New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1964

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 1,356 babies =
  2. 2 Michael 1,176 babies =
  3. 3 John 1,048 babies =
  4. 4 Peter 986 babies =
  5. 5 Paul 900 babies 1
  6. 6 Mark 880 babies 1
  7. 7 Andrew 833 babies 1
  8. 8 Stephen 757 babies 1
  9. 9 Robert 680 babies =
  10. 10 Richard 573 babies =
  11. 11 Christopher 550 babies =
  12. 12 Craig 519 babies =
  13. 13 Grant 448 babies 4
  14. 14 Anthony 432 babies =
  15. 15 Wayne 402 babies =
  16. 16 Gregory 394 babies =
  17. 17 Kevin 394 babies 4
  18. 18 Ian 365 babies =
  19. 19 James 358 babies =
  20. 20 Shane 355 babies 7
  21. 21 Steven 348 babies 1
  22. 22 Philip 316 babies 2
  23. 23 William 312 babies 2
  24. 24 Bruce 282 babies 1
  25. 25 Dean 276 babies 4
  26. 26 Brent 261 babies 2
  27. 27 Murray 258 babies 2
  28. 28 Brian 257 babies 4
  29. 29 Alan 246 babies 1
  30. 30 Graeme 240 babies 1
  31. 31 Gary 237 babies 5
  32. 32 Simon 231 babies 10
  33. 33 Brett 222 babies 6
  34. 34 Stuart 209 babies 14
  35. 35 Ross 206 babies 3
  36. 36 Tony 206 babies 3
  37. 37 Phillip 204 babies 6
  38. 38 Martin 201 babies 4
  39. 39 Graham 196 babies 2
  40. 40 Timothy 195 babies 5
  41. 41 Colin 193 babies 3
  42. 42 Glenn 186 babies 2
  43. 43 Barry 181 babies 2
  44. 44 Nigel 172 babies 2
  45. 45 Neil 167 babies 8
  46. 46 Warren 164 babies 10
  47. 47 Kenneth 163 babies 7
  48. 48 Geoffrey 158 babies 4
  49. 49 Jeffrey 157 babies 7
  50. 50 Allan 156 babies 1
  51. 51 Malcolm 155 babies 16
  52. 52 Patrick 155 babies 10
  53. 53 Thomas 154 babies 4
  54. 54 Trevor 143 babies 7
  55. 55 Raymond 142 babies 5
  56. 56 Antony 136 babies 25
  57. 57 Douglas 135 babies 7
  58. 58 Darryl 132 babies =
  59. 59 Gavin 132 babies 2
  60. 60 Matthew 132 babies 6
  61. 61 Joseph 131 babies 2
  62. 62 Roger 130 babies 9
  63. 63 Russell 130 babies 11
  64. 64 Scott 129 babies 5
  65. 65 Edward 117 babies 6
  66. 66 Garry 117 babies 5
  67. 67 Donald 116 babies 12
  68. 68 Kerry 113 babies 5
  69. 69 Nicholas 106 babies 4
  70. 70 Keith 103 babies 13
  71. 71 Daniel 99 babies 4
  72. 72 Jonathan 99 babies 2
  73. 73 Lance 99 babies 13
  74. 74 Glen 97 babies 17
  75. 75 Terence 95 babies 5
  76. 76 George 93 babies 4
  77. 77 Sean 87 babies 18
  78. 78 Charles 86 babies 1
  79. 79 Ronald 84 babies 11
  80. 80 Shayne 81 babies 38
  81. 81 Derek 80 babies 1
  82. 82 Kelvin 80 babies =
  83. 83 Rodney 78 babies 2
  84. 84 Bryan 74 babies 6
  85. 85 Darren 74 babies 20
  86. 86 Neville 74 babies 9
  87. 87 Gordon 73 babies 11
  88. 88 Robin 73 babies =
  89. 89 Adrian 71 babies 3
  90. 90 Leslie 71 babies 3
  91. 91 Terry 69 babies 2
  92. 92 Daryl 67 babies 29
  93. 93 Francis 65 babies 15
  94. 94 Brendon 61 babies 13
  95. 95 Hamish 61 babies 16
  96. 96 Karl 61 babies =
  97. 97 Carl 60 babies 14
  98. 98 Alexander 58 babies 11
  99. 99 Alistair 58 babies 5
  100. 100 Stewart 58 babies =

