New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1979

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 706 babies =
  2. 2 David 671 babies 1
  3. 3 Daniel 656 babies 1
  4. 4 Andrew 655 babies 2
  5. 5 Matthew 564 babies =
  6. 6 James 539 babies 1
  7. 7 Christopher 463 babies 2
  8. 8 Jason 442 babies 2
  9. 9 Mark 418 babies 1
  10. 10 Paul 415 babies =
  11. 11 Richard 384 babies =
  12. 12 Nicholas 356 babies 7
  13. 13 Benjamin 327 babies 1
  14. 14 Aaron 314 babies 2
  15. 15 John 298 babies 2
  16. 16 Shane 297 babies 6
  17. 17 Robert 296 babies =
  18. 18 Nathan 288 babies 5
  19. 19 Timothy 285 babies 2
  20. 20 Simon 282 babies 5
  21. 21 Scott 280 babies 3
  22. 22 Craig 260 babies 6
  23. 23 Peter 255 babies 3
  24. 24 Samuel 241 babies 7
  25. 25 Jeremy 237 babies 1
  26. 26 Steven 223 babies 1
  27. 27 Stephen 213 babies 3
  28. 28 Joshua 196 babies 23
  29. 29 William 193 babies 1
  30. 30 Luke 189 babies 31
  31. 31 Adam 187 babies 2
  32. 32 Joseph 183 babies 4
  33. 33 Jonathan 182 babies 6
  34. 34 Gareth 180 babies 22
  35. 35 Anthony 179 babies 1
  36. 36 Thomas 170 babies 13
  37. 37 Jamie 168 babies 8
  38. 38 Ryan 166 babies 6
  39. 39 Hayden 162 babies 3
  40. 40 Hamish 158 babies 5
  41. 41 Blair 147 babies 13
  42. 42 Justin 141 babies 1
  43. 43 Shaun 139 babies 6
  44. 44 Gregory 132 babies 5
  45. 45 Karl 132 babies 2
  46. 46 Phillip 132 babies 8
  47. 47 Carl 125 babies 17
  48. 48 Brendon 121 babies 8
  49. 49 Tony 119 babies 1
  50. 50 Brent 118 babies =
  51. 51 Cameron 117 babies 4
  52. 52 Jared 116 babies 13
  53. 53 Mathew 112 babies 7
  54. 54 Grant 111 babies 1
  55. 55 Dean 108 babies 11
  56. 56 Bradley 106 babies 2
  57. 57 Philip 106 babies 15
  58. 58 Nigel 102 babies 6
  59. 59 Bevan 94 babies =
  60. 60 Glen 92 babies 15
  61. 61 Stuart 90 babies 10
  62. 62 Lance 89 babies 7
  63. 63 Wayne 89 babies 10
  64. 64 Darren 85 babies 24
  65. 65 Logan 84 babies 49
  66. 66 Brendan 83 babies 20
  67. 67 Brett 83 babies 10
  68. 68 Gavin 83 babies 16
  69. 69 Clinton 82 babies 28
  70. 70 Troy 82 babies 3
  71. 71 Ross 81 babies 5
  72. 72 Sean 80 babies 6
  73. 73 Edward 79 babies 7
  74. 74 Jeffrey 73 babies 27
  75. 75 Raymond 72 babies =
  76. 76 Damian 71 babies 10
  77. 77 Glenn 71 babies 9
  78. 78 Regan 69 babies 8
  79. 79 Shannon 69 babies 17
  80. 80 Patrick 68 babies 6
  81. 81 Alexander 66 babies 2
  82. 82 Kevin 66 babies 19
  83. 83 Adrian 63 babies 16
  84. 84 Kyle 62 babies 5
  85. 85 Brian 61 babies 4
  86. 86 Russell 61 babies 24
  87. 87 Corey 60 babies 8
  88. 88 Douglas 60 babies 16
  89. 89 Martin 60 babies 4
  90. 90 Ian 59 babies 18
  91. 91 Lee 59 babies 4
  92. 92 Neil 59 babies 10
  93. 93 Alan 58 babies 2
  94. 94 Charles 58 babies 6
  95. 95 Geoffrey 58 babies 18
  96. 96 Leon 58 babies 6
  97. 97 George 56 babies 37
  98. 98 Bruce 55 babies 4
  99. 99 Duncan 55 babies 4
  100. 100 Jarrod 54 babies 7

