New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1971

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 Jason 1,298 babies =
  2. 2 Michael 936 babies =
  3. 3 David 896 babies =
  4. 4 Paul 872 babies 1
  5. 5 Andrew 837 babies 1
  6. 6 Craig 788 babies 2
  7. 7 Mark 769 babies 1
  8. 8 Christopher 586 babies 1
  9. 9 Richard 585 babies 1
  10. 10 Aaron 569 babies 14
  11. 11 John 525 babies =
  12. 12 Stephen 517 babies 5
  13. 13 Robert 488 babies 1
  14. 14 Peter 483 babies 2
  15. 15 Matthew 472 babies 2
  16. 16 Shane 446 babies 3
  17. 17 Steven 392 babies 1
  18. 18 James 381 babies 3
  19. 19 Scott 347 babies 2
  20. 20 Anthony 330 babies 1
  21. 21 Grant 321 babies 1
  22. 22 Simon 317 babies 4
  23. 23 Wayne 298 babies 1
  24. 24 Gregory 288 babies 2
  25. 25 Dean 270 babies 2
  26. 26 Brent 249 babies 4
  27. 27 Nicholas 246 babies =
  28. 28 Glenn 241 babies 4
  29. 29 Tony 240 babies 4
  30. 30 William 231 babies 3
  31. 31 Darren 227 babies 3
  32. 32 Nigel 212 babies 4
  33. 33 Timothy 200 babies 2
  34. 34 Justin 196 babies 20
  35. 35 Brendon 195 babies 2
  36. 36 Stuart 194 babies 6
  37. 37 Kevin 192 babies 1
  38. 38 Philip 184 babies 9
  39. 39 Brett 182 babies 1
  40. 40 Jonathan 179 babies 5
  41. 41 Daniel 177 babies 4
  42. 42 Ian 176 babies 3
  43. 43 Jeremy 170 babies 45
  44. 44 Glen 168 babies 3
  45. 45 Phillip 162 babies 7
  46. 46 Blair 161 babies 10
  47. 47 Karl 158 babies 3
  48. 48 Sean 158 babies 1
  49. 49 Hamish 144 babies 8
  50. 50 Geoffrey 142 babies =
  51. 51 Martin 141 babies 8
  52. 52 Gavin 140 babies 19
  53. 53 Carl 139 babies 2
  54. 54 Gary 139 babies 6
  55. 55 Bruce 135 babies 8
  56. 56 Brian 133 babies 10
  57. 57 Warren 133 babies 6
  58. 58 Dion 126 babies =
  59. 59 Ross 125 babies 1
  60. 60 Thomas 125 babies 7
  61. 61 Alan 120 babies 9
  62. 62 Adam 119 babies 4
  63. 63 Joseph 113 babies 21
  64. 64 Antony 112 babies 1
  65. 65 Nathan 112 babies 36
  66. 66 Patrick 110 babies 3
  67. 67 Barry 109 babies 2
  68. 68 Murray 109 babies 6
  69. 69 Adrian 107 babies 3
  70. 70 Brendan 107 babies 6
  71. 71 Graeme 107 babies 12
  72. 72 Jeffrey 107 babies 5
  73. 73 Raymond 106 babies 3
  74. 74 Kerry 104 babies 6
  75. 75 Mathew 103 babies 22
  76. 76 Rodney 103 babies 1
  77. 77 Darryl 99 babies 16
  78. 78 Neil 99 babies 4
  79. 79 Clinton 98 babies 30
  80. 80 Colin 98 babies 19
  81. 81 Edward 96 babies 14
  82. 82 Graham 96 babies 6
  83. 83 Russell 95 babies 5
  84. 84 Benjamin 94 babies 10
  85. 85 Trevor 92 babies 4
  86. 86 Shaun 91 babies 12
  87. 87 Todd 91 babies 4
  88. 88 Cameron 88 babies 12
  89. 89 Roger 86 babies 2
  90. 90 Gareth 85 babies 26
  91. 91 George 84 babies 2
  92. 92 Kelvin 84 babies 2
  93. 93 Marcus 83 babies 11
  94. 94 Lance 81 babies 21
  95. 95 Daryl 80 babies 3
  96. 96 Allan 79 babies 10
  97. 97 Vaughan 77 babies 2
  98. 98 Malcolm 76 babies 18
  99. 99 Douglas 75 babies 14
  100. 100 Alexander 70 babies 2

