New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1973

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 921 babies 1
  2. 2 Jason 788 babies 1
  3. 3 Andrew 734 babies 1
  4. 4 David 709 babies 1
  5. 5 Mark 704 babies 2
  6. 6 Paul 682 babies 1
  7. 7 Craig 655 babies 1
  8. 8 Matthew 613 babies 3
  9. 9 Christopher 545 babies =
  10. 10 Richard 529 babies =
  11. 11 Aaron 521 babies 3
  12. 12 Robert 453 babies =
  13. 13 Stephen 431 babies 1
  14. 14 John 424 babies 1
  15. 15 James 394 babies 4
  16. 16 Simon 385 babies 1
  17. 17 Daniel 380 babies 11
  18. 18 Shane 370 babies =
  19. 19 Scott 362 babies 4
  20. 20 Peter 325 babies 4
  21. 21 Nicholas 317 babies 2
  22. 22 Steven 295 babies 2
  23. 23 Anthony 252 babies 2
  24. 24 Grant 247 babies 2
  25. 25 Justin 234 babies 1
  26. 26 Dean 218 babies 11
  27. 27 Wayne 215 babies 2
  28. 28 William 215 babies 1
  29. 29 Gregory 210 babies 5
  30. 30 Glenn 205 babies 3
  31. 31 Brendon 199 babies 4
  32. 32 Jonathan 195 babies 7
  33. 33 Karl 195 babies 8
  34. 34 Jeremy 192 babies 10
  35. 35 Timothy 192 babies 8
  36. 36 Brent 191 babies 5
  37. 37 Tony 182 babies 7
  38. 38 Nathan 177 babies 7
  39. 39 Hamish 173 babies 9
  40. 40 Kevin 170 babies 2
  41. 41 Darren 168 babies 9
  42. 42 Adam 167 babies 7
  43. 43 Nigel 164 babies 5
  44. 44 Phillip 160 babies 2
  45. 45 Philip 157 babies 9
  46. 46 Shaun 157 babies 18
  47. 47 Stuart 153 babies =
  48. 48 Gavin 149 babies 5
  49. 49 Carl 141 babies 1
  50. 50 Joseph 138 babies 5
  51. 51 Dion 136 babies 8
  52. 52 Glen 136 babies 18
  53. 53 Brian 135 babies 2
  54. 54 Brett 134 babies 14
  55. 55 Adrian 132 babies 3
  56. 56 Blair 131 babies 1
  57. 57 Benjamin 120 babies 27
  58. 58 Martin 118 babies 5
  59. 59 Clinton 117 babies 16
  60. 60 Gareth 117 babies 22
  61. 61 Raymond 116 babies 11
  62. 62 Thomas 113 babies 2
  63. 63 Sean 112 babies 7
  64. 64 Geoffrey 110 babies 12
  65. 65 Mathew 110 babies 12
  66. 66 Bruce 108 babies 12
  67. 67 Ian 108 babies 14
  68. 68 Warren 106 babies 12
  69. 69 Edward 105 babies 7
  70. 70 Lance 96 babies 5
  71. 71 Patrick 96 babies 10
  72. 72 Kerry 95 babies 4
  73. 73 Ross 92 babies 5
  74. 74 Jamie 91 babies 19
  75. 75 Vaughan 91 babies 8
  76. 76 Bevan 90 babies 27
  77. 77 Samuel 89 babies 34
  78. 78 Jeffrey 88 babies 3
  79. 79 Todd 86 babies 1
  80. 80 Ryan 85 babies 15
  81. 81 Brendan 84 babies 16
  82. 82 Damian 84 babies 6
  83. 83 Gary 84 babies 16
  84. 84 Marcus 84 babies 23
  85. 85 Cameron 83 babies 19
  86. 86 Julian 82 babies 1
  87. 87 Malcolm 82 babies 14
  88. 88 Troy 80 babies 14
  89. 89 Antony 79 babies 4
  90. 90 George 79 babies 1
  91. 91 Alan 78 babies 22
  92. 92 Corey 78 babies 16
  93. 93 Darryl 78 babies 1
  94. 94 Graeme 78 babies 15
  95. 95 Allan 74 babies 11
  96. 96 Kyle 74 babies 9
  97. 97 Kelvin 73 babies 13
  98. 98 Bradley 70 babies 16
  99. 99 Leon 68 babies 14
  100. 100 Murray 68 babies 27

