New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1976

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 801 babies =
  2. 2 Daniel 667 babies 4
  3. 3 Matthew 615 babies 4
  4. 4 Andrew 604 babies 2
  5. 5 David 574 babies 2
  6. 6 Mark 563 babies 2
  7. 7 Jason 553 babies 2
  8. 8 Paul 517 babies =
  9. 9 James 469 babies 1
  10. 10 Christopher 460 babies 1
  11. 11 Richard 438 babies 2
  12. 12 Simon 396 babies 9
  13. 13 Scott 382 babies 6
  14. 14 Aaron 373 babies =
  15. 15 Craig 362 babies 3
  16. 16 Robert 346 babies 3
  17. 17 John 341 babies 2
  18. 18 Stephen 333 babies =
  19. 19 Nicholas 321 babies 3
  20. 20 Shane 321 babies =
  21. 21 Steven 301 babies 4
  22. 22 Nathan 280 babies 3
  23. 23 Timothy 271 babies =
  24. 24 Justin 259 babies =
  25. 25 Peter 249 babies 3
  26. 26 Benjamin 233 babies 2
  27. 27 Jonathan 224 babies =
  28. 28 Anthony 212 babies 2
  29. 29 Glen 194 babies =
  30. 30 Hamish 185 babies 12
  31. 31 Gregory 184 babies 3
  32. 32 Jeremy 182 babies 1
  33. 33 William 176 babies 3
  34. 34 Jamie 174 babies 25
  35. 35 Brendon 168 babies 6
  36. 36 Brent 168 babies 2
  37. 37 Karl 168 babies 2
  38. 38 Wayne 165 babies 2
  39. 39 Joseph 164 babies 8
  40. 40 Dean 155 babies 8
  41. 41 Hayden 153 babies 11
  42. 42 Nigel 153 babies 7
  43. 43 Tony 153 babies 6
  44. 44 Adam 149 babies 4
  45. 45 Glenn 148 babies 9
  46. 46 Phillip 142 babies 2
  47. 47 Shaun 141 babies 4
  48. 48 Mathew 139 babies 8
  49. 49 Samuel 139 babies 8
  50. 50 Carl 132 babies 4
  51. 51 Ryan 125 babies 22
  52. 52 Blair 124 babies 2
  53. 53 Grant 123 babies 14
  54. 54 Thomas 122 babies 9
  55. 55 Darren 119 babies 24
  56. 56 Philip 117 babies 5
  57. 57 Dion 104 babies 3
  58. 58 Bradley 103 babies 34
  59. 59 Cameron 100 babies 1
  60. 60 Patrick 100 babies 10
  61. 61 Brett 97 babies 3
  62. 62 Damian 97 babies 3
  63. 63 Gavin 97 babies 8
  64. 64 Stuart 96 babies 18
  65. 65 Ian 95 babies 6
  66. 66 Brendan 92 babies 1
  67. 67 Kevin 92 babies 14
  68. 68 Clinton 90 babies 7
  69. 69 Corey 90 babies 18
  70. 70 Joshua 87 babies 7
  71. 71 Lee 86 babies 3
  72. 72 Raymond 86 babies 6
  73. 73 Sean 85 babies 11
  74. 74 Gary 84 babies 5
  75. 75 Adrian 83 babies 6
  76. 76 Brian 81 babies 8
  77. 77 Geoffrey 81 babies 5
  78. 78 Ross 81 babies 34
  79. 79 Martin 79 babies 3
  80. 80 Edward 76 babies 3
  81. 81 Gareth 76 babies 20
  82. 82 Brad 75 babies 105
  83. 83 Leon 72 babies 1
  84. 84 Kerry 71 babies 33
  85. 85 Rhys 71 babies =
  86. 86 Todd 71 babies 3
  87. 87 Damon 70 babies 3
  88. 88 Duncan 70 babies 6
  89. 89 Alexander 68 babies 17
  90. 90 Andre 68 babies 35
  91. 91 Bruce 68 babies 10
  92. 92 Troy 68 babies 11
  93. 93 George 67 babies =
  94. 94 Alan 64 babies 14
  95. 95 Douglas 64 babies 25
  96. 96 Jared 64 babies 4
  97. 97 Shannon 63 babies 38
  98. 98 Charles 62 babies =
  99. 99 Lance 61 babies 2
  100. 100 Clayton 59 babies 14

