New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1962

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 1,478 babies =
  2. 2 Michael 1,276 babies 1
  3. 3 Peter 1,122 babies 1
  4. 4 John 1,031 babies =
  5. 5 Mark 945 babies =
  6. 6 Stephen 869 babies =
  7. 7 Paul 810 babies =
  8. 8 Andrew 645 babies 1
  9. 9 Robert 644 babies 1
  10. 10 Christopher 561 babies =
  11. 11 Kevin 535 babies 2
  12. 12 Richard 504 babies 1
  13. 13 Anthony 485 babies 1
  14. 14 Grant 471 babies 5
  15. 15 Wayne 455 babies =
  16. 16 Craig 454 babies 2
  17. 17 Gregory 404 babies =
  18. 18 Ian 394 babies 4
  19. 19 William 385 babies 3
  20. 20 Bruce 366 babies 1
  21. 21 Steven 360 babies 1
  22. 22 James 323 babies =
  23. 23 Gary 317 babies =
  24. 24 Graeme 307 babies 1
  25. 25 Brian 304 babies 2
  26. 26 Murray 302 babies 2
  27. 27 Philip 297 babies 1
  28. 28 Ross 275 babies 1
  29. 29 Alan 273 babies 1
  30. 30 Dean 268 babies 6
  31. 31 Brent 258 babies =
  32. 32 Shane 258 babies 15
  33. 33 Colin 227 babies =
  34. 34 Neil 223 babies 3
  35. 35 Barry 222 babies 1
  36. 36 Geoffrey 220 babies 4
  37. 37 Graham 215 babies 7
  38. 38 Stuart 211 babies 11
  39. 39 Martin 203 babies 4
  40. 40 Timothy 203 babies 11
  41. 41 Simon 201 babies 1
  42. 42 Nigel 190 babies 12
  43. 43 Brett 188 babies 13
  44. 44 Phillip 188 babies 3
  45. 45 Tony 184 babies 5
  46. 46 Allan 183 babies 4
  47. 47 Trevor 178 babies 8
  48. 48 Warren 178 babies 2
  49. 49 Kenneth 171 babies 6
  50. 50 Russell 167 babies 12
  51. 51 Keith 164 babies 6
  52. 52 Raymond 161 babies 8
  53. 53 Thomas 161 babies 1
  54. 54 Patrick 150 babies 4
  55. 55 Kerry 149 babies 4
  56. 56 Donald 147 babies 8
  57. 57 Glenn 147 babies 18
  58. 58 Jeffrey 143 babies 3
  59. 59 Malcolm 143 babies 6
  60. 60 Roger 130 babies 3
  61. 61 Douglas 127 babies 2
  62. 62 Gavin 125 babies =
  63. 63 George 123 babies 3
  64. 64 Matthew 123 babies 16
  65. 65 Nicholas 123 babies 8
  66. 66 Gordon 116 babies 1
  67. 67 Ronald 116 babies 6
  68. 68 Joseph 114 babies 8
  69. 69 Charles 110 babies 1
  70. 70 Scott 108 babies 22
  71. 71 Edward 106 babies 1
  72. 72 Garry 106 babies 8
  73. 73 Bryan 105 babies 6
  74. 74 Daniel 104 babies =
  75. 75 Lance 103 babies 6
  76. 76 Terry 97 babies 15
  77. 77 Adrian 96 babies 6
  78. 78 Neville 94 babies 7
  79. 79 Darryl 92 babies 10
  80. 80 Robin 89 babies 15
  81. 81 Terence 87 babies 13
  82. 82 Jonathan 84 babies =
  83. 83 Derek 83 babies 6
  84. 84 Dennis 81 babies 3
  85. 85 Antony 80 babies 9
  86. 86 Noel 76 babies 13
  87. 87 Gerard 74 babies 11
  88. 88 Lindsay 73 babies 3
  89. 89 Alistair 72 babies 6
  90. 90 Eric 71 babies =
  91. 91 Rodney 71 babies 4
  92. 92 Carl 68 babies 4
  93. 93 Kelvin 67 babies 9
  94. 94 Leslie 66 babies 16
  95. 95 Ricky 63 babies 9
  96. 96 Alexander 61 babies 3
  97. 97 Karl 60 babies 18
  98. 98 Kim 59 babies 4
  99. 99 Stewart 59 babies 6
  100. 100 Dale 57 babies 30

