New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1977

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 754 babies =
  2. 2 Andrew 634 babies 2
  3. 3 Daniel 624 babies 1
  4. 4 David 612 babies 1
  5. 5 Mark 555 babies 1
  6. 6 Jason 549 babies 1
  7. 7 Matthew 530 babies 4
  8. 8 James 491 babies 1
  9. 9 Paul 455 babies 1
  10. 10 Christopher 440 babies =
  11. 11 Richard 423 babies =
  12. 12 Scott 365 babies 1
  13. 13 Simon 356 babies 1
  14. 14 Craig 350 babies 1
  15. 15 Aaron 327 babies 1
  16. 16 Stephen 317 babies 2
  17. 17 Robert 316 babies 1
  18. 18 Nicholas 310 babies 1
  19. 19 John 292 babies 2
  20. 20 Shane 291 babies =
  21. 21 Timothy 274 babies 2
  22. 22 Benjamin 271 babies 4
  23. 23 Nathan 267 babies 1
  24. 24 Jeremy 260 babies 8
  25. 25 Steven 244 babies 4
  26. 26 Peter 220 babies 1
  27. 27 William 200 babies 6
  28. 28 Anthony 193 babies =
  29. 29 Jonathan 190 babies 2
  30. 30 Justin 188 babies 6
  31. 31 Jamie 181 babies 3
  32. 32 Hayden 180 babies 9
  33. 33 Samuel 165 babies 16
  34. 34 Joseph 162 babies 5
  35. 35 Karl 155 babies 2
  36. 36 Nigel 155 babies 6
  37. 37 Glen 145 babies 8
  38. 38 Phillip 144 babies 8
  39. 39 Tony 144 babies 4
  40. 40 Ryan 143 babies 11
  41. 41 Hamish 142 babies 11
  42. 42 Wayne 141 babies 4
  43. 43 Grant 140 babies 10
  44. 44 Shaun 139 babies 3
  45. 45 Mathew 138 babies 3
  46. 46 Brendon 136 babies 11
  47. 47 Philip 135 babies 9
  48. 48 Thomas 135 babies 6
  49. 49 Carl 131 babies 1
  50. 50 Adam 129 babies 6
  51. 51 Gregory 129 babies 20
  52. 52 Dean 126 babies 12
  53. 53 Brent 121 babies 17
  54. 54 Shannon 116 babies 43
  55. 55 Glenn 112 babies 10
  56. 56 Gavin 111 babies 7
  57. 57 Joshua 111 babies 13
  58. 58 Bradley 110 babies =
  59. 59 Cameron 109 babies =
  60. 60 Adrian 107 babies 15
  61. 61 Damian 103 babies 1
  62. 62 Jared 101 babies 34
  63. 63 Gareth 97 babies 18
  64. 64 Kevin 94 babies 3
  65. 65 Stuart 92 babies 1
  66. 66 Troy 88 babies 26
  67. 67 Blair 87 babies 15
  68. 68 Lee 87 babies 3
  69. 69 Patrick 86 babies 9
  70. 70 Sean 86 babies 3
  71. 71 Dion 85 babies 14
  72. 72 Bevan 84 babies 34
  73. 73 Clinton 84 babies 5
  74. 74 Edward 84 babies 6
  75. 75 Regan 83 babies 40
  76. 76 Brian 80 babies =
  77. 77 Brett 78 babies 16
  78. 78 Ross 78 babies =
  79. 79 Brad 77 babies 3
  80. 80 Darren 75 babies 25
  81. 81 Ian 73 babies 16
  82. 82 Duncan 70 babies 6
  83. 83 Raymond 70 babies 11
  84. 84 Martin 69 babies 5
  85. 85 Quentin 67 babies 134
  86. 86 Allan 66 babies 27
  87. 87 Geoffrey 65 babies 10
  88. 88 Kenneth 65 babies 35
  89. 89 Alan 64 babies 5
  90. 90 Charles 64 babies 8
  91. 91 Bruce 63 babies =
  92. 92 Leon 63 babies 9
  93. 93 Rhys 63 babies 8
  94. 94 George 62 babies 1
  95. 95 Brendan 61 babies 29
  96. 96 Alexander 60 babies 7
  97. 97 Jarrod 60 babies 27
  98. 98 Marcus 59 babies 4
  99. 99 Jacob 58 babies 13
  100. 100 Kerry 57 babies 16

