New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1978

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 722 babies =
  2. 2 Andrew 632 babies =
  3. 3 David 619 babies 1
  4. 4 Daniel 581 babies 1
  5. 5 Matthew 524 babies 2
  6. 6 Jason 497 babies =
  7. 7 James 485 babies 1
  8. 8 Mark 472 babies 3
  9. 9 Christopher 443 babies 1
  10. 10 Paul 423 babies 1
  11. 11 Richard 379 babies =
  12. 12 Aaron 363 babies 3
  13. 13 John 302 babies 6
  14. 14 Benjamin 300 babies 8
  15. 15 Simon 297 babies 2
  16. 16 Craig 290 babies 2
  17. 17 Robert 287 babies =
  18. 18 Scott 284 babies 6
  19. 19 Nicholas 280 babies 1
  20. 20 Peter 276 babies 6
  21. 21 Timothy 275 babies =
  22. 22 Shane 268 babies 2
  23. 23 Nathan 249 babies =
  24. 24 Stephen 228 babies 8
  25. 25 Steven 226 babies =
  26. 26 Jeremy 212 babies 2
  27. 27 Jonathan 201 babies 2
  28. 28 Joseph 200 babies 6
  29. 29 Jamie 179 babies 2
  30. 30 William 174 babies 3
  31. 31 Samuel 173 babies 2
  32. 32 Ryan 158 babies 8
  33. 33 Adam 151 babies 17
  34. 34 Anthony 148 babies 6
  35. 35 Hamish 146 babies 6
  36. 36 Hayden 146 babies 4
  37. 37 Shaun 146 babies 7
  38. 38 Phillip 140 babies =
  39. 39 Gregory 138 babies 12
  40. 40 Brendon 133 babies 6
  41. 41 Justin 130 babies 11
  42. 42 Philip 127 babies 5
  43. 43 Karl 125 babies 8
  44. 44 Dean 120 babies 8
  45. 45 Glen 117 babies 8
  46. 46 Mathew 117 babies 1
  47. 47 Cameron 115 babies 12
  48. 48 Tony 114 babies 9
  49. 49 Thomas 113 babies 1
  50. 50 Brent 111 babies 3
  51. 51 Joshua 111 babies 6
  52. 52 Nigel 111 babies 16
  53. 53 Wayne 106 babies 11
  54. 54 Blair 105 babies 13
  55. 55 Grant 104 babies 12
  56. 56 Gareth 102 babies 7
  57. 57 Brett 97 babies 20
  58. 58 Bradley 95 babies =
  59. 59 Bevan 93 babies 13
  60. 60 George 91 babies 34
  61. 61 Luke 90 babies 49
  62. 62 Shannon 90 babies 8
  63. 63 Kevin 89 babies 1
  64. 64 Carl 88 babies 15
  65. 65 Jared 87 babies 3
  66. 66 Damian 84 babies 5
  67. 67 Adrian 83 babies 7
  68. 68 Glenn 83 babies 13
  69. 69 Lance 83 babies 58
  70. 70 Regan 81 babies 5
  71. 71 Stuart 81 babies 6
  72. 72 Ian 78 babies 9
  73. 73 Troy 78 babies 7
  74. 74 Patrick 77 babies 5
  75. 75 Raymond 77 babies 8
  76. 76 Ross 77 babies 2
  77. 77 Geoffrey 73 babies 10
  78. 78 Sean 73 babies 8
  79. 79 Corey 72 babies 22
  80. 80 Edward 72 babies 6
  81. 81 Brian 70 babies 5
  82. 82 Dion 70 babies 11
  83. 83 Alexander 69 babies 13
  84. 84 Gavin 69 babies 28
  85. 85 Martin 69 babies 1
  86. 86 Brendan 68 babies 9
  87. 87 Lee 67 babies 19
  88. 88 Darren 66 babies 8
  89. 89 Kyle 66 babies 31
  90. 90 Leon 66 babies 2
  91. 91 Alan 64 babies 2
  92. 92 Brad 64 babies 13
  93. 93 Jarrod 62 babies 4
  94. 94 Bruce 61 babies 3
  95. 95 Duncan 60 babies 13
  96. 96 Andre 59 babies 16
  97. 97 Clinton 58 babies 24
  98. 98 Dwayne 56 babies 11
  99. 99 Rhys 56 babies 6
  100. 100 Charles 54 babies 10

