New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1974

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 882 babies =
  2. 2 Mark 734 babies 3
  3. 3 Andrew 700 babies =
  4. 4 David 697 babies =
  5. 5 Jason 686 babies 3
  6. 6 Paul 663 babies =
  7. 7 Matthew 583 babies 1
  8. 8 Daniel 554 babies 9
  9. 9 Craig 534 babies 2
  10. 10 Christopher 517 babies 1
  11. 11 Richard 488 babies 1
  12. 12 Aaron 463 babies 1
  13. 13 James 440 babies 2
  14. 14 Robert 436 babies 2
  15. 15 John 399 babies 1
  16. 16 Stephen 373 babies 3
  17. 17 Shane 355 babies 1
  18. 18 Simon 351 babies 2
  19. 19 Scott 327 babies =
  20. 20 Steven 319 babies 2
  21. 21 Peter 310 babies 1
  22. 22 Nicholas 307 babies 1
  23. 23 Nathan 281 babies 15
  24. 24 Anthony 263 babies 1
  25. 25 Justin 260 babies =
  26. 26 Grant 255 babies 2
  27. 27 Timothy 239 babies 8
  28. 28 Glenn 230 babies 2
  29. 29 Dean 225 babies 3
  30. 30 Tony 222 babies 7
  31. 31 Jonathan 206 babies 1
  32. 32 Gregory 202 babies 3
  33. 33 Brendon 201 babies 2
  34. 34 William 199 babies 6
  35. 35 Jeremy 195 babies 1
  36. 36 Wayne 193 babies 9
  37. 37 Glen 191 babies 15
  38. 38 Brent 181 babies 2
  39. 39 Darren 171 babies 2
  40. 40 Benjamin 166 babies 17
  41. 41 Shaun 162 babies 5
  42. 42 Nigel 161 babies 1
  43. 43 Adam 153 babies 1
  44. 44 Karl 153 babies 11
  45. 45 Stuart 149 babies 2
  46. 46 Phillip 147 babies 2
  47. 47 Hamish 145 babies 8
  48. 48 Philip 145 babies 3
  49. 49 Carl 138 babies =
  50. 50 Blair 136 babies 6
  51. 51 Dion 136 babies =
  52. 52 Joseph 127 babies 2
  53. 53 Kevin 127 babies 13
  54. 54 Thomas 121 babies 8
  55. 55 Mathew 115 babies 10
  56. 56 Gavin 112 babies 8
  57. 57 Ian 112 babies 10
  58. 58 Brett 111 babies 4
  59. 59 Clinton 110 babies =
  60. 60 Samuel 110 babies 17
  61. 61 Brian 108 babies 8
  62. 62 Sean 107 babies 1
  63. 63 Brendan 106 babies 18
  64. 64 Bruce 99 babies 2
  65. 65 Jamie 99 babies 9
  66. 66 Martin 99 babies 8
  67. 67 Cameron 97 babies 18
  68. 68 Edward 97 babies 1
  69. 69 Hayden 97 babies 43
  70. 70 Adrian 96 babies 15
  71. 71 Raymond 96 babies 10
  72. 72 Alan 94 babies 19
  73. 73 Joshua 94 babies 40
  74. 74 Gary 92 babies 9
  75. 75 Ryan 92 babies 5
  76. 76 Gareth 88 babies 16
  77. 77 Troy 88 babies 11
  78. 78 Duncan 86 babies 26
  79. 79 Kerry 86 babies 7
  80. 80 Colin 84 babies 31
  81. 81 Damian 84 babies 1
  82. 82 George 83 babies 8
  83. 83 Bradley 82 babies 15
  84. 84 Patrick 81 babies 13
  85. 85 Geoffrey 79 babies 21
  86. 86 Lance 78 babies 16
  87. 87 Antony 76 babies 2
  88. 88 Todd 75 babies 9
  89. 89 Bevan 74 babies 13
  90. 90 Damon 74 babies 13
  91. 91 Leon 71 babies 8
  92. 92 Russell 70 babies 9
  93. 93 Darryl 69 babies =
  94. 94 Kyle 69 babies 2
  95. 95 Jared 68 babies 22
  96. 96 Kelvin 68 babies 1
  97. 97 Marcus 68 babies 13
  98. 98 Julian 67 babies 12
  99. 99 Graeme 65 babies 5
  100. 100 Rodney 65 babies 6

