New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1968

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 Michael 1,123 babies 1
  2. 2 David 1,119 babies 1
  3. 3 Andrew 964 babies =
  4. 4 Paul 960 babies =
  5. 5 Mark 843 babies =
  6. 6 Christopher 705 babies 6
  7. 7 Peter 681 babies 1
  8. 8 John 667 babies 2
  9. 9 Richard 639 babies 1
  10. 10 Stephen 634 babies 3
  11. 11 Robert 608 babies 2
  12. 12 Shane 581 babies 2
  13. 13 Craig 526 babies 2
  14. 14 Wayne 417 babies 3
  15. 15 James 388 babies 4
  16. 16 Dean 382 babies 3
  17. 17 Grant 380 babies 1
  18. 18 Steven 373 babies 3
  19. 19 Jason 347 babies 9
  20. 20 Anthony 329 babies 2
  21. 21 Gregory 314 babies 2
  22. 22 Brent 308 babies 3
  23. 23 Simon 277 babies 8
  24. 24 William 264 babies 3
  25. 25 Ian 262 babies 1
  26. 26 Kevin 250 babies 6
  27. 27 Brett 245 babies 6
  28. 28 Timothy 234 babies 5
  29. 29 Nigel 229 babies 3
  30. 30 Philip 227 babies =
  31. 31 Tony 226 babies 9
  32. 32 Matthew 220 babies 5
  33. 33 Brian 212 babies 2
  34. 34 Glenn 211 babies 9
  35. 35 Gary 208 babies 6
  36. 36 Scott 207 babies 16
  37. 37 Darren 197 babies 11
  38. 38 Sean 193 babies 8
  39. 39 Phillip 190 babies 9
  40. 40 Bruce 183 babies 4
  41. 41 Nicholas 181 babies 17
  42. 42 Alan 177 babies 8
  43. 43 Stuart 169 babies 4
  44. 44 Martin 167 babies 6
  45. 45 Shaun 166 babies 41
  46. 46 Ross 165 babies 3
  47. 47 Graeme 162 babies 3
  48. 48 Aaron 161 babies 26
  49. 49 Colin 159 babies 1
  50. 50 Murray 159 babies 9
  51. 51 Geoffrey 155 babies 4
  52. 52 Rodney 155 babies 10
  53. 53 Warren 154 babies 13
  54. 54 Gavin 147 babies 2
  55. 55 Patrick 143 babies 10
  56. 56 Allan 132 babies 3
  57. 57 Jeffrey 130 babies =
  58. 58 Jonathan 129 babies 13
  59. 59 Trevor 128 babies 3
  60. 60 Barry 123 babies 4
  61. 61 Daniel 123 babies 9
  62. 62 Raymond 120 babies 1
  63. 63 Glen 119 babies 10
  64. 64 Thomas 119 babies 11
  65. 65 Joseph 115 babies 13
  66. 66 Adrian 114 babies 1
  67. 67 Brendon 114 babies 26
  68. 68 Kerry 111 babies =
  69. 69 Carl 110 babies 2
  70. 70 Neil 110 babies 19
  71. 71 Todd 108 babies 12
  72. 72 Antony 107 babies 6
  73. 73 Karl 107 babies 2
  74. 74 Graham 106 babies 20
  75. 75 Roger 105 babies 6
  76. 76 Edward 102 babies 16
  77. 77 Russell 98 babies 16
  78. 78 Kelvin 97 babies 13
  79. 79 Douglas 96 babies 2
  80. 80 Kenneth 95 babies 25
  81. 81 Derek 94 babies 3
  82. 82 Malcolm 89 babies 10
  83. 83 Hamish 86 babies 4
  84. 84 Brendan 83 babies 8
  85. 85 Adam 80 babies 6
  86. 86 Lance 78 babies 4
  87. 87 George 77 babies 7
  88. 88 Blair 75 babies 14
  89. 89 Donald 74 babies 7
  90. 90 Bryan 73 babies 5
  91. 91 Darryl 73 babies 15
  92. 92 Terry 67 babies 3
  93. 93 Jeremy 66 babies 14
  94. 94 Justin 66 babies 36
  95. 95 Daryl 64 babies 2
  96. 96 Robin 62 babies 23
  97. 97 Dion 61 babies 3
  98. 98 Ronald 61 babies 3
  99. 99 Samuel 58 babies 1
  100. 100 Garry 56 babies 16