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 578 babies =
  2. 2 Rebecca 473 babies =
  3. 3 Kelly 399 babies =
  4. 4 Lisa 397 babies 1
  5. 5 Angela 368 babies 1
  6. 6 Anna 359 babies 5
  7. 7 Nicola 335 babies =
  8. 8 Rachel 334 babies =
  9. 9 Michelle 305 babies 3
  10. 10 Amy 290 babies 5
  11. 11 Emma 285 babies 5
  12. 12 Jessica 268 babies 14
  13. 13 Amanda 265 babies =
  14. 14 Melissa 254 babies 4
  15. 15 Natasha 242 babies 1
  16. 16 Tania 229 babies 7
  17. 17 Melanie 222 babies 5
  18. 18 Elizabeth 187 babies 2
  19. 19 Kylie 185 babies =
  20. 20 Vanessa 174 babies 5
  21. 21 Jennifer 158 babies 3
  22. 22 Megan 155 babies =
  23. 23 Joanne 154 babies 6
  24. 24 Tracey 147 babies 1
  25. 25 Kate 144 babies 13
  26. 26 Hayley 137 babies 26
  27. 27 Karen 137 babies 6
  28. 28 Katrina 137 babies 5
  29. 29 Renee 136 babies =
  30. 30 Fiona 134 babies 2
  31. 31 Catherine 133 babies 4
  32. 32 Rachael 133 babies 1
  33. 33 Claire 131 babies 11
  34. 34 Andrea 130 babies 6
  35. 35 Kim 127 babies 11
  36. 36 Louise 127 babies =
  37. 37 Stacey 124 babies 3
  38. 38 Natalie 119 babies 8
  39. 39 Julie 117 babies 5
  40. 40 Deborah 115 babies 2
  41. 41 Katherine 114 babies 4
  42. 42 Helen 108 babies 7
  43. 43 Kirsty 106 babies 8
  44. 44 Tracy 106 babies 1
  45. 45 Victoria 106 babies 4
  46. 46 Kathryn 102 babies 4
  47. 47 Paula 101 babies 11
  48. 48 Amber 99 babies 7
  49. 49 Sharon 97 babies 10
  50. 50 Susan 97 babies 2
  51. 51 Charlotte 96 babies 2
  52. 52 Joanna 96 babies 6
  53. 53 Toni 94 babies 20
  54. 54 Jane 93 babies 5
  55. 55 Katie 93 babies 31
  56. 56 Nicole 93 babies 2
  57. 57 Tina 89 babies 3
  58. 58 Christine 88 babies 8
  59. 59 Stephanie 88 babies 4
  60. 60 Maria 84 babies 13
  61. 61 Shannon 84 babies 3
  62. 62 Caroline 83 babies 5
  63. 63 Donna 81 babies 18
  64. 64 Erin 78 babies 28
  65. 65 Julia 76 babies 13
  66. 66 Hannah 75 babies 16
  67. 67 Rochelle 75 babies 5
  68. 68 Olivia 73 babies =
  69. 69 Alison 72 babies 7
  70. 70 Bridget 72 babies 1
  71. 71 Jacqueline 72 babies 4
  72. 72 Emily 71 babies 2
  73. 73 Lauren 71 babies 22
  74. 74 Anita 70 babies 9
  75. 75 Wendy 70 babies 14
  76. 76 Leanne 69 babies 14
  77. 77 Linda 69 babies 21
  78. 78 Jolene 68 babies 16
  79. 79 Teresa 67 babies 20
  80. 80 Aimee 66 babies 33
  81. 81 Laura 66 babies 3
  82. 82 Kirsten 65 babies 5
  83. 83 Philippa 63 babies 13
  84. 84 Ruth 63 babies 28
  85. 85 Marie 62 babies 11
  86. 86 Naomi 62 babies 35
  87. 87 Samantha 62 babies 15
  88. 88 Christina 61 babies 30
  89. 89 Jade 61 babies 25
  90. 90 Mary 60 babies 19
  91. 91 Alice 59 babies 15
  92. 92 Jodie 59 babies 1
  93. 93 Sara 59 babies 4
  94. 94 Shelley 57 babies 19
  95. 95 Heather 56 babies 12
  96. 96 Suzanne 56 babies 8
  97. 97 Cherie 55 babies 26
  98. 98 Belinda 54 babies 42
  99. 99 Bronwyn 53 babies 11
  100. 100 Lucy 53 babies 1

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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