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 507 babies 5
  2. 2 Michelle 489 babies 1
  3. 3 Lisa 476 babies 1
  4. 4 Nicola 469 babies 1
  5. 5 Rachel 454 babies 1
  6. 6 Angela 438 babies 1
  7. 7 Rebecca 412 babies 2
  8. 8 Melanie 349 babies 10
  9. 9 Joanne 340 babies 2
  10. 10 Tracey 303 babies 2
  11. 11 Amanda 298 babies 3
  12. 12 Tania 267 babies =
  13. 13 Karen 259 babies 3
  14. 14 Kim 244 babies 6
  15. 15 Fiona 239 babies 2
  16. 16 Vanessa 230 babies 1
  17. 17 Melissa 229 babies 4
  18. 18 Megan 228 babies 3
  19. 19 Katrina 227 babies 16
  20. 20 Kelly 220 babies 9
  21. 21 Anna 219 babies 6
  22. 22 Deborah 219 babies 6
  23. 23 Kylie 218 babies 5
  24. 24 Andrea 215 babies 1
  25. 25 Julie 210 babies 3
  26. 26 Rachael 210 babies 1
  27. 27 Elizabeth 202 babies 6
  28. 28 Donna 198 babies 2
  29. 29 Catherine 193 babies 10
  30. 30 Paula 185 babies 6
  31. 31 Natasha 183 babies 7
  32. 32 Tracy 174 babies 1
  33. 33 Emma 169 babies 23
  34. 34 Helen 162 babies 2
  35. 35 Jennifer 162 babies 5
  36. 36 Jane 151 babies 5
  37. 37 Shelley 149 babies 11
  38. 38 Kirsten 146 babies 13
  39. 39 Joanna 145 babies 6
  40. 40 Jacqueline 140 babies 1
  41. 41 Louise 139 babies 3
  42. 42 Rochelle 138 babies 8
  43. 43 Victoria 136 babies 6
  44. 44 Bridget 135 babies 18
  45. 45 Susan 135 babies 16
  46. 46 Sharon 134 babies 9
  47. 47 Stephanie 133 babies 4
  48. 48 Christine 131 babies 8
  49. 49 Tina 130 babies 5
  50. 50 Katherine 128 babies 2
  51. 51 Kathryn 127 babies 5
  52. 52 Leanne 125 babies 16
  53. 53 Belinda 124 babies 10
  54. 54 Wendy 121 babies 12
  55. 55 Janine 118 babies 8
  56. 56 Justine 114 babies 1
  57. 57 Maria 114 babies 3
  58. 58 Suzanne 113 babies 8
  59. 59 Nicole 109 babies 2
  60. 60 Bronwyn 107 babies 3
  61. 61 Sandra 102 babies 3
  62. 62 Kirsty 97 babies 3
  63. 63 Claire 93 babies 11
  64. 64 Linda 93 babies 7
  65. 65 Sally 93 babies 26
  66. 66 Teresa 93 babies 13
  67. 67 Natalie 92 babies 3
  68. 68 Caroline 89 babies 5
  69. 69 Toni 89 babies 4
  70. 70 Carolyn 87 babies 9
  71. 71 Tanya 87 babies 2
  72. 72 Robyn 84 babies 16
  73. 73 Anita 83 babies 3
  74. 74 Carla 83 babies 29
  75. 75 Patricia 82 babies 2
  76. 76 Kate 81 babies 21
  77. 77 Vicki 81 babies 1
  78. 78 Mary 80 babies 12
  79. 79 Cherie 79 babies 12
  80. 80 Hayley 78 babies 7
  81. 81 Heather 72 babies 5
  82. 82 Margaret 71 babies 1
  83. 83 Alison 68 babies 1
  84. 84 Julia 67 babies 9
  85. 85 Annette 66 babies 4
  86. 86 Brenda 66 babies 8
  87. 87 Kerry 66 babies 1
  88. 88 Carmen 65 babies 20
  89. 89 Charlotte 65 babies 27
  90. 90 Christina 65 babies 10
  91. 91 Cindy 65 babies 26
  92. 92 Maree 65 babies =
  93. 93 Sharlene 64 babies 13
  94. 94 Debbie 63 babies 4
  95. 95 Philippa 63 babies 23
  96. 96 Sheree 63 babies 28
  97. 97 Sonya 63 babies 7
  98. 98 Kathleen 62 babies 10
  99. 99 Kiri 62 babies 28
  100. 100 Stacey 62 babies 1

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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