New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1965

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 1,319 babies =
  2. 2 Michael 1,075 babies =
  3. 3 Paul 904 babies 2
  4. 4 Peter 880 babies =
  5. 5 John 857 babies 2
  6. 6 Andrew 838 babies 1
  7. 7 Mark 802 babies 1
  8. 8 Stephen 713 babies =
  9. 9 Robert 593 babies =
  10. 10 Richard 592 babies =
  11. 11 Christopher 487 babies =
  12. 12 Craig 443 babies =
  13. 13 Darren 390 babies 72
  14. 14 James 385 babies 5
  15. 15 Anthony 367 babies 1
  16. 16 Grant 366 babies 3
  17. 17 Wayne 361 babies 2
  18. 18 Shane 357 babies 2
  19. 19 Steven 345 babies 2
  20. 20 Gregory 329 babies 4
  21. 21 Kevin 322 babies 4
  22. 22 Dean 319 babies 3
  23. 23 William 318 babies =
  24. 24 Ian 303 babies 6
  25. 25 Bruce 295 babies 1
  26. 26 Philip 288 babies 4
  27. 27 Brett 257 babies 6
  28. 28 Brian 250 babies =
  29. 29 Gary 239 babies 2
  30. 30 Brent 238 babies 4
  31. 31 Timothy 230 babies 9
  32. 32 Tony 221 babies 4
  33. 33 Simon 213 babies 1
  34. 34 Murray 207 babies 7
  35. 35 Stuart 207 babies 1
  36. 36 Martin 205 babies 2
  37. 37 Ross 201 babies 2
  38. 38 Alan 191 babies 9
  39. 39 Colin 189 babies 2
  40. 40 Graeme 182 babies 10
  41. 41 Nigel 171 babies 3
  42. 42 Phillip 171 babies 5
  43. 43 Warren 167 babies 3
  44. 44 Glenn 164 babies 2
  45. 45 Trevor 163 babies 9
  46. 46 Barry 160 babies 3
  47. 47 Graham 158 babies 8
  48. 48 Neil 151 babies 3
  49. 49 Raymond 148 babies 6
  50. 50 Roger 146 babies 12
  51. 51 Jeffrey 142 babies 2
  52. 52 Allan 141 babies 2
  53. 53 Geoffrey 140 babies 5
  54. 54 Thomas 140 babies 1
  55. 55 Kenneth 136 babies 8
  56. 56 Russell 132 babies 7
  57. 57 Darrin 131 babies 173
  58. 58 Malcolm 131 babies 7
  59. 59 Darryl 129 babies 1
  60. 60 Patrick 123 babies 8
  61. 61 Matthew 122 babies 1
  62. 62 Gavin 118 babies 3
  63. 63 Antony 116 babies 7
  64. 64 Donald 112 babies 3
  65. 65 Kerry 111 babies 3
  66. 66 Nicholas 111 babies 3
  67. 67 Darryn 109 babies 141
  68. 68 George 109 babies 8
  69. 69 Joseph 106 babies 8
  70. 70 Daniel 105 babies 1
  71. 71 Scott 102 babies 7
  72. 72 Douglas 100 babies 15
  73. 73 Lance 97 babies =
  74. 74 Rodney 92 babies 9
  75. 75 Sean 92 babies 2
  76. 76 Adrian 89 babies 13
  77. 77 Shayne 89 babies 3
  78. 78 Edward 88 babies 13
  79. 79 Garry 85 babies 13
  80. 80 Ronald 83 babies 1
  81. 81 Carl 82 babies 16
  82. 82 Glen 82 babies 8
  83. 83 Keith 82 babies 13
  84. 84 Kelvin 82 babies 2
  85. 85 Gordon 79 babies 2
  86. 86 Jonathan 78 babies 14
  87. 87 Charles 75 babies 9
  88. 88 Bryan 71 babies 4
  89. 89 Adam 68 babies 14
  90. 90 Daryl 68 babies 2
  91. 91 Robin 67 babies 3
  92. 92 Karl 66 babies 4
  93. 93 Derek 65 babies 12
  94. 94 Bernard 64 babies 14
  95. 95 Neville 61 babies 9
  96. 96 Dennis 60 babies 15
  97. 97 Eric 60 babies 4
  98. 98 Gerard 60 babies 4
  99. 99 Brendan 59 babies 5
  100. 100 Brendon 59 babies 6

