Most popular baby names in New Zealand (1961)
The rankings exactly as NZ Department of Internal Affairs published them for 1961. 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, 1961
- 1Susan
- 2Karen
- 3Christine
- 4Deborah
- 5Sandra
- 6Joanne
- 7Julie
- 8Donna
- 9Sharon
- 10Wendy
- 11Linda
- 12Robyn
- 13Helen
- 14Jennifer
- 15Elizabeth
- 16Judith
- 17Margaret
- 18Michelle
- 19Jacqueline
- 20Patricia
- 21Carol
- 22Mary
- 23Fiona
- 24Catherine
- 25Debra
- 26Lynette
- 27Denise
- 28Anne
- 29Heather
- 30Diane
- 31Suzanne
- 32Barbara
- 33Carolyn
- 34Nicola
- 35Raewyn
- 36Vicki
- 37Angela
- 38Kathryn
- 39Jane
- 40Kim
- 41Janet
- 42Dianne
- 43Alison
- 44Shirley
- 45Pamela
- 46Annette
- 47Jan
- 48Brenda
- 49Bronwyn
- 50Michele
- 51Jillian
- 52Kathleen
- 53Andrea
- 54Tracey
- 55Lorraine
- 56Janice
- 57Kerry
- 58Rosemary
- 59Lynda
- 60Yvonne
- 61Pauline
- 62Marie
- 63Louise
- 64Gillian
- 65Kay
- 66Maree
- 67Cheryl
- 68Maria
- 69Ann
- 70Sheryl
- 71Colleen
- 72Shelley
- 73Shona
- 74Sally
- 75Leanne
- 76Lesley
- 77Sarah
- 78Ruth
- 79Frances
- 80Tracy
- 81Lynne
- 82Gail
- 83Debbie
- 84Anna
- 85Janine
- 86Adrienne
- 87Stephanie
- 88Caroline
- 89Kaye
- 90Teresa
- 91Diana
- 92Amanda
- 93Vivienne
- 94Maureen
- 95Christina
- 96Glenda
- 97Katherine
- 98Philippa
- 99Jeanette
- 100Beverley
Boys' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1961
- 1David
- 2Peter
- 3Michael
- 4John
- 5Mark
- 6Stephen
- 7Paul
- 8Robert
- 9Andrew
- 10Christopher
- 11Richard
- 12Anthony
- 13Kevin
- 14Ian
- 15Wayne
- 16William
- 17Gregory
- 18Craig
- 19Grant
- 20Steven
- 21James
- 22Bruce
- 23Gary
- 24Murray
- 25Graeme
- 26Philip
- 27Brian
- 28Alan
- 29Ross
- 30Graham
- 31Brent
- 32Geoffrey
- 33Colin
- 34Barry
- 35Martin
- 36Dean
- 37Neil
- 38Russell
- 39Trevor
- 40Simon
- 41Phillip
- 42Kenneth
- 43Allan
- 44Raymond
- 45Keith
- 46Warren
- 47Shane
- 48Donald
- 49Stuart
- 50Tony
- 51Timothy
- 52Thomas
- 53Malcolm
- 54Nigel
- 55Jeffrey
- 56Brett
- 57Roger
- 58Patrick
- 59Kerry
- 60Joseph
- 61Ronald
- 62Gavin
- 63Garry
- 64Douglas
- 65Robin
- 66George
- 67Gordon
- 68Terence
- 69Lance
- 70Charles
- 71Neville
- 72Edward
- 73Nicholas
- 74Daniel
- 75Glenn
- 76Antony
- 77Derek
- 78Leslie
- 79Matthew
- 80Bryan
- 81Dennis
- 82Jonathan
- 83Adrian
- 84Lindsay
- 85Kelvin
- 86Rodney
- 87Bernard
- 88Carl
- 89Eric
- 90Darryl
- 91Terry
- 92Scott
- 93Kim
- 94Alexander
- 95Henry
- 96Alistair
- 97Arthur
- 98Warwick
- 99Noel
- 100Gerard