Most popular baby names in New Zealand (1966)
The rankings exactly as NZ Department of Internal Affairs published them for 1966. 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, 1966
- 1Michelle
- 2Karen
- 3Deborah
- 4Susan
- 5Joanne
- 6Sandra
- 7Lisa
- 8Tania
- 9Sharon
- 10Tracey
- 11Donna
- 12Julie
- 13Angela
- 14Christine
- 15Jacqueline
- 16Nicola
- 17Helen
- 18Wendy
- 19Fiona
- 20Elizabeth
- 21Catherine
- 22Leanne
- 23Kim
- 24Maria
- 25Jennifer
- 26Sarah
- 27Linda
- 28Tracy
- 29Andrea
- 30Alison
- 31Jane
- 32Diane
- 33Robyn
- 34Denise
- 35Mary
- 36Kathryn
- 37Suzanne
- 38Janine
- 39Margaret
- 40Patricia
- 41Heather
- 42Anne
- 43Amanda
- 44Louise
- 45Paula
- 46Carol
- 47Carolyn
- 48Judith
- 49Raewyn
- 50Maree
- 51Megan
- 52Lynda
- 53Debra
- 54Brenda
- 55Tanya
- 56Vicki
- 57Stephanie
- 58Lynette
- 59Kathleen
- 60Anna
- 61Bronwyn
- 62Sally
- 63Shelley
- 64Kerry
- 65Tina
- 66Barbara
- 67Katrina
- 68Rachel
- 69Rosemary
- 70Pauline
- 71Katherine
- 72Dianne
- 73Annette
- 74Debbie
- 75Marie
- 76Caroline
- 77Cheryl
- 78Michele
- 79Pamela
- 80Janet
- 81Toni
- 82Jan
- 83Cherie
- 84Karyn
- 85Ann
- 86Claire
- 87Teresa
- 88Christina
- 89Gail
- 90Yvonne
- 91Melanie
- 92Gillian
- 93Jillian
- 94Sheryl
- 95Ruth
- 96Sonia
- 97Natalie
- 98Vicky
- 99Rhonda
- 100Rebecca
Boys' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1966
- 1David
- 2Michael
- 3Paul
- 4Andrew
- 5John
- 6Peter
- 7Mark
- 8Stephen
- 9Richard
- 10Robert
- 11Christopher
- 12Craig
- 13Shane
- 14Wayne
- 15Dean
- 16Grant
- 17Anthony
- 18James
- 19Darren
- 20Gregory
- 21Steven
- 22Kevin
- 23Ian
- 24William
- 25Philip
- 26Gary
- 27Simon
- 28Tony
- 29Timothy
- 30Brett
- 31Bruce
- 32Brent
- 33Brian
- 34Murray
- 35Phillip
- 36Nigel
- 37Martin
- 38Stuart
- 39Ross
- 40Matthew
- 41Alan
- 42Warren
- 43Glenn
- 44Geoffrey
- 45Thomas
- 46Colin
- 47Rodney
- 48Russell
- 49Raymond
- 50Jeffrey
- 51Graeme
- 52Graham
- 53Trevor
- 54Gavin
- 55Sean
- 56Neil
- 57Jason
- 58Kenneth
- 59Allan
- 60Joseph
- 61Scott
- 62Barry
- 63Patrick
- 64Nicholas
- 65Edward
- 66Antony
- 67Darryl
- 68Roger
- 69Jonathan
- 70Douglas
- 71Daniel
- 72Aaron
- 73Malcolm
- 74Kerry
- 75George
- 76Derek
- 77Lance
- 78Donald
- 79Darryn
- 80Darrin
- 81Ronald
- 82Adrian
- 83Carl
- 84Karl
- 85Charles
- 86Hamish
- 87Bryan
- 88Keith
- 89Kelvin
- 90Brendan
- 91Brendon
- 92Todd
- 93Gordon
- 94Adam
- 95Shayne
- 96Robin
- 97Glen
- 98Terry
- 99Neville
- 100Garry