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Susan 729 babies =
  2. 2 Karen 655 babies =
  3. 3 Sandra 568 babies 2
  4. 4 Christine 548 babies 1
  5. 5 Deborah 519 babies 1
  6. 6 Joanne 482 babies =
  7. 7 Julie 480 babies =
  8. 8 Sharon 421 babies 1
  9. 9 Donna 411 babies 1
  10. 10 Robyn 405 babies 2
  11. 11 Wendy 405 babies 1
  12. 12 Linda 404 babies 1
  13. 13 Michelle 399 babies 5
  14. 14 Elizabeth 358 babies 1
  15. 15 Jennifer 336 babies 1
  16. 16 Helen 335 babies 3
  17. 17 Fiona 316 babies 7
  18. 18 Jacqueline 309 babies 1
  19. 19 Catherine 304 babies 4
  20. 20 Judith 278 babies 4
  21. 21 Margaret 267 babies 4
  22. 22 Debra 264 babies 3
  23. 23 Patricia 263 babies 3
  24. 24 Kim 257 babies 16
  25. 25 Mary 245 babies 3
  26. 26 Carol 239 babies 5
  27. 27 Lynette 235 babies 1
  28. 28 Heather 232 babies 1
  29. 29 Nicola 229 babies 5
  30. 30 Suzanne 225 babies 1
  31. 31 Anne 223 babies 3
  32. 32 Vicki 220 babies 4
  33. 33 Diane 219 babies 3
  34. 34 Raewyn 216 babies 1
  35. 35 Carolyn 214 babies 3
  36. 36 Denise 212 babies 9
  37. 37 Jane 210 babies 2
  38. 38 Kathryn 210 babies =
  39. 39 Andrea 198 babies 13
  40. 40 Angela 197 babies 3
  41. 41 Barbara 178 babies 8
  42. 42 Tracey 178 babies 12
  43. 43 Maree 165 babies 23
  44. 44 Dianne 159 babies 2
  45. 45 Alison 157 babies 2
  46. 46 Annette 153 babies =
  47. 47 Brenda 151 babies 1
  48. 48 Leanne 148 babies 27
  49. 49 Kathleen 146 babies 4
  50. 50 Louise 143 babies 10
  51. 51 Pamela 143 babies 7
  52. 52 Tracy 140 babies 28
  53. 53 Bronwyn 138 babies 4
  54. 54 Janet 138 babies 13
  55. 55 Michele 138 babies 4
  56. 56 Jan 135 babies 9
  57. 57 Shelley 132 babies 17
  58. 58 Kerry 131 babies 1
  59. 59 Lynda 131 babies =
  60. 60 Sally 129 babies 13
  61. 61 Gillian 127 babies 4
  62. 62 Janine 122 babies 24
  63. 63 Marie 122 babies 1
  64. 64 Pauline 122 babies 1
  65. 65 Rosemary 120 babies 7
  66. 66 Jillian 117 babies 16
  67. 67 Maria 117 babies 1
  68. 68 Debbie 115 babies 15
  69. 69 Ann 114 babies =
  70. 70 Janice 112 babies 14
  71. 71 Lorraine 112 babies 16
  72. 72 Yvonne 112 babies 11
  73. 73 Tania 110 babies 36
  74. 74 Kay 109 babies 10
  75. 75 Cheryl 108 babies 8
  76. 76 Katherine 107 babies 21
  77. 77 Sarah 105 babies =
  78. 78 Shirley 105 babies 33
  79. 79 Caroline 103 babies 8
  80. 80 Colleen 102 babies 10
  81. 81 Sheryl 101 babies 10
  82. 82 Lesley 97 babies 6
  83. 83 Anna 94 babies 1
  84. 84 Diana 92 babies 6
  85. 85 Vivienne 92 babies 10
  86. 86 Christina 90 babies 7
  87. 87 Frances 89 babies 8
  88. 88 Lisa 89 babies 46
  89. 89 Ruth 86 babies 11
  90. 90 Shona 85 babies 18
  91. 91 Stephanie 84 babies 3
  92. 92 Amanda 82 babies =
  93. 93 Maureen 81 babies 1
  94. 94 Megan 78 babies 10
  95. 95 Gail 77 babies 11
  96. 96 Lynley 77 babies 15
  97. 97 Lynne 75 babies 16
  98. 98 Penelope 72 babies 5
  99. 99 Kaye 70 babies 10
  100. 100 Beverley 69 babies 2

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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