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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.

This source has published 70 complete rankings, from 1954 to 2023. Data sources · Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 International

Girls' names

Top 100 in New Zealand, 1966

  1. 1Michelle
  2. 2Karen
  3. 3Deborah
  4. 4Susan
  5. 5Joanne
  6. 6Sandra
  7. 7Lisa
  8. 8Tania
  9. 9Sharon
  10. 10Tracey
  11. 11Donna
  12. 12Julie
  13. 13Angela
  14. 14Christine
  15. 15Jacqueline
  16. 16Nicola
  17. 17Helen
  18. 18Wendy
  19. 19Fiona
  20. 20Elizabeth
  21. 21Catherine
  22. 22Leanne
  23. 23Kim
  24. 24Maria
  25. 25Jennifer
  26. 26Sarah
  27. 27Linda
  28. 28Tracy
  29. 29Andrea
  30. 30Alison
  31. 31Jane
  32. 32Diane
  33. 33Robyn
  34. 34Denise
  35. 35Mary
  36. 36Kathryn
  37. 37Suzanne
  38. 38Janine
  39. 39Margaret
  40. 40Patricia
  41. 41Heather
  42. 42Anne
  43. 43Amanda
  44. 44Louise
  45. 45Paula
  46. 46Carol
  47. 47Carolyn
  48. 48Judith
  49. 49Raewyn
  50. 50Maree
  51. 51Megan
  52. 52Lynda
  53. 53Debra
  54. 54Brenda
  55. 55Tanya
  56. 56Vicki
  57. 57Stephanie
  58. 58Lynette
  59. 59Kathleen
  60. 60Anna
  61. 61Bronwyn
  62. 62Sally
  63. 63Shelley
  64. 64Kerry
  65. 65Tina
  66. 66Barbara
  67. 67Katrina
  68. 68Rachel
  69. 69Rosemary
  70. 70Pauline
  71. 71Katherine
  72. 72Dianne
  73. 73Annette
  74. 74Debbie
  75. 75Marie
  76. 76Caroline
  77. 77Cheryl
  78. 78Michele
  79. 79Pamela
  80. 80Janet
  81. 81Toni
  82. 82Jan
  83. 83Cherie
  84. 84Karyn
  85. 85Ann
  86. 86Claire
  87. 87Teresa
  88. 88Christina
  89. 89Gail
  90. 90Yvonne
  91. 91Melanie
  92. 92Gillian
  93. 93Jillian
  94. 94Sheryl
  95. 95Ruth
  96. 96Sonia
  97. 97Natalie
  98. 98Vicky
  99. 99Rhonda
  100. 100Rebecca

Boys' names

Top 100 in New Zealand, 1966

  1. 1David
  2. 2Michael
  3. 3Paul
  4. 4Andrew
  5. 5John
  6. 6Peter
  7. 7Mark
  8. 8Stephen
  9. 9Richard
  10. 10Robert
  11. 11Christopher
  12. 12Craig
  13. 13Shane
  14. 14Wayne
  15. 15Dean
  16. 16Grant
  17. 17Anthony
  18. 18James
  19. 19Darren
  20. 20Gregory
  21. 21Steven
  22. 22Kevin
  23. 23Ian
  24. 24William
  25. 25Philip
  26. 26Gary
  27. 27Simon
  28. 28Tony
  29. 29Timothy
  30. 30Brett
  31. 31Bruce
  32. 32Brent
  33. 33Brian
  34. 34Murray
  35. 35Phillip
  36. 36Nigel
  37. 37Martin
  38. 38Stuart
  39. 39Ross
  40. 40Matthew
  41. 41Alan
  42. 42Warren
  43. 43Glenn
  44. 44Geoffrey
  45. 45Thomas
  46. 46Colin
  47. 47Rodney
  48. 48Russell
  49. 49Raymond
  50. 50Jeffrey
  51. 51Graeme
  52. 52Graham
  53. 53Trevor
  54. 54Gavin
  55. 55Sean
  56. 56Neil
  57. 57Jason
  58. 58Kenneth
  59. 59Allan
  60. 60Joseph
  61. 61Scott
  62. 62Barry
  63. 63Patrick
  64. 64Nicholas
  65. 65Edward
  66. 66Antony
  67. 67Darryl
  68. 68Roger
  69. 69Jonathan
  70. 70Douglas
  71. 71Daniel
  72. 72Aaron
  73. 73Malcolm
  74. 74Kerry
  75. 75George
  76. 76Derek
  77. 77Lance
  78. 78Donald
  79. 79Darryn
  80. 80Darrin
  81. 81Ronald
  82. 82Adrian
  83. 83Carl
  84. 84Karl
  85. 85Charles
  86. 86Hamish
  87. 87Bryan
  88. 88Keith
  89. 89Kelvin
  90. 90Brendan
  91. 91Brendon
  92. 92Todd
  93. 93Gordon
  94. 94Adam
  95. 95Shayne
  96. 96Robin
  97. 97Glen
  98. 98Terry
  99. 99Neville
  100. 100Garry
Most popular baby names in New Zealand (1966) · Namewise