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 544 babies =
  2. 2 Rebecca 514 babies =
  3. 3 Kelly 466 babies 9
  4. 4 Angela 351 babies 1
  5. 5 Lisa 324 babies 1
  6. 6 Michelle 312 babies 1
  7. 7 Nicola 309 babies 3
  8. 8 Rachel 307 babies 1
  9. 9 Tania 303 babies 9
  10. 10 Melissa 280 babies 1
  11. 11 Anna 270 babies 1
  12. 12 Melanie 253 babies 4
  13. 13 Amanda 242 babies 4
  14. 14 Natasha 241 babies =
  15. 15 Amy 206 babies 11
  16. 16 Emma 202 babies 1
  17. 17 Joanne 198 babies 2
  18. 18 Jennifer 189 babies 10
  19. 19 Kylie 183 babies 6
  20. 20 Elizabeth 182 babies 1
  21. 21 Karen 177 babies 5
  22. 22 Megan 170 babies =
  23. 23 Tracey 167 babies =
  24. 24 Kim 164 babies =
  25. 25 Vanessa 160 babies 5
  26. 26 Jessica 156 babies 39
  27. 27 Catherine 146 babies =
  28. 28 Andrea 143 babies 7
  29. 29 Renee 127 babies 25
  30. 30 Natalie 125 babies =
  31. 31 Rachael 124 babies 3
  32. 32 Fiona 121 babies 7
  33. 33 Katrina 121 babies 4
  34. 34 Julie 120 babies 3
  35. 35 Helen 117 babies 3
  36. 36 Louise 113 babies 12
  37. 37 Katherine 112 babies 3
  38. 38 Kate 111 babies 28
  39. 39 Sharon 110 babies 21
  40. 40 Stacey 110 babies 2
  41. 41 Victoria 109 babies 4
  42. 42 Deborah 108 babies 1
  43. 43 Tracy 108 babies 7
  44. 44 Claire 107 babies 2
  45. 45 Donna 104 babies 6
  46. 46 Joanna 104 babies 5
  47. 47 Maria 104 babies 12
  48. 48 Susan 98 babies 1
  49. 49 Jane 96 babies 5
  50. 50 Kathryn 95 babies 9
  51. 51 Kirsty 94 babies 9
  52. 52 Hayley 93 babies 7
  53. 53 Charlotte 92 babies 3
  54. 54 Nicole 92 babies 21
  55. 55 Amber 91 babies 58
  56. 56 Belinda 90 babies =
  57. 57 Caroline 90 babies 4
  58. 58 Paula 89 babies 21
  59. 59 Teresa 82 babies 19
  60. 60 Tina 81 babies 2
  61. 61 Wendy 81 babies 8
  62. 62 Leanne 80 babies 10
  63. 63 Stephanie 79 babies 6
  64. 64 Shannon 76 babies 15
  65. 65 Anita 74 babies 12
  66. 66 Christine 73 babies 3
  67. 67 Jacqueline 72 babies 1
  68. 68 Olivia 72 babies 2
  69. 69 Bridget 70 babies 4
  70. 70 Philippa 70 babies 26
  71. 71 Mary 69 babies 5
  72. 72 Rochelle 69 babies 17
  73. 73 Toni 68 babies 9
  74. 74 Emily 67 babies 5
  75. 75 Shelley 67 babies 17
  76. 76 Alison 65 babies 2
  77. 77 Kirsten 64 babies 2
  78. 78 Julia 63 babies 2
  79. 79 Kristy 63 babies 102
  80. 80 Tanya 63 babies 3
  81. 81 Janine 62 babies 14
  82. 82 Hannah 61 babies 17
  83. 83 Heather 61 babies 12
  84. 84 Laura 58 babies 30
  85. 85 Georgina 57 babies 24
  86. 86 Katie 57 babies 4
  87. 87 Patricia 57 babies 18
  88. 88 Suzanne 56 babies 17
  89. 89 Clare 55 babies 29
  90. 90 Rebekah 55 babies 100
  91. 91 Kerry 53 babies 7
  92. 92 Erin 52 babies 2
  93. 93 Jodie 51 babies 11
  94. 94 Jolene 51 babies 13
  95. 95 Lauren 51 babies 16
  96. 96 Marie 51 babies 6
  97. 97 Sara 50 babies 20
  98. 98 Linda 49 babies 9
  99. 99 Lucy 49 babies 16
  100. 100 Penelope 49 babies 46

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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