Most popular baby names in New Zealand (1955)
The rankings exactly as NZ Department of Internal Affairs published them for 1955. 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.
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Girls' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1955
- 1Susan
- 2Christine
- 3Margaret
- 4Judith
- 5Jennifer
- 6Karen
- 7Patricia
- 8Mary
- 9Linda
- 10Barbara
- 11Elizabeth
- 12Robyn
- 13Wendy
- 14Helen
- 15Heather
- 16Lynette
- 17Anne
- 18Sandra
- 19Diane
- 20Carol
- 21Pamela
- 22Janice
- 23Janet
- 24Suzanne
- 25Raewyn
- 26Sharon
- 27Dianne
- 28Julie
- 29Rosemary
- 30Deborah
- 31Pauline
- 32Alison
- 33Kathleen
- 34Denise
- 35Lorraine
- 36Catherine
- 37Yvonne
- 38Marie
- 39Ann
- 40Beverley
- 41Lesley
- 42Shirley
- 43Colleen
- 44Annette
- 45Marilyn
- 46Maureen
- 47Glenda
- 48Jane
- 49Jillian
- 50Sheryl
- 51Gail
- 52Lynda
- 53Brenda
- 54Jacqueline
- 55Kay
- 56Carolyn
- 57Marion
- 58Maria
- 59Cheryl
- 60Donna
- 61Kathryn
- 62Vicki
- 63Jeanette
- 64Jan
- 65Gillian
- 66Sally
- 67Ruth
- 68Lynne
- 69Jocelyn
- 70Jill
- 71Joanne
- 72Maree
- 73Frances
- 74Valerie
- 75Elaine
- 76Dorothy
- 77Glenys
- 78Shona
- 79Adrienne
- 80Irene
- 81Joy
- 82Angela
- 83Lois
- 84Paula
- 85Vivienne
- 86Bronwyn
- 87Fiona
- 88Louise
- 89Stephanie
- 90Debra
- 91Christina
- 92Ngaire
- 93Jean
- 94Diana
- 95Claire
- 96Lynnette
- 97Joan
- 98Penelope
- 99Gloria
- 100Katherine
Boys' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1955
- 1John
- 2Peter
- 3David
- 4Michael
- 5Robert
- 6Paul
- 7Stephen
- 8Kevin
- 9Christopher
- 10Ian
- 11Mark
- 12Richard
- 13William
- 14Brian
- 15Bruce
- 16Murray
- 17Alan
- 18Anthony
- 19Wayne
- 20James
- 21Graeme
- 22Gary
- 23Graham
- 24Barry
- 25Colin
- 26Ross
- 27Geoffrey
- 28Raymond
- 29Kenneth
- 30Philip
- 31Trevor
- 32Neil
- 33Grant
- 34Donald
- 35Gregory
- 36Steven
- 37Allan
- 38Garry
- 39Roger
- 40Andrew
- 41Keith
- 42Ronald
- 43Warren
- 44Thomas
- 45Russell
- 46Dennis
- 47Stuart
- 48Timothy
- 49Malcolm
- 50Douglas
- 51Edward
- 52Phillip
- 53Robin
- 54Martin
- 55Gavin
- 56Patrick
- 57Gordon
- 58Leslie
- 59Terence
- 60Charles
- 61George
- 62Craig
- 63Lindsay
- 64Jeffrey
- 65Bryan
- 66Joseph
- 67Glenn
- 68Rex
- 69Kerry
- 70Noel
- 71Neville
- 72Nigel
- 73Tony
- 74Alexander
- 75Brent
- 76Arthur
- 77Rodney
- 78Simon
- 79Maurice
- 80Lance
- 81Eric
- 82Francis
- 83Bernard
- 84Stewart
- 85Owen
- 86Gerard
- 87Nicholas
- 88Roy
- 89Derek
- 90Gerald
- 91Hugh
- 92Warwick
- 93Norman
- 94Mervyn
- 95Desmond
- 96Brett
- 97Lawrence
- 98Shane
- 99Lloyd
- 100Frank