Most popular baby names in New Zealand (1954)
The rankings exactly as NZ Department of Internal Affairs published them for 1954. New Zealandpublishes a girls' list and a boys' list separately, so they are shown separately — there is no official combined ranking, and Namewise does not invent one.
This source has published 70 complete rankings, from 1954 to 2023. Data sources · Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 International
Girls' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1954
- 1Christine
- 2Susan
- 3Margaret
- 4Judith
- 5Jennifer
- 6Mary
- 7Elizabeth
- 8Patricia
- 9Linda
- 10Barbara
- 11Lynette
- 12Robyn
- 13Anne
- 14Karen
- 15Helen
- 16Diane
- 17Sandra
- 18Wendy
- 19Janet
- 20Heather
- 21Pamela
- 22Carol
- 23Janice
- 24Julie
- 25Suzanne
- 26Lorraine
- 27Dianne
- 28Marilyn
- 29Rosemary
- 30Raewyn
- 31Kathleen
- 32Pauline
- 33Alison
- 34Gail
- 35Denise
- 36Sharon
- 37Lesley
- 38Yvonne
- 39Catherine
- 40Shirley
- 41Beverley
- 42Maureen
- 43Deborah
- 44Jillian
- 45Ann
- 46Annette
- 47Colleen
- 48Jane
- 49Marie
- 50Sheryl
- 51Carolyn
- 52Frances
- 53Kathryn
- 54Kay
- 55Jacqueline
- 56Cheryl
- 57Ruth
- 58Glenda
- 59Maria
- 60Sally
- 61Lynda
- 62Lynne
- 63Marion
- 64Gillian
- 65Glenys
- 66Jan
- 67Jeanette
- 68Elaine
- 69Irene
- 70Jocelyn
- 71Donna
- 72Brenda
- 73Vicki
- 74Josephine
- 75Jill
- 76Angela
- 77Vivienne
- 78Valerie
- 79Shona
- 80Joanne
- 81Joy
- 82Lois
- 83Stephanie
- 84Joan
- 85Dorothy
- 86Paula
- 87Diana
- 88Gloria
- 89Adrienne
- 90Bronwyn
- 91Marian
- 92Lynnette
- 93Louise
- 94Virginia
- 95Penelope
- 96Lynn
- 97Christina
- 98Claire
- 99Leonie
- 100Ngaire
Boys' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1954
- 1John
- 2David
- 3Peter
- 4Michael
- 5Robert
- 6Paul
- 7Stephen
- 8Kevin
- 9Christopher
- 10Brian
- 11William
- 12Ian
- 13Mark
- 14Richard
- 15Alan
- 16Bruce
- 17Murray
- 18Graeme
- 19Wayne
- 20James
- 21Gary
- 22Anthony
- 23Graham
- 24Philip
- 25Barry
- 26Colin
- 27Trevor
- 28Kenneth
- 29Ross
- 30Grant
- 31Geoffrey
- 32Raymond
- 33Keith
- 34Allan
- 35Donald
- 36Ronald
- 37Roger
- 38Steven
- 39Gregory
- 40Neil
- 41Andrew
- 42Warren
- 43Garry
- 44Russell
- 45Thomas
- 46Dennis
- 47Phillip
- 48Stuart
- 49Douglas
- 50George
- 51Robin
- 52Leslie
- 53Malcolm
- 54Gordon
- 55Edward
- 56Neville
- 57Terence
- 58Martin
- 59Charles
- 60Patrick
- 61Timothy
- 62Lindsay
- 63Noel
- 64Rex
- 65Kerry
- 66Joseph
- 67Brent
- 68Craig
- 69Jeffrey
- 70Gavin
- 71Rodney
- 72Nigel
- 73Alexander
- 74Bryan
- 75Owen
- 76Tony
- 77Eric
- 78Lawrence
- 79Glenn
- 80Arthur
- 81Bernard
- 82Denis
- 83Ivan
- 84Francis
- 85Mervyn
- 86Henry
- 87Gerard
- 88Norman
- 89Derek
- 90Desmond
- 91Simon
- 92Maurice
- 93Nicholas
- 94Lance
- 95Brett
- 96Daniel
- 97Frederick
- 98Roy
- 99Stewart
- 100Kelvin