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Lisa 760 babies 1
  2. 2 Karen 624 babies 1
  3. 3 Michelle 550 babies =
  4. 4 Tania 455 babies 2
  5. 5 Kim 434 babies 4
  6. 6 Joanne 420 babies 6
  7. 7 Nicola 420 babies 3
  8. 8 Angela 410 babies 1
  9. 9 Deborah 395 babies 5
  10. 10 Tracey 393 babies 2
  11. 11 Susan 364 babies 6
  12. 12 Donna 358 babies 1
  13. 13 Sharon 339 babies 3
  14. 14 Julie 328 babies 1
  15. 15 Christine 325 babies 2
  16. 16 Helen 310 babies 2
  17. 17 Sandra 305 babies 6
  18. 18 Jacqueline 299 babies 1
  19. 19 Andrea 266 babies 10
  20. 20 Sarah 262 babies 6
  21. 21 Fiona 252 babies 3
  22. 22 Leanne 251 babies 6
  23. 23 Elizabeth 239 babies =
  24. 24 Paula 236 babies 11
  25. 25 Catherine 233 babies 3
  26. 26 Wendy 232 babies 6
  27. 27 Megan 222 babies 25
  28. 28 Jennifer 219 babies 4
  29. 29 Jane 204 babies 1
  30. 30 Tracy 200 babies 3
  31. 31 Maria 198 babies 10
  32. 32 Robyn 189 babies 1
  33. 33 Amanda 177 babies 1
  34. 34 Linda 177 babies 9
  35. 35 Janine 175 babies 9
  36. 36 Louise 170 babies 2
  37. 37 Kathryn 167 babies 3
  38. 38 Patricia 163 babies 1
  39. 39 Tina 161 babies 8
  40. 40 Rachel 158 babies 8
  41. 41 Tanya 154 babies 18
  42. 42 Maree 149 babies 3
  43. 43 Suzanne 147 babies 3
  44. 44 Alison 142 babies 11
  45. 45 Anna 141 babies 8
  46. 46 Denise 139 babies 10
  47. 47 Mary 137 babies 4
  48. 48 Vicki 134 babies 6
  49. 49 Vanessa 133 babies 34
  50. 50 Brenda 128 babies 9
  51. 51 Diane 127 babies 14
  52. 52 Katrina 127 babies 16
  53. 53 Raewyn 126 babies 2
  54. 54 Heather 125 babies 8
  55. 55 Carol 124 babies 6
  56. 56 Anne 121 babies 6
  57. 57 Bronwyn 121 babies 6
  58. 58 Margaret 118 babies 16
  59. 59 Justine 117 babies 19
  60. 60 Joanna 115 babies 55
  61. 61 Toni 115 babies 16
  62. 62 Stephanie 111 babies =
  63. 63 Carolyn 108 babies 8
  64. 64 Lynette 108 babies =
  65. 65 Shelley 107 babies 8
  66. 66 Debra 103 babies 10
  67. 67 Annette 102 babies 1
  68. 68 Katherine 102 babies 8
  69. 69 Rebecca 102 babies 18
  70. 70 Caroline 101 babies 10
  71. 71 Pauline 100 babies 6
  72. 72 Debbie 99 babies 2
  73. 73 Lynda 99 babies 2
  74. 74 Sally 97 babies 7
  75. 75 Claire 91 babies 3
  76. 76 Teresa 90 babies 5
  77. 77 Sonya 89 babies 23
  78. 78 Melanie 88 babies 13
  79. 79 Pamela 88 babies 10
  80. 80 Barbara 87 babies 19
  81. 81 Melissa 87 babies 5
  82. 82 Judith 84 babies 24
  83. 83 Victoria 84 babies 24
  84. 84 Cherie 83 babies =
  85. 85 Marie 81 babies 28
  86. 86 Ruth 81 babies 9
  87. 87 Dianne 80 babies 3
  88. 88 Kathleen 80 babies 21
  89. 89 Kerry 76 babies 4
  90. 90 Natalie 75 babies 16
  91. 91 Philippa 75 babies 1
  92. 92 Ann 72 babies 6
  93. 93 Bridget 72 babies 1
  94. 94 Anita 71 babies 9
  95. 95 Christina 70 babies 48
  96. 96 Sheryl 69 babies 23
  97. 97 Yvonne 67 babies 4
  98. 98 Jan 65 babies 2
  99. 99 Kirsten 65 babies 7
  100. 100 Karyn 62 babies 2

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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