. 2 Karen 717 babies =
  3. 3 Christine 613 babies =
  4. 4 Deborah 543 babies 1
  5. 5 Sandra 502 babies 1
  6. 6 Joanne 493 babies 6
  7. 7 Julie 479 babies 3
  8. 8 Donna 440 babies 1
  9. 9 Sharon 439 babies 2
  10. 10 Wendy 411 babies =
  11. 11 Linda 398 babies 2
  12. 12 Robyn 392 babies 2
  13. 13 Helen 387 babies 4
  14. 14 Jennifer 381 babies 6
  15. 15 Elizabeth 363 babies 6
  16. 16 Judith 322 babies 1
  17. 17 Margaret 320 babies 1
  18. 18 Michelle 316 babies 13
  19. 19 Jacqueline 300 babies 21
  20. 20 Patricia 294 babies 1
  21. 21 Carol 292 babies =
  22. 22 Mary 285 babies 6
  23. 23 Catherine 274 babies 2
  24. 24 Fiona 274 babies 10
  25. 25 Debra 270 babies 5
  26. 26 Lynette 269 babies 1
  27. 27 Denise 250 babies 4
  28. 28 Anne 249 babies 4
  29. 29 Heather 235 babies 1
  30. 30 Diane 233 babies 4
  31. 31 Suzanne 232 babies 2
  32. 32 Carolyn 226 babies =
  33. 33 Barbara 225 babies 11
  34. 34 Nicola 219 babies 14
  35. 35 Raewyn 219 babies =
  36. 36 Vicki 211 babies 6
  37. 37 Angela 201 babies 14
  38. 38 Kathryn 193 babies 2
  39. 39 Jane 186 babies 6
  40. 40 Kim 180 babies 12
  41. 41 Janet 176 babies 3
  42. 42 Dianne 172 babies 1
  43. 43 Alison 163 babies 6
  44. 44 Pamela 162 babies 5
  45. 45 Shirley 162 babies 2
  46. 46 Annette 161 babies 3
  47. 47 Jan 154 babies 8
  48. 48 Brenda 152 babies 2
  49. 49 Bronwyn 149 babies 30
  50. 50 Jillian 148 babies 6
  51. 51 Michele 148 babies 27
  52. 52 Andrea 146 babies 8
  53. 53 Kathleen 146 babies 9
  54. 54 Tracey 142 babies 40
  55. 55 Lorraine 138 babies 1
  56. 56 Janice 134 babies 11
  57. 57 Kerry 134 babies 4
  58. 58 Rosemary 132 babies 15
  59. 59 Lynda 131 babies 3
  60. 60 Louise 127 babies 13
  61. 61 Yvonne 127 babies 19
  62. 62 Marie 126 babies 5
  63. 63 Pauline 126 babies 13
  64. 64 Kay 123 babies 2
  65. 65 Gillian 122 babies =
  66. 66 Maree 118 babies 3
  67. 67 Cheryl 117 babies 8
  68. 68 Maria 116 babies 4
  69. 69 Ann 114 babies 8
  70. 70 Colleen 113 babies 4
  71. 71 Sheryl 113 babies 13
  72. 72 Shona 112 babies 3
  73. 73 Sally 111 babies 5
  74. 74 Shelley 111 babies 12
  75. 75 Leanne 110 babies 38
  76. 76 Lesley 109 babies 9
  77. 77 Sarah 108 babies 7
  78. 78 Ruth 98 babies 2
  79. 79 Frances 96 babies 9
  80. 80 Tracy 95 babies 56
  81. 81 Lynne 93 babies 2
  82. 82 Anna 92 babies 7
  83. 83 Debbie 92 babies 1
  84. 84 Gail 92 babies 8
  85. 85 Adrienne 90 babies 7
  86. 86 Janine 90 babies 1
  87. 87 Caroline 88 babies 15
  88. 88 Stephanie 88 babies 17
  89. 89 Kaye 86 babies 7
  90. 90 Diana 83 babies 13
  91. 91 Teresa 83 babies 1
  92. 92 Amanda 82 babies 27
  93. 93 Christina 81 babies 6
  94. 94 Maureen 81 babies 3
  95. 95 Vivienne 81 babies 20
  96. 96 Glenda 80 babies 11
  97. 97 Katherine 79 babies 4
  98. 98 Beverley 76 babies 17
  99. 99 Jeanette 76 babies 11
  100. 100 Philippa 76 babies 14

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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