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Karen 641 babies 1
  2. 2 Susan 596 babies 1
  3. 3 Sandra 524 babies =
  4. 4 Julie 425 babies 2
  5. 5 Sharon 422 babies 2
  6. 6 Joanne 418 babies 5
  7. 7 Deborah 398 babies 2
  8. 8 Donna 395 babies 1
  9. 9 Michelle 383 babies 3
  10. 10 Christine 376 babies 6
  11. 11 Jacqueline 365 babies 9
  12. 12 Wendy 363 babies 2
  13. 13 Helen 333 babies 1
  14. 14 Elizabeth 330 babies 4
  15. 15 Jennifer 321 babies 2
  16. 16 Tania 317 babies 3
  17. 17 Fiona 311 babies =
  18. 18 Linda 298 babies 10
  19. 19 Robyn 291 babies 4
  20. 20 Catherine 290 babies 4
  21. 21 Angela 284 babies 6
  22. 22 Suzanne 271 babies 2
  23. 23 Kim 265 babies 7
  24. 24 Tracey 257 babies 4
  25. 25 Denise 251 babies 7
  26. 26 Mary 250 babies 4
  27. 27 Margaret 248 babies 2
  28. 28 Leanne 237 babies 17
  29. 29 Patricia 227 babies 8
  30. 30 Nicola 221 babies 7
  31. 31 Judith 213 babies 3
  32. 32 Jane 205 babies 6
  33. 33 Diane 204 babies =
  34. 34 Lynette 196 babies 1
  35. 35 Anne 195 babies 6
  36. 36 Maria 194 babies 10
  37. 37 Kathryn 183 babies 5
  38. 38 Tracy 183 babies 5
  39. 39 Andrea 181 babies =
  40. 40 Vicki 181 babies 4
  41. 41 Debra 179 babies 15
  42. 42 Carol 170 babies 5
  43. 43 Carolyn 168 babies 2
  44. 44 Heather 168 babies 13
  45. 45 Sarah 167 babies 12
  46. 46 Raewyn 158 babies 6
  47. 47 Barbara 153 babies 3
  48. 48 Alison 150 babies =
  49. 49 Bronwyn 140 babies 7
  50. 50 Marie 137 babies 13
  51. 51 Dianne 135 babies 4
  52. 52 Louise 134 babies 8
  53. 53 Lynda 134 babies 15
  54. 54 Janine 132 babies =
  55. 55 Annette 131 babies 3
  56. 56 Kathleen 130 babies 4
  57. 57 Brenda 127 babies 8
  58. 58 Jillian 125 babies 4
  59. 59 Caroline 124 babies 23
  60. 60 Pauline 124 babies 13
  61. 61 Paula 122 babies 8
  62. 62 Amanda 121 babies 9
  63. 63 Maree 119 babies 13
  64. 64 Sally 118 babies =
  65. 65 Janet 113 babies 14
  66. 66 Lisa 109 babies 7
  67. 67 Shelley 108 babies 2
  68. 68 Ann 104 babies 2
  69. 69 Kerry 100 babies 2
  70. 70 Anna 98 babies 6
  71. 71 Katherine 98 babies 21
  72. 72 Cheryl 97 babies 5
  73. 73 Sheryl 96 babies 5
  74. 74 Yvonne 96 babies 7
  75. 75 Rosemary 92 babies 9
  76. 76 Ruth 92 babies 10
  77. 77 Debbie 89 babies 6
  78. 78 Pamela 88 babies 6
  79. 79 Tanya 88 babies 57
  80. 80 Jan 86 babies 19
  81. 81 Lynne 84 babies 12
  82. 82 Lorraine 82 babies 3
  83. 83 Shirley 82 babies 9
  84. 84 Megan 81 babies 16
  85. 85 Michele 81 babies 26
  86. 86 Shona 81 babies 3
  87. 87 Stephanie 81 babies 4
  88. 88 Lynley 80 babies 42
  89. 89 Tina 80 babies 15
  90. 90 Lesley 79 babies 15
  91. 91 Janice 78 babies 6
  92. 92 Jeanette 76 babies 4
  93. 93 Gillian 75 babies 12
  94. 94 Diana 73 babies =
  95. 95 Teresa 72 babies 8
  96. 96 Colleen 70 babies 12
  97. 97 Maureen 70 babies 1
  98. 98 Frances 69 babies 7
  99. 99 Claire 68 babies 13
  100. 100 Kay 68 babies 12

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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