Most popular baby names in New Zealand (1957)
The rankings exactly as NZ Department of Internal Affairs published them for 1957. 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, 1957
- 1Karen
- 2Susan
- 3Christine
- 4Jennifer
- 5Margaret
- 6Judith
- 7Linda
- 8Robyn
- 9Elizabeth
- 10Wendy
- 11Patricia
- 12Sandra
- 13Mary
- 14Helen
- 15Deborah
- 16Anne
- 17Barbara
- 18Heather
- 19Carol
- 20Lynette
- 21Diane
- 22Pamela
- 23Sharon
- 24Suzanne
- 25Catherine
- 26Julie
- 27Raewyn
- 28Jane
- 29Janet
- 30Shirley
- 31Janice
- 32Denise
- 33Pauline
- 34Dianne
- 35Joanne
- 36Alison
- 37Rosemary
- 38Lorraine
- 39Gail
- 40Annette
- 41Kathleen
- 42Vicki
- 43Donna
- 44Marie
- 45Debra
- 46Carolyn
- 47Yvonne
- 48Jacqueline
- 49Lynda
- 50Maureen
- 51Kathryn
- 52Sheryl
- 53Ann
- 54Colleen
- 55Maria
- 56Jillian
- 57Brenda
- 58Jan
- 59Fiona
- 60Lesley
- 61Beverley
- 62Angela
- 63Cheryl
- 64Glenda
- 65Sally
- 66Kerry
- 67Gillian
- 68Kay
- 69Maree
- 70Shona
- 71Frances
- 72Ruth
- 73Louise
- 74Glenys
- 75Diana
- 76Penelope
- 77Michelle
- 78Bronwyn
- 79Valerie
- 80Christina
- 81Lynne
- 82Marilyn
- 83Josephine
- 84Teresa
- 85Jocelyn
- 86Caroline
- 87Joy
- 88Elaine
- 89Jeanette
- 90Andrea
- 91Lois
- 92Jill
- 93Anna
- 94Marion
- 95Dorothy
- 96Vivienne
- 97Nicola
- 98Paula
- 99Janette
- 100Adrienne
Boys' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1957
- 1Peter
- 2John
- 3David
- 4Michael
- 5Paul
- 6Stephen
- 7Robert
- 8Mark
- 9Christopher
- 10Kevin
- 11Richard
- 12Ian
- 13Brian
- 14Anthony
- 15William
- 16Bruce
- 17Wayne
- 18Murray
- 19Gary
- 20James
- 21Alan
- 22Graeme
- 23Grant
- 24Barry
- 25Ross
- 26Graham
- 27Geoffrey
- 28Philip
- 29Colin
- 30Gregory
- 31Trevor
- 32Kenneth
- 33Andrew
- 34Neil
- 35Allan
- 36Steven
- 37Donald
- 38Garry
- 39Keith
- 40Raymond
- 41Thomas
- 42Stuart
- 43Phillip
- 44Roger
- 45Timothy
- 46Martin
- 47Ronald
- 48Warren
- 49Russell
- 50Patrick
- 51Craig
- 52Brent
- 53Douglas
- 54Malcolm
- 55Robin
- 56Simon
- 57Jeffrey
- 58Lindsay
- 59Nigel
- 60Gordon
- 61George
- 62Gavin
- 63Dennis
- 64Bryan
- 65Tony
- 66Charles
- 67Neville
- 68Edward
- 69Leslie
- 70Glenn
- 71Kerry
- 72Brett
- 73Joseph
- 74Rodney
- 75Terence
- 76Nicholas
- 77Lance
- 78Eric
- 79Bernard
- 80Rex
- 81Noel
- 82Daniel
- 83Owen
- 84Alexander
- 85Dean
- 86Warwick
- 87Derek
- 88Maurice
- 89Terry
- 90Gerard
- 91Shane
- 92Jonathan
- 93Darryl
- 94Francis
- 95Mervyn
- 96Norman
- 97Gerald
- 98Hugh
- 99Allen
- 100Stewart