Most popular baby names in New Zealand (1956)
The rankings exactly as NZ Department of Internal Affairs published them for 1956. 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, 1956
- 1Susan
- 2Christine
- 3Karen
- 4Judith
- 5Margaret
- 6Jennifer
- 7Elizabeth
- 8Robyn
- 9Patricia
- 10Linda
- 11Mary
- 12Barbara
- 13Helen
- 14Wendy
- 15Sharon
- 16Anne
- 17Heather
- 18Sandra
- 19Lynette
- 20Carol
- 21Diane
- 22Pamela
- 23Julie
- 24Suzanne
- 25Janice
- 26Dianne
- 27Catherine
- 28Deborah
- 29Raewyn
- 30Janet
- 31Rosemary
- 32Alison
- 33Pauline
- 34Kathleen
- 35Shirley
- 36Lorraine
- 37Denise
- 38Annette
- 39Ann
- 40Jane
- 41Yvonne
- 42Lesley
- 43Glenda
- 44Marie
- 45Jacqueline
- 46Gail
- 47Kathryn
- 48Jillian
- 49Colleen
- 50Sheryl
- 51Joanne
- 52Beverley
- 53Maureen
- 54Cheryl
- 55Lynda
- 56Maria
- 57Brenda
- 58Vicki
- 59Marilyn
- 60Gillian
- 61Kay
- 62Joy
- 63Jan
- 64Donna
- 65Marion
- 66Frances
- 67Sally
- 68Jeanette
- 69Angela
- 70Debra
- 71Maree
- 72Carolyn
- 73Vivienne
- 74Lynne
- 75Dorothy
- 76Ruth
- 77Louise
- 78Valerie
- 79Anna
- 80Penelope
- 81Jocelyn
- 82Shona
- 83Adrienne
- 84Jill
- 85Diana
- 86Philippa
- 87Victoria
- 88Rhonda
- 89Stephanie
- 90Glenys
- 91Joan
- 92Josephine
- 93Kerry
- 94Katherine
- 95Dawn
- 96Bronwyn
- 97Elaine
- 98Paula
- 99Christina
- 100Lois
Boys' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1956
- 1Peter
- 2John
- 3David
- 4Michael
- 5Paul
- 6Stephen
- 7Robert
- 8Kevin
- 9Mark
- 10Christopher
- 11Ian
- 12Richard
- 13Brian
- 14William
- 15Wayne
- 16Bruce
- 17Anthony
- 18James
- 19Gary
- 20Graeme
- 21Alan
- 22Murray
- 23Graham
- 24Grant
- 25Colin
- 26Barry
- 27Geoffrey
- 28Andrew
- 29Kenneth
- 30Neil
- 31Gregory
- 32Philip
- 33Ross
- 34Steven
- 35Allan
- 36Donald
- 37Trevor
- 38Raymond
- 39Stuart
- 40Keith
- 41Roger
- 42Garry
- 43Russell
- 44Thomas
- 45Malcolm
- 46Patrick
- 47Phillip
- 48Jeffrey
- 49Douglas
- 50Martin
- 51Gordon
- 52Warren
- 53George
- 54Ronald
- 55Craig
- 56Robin
- 57Timothy
- 58Leslie
- 59Gavin
- 60Dennis
- 61Charles
- 62Simon
- 63Neville
- 64Brent
- 65Edward
- 66Terence
- 67Nigel
- 68Bryan
- 69Joseph
- 70Lindsay
- 71Kerry
- 72Tony
- 73Rex
- 74Glenn
- 75Rodney
- 76Noel
- 77Alexander
- 78Eric
- 79Derek
- 80Norman
- 81Lance
- 82Maurice
- 83Shane
- 84Gerard
- 85Daniel
- 86Desmond
- 87Nicholas
- 88Ivan
- 89Bernard
- 90Terry
- 91Stewart
- 92Arthur
- 93Kelvin
- 94Francis
- 95Dean
- 96Lawrence
- 97Alistair
- 98Brett
- 99Leonard
- 100Owen