New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1963

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 1,513 babies =
  2. 2 Michael 1,254 babies =
  3. 3 John 1,071 babies 1
  4. 4 Peter 1,030 babies 1
  5. 5 Mark 902 babies =
  6. 6 Paul 891 babies 1
  7. 7 Stephen 821 babies 1
  8. 8 Andrew 755 babies =
  9. 9 Robert 723 babies =
  10. 10 Richard 579 babies 2
  11. 11 Christopher 571 babies 1
  12. 12 Craig 487 babies 4
  13. 13 Kevin 465 babies 2
  14. 14 Anthony 462 babies 1
  15. 15 Wayne 417 babies =
  16. 16 Gregory 410 babies 1
  17. 17 Grant 405 babies 3
  18. 18 Ian 389 babies =
  19. 19 James 381 babies 3
  20. 20 Philip 347 babies 7
  21. 21 William 347 babies 2
  22. 22 Steven 341 babies 1
  23. 23 Bruce 322 babies 3
  24. 24 Brian 305 babies 1
  25. 25 Murray 298 babies 1
  26. 26 Gary 297 babies 3
  27. 27 Shane 286 babies 5
  28. 28 Brent 285 babies 3
  29. 29 Dean 262 babies 1
  30. 30 Alan 256 babies 1
  31. 31 Graeme 255 babies 7
  32. 32 Ross 246 babies 4
  33. 33 Tony 231 babies 12
  34. 34 Martin 226 babies 5
  35. 35 Timothy 223 babies 5
  36. 36 Warren 219 babies 12
  37. 37 Neil 212 babies 3
  38. 38 Colin 210 babies 5
  39. 39 Brett 209 babies 4
  40. 40 Glenn 209 babies 17
  41. 41 Graham 209 babies 4
  42. 42 Simon 206 babies 1
  43. 43 Phillip 201 babies 1
  44. 44 Geoffrey 200 babies 8
  45. 45 Barry 191 babies 10
  46. 46 Nigel 188 babies 4
  47. 47 Trevor 180 babies =
  48. 48 Stuart 177 babies 10
  49. 49 Thomas 176 babies 4
  50. 50 Raymond 175 babies 2
  51. 51 Allan 174 babies 5
  52. 52 Russell 166 babies 2
  53. 53 Roger 157 babies 7
  54. 54 Kenneth 155 babies 5
  55. 55 Donald 151 babies 1
  56. 56 Jeffrey 147 babies 2
  57. 57 Keith 134 babies 6
  58. 58 Darryl 132 babies 21
  59. 59 Edward 132 babies 12
  60. 60 Lance 130 babies 15
  61. 61 Gavin 128 babies 1
  62. 62 Patrick 128 babies 8
  63. 63 Joseph 126 babies 5
  64. 64 Douglas 124 babies 3
  65. 65 Nicholas 121 babies =
  66. 66 Matthew 117 babies 2
  67. 67 Malcolm 113 babies 8
  68. 68 Ronald 110 babies 1
  69. 69 Scott 107 babies 1
  70. 70 Terence 105 babies 11
  71. 71 Garry 104 babies 1
  72. 72 George 100 babies 9
  73. 73 Kerry 100 babies 18
  74. 74 Jonathan 94 babies 8
  75. 75 Daniel 92 babies 1
  76. 76 Gordon 92 babies 10
  77. 77 Neville 92 babies 1
  78. 78 Bryan 91 babies 5
  79. 79 Charles 87 babies 10
  80. 80 Derek 87 babies 3
  81. 81 Antony 86 babies 4
  82. 82 Kelvin 79 babies 11
  83. 83 Carl 76 babies 9
  84. 84 Dennis 75 babies =
  85. 85 Rodney 74 babies 6
  86. 86 Adrian 71 babies 9
  87. 87 Alexander 71 babies 9
  88. 88 Robin 71 babies 8
  89. 89 Terry 71 babies 13
  90. 90 Eric 70 babies =
  91. 91 Glen 68 babies 33
  92. 92 Lindsay 68 babies 4
  93. 93 Leslie 67 babies 1
  94. 94 Noel 66 babies 8
  95. 95 Sean 65 babies 16
  96. 96 Karl 63 babies 1
  97. 97 Ricky 62 babies 2
  98. 98 Bernard 61 babies 8
  99. 99 Henry 59 babies 2
  100. 100 Stewart 56 babies 1

