Namewise

Most popular baby names in New Zealand in the 1960s

NZ Department of Internal Affairspublishes a ranking each year, not one for the decade. This list is Namewise's own calculation: each name's average published position across the years of the 1960s it was ranked in, counting only names ranked in at least 5 of those years.

The years-ranked figure beside each name is part of the result, not decoration — a name averaging a strong position across four years is a different claim from one averaging it across ten. The published year-by-year rankings · Data sources

Girls' names

100 names, averaged across 10 published years in the 1960s

  1. 1Karenavg #1.8 · 10 yrs
  2. 2Susanavg #3.9 · 10 yrs
  3. 3Deborahavg #5.7 · 10 yrs
  4. 4Joanneavg #7.3 · 10 yrs
  5. 5Sandraavg #7.8 · 10 yrs
  6. 6Donnaavg #9.5 · 10 yrs
  7. 7Julieavg #9.5 · 10 yrs
  8. 8Michelleavg #9.6 · 10 yrs
  9. 9Sharonavg #9.8 · 10 yrs
  10. 10Christineavg #10.0 · 10 yrs
  11. 11Wendyavg #15.8 · 10 yrs
  12. 12Helenavg #15.9 · 10 yrs
  13. 13Taniaavg #17.5 · 8 yrs
  14. 14Elizabethavg #17.8 · 10 yrs
  15. 15Jacquelineavg #19.2 · 10 yrs
  16. 16Jenniferavg #19.2 · 10 yrs
  17. 17Lindaavg #19.7 · 10 yrs
  18. 18Fionaavg #20.1 · 10 yrs
  19. 19Catherineavg #22.0 · 10 yrs
  20. 20Nicolaavg #22.2 · 10 yrs
  21. 21Robynavg #22.8 · 10 yrs
  22. 22Angelaavg #23.0 · 10 yrs
  23. 23Kimavg #23.6 · 10 yrs
  24. 24Traceyavg #29.1 · 10 yrs
  25. 25Patriciaavg #32.2 · 10 yrs
  26. 26Maryavg #32.6 · 10 yrs
  27. 27Janeavg #33.4 · 10 yrs
  28. 28Suzanneavg #33.4 · 10 yrs
  29. 29Lisaavg #33.6 · 8 yrs
  30. 30Deniseavg #34.4 · 10 yrs
  31. 31Margaretavg #34.7 · 10 yrs
  32. 32Leanneavg #35.4 · 9 yrs
  33. 33Andreaavg #36.2 · 10 yrs
  34. 34Dianeavg #36.4 · 10 yrs
  35. 35Kathrynavg #37.7 · 10 yrs
  36. 36Heatheravg #38.2 · 10 yrs
  37. 37Tracyavg #40.0 · 9 yrs
  38. 38Anneavg #40.8 · 10 yrs
  39. 39Carolavg #41.6 · 10 yrs
  40. 40Mariaavg #41.6 · 10 yrs
