Most popular baby names in New Zealand (1959)
The rankings exactly as NZ Department of Internal Affairs published them for 1959. 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, 1959
- 1Susan
- 2Karen
- 3Christine
- 4Deborah
- 5Julie
- 6Jennifer
- 7Linda
- 8Sandra
- 9Robyn
- 10Wendy
- 11Elizabeth
- 12Judith
- 13Margaret
- 14Patricia
- 15Donna
- 16Sharon
- 17Debra
- 18Mary
- 19Helen
- 20Joanne
- 21Barbara
- 22Lynette
- 23Heather
- 24Anne
- 25Diane
- 26Catherine
- 27Carol
- 28Denise
- 29Suzanne
- 30Vicki
- 31Pamela
- 32Janet
- 33Carolyn
- 34Raewyn
- 35Jane
- 36Shirley
- 37Kathryn
- 38Alison
- 39Pauline
- 40Janice
- 41Dianne
- 42Fiona
- 43Rosemary
- 44Annette
- 45Michelle
- 46Kathleen
- 47Lesley
- 48Lynda
- 49Colleen
- 50Sally
- 51Yvonne
- 52Ann
- 53Jan
- 54Marie
- 55Jacqueline
- 56Brenda
- 57Maree
- 58Jillian
- 59Sheryl
- 60Lorraine
- 61Gillian
- 62Louise
- 63Shona
- 64Glenda
- 65Nicola
- 66Kerry
- 67Angela
- 68Gail
- 69Beverley
- 70Kim
- 71Lynne
- 72Cheryl
- 73Frances
- 74Michele
- 75Stephanie
- 76Maria
- 77Kay
- 78Adrienne
- 79Andrea
- 80Diana
- 81Bronwyn
- 82Maureen
- 83Josephine
- 84Penelope
- 85Jeanette
- 86Teresa
- 87Caroline
- 88Vivienne
- 89Valerie
- 90Ruth
- 91Sarah
- 92Paula
- 93Philippa
- 94Christina
- 95Lynley
- 96Jocelyn
- 97Shelley
- 98Janine
- 99Claire
- 100Jill
Boys' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1959
- 1Peter
- 2David
- 3John
- 4Michael
- 5Stephen
- 6Mark
- 7Paul
- 8Robert
- 9Christopher
- 10Kevin
- 11Anthony
- 12Richard
- 13Ian
- 14Wayne
- 15Bruce
- 16William
- 17Brian
- 18Grant
- 19Gregory
- 20James
- 21Andrew
- 22Gary
- 23Philip
- 24Alan
- 25Graeme
- 26Steven
- 27Murray
- 28Ross
- 29Colin
- 30Geoffrey
- 31Barry
- 32Graham
- 33Allan
- 34Kenneth
- 35Neil
- 36Trevor
- 37Russell
- 38Donald
- 39Craig
- 40Keith
- 41Martin
- 42Raymond
- 43Phillip
- 44Timothy
- 45Stuart
- 46Brent
- 47Warren
- 48Thomas
- 49Roger
- 50Garry
- 51Jeffrey
- 52Patrick
- 53Tony
- 54Simon
- 55Douglas
- 56Malcolm
- 57Gavin
- 58Kerry
- 59George
- 60Ronald
- 61Nigel
- 62Terence
- 63Neville
- 64Gordon
- 65Robin
- 66Dean
- 67Edward
- 68Lance
- 69Nicholas
- 70Shane
- 71Brett
- 72Joseph
- 73Leslie
- 74Charles
- 75Rodney
- 76Bryan
- 77Derek
- 78Dennis
- 79Terry
- 80Glenn
- 81Daniel
- 82Noel
- 83Lindsay
- 84Eric
- 85Maurice
- 86Matthew
- 87Alexander
- 88Rex
- 89Kelvin
- 90Jonathan
- 91Arthur
- 92Adrian
- 93Francis
- 94Stewart
- 95Alistair
- 96Gerard
- 97Carl
- 98Bernard
- 99Ivan
- 100Owen