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Michelle 528 babies =
  2. 2 Lisa 520 babies =
  3. 3 Nicola 489 babies 1
  4. 4 Rachel 489 babies 1
  5. 5 Angela 440 babies 1
  6. 6 Sarah 438 babies 1
  7. 7 Joanne 427 babies 2
  8. 8 Tracey 355 babies =
  9. 9 Rebecca 344 babies 11
  10. 10 Karen 331 babies 1
  11. 11 Kelly 293 babies =
  12. 12 Tania 289 babies 2
  13. 13 Melissa 288 babies 14
  14. 14 Amanda 275 babies 1
  15. 15 Vanessa 267 babies 6
  16. 16 Deborah 259 babies 2
  17. 17 Fiona 249 babies =
  18. 18 Melanie 249 babies 1
  19. 19 Catherine 247 babies 7
  20. 20 Kim 239 babies 8
  21. 21 Megan 234 babies 3
  22. 22 Julie 222 babies 4
  23. 23 Andrea 220 babies 8
  24. 24 Paula 219 babies 1
  25. 25 Rachael 217 babies 4
  26. 26 Donna 211 babies 4
  27. 27 Anna 201 babies 13
  28. 28 Kylie 196 babies 27
  29. 29 Susan 196 babies 4
  30. 30 Jennifer 188 babies =
  31. 31 Tracy 188 babies 15
  32. 32 Helen 183 babies 5
  33. 33 Elizabeth 181 babies 1
  34. 34 Rochelle 178 babies 1
  35. 35 Katrina 177 babies 1
  36. 36 Leanne 175 babies 2
  37. 37 Sharon 171 babies 9
  38. 38 Natasha 170 babies 11
  39. 39 Jacqueline 168 babies 8
  40. 40 Christine 161 babies 6
  41. 41 Jane 161 babies 3
  42. 42 Wendy 158 babies 7
  43. 43 Stephanie 155 babies 2
  44. 44 Louise 153 babies 2
  45. 45 Joanna 152 babies 3
  46. 46 Kathryn 152 babies 3
  47. 47 Janine 148 babies =
  48. 48 Shelley 147 babies 3
  49. 49 Victoria 144 babies 4
  50. 50 Suzanne 141 babies 11
  51. 51 Kirsten 135 babies 2
  52. 52 Katherine 134 babies 5
  53. 53 Teresa 130 babies 3
  54. 54 Tina 128 babies 4
  55. 55 Justine 127 babies 1
  56. 56 Emma 123 babies 2
  57. 57 Bronwyn 122 babies 12
  58. 58 Sandra 119 babies 10
  59. 59 Kirsty 114 babies 24
  60. 60 Maria 114 babies 8
  61. 61 Nicole 109 babies 6
  62. 62 Bridget 107 babies 27
  63. 63 Belinda 104 babies 12
  64. 64 Natalie 99 babies 2
  65. 65 Toni 99 babies 5
  66. 66 Mary 95 babies 7
  67. 67 Cherie 94 babies 3
  68. 68 Carmen 93 babies 16
  69. 69 Tanya 93 babies 5
  70. 70 Anita 89 babies 22
  71. 71 Linda 89 babies 10
  72. 72 Philippa 87 babies 21
  73. 73 Caroline 83 babies 14
  74. 74 Claire 83 babies 17
  75. 75 Gina 82 babies 19
  76. 76 Heather 82 babies 1
  77. 77 Patricia 82 babies 3
  78. 78 Vicki 82 babies 16
  79. 79 Carolyn 80 babies 3
  80. 80 Penelope 79 babies 18
  81. 81 Margaret 78 babies 18
  82. 82 Alison 76 babies 14
  83. 83 Diane 75 babies 2
  84. 84 Cheryl 73 babies 10
  85. 85 Denise 72 babies 22
  86. 86 Kerry 72 babies 21
  87. 87 Hayley 71 babies 26
  88. 88 Robyn 70 babies 17
  89. 89 Annette 69 babies 21
  90. 90 Debbie 69 babies 18
  91. 91 Sally 69 babies 5
  92. 92 Maree 68 babies 19
  93. 93 Julia 67 babies 14
  94. 94 Brenda 65 babies 18
  95. 95 Debra 65 babies 17
  96. 96 Jodie 65 babies 32
  97. 97 Kate 65 babies 49
  98. 98 Marie 63 babies 13
  99. 99 Stacey 62 babies 38
  100. 100 Christina 61 babies 4

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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