  41. 41Debraavg #41.7 · 10 yrs
  42. 42Judithavg #42.1 · 10 yrs
  43. 43Vickiavg #43.0 · 10 yrs
  44. 44Alisonavg #43.1 · 10 yrs
  45. 45Paulaavg #43.1 · 7 yrs
  46. 46Carolynavg #43.2 · 10 yrs
  47. 47Raewynavg #45.5 · 10 yrs
  48. 48Sarahavg #45.6 · 10 yrs
  49. 49Lynetteavg #46.6 · 10 yrs
  50. 50Rachelavg #49.6 · 5 yrs
  51. 51Louiseavg #50.1 · 10 yrs
  52. 52Brendaavg #50.5 · 10 yrs
  53. 53Mareeavg #52.0 · 10 yrs
  54. 54Amandaavg #53.9 · 9 yrs
  55. 55Janineavg #54.4 · 10 yrs
  56. 56Barbaraavg #55.9 · 10 yrs
  57. 57Tanyaavg #58.0 · 6 yrs
  58. 58Janetavg #58.4 · 7 yrs
  59. 59Bronwynavg #58.9 · 10 yrs
  60. 60Katrinaavg #60.4 · 5 yrs
  61. 61Kathleenavg #60.8 · 10 yrs
  62. 62Dianneavg #61.2 · 9 yrs
  63. 63Annetteavg #61.6 · 10 yrs
  64. 64Paulineavg #63.7 · 10 yrs
  65. 65Meganavg #63.8 · 8 yrs
  66. 66Lyndaavg #64.2 · 10 yrs
  67. 67Rosemaryavg #64.6 · 7 yrs
  68. 68Shirleyavg #64.8 · 5 yrs
  69. 69Marieavg #65.1 · 10 yrs
  70. 70Tinaavg #65.3 · 7 yrs
  71. 71Pamelaavg #66.0 · 10 yrs
  72. 72Jillianavg #66.4 · 7 yrs
  73. 73Sallyavg #67.8 · 10 yrs
  74. 74Shelleyavg #68.5 · 10 yrs
  75. 75Annaavg #68.6 · 10 yrs
  76. 76Kerryavg #69.8 · 9 yrs
  77. 77Janiceavg #69.8 · 5 yrs
  78. 78Toniavg #71.0 · 5 yrs
  79. 79Stephanieavg #71.2 · 10 yrs
  80. 80Lorraineavg #71.8 · 6 yrs
  81. 81Micheleavg #72.9 · 9 yrs
  82. 82Janavg #73.2 · 9 yrs
  83. 83Yvonneavg #75.0 · 9 yrs
  84. 84Debbieavg #75.2 · 10 yrs
  85. 85Cherylavg #75.3 · 7 yrs
  86. 86Annavg #75.7 · 10 yrs
  87. 87Carolineavg #76.2 · 10 yrs
  88. 88Katherineavg #77.1 · 9 yrs
  89. 89Sherylavg #79.3 · 8 yrs
  90. 90Gillianavg #79.6 · 8 yrs
  91. 91Lesleyavg #79.8 · 6 yrs
  92. 92Kayavg #81.5 · 6 yrs
  93. 93Shonaavg #82.0 · 7 yrs
  94. 94Colleenavg #82.3 · 6 yrs
  95. 95Cherieavg #83.4 · 5 yrs
  96. 96Natalieavg #83.6 · 5 yrs
  97. 97Ruthavg #83.8 · 9 yrs
  98. 98Claireavg #86.0 · 5 yrs
  99. 99Teresaavg #86.2 · 10 yrs
  100. 100Francesavg #87.2 · 5 yrs

