Most popular baby names in New Zealand (1962)
The rankings exactly as NZ Department of Internal Affairs published them for 1962. 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, 1962
- 1Susan
- 2Karen
- 3Sandra
- 4Christine
- 5Deborah
- 6Joanne
- 7Julie
- 8Sharon
- 9Donna
- 10Robyn
- 11Wendy
- 12Linda
- 13Michelle
- 14Elizabeth
- 15Jennifer
- 16Helen
- 17Fiona
- 18Jacqueline
- 19Catherine
- 20Judith
- 21Margaret
- 22Debra
- 23Patricia
- 24Kim
- 25Mary
- 26Carol
- 27Lynette
- 28Heather
- 29Nicola
- 30Suzanne
- 31Anne
- 32Vicki
- 33Diane
- 34Raewyn
- 35Carolyn
- 36Kathryn
- 37Jane
- 38Denise
- 39Andrea
- 40Angela
- 41Barbara
- 42Tracey
- 43Maree
- 44Dianne
- 45Alison
- 46Annette
- 47Brenda
- 48Leanne
- 49Kathleen
- 50Pamela
- 51Louise
- 52Tracy
- 53Michele
- 54Janet
- 55Bronwyn
- 56Jan
- 57Kerry
- 58Shelley
- 59Lynda
- 60Sally
- 61Gillian
- 62Marie
- 63Pauline
- 64Janine
- 65Rosemary
- 66Maria
- 67Jillian
- 68Debbie
- 69Ann
- 70Yvonne
- 71Lorraine
- 72Janice
- 73Tania
- 74Kay
- 75Cheryl
- 76Katherine
- 77Sarah
- 78Shirley
- 79Caroline
- 80Colleen
- 81Sheryl
- 82Lesley
- 83Anna
- 84Diana
- 85Vivienne
- 86Christina
- 87Lisa
- 88Frances
- 89Ruth
- 90Shona
- 91Stephanie
- 92Amanda
- 93Maureen
- 94Megan
- 95Lynley
- 96Gail
- 97Lynne
- 98Penelope
- 99Kaye
- 100Teresa
Boys' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1962
- 1David
- 2Michael
- 3Peter
- 4John
- 5Mark
- 6Stephen
- 7Paul
- 8Andrew
- 9Robert
- 10Christopher
- 11Kevin
- 12Richard
- 13Anthony
- 14Grant
- 15Wayne
- 16Craig
- 17Gregory
- 18Ian
- 19William
- 20Bruce
- 21Steven
- 22James
- 23Gary
- 24Graeme
- 25Brian
- 26Murray
- 27Philip
- 28Ross
- 29Alan
- 30Dean
- 31Shane
- 32Brent
- 33Colin
- 34Neil
- 35Barry
- 36Geoffrey
- 37Graham
- 38Stuart
- 39Timothy
- 40Martin
- 41Simon
- 42Nigel
- 43Phillip
- 44Brett
- 45Tony
- 46Allan
- 47Trevor
- 48Warren
- 49Kenneth
- 50Russell
- 51Keith
- 52Thomas
- 53Raymond
- 54Patrick
- 55Kerry
- 56Glenn
- 57Donald
- 58Malcolm
- 59Jeffrey
- 60Roger
- 61Douglas
- 62Gavin
- 63Matthew
- 64Nicholas
- 65George
- 66Ronald
- 67Gordon
- 68Joseph
- 69Charles
- 70Scott
- 71Garry
- 72Edward
- 73Bryan
- 74Daniel
- 75Lance
- 76Terry
- 77Adrian
- 78Neville
- 79Darryl
- 80Robin
- 81Terence
- 82Jonathan
- 83Derek
- 84Dennis
- 85Antony
- 86Noel
- 87Gerard
- 88Lindsay
- 89Alistair
- 90Rodney
- 91Eric
- 92Carl
- 93Kelvin
- 94Leslie
- 95Ricky
- 96Karl
- 97Alexander
- 98Stewart
- 99Kim
- 100Henry