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Lisa 673 babies =
  2. 2 Michelle 661 babies =
  3. 3 Rachel 581 babies 1
  4. 4 Joanne 567 babies 1
  5. 5 Nicola 467 babies 1
  6. 6 Karen 465 babies 3
  7. 7 Tracey 457 babies =
  8. 8 Angela 414 babies =
  9. 9 Tania 387 babies =
  10. 10 Deborah 338 babies =
  11. 11 Amanda 334 babies 12
  12. 12 Tracy 328 babies 1
  13. 13 Sarah 326 babies =
  14. 14 Kelly 319 babies 76
  15. 15 Kim 305 babies 3
  16. 16 Julie 285 babies 2
  17. 17 Vanessa 275 babies 11
  18. 18 Susan 273 babies 1
  19. 19 Fiona 272 babies 2
  20. 20 Andrea 267 babies =
  21. 21 Donna 264 babies 5
  22. 22 Rebecca 259 babies 9
  23. 23 Catherine 245 babies 1
  24. 24 Rachael 242 babies 19
  25. 25 Sharon 242 babies 10
  26. 26 Jacqueline 231 babies 5
  27. 27 Paula 217 babies 13
  28. 28 Elizabeth 208 babies 5
  29. 29 Melanie 207 babies 24
  30. 30 Christine 206 babies 6
  31. 31 Jennifer 203 babies 1
  32. 32 Wendy 198 babies =
  33. 33 Helen 195 babies 7
  34. 34 Megan 194 babies 2
  35. 35 Suzanne 194 babies 2
  36. 36 Joanna 184 babies 7
  37. 37 Leanne 179 babies 10
  38. 38 Sandra 178 babies 13
  39. 39 Rochelle 175 babies 43
  40. 40 Tina 174 babies 6
  41. 41 Anna 168 babies 6
  42. 42 Jane 168 babies 1
  43. 43 Kathryn 168 babies 1
  44. 44 Melissa 164 babies =
  45. 45 Victoria 164 babies =
  46. 46 Janine 161 babies 11
  47. 47 Katrina 160 babies 2
  48. 48 Maria 156 babies 14
  49. 49 Louise 151 babies 10
  50. 50 Shelley 151 babies 4
  51. 51 Stephanie 140 babies 1
  52. 52 Linda 137 babies 14
  53. 53 Robyn 131 babies 13
  54. 54 Cheryl 126 babies 3
  55. 55 Justine 126 babies 7
  56. 56 Nicole 123 babies 12
  57. 57 Patricia 123 babies 6
  58. 58 Toni 113 babies 1
  59. 59 Carolyn 109 babies 7
  60. 60 Denise 108 babies 21
  61. 61 Teresa 108 babies 5
  62. 62 Mary 106 babies 3
  63. 63 Vicki 104 babies 1
  64. 64 Tanya 103 babies 4
  65. 65 Belinda 101 babies 5
  66. 66 Bronwyn 100 babies 8
  67. 67 Alison 96 babies 1
  68. 68 Caroline 96 babies 1
  69. 69 Heather 94 babies 6
  70. 70 Bridget 93 babies 8
  71. 71 Kirsten 93 babies 30
  72. 72 Emma 91 babies 16
  73. 73 Margaret 90 babies 8
  74. 74 Maree 88 babies 12
  75. 75 Cherie 87 babies 16
  76. 76 Kerry 87 babies 10
  77. 77 Sheryl 86 babies 4
  78. 78 Katherine 85 babies 23
  79. 79 Sonya 85 babies 1
  80. 80 Anne 84 babies 13
  81. 81 Brenda 84 babies 4
  82. 82 Claire 84 babies 14
  83. 83 Debra 84 babies 4
  84. 84 Sally 84 babies 5
  85. 85 Diane 82 babies 24
  86. 86 Annette 81 babies 20
  87. 87 Julia 81 babies 7
  88. 88 Pauline 81 babies 10
  89. 89 Debbie 79 babies 10
  90. 90 Sharlene 79 babies 75
  91. 91 Natasha 77 babies 19
  92. 92 Anita 75 babies 9
  93. 93 Kirsty 75 babies 54
  94. 94 Philippa 75 babies 10
  95. 95 Raewyn 74 babies 19
  96. 96 Carol 70 babies 25
  97. 97 Karyn 69 babies 4
  98. 98 Barbara 68 babies 29
  99. 99 Kathleen 68 babies 3
  100. 100 Penelope 68 babies 1

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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