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 519 babies =
  2. 2 Nicola 413 babies =
  3. 3 Angela 404 babies =
  4. 4 Lisa 397 babies =
  5. 5 Rebecca 373 babies 1
  6. 6 Michelle 367 babies 1
  7. 7 Rachel 366 babies =
  8. 8 Natasha 321 babies 1
  9. 9 Amanda 304 babies 1
  10. 10 Melanie 287 babies 2
  11. 11 Joanne 269 babies =
  12. 12 Melissa 252 babies 20
  13. 13 Tracey 248 babies 11
  14. 14 Kylie 239 babies 2
  15. 15 Tania 233 babies 2
  16. 16 Karen 228 babies 2
  17. 17 Anna 222 babies 6
  18. 18 Emma 212 babies 4
  19. 19 Elizabeth 200 babies 8
  20. 20 Vanessa 199 babies 3
  21. 21 Megan 194 babies 2
  22. 22 Kelly 190 babies 1
  23. 23 Catherine 184 babies 3
  24. 24 Fiona 182 babies 1
  25. 25 Julie 173 babies 3
  26. 26 Katrina 171 babies 10
  27. 27 Kim 161 babies 9
  28. 28 Paula 161 babies 2
  29. 29 Jennifer 153 babies 6
  30. 30 Natalie 153 babies 11
  31. 31 Donna 152 babies =
  32. 32 Rachael 149 babies 1
  33. 33 Andrea 146 babies 18
  34. 34 Deborah 143 babies =
  35. 35 Helen 139 babies 2
  36. 36 Tracy 138 babies 7
  37. 37 Nicole 135 babies 1
  38. 38 Joanna 133 babies 8
  39. 39 Susan 133 babies 1
  40. 40 Louise 131 babies 2
  41. 41 Stephanie 123 babies 21
  42. 42 Belinda 122 babies 3
  43. 43 Victoria 121 babies 5
  44. 44 Amy 119 babies 28
  45. 45 Kathryn 119 babies 6
  46. 46 Christine 117 babies 11
  47. 47 Kirsty 117 babies 11
  48. 48 Maria 111 babies 21
  49. 49 Jacqueline 110 babies 3
  50. 50 Leanne 110 babies 7
  51. 51 Rochelle 109 babies 7
  52. 52 Tina 108 babies 10
  53. 53 Suzanne 106 babies 2
  54. 54 Katherine 105 babies 1
  55. 55 Sharon 104 babies 5
  56. 56 Jane 101 babies 11
  57. 57 Kirsten 101 babies 4
  58. 58 Claire 99 babies 11
  59. 59 Caroline 97 babies 5
  60. 60 Wendy 96 babies 1
  61. 61 Shelley 93 babies 15
  62. 62 Bridget 88 babies 2
  63. 63 Renee 83 babies 30
  64. 64 Stacey 81 babies 22
  65. 65 Hayley 80 babies 16
  66. 66 Teresa 80 babies 2
  67. 67 Toni 80 babies 9
  68. 68 Emily 78 babies 26
  69. 69 Kate 78 babies 1
  70. 70 Sonya 77 babies =
  71. 71 Charlotte 76 babies 13
  72. 72 Mary 76 babies 5
  73. 73 Anita 75 babies 2
  74. 74 Sandra 75 babies 9
  75. 75 Janine 71 babies 19
  76. 76 Marie 71 babies 9
  77. 77 Sally 70 babies 3
  78. 78 Shannon 70 babies 52
  79. 79 Bronwyn 69 babies 16
  80. 80 Tanya 68 babies 14
  81. 81 Alison 66 babies 14
  82. 82 Cherie 66 babies 1
  83. 83 Heidi 66 babies 3
  84. 84 Linda 66 babies 11
  85. 85 Philippa 66 babies 26
  86. 86 Justine 65 babies 37
  87. 87 Heather 64 babies 5
  88. 88 Vicki 63 babies 1
  89. 89 Carolyn 62 babies 11
  90. 90 Christina 61 babies 11
  91. 91 Jodie 61 babies 11
  92. 92 Margaret 61 babies 7
  93. 93 Carla 57 babies 4
  94. 94 Georgina 57 babies 33
  95. 95 Kiri 57 babies 18
  96. 96 Leah 57 babies 23
  97. 97 Jodi 56 babies 157
  98. 98 Katie 56 babies 20
  99. 99 Monique 56 babies 21
  100. 100 Jolene 55 babies 25

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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