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Susan 742 babies =
  2. 2 Karen 688 babies =
  3. 3 Sandra 574 babies =
  4. 4 Christine 497 babies =
  5. 5 Deborah 462 babies =
  6. 6 Julie 447 babies 1
  7. 7 Sharon 445 babies 1
  8. 8 Linda 408 babies 4
  9. 9 Donna 401 babies =
  10. 10 Wendy 399 babies 1
  11. 11 Joanne 395 babies 5
  12. 12 Michelle 391 babies 1
  13. 13 Jennifer 380 babies 2
  14. 14 Helen 336 babies 2
  15. 15 Robyn 333 babies 5
  16. 16 Catherine 298 babies 3
  17. 17 Fiona 292 babies =
  18. 18 Elizabeth 287 babies 4
  19. 19 Tania 286 babies 54
  20. 20 Jacqueline 276 babies 2
  21. 21 Patricia 265 babies 2
  22. 22 Mary 260 babies 3
  23. 23 Nicola 247 babies 6
  24. 24 Suzanne 245 babies 6
  25. 25 Margaret 243 babies 4
  26. 26 Debra 242 babies 4
  27. 27 Angela 238 babies 13
  28. 28 Tracey 237 babies 14
  29. 29 Anne 222 babies 2
  30. 30 Kim 221 babies 6
  31. 31 Heather 219 babies 3
  32. 32 Denise 217 babies 4
  33. 33 Diane 212 babies =
  34. 34 Judith 208 babies 14
  35. 35 Lynette 207 babies 8
  36. 36 Vicki 205 babies 4
  37. 37 Carol 204 babies 11
  38. 38 Jane 204 babies 1
  39. 39 Andrea 193 babies =
  40. 40 Raewyn 192 babies 6
  41. 41 Carolyn 178 babies 6
  42. 42 Kathryn 178 babies 4
  43. 43 Tracy 176 babies 9
  44. 44 Barbara 171 babies 3
  45. 45 Leanne 162 babies 3
  46. 46 Maria 162 babies 21
  47. 47 Pauline 156 babies 17
  48. 48 Alison 147 babies 3
  49. 49 Brenda 147 babies 2
  50. 50 Maree 146 babies 7
  51. 51 Janet 145 babies 3
  52. 52 Kathleen 143 babies 3
  53. 53 Amanda 138 babies 39
  54. 54 Janine 136 babies 8
  55. 55 Dianne 135 babies 11
  56. 56 Bronwyn 131 babies 3
  57. 57 Sarah 131 babies 20
  58. 58 Annette 129 babies 12
  59. 59 Michele 128 babies 4
  60. 60 Louise 127 babies 10
  61. 61 Jan 126 babies 5
  62. 62 Jillian 124 babies 4
  63. 63 Marie 122 babies =
  64. 64 Sally 122 babies 4
  65. 65 Shelley 120 babies 8
  66. 66 Rosemary 119 babies 1
  67. 67 Yvonne 118 babies 5
  68. 68 Lynda 116 babies 9
  69. 69 Paula 116 babies 42
  70. 70 Ann 111 babies 1
  71. 71 Kerry 110 babies 13
  72. 72 Pamela 110 babies 21
  73. 73 Lisa 106 babies 15
  74. 74 Shirley 106 babies 4
  75. 75 Lesley 104 babies 7
  76. 76 Anna 103 babies 7
  77. 77 Cheryl 102 babies 2
  78. 78 Sheryl 101 babies 3
  79. 79 Lorraine 99 babies 8
  80. 80 Christina 98 babies 6
  81. 81 Gillian 98 babies 20
  82. 82 Caroline 96 babies 3
  83. 83 Debbie 95 babies 15
  84. 84 Colleen 94 babies 4
  85. 85 Janice 93 babies 15
  86. 86 Ruth 90 babies 3
  87. 87 Teresa 86 babies 15
  88. 88 Kay 83 babies 14
  89. 89 Shona 83 babies 1
  90. 90 Gaylene 82 babies 53
  91. 91 Stephanie 82 babies =
  92. 92 Katherine 81 babies 16
  93. 93 Lynne 80 babies 4
  94. 94 Diana 78 babies 10
  95. 95 Vivienne 78 babies 10
  96. 96 Jeanette 72 babies 12
  97. 97 Gail 70 babies 2
  98. 98 Maureen 70 babies 5
  99. 99 Beverley 69 babies 1
  100. 100 Megan 69 babies 6

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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