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Karen 560 babies =
  2. 2 Susan 506 babies =
  3. 3 Sandra 452 babies =
  4. 4 Michelle 447 babies 5
  5. 5 Joanne 445 babies 1
  6. 6 Donna 436 babies 2
  7. 7 Deborah 413 babies =
  8. 8 Sharon 393 babies 3
  9. 9 Tania 368 babies 7
  10. 10 Julie 364 babies 6
  11. 11 Christine 354 babies 1
  12. 12 Jacqueline 326 babies 1
  13. 13 Tracey 321 babies 11
  14. 14 Linda 317 babies 4
  15. 15 Wendy 314 babies 3
  16. 16 Helen 312 babies 3
  17. 17 Elizabeth 293 babies 3
  18. 18 Angela 292 babies 3
  19. 19 Nicola 272 babies 11
  20. 20 Fiona 268 babies 3
  21. 21 Kim 265 babies 2
  22. 22 Catherine 263 babies 2
  23. 23 Leanne 263 babies 5
  24. 24 Jennifer 256 babies 9
  25. 25 Robyn 242 babies 6
  26. 26 Denise 226 babies 1
  27. 27 Sarah 217 babies 18
  28. 28 Maria 214 babies 8
  29. 29 Diane 206 babies 4
  30. 30 Jane 206 babies 2
  31. 31 Lisa 201 babies 35
  32. 32 Patricia 201 babies 3
  33. 33 Tracy 199 babies 5
  34. 34 Suzanne 196 babies 12
  35. 35 Andrea 195 babies 4
  36. 36 Heather 192 babies 8
  37. 37 Carol 181 babies 5
  38. 38 Mary 179 babies 12
  39. 39 Carolyn 177 babies 4
  40. 40 Margaret 168 babies 13
  41. 41 Kathryn 167 babies 4
  42. 42 Anne 165 babies 7
  43. 43 Lynette 162 babies 9
  44. 44 Debra 159 babies 3
  45. 45 Judith 157 babies 14
  46. 46 Louise 151 babies 6
  47. 47 Brenda 149 babies 10
  48. 48 Alison 144 babies =
  49. 49 Amanda 141 babies 13
  50. 50 Raewyn 141 babies 4
  51. 51 Vicki 139 babies 11
  52. 52 Janine 133 babies 2
  53. 53 Maree 125 babies 10
  54. 54 Bronwyn 123 babies 5
  55. 55 Paula 123 babies 6
  56. 56 Lynda 121 babies 3
  57. 57 Sally 117 babies 7
  58. 58 Stephanie 115 babies 29
  59. 59 Megan 113 babies 25
  60. 60 Tanya 113 babies 19
  61. 61 Marie 111 babies 11
  62. 62 Annette 108 babies 7
  63. 63 Ann 105 babies 5
  64. 64 Kathleen 105 babies 8
  65. 65 Caroline 103 babies 6
  66. 66 Dianne 102 babies 15
  67. 67 Pauline 101 babies 7
  68. 68 Debbie 99 babies 9
  69. 69 Anna 97 babies 1
  70. 70 Pamela 95 babies 8
  71. 71 Rachel 94 babies 47
  72. 72 Shelley 93 babies 5
  73. 73 Barbara 92 babies 26
  74. 74 Ruth 92 babies 2
  75. 75 Rosemary 91 babies =
  76. 76 Tina 91 babies 13
  77. 77 Katrina 81 babies 53
  78. 78 Jillian 80 babies 20
  79. 79 Jan 79 babies 1
  80. 80 Janet 79 babies 15
  81. 81 Michele 79 babies 4
  82. 82 Kerry 76 babies 13
  83. 83 Sheryl 75 babies 10
  84. 84 Yvonne 75 babies 10
  85. 85 Natalie 74 babies 42
  86. 86 Colleen 73 babies 10
  87. 87 Shona 73 babies 1
  88. 88 Lorraine 72 babies 6
  89. 89 Toni 72 babies 44
  90. 90 Jeanette 71 babies 2
  91. 91 Katherine 70 babies 20
  92. 92 Cherie 69 babies 13
  93. 93 Gillian 68 babies =
  94. 94 Diana 67 babies =
  95. 95 Lynne 67 babies 14
  96. 96 Belinda 65 babies 14
  97. 97 Cheryl 64 babies 25
  98. 98 Kay 64 babies 2
  99. 99 Teresa 64 babies 4
  100. 100 Frances 63 babies 2

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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