Boys' names

98 names, averaged across 10 published years in the 1960s

  1. 1Davidavg #1.1 · 10 yrs
  2. 2Michaelavg #2.1 · 10 yrs
  3. 3Paulavg #4.9 · 10 yrs
  4. 4Johnavg #5.0 · 10 yrs
  5. 5Peteravg #5.2 · 10 yrs
  6. 6Markavg #5.5 · 10 yrs
  7. 7Andrewavg #7.1 · 10 yrs
  8. 8Stephenavg #7.4 · 10 yrs
  9. 9Robertavg #9.7 · 10 yrs
  10. 10Christopheravg #9.8 · 10 yrs
  11. 11Richardavg #10.3 · 10 yrs
  12. 12Craigavg #13.0 · 10 yrs
  13. 13Anthonyavg #15.0 · 10 yrs
  14. 14Wayneavg #15.8 · 10 yrs
  15. 15Grantavg #16.5 · 10 yrs
  16. 16Jamesavg #18.4 · 10 yrs
  17. 17Kevinavg #18.8 · 10 yrs
  18. 18Gregoryavg #18.9 · 10 yrs
  19. 19Stevenavg #19.5 · 10 yrs
  20. 20Ianavg #21.0 · 10 yrs
  21. 21Williamavg #22.1 · 10 yrs
  22. 22Shaneavg #25.6 · 10 yrs
  23. 23Philipavg #26.1 · 10 yrs
  24. 24Deanavg #27.2 · 10 yrs
  25. 25Garyavg #28.5 · 10 yrs
  26. 26Bruceavg #28.7 · 10 yrs
  27. 27Brianavg #29.4 · 10 yrs
  28. 28Brentavg #30.5 · 10 yrs
  29. 29Simonavg #34.0 · 10 yrs
  30. 30Darrenavg #34.5 · 6 yrs
  31. 31Murrayavg #34.6 · 10 yrs
  32. 32Tonyavg #34.6 · 10 yrs
  33. 33Alanavg #34.8 · 10 yrs
  34. 34Timothyavg #35.2 · 10 yrs
  35. 35Brettavg #36.7 · 10 yrs
  36. 36Graemeavg #37.5 · 10 yrs
  37. 37Martinavg #38.0 · 10 yrs
  38. 38Rossavg #38.7 · 10 yrs
  39. 39Nigelavg #40.4 · 10 yrs
  40. 40Phillipavg #40.7 · 10 yrs
  41. 41Colinavg #41.3 · 10 yrs
  42. 42Stuartavg #42.2 · 10 yrs
  43. 43Geoffreyavg #44.1 · 10 yrs
  44. 44Warrenavg #44.4 · 10 yrs
  45. 45Neilavg #46.2 · 10 yrs
  46. 46Grahamavg #46.9 · 10 yrs
  47. 47Barryavg #49.4 · 10 yrs
  48. 48Glennavg #49.4 · 10 yrs
  49. 49Trevoravg #50.5 · 10 yrs
  50. 50Thomasavg #52.8 · 10 yrs
  51. 51Allanavg #53.1 · 10 yrs
  52. 52Raymondavg #53.1 · 10 yrs
  53. 53Matthewavg #53.8 · 10 yrs
  54. 54Kennethavg #55.9 · 10 yrs
  55. 55Jeffreyavg #56.4 · 10 yrs
  56. 56Russellavg #57.4 · 10 yrs
  57. 57Patrickavg #58.1 · 10 yrs
  58. 58Gavinavg #59.0 · 10 yrs
  59. 59Rogeravg #60.9 · 10 yrs
  60. 60Nicholasavg #61.6 · 10 yrs
  61. 61Seanavg #61.9 · 7 yrs
  62. 62Scottavg #62.7 · 10 yrs
  63. 63Malcolmavg #64.9 · 10 yrs
  64. 64Keithavg #65.5 · 8 yrs
  65. 65Josephavg #66.4 · 10 yrs
  66. 66Kerryavg #66.5 · 10 yrs
  67. 67Edwardavg #67.4 · 10 yrs
  68. 68Donaldavg #68.2 · 10 yrs
  69. 69Douglasavg #68.4 · 10 yrs
  70. 70Danielavg #68.8 · 10 yrs
  71. 71Rodneyavg #69.7 · 10 yrs
  72. 72Antonyavg #70.1 · 10 yrs
  73. 73Garryavg #71.7 · 7 yrs
  74. 74Jonathanavg #72.2 · 10 yrs
  75. 75Georgeavg #72.8 · 10 yrs
  76. 76Terenceavg #72.8 · 5 yrs
  77. 77Darrylavg #75.9 · 10 yrs
  78. 78Ronaldavg #76.6 · 9 yrs
  79. 79Lanceavg #76.7 · 10 yrs
  80. 80Adrianavg #77.2 · 10 yrs
  81. 81Glenavg #77.3 · 7 yrs
  82. 82Gordonavg #80.0 · 8 yrs
  83. 83Brendonavg #80.5 · 6 yrs
  84. 84Nevilleavg #81.3 · 7 yrs
  85. 85Charlesavg #81.6 · 9 yrs
  86. 86Carlavg #82.0 · 10 yrs
  87. 87Karlavg #82.1 · 8 yrs
  88. 88Robinavg #83.4 · 8 yrs
  89. 89Derekavg #83.5 · 10 yrs
  90. 90Bryanavg #84.8 · 10 yrs
  91. 91Dennisavg #84.8 · 5 yrs
  92. 92Kelvinavg #85.3 · 10 yrs
  93. 93Hamishavg #86.2 · 5 yrs
  94. 94Adamavg #87.0 · 5 yrs
  95. 95Ericavg #87.4 · 5 yrs
  96. 96Terryavg #87.6 · 8 yrs
  97. 97Leslieavg #88.0 · 6 yrs
  98. 98Alexanderavg #95.6 · 7 yrs