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 617 babies =
  2. 2 Rebecca 483 babies 3
  3. 3 Angela 434 babies =
  4. 4 Nicola 379 babies 2
  5. 5 Michelle 366 babies 1
  6. 6 Lisa 361 babies 2
  7. 7 Rachel 333 babies =
  8. 8 Melanie 329 babies 2
  9. 9 Amanda 316 babies =
  10. 10 Anna 312 babies 7
  11. 11 Melissa 293 babies 1
  12. 12 Kelly 285 babies 10
  13. 13 Kylie 256 babies 1
  14. 14 Natasha 230 babies 6
  15. 15 Joanne 223 babies 4
  16. 16 Karen 213 babies =
  17. 17 Emma 210 babies 1
  18. 18 Tania 195 babies 3
  19. 19 Elizabeth 185 babies =
  20. 20 Vanessa 177 babies =
  21. 21 Andrea 173 babies 12
  22. 22 Megan 167 babies 1
  23. 23 Tracey 167 babies 10
  24. 24 Kim 161 babies 3
  25. 25 Fiona 159 babies 1
  26. 26 Amy 157 babies 18
  27. 27 Catherine 154 babies 4
  28. 28 Jennifer 154 babies 1
  29. 29 Katrina 149 babies 3
  30. 30 Natalie 148 babies =
  31. 31 Julie 147 babies 6
  32. 32 Helen 141 babies 3
  33. 33 Nicole 133 babies 4
  34. 34 Rachael 130 babies 2
  35. 35 Maria 123 babies 13
  36. 36 Tracy 123 babies =
  37. 37 Paula 121 babies 9
  38. 38 Stacey 120 babies 26
  39. 39 Donna 118 babies 8
  40. 40 Katherine 116 babies 14
  41. 41 Kathryn 116 babies 4
  42. 42 Kirsty 114 babies 5
  43. 43 Deborah 113 babies 9
  44. 44 Jane 112 babies 12
  45. 45 Victoria 111 babies 2
  46. 46 Claire 110 babies 12
  47. 47 Susan 110 babies 8
  48. 48 Louise 108 babies 8
  49. 49 Shannon 107 babies 29
  50. 50 Charlotte 106 babies 21
  51. 51 Joanna 106 babies 13
  52. 52 Leanne 104 babies 2
  53. 53 Anita 101 babies 20
  54. 54 Renee 101 babies 9
  55. 55 Rochelle 99 babies 4
  56. 56 Belinda 98 babies 14
  57. 57 Stephanie 96 babies 16
  58. 58 Shelley 95 babies 3
  59. 59 Hayley 94 babies 6
  60. 60 Sharon 91 babies 5
  61. 61 Caroline 90 babies 2
  62. 62 Tina 88 babies 10
  63. 63 Christine 87 babies 17
  64. 64 Toni 85 babies 3
  65. 65 Jessica 83 babies 43
  66. 66 Kate 83 babies 3
  67. 67 Janine 80 babies 8
  68. 68 Jacqueline 78 babies 19
  69. 69 Wendy 74 babies 9
  70. 70 Olivia 73 babies 40
  71. 71 Suzanne 72 babies 18
  72. 72 Heidi 71 babies 11
  73. 73 Bridget 70 babies 11
  74. 74 Alison 69 babies 7
  75. 75 Kirsten 69 babies 18
  76. 76 Mary 69 babies 4
  77. 77 Sara 67 babies 27
  78. 78 Teresa 67 babies 12
  79. 79 Emily 65 babies 11
  80. 80 Julia 65 babies 21
  81. 81 Jolene 64 babies 19
  82. 82 Katie 64 babies 16
  83. 83 Tanya 64 babies 3
  84. 84 Kerry 63 babies 18
  85. 85 Carla 62 babies 8
  86. 86 Sally 62 babies 9
  87. 87 Carolyn 61 babies 2
  88. 88 Kathleen 61 babies 23
  89. 89 Linda 61 babies 5
  90. 90 Marie 61 babies 14
  91. 91 Christina 59 babies 1
  92. 92 Bronwyn 58 babies 13
  93. 93 Nadine 58 babies 19
  94. 94 Erin 57 babies 13
  95. 95 Heather 57 babies 8
  96. 96 Philippa 57 babies 11
  97. 97 Ruth 57 babies 35
  98. 98 Cherie 56 babies 16
  99. 99 Hannah 56 babies 44
  100. 100 Leah 56 babies 4

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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