Most popular baby names in New Zealand (1958)
The rankings exactly as NZ Department of Internal Affairs published them for 1958. 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, 1958
- 1Susan
- 2Karen
- 3Christine
- 4Jennifer
- 5Margaret
- 6Deborah
- 7Linda
- 8Wendy
- 9Elizabeth
- 10Judith
- 11Robyn
- 12Helen
- 13Julie
- 14Patricia
- 15Sandra
- 16Mary
- 17Barbara
- 18Sharon
- 19Diane
- 20Lynette
- 21Carol
- 22Debra
- 23Anne
- 24Catherine
- 25Suzanne
- 26Heather
- 27Joanne
- 28Denise
- 29Pamela
- 30Janice
- 31Raewyn
- 32Janet
- 33Jane
- 34Vicki
- 35Dianne
- 36Shirley
- 37Pauline
- 38Donna
- 39Carolyn
- 40Rosemary
- 41Lorraine
- 42Alison
- 43Kathleen
- 44Kathryn
- 45Yvonne
- 46Annette
- 47Lesley
- 48Ann
- 49Marie
- 50Lynda
- 51Jacqueline
- 52Gail
- 53Sally
- 54Fiona
- 55Jan
- 56Sheryl
- 57Jillian
- 58Colleen
- 59Kerry
- 60Gillian
- 61Cheryl
- 62Kay
- 63Brenda
- 64Angela
- 65Maree
- 66Diana
- 67Beverley
- 68Nicola
- 69Shona
- 70Maria
- 71Glenda
- 72Ruth
- 73Maureen
- 74Michelle
- 75Lynne
- 76Jeanette
- 77Andrea
- 78Kim
- 79Louise
- 80Glenys
- 81Caroline
- 82Paula
- 83Penelope
- 84Jocelyn
- 85Joy
- 86Sarah
- 87Michele
- 88Vivienne
- 89Josephine
- 90Bronwyn
- 91Adrienne
- 92Frances
- 93Stephanie
- 94Elaine
- 95Philippa
- 96Jill
- 97Janine
- 98Claire
- 99Victoria
- 100Teresa
Boys' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1958
- 1Peter
- 2David
- 3John
- 4Michael
- 5Stephen
- 6Paul
- 7Mark
- 8Robert
- 9Christopher
- 10Kevin
- 11Richard
- 12Anthony
- 13Ian
- 14William
- 15Wayne
- 16Grant
- 17Alan
- 18Brian
- 19Bruce
- 20Murray
- 21Gary
- 22Graeme
- 23James
- 24Gregory
- 25Steven
- 26Ross
- 27Andrew
- 28Philip
- 29Colin
- 30Graham
- 31Geoffrey
- 32Allan
- 33Barry
- 34Keith
- 35Kenneth
- 36Trevor
- 37Donald
- 38Neil
- 39Raymond
- 40Garry
- 41Martin
- 42Stuart
- 43Thomas
- 44Simon
- 45Roger
- 46Russell
- 47Timothy
- 48Craig
- 49Patrick
- 50Phillip
- 51Brent
- 52Warren
- 53Tony
- 54Robin
- 55Malcolm
- 56Kerry
- 57Jeffrey
- 58Ronald
- 59Douglas
- 60Joseph
- 61Gavin
- 62Nigel
- 63Neville
- 64Dennis
- 65Gordon
- 66Terence
- 67George
- 68Leslie
- 69Brett
- 70Edward
- 71Charles
- 72Dean
- 73Nicholas
- 74Rodney
- 75Lance
- 76Derek
- 77Shane
- 78Noel
- 79Lindsay
- 80Eric
- 81Glenn
- 82Bryan
- 83Rex
- 84Bernard
- 85Maurice
- 86Alexander
- 87Alistair
- 88Terry
- 89Ivan
- 90Desmond
- 91Daniel
- 92Owen
- 93Lawrence
- 94Gerard
- 95Arthur
- 96Warwick
- 97Walter
- 98Matthew
- 99Stewart
- 100Leonard