Most popular baby names in New Zealand (1970)
The rankings exactly as NZ Department of Internal Affairs published them for 1970. 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, 1970
- 1Lisa
- 2Michelle
- 3Karen
- 4Rachel
- 5Joanne
- 6Nicola
- 7Tracey
- 8Angela
- 9Tania
- 10Deborah
- 11Tracy
- 12Kim
- 13Sarah
- 14Sharon
- 15Paula
- 16Donna
- 17Julie
- 18Fiona
- 19Susan
- 20Andrea
- 21Jacqueline
- 22Catherine
- 23Amanda
- 24Christine
- 25Sandra
- 26Helen
- 27Leanne
- 28Vanessa
- 29Joanna
- 30Jennifer
- 31Wendy
- 32Maria
- 33Rebecca
- 34Elizabeth
- 35Janine
- 36Megan
- 37Suzanne
- 38Linda
- 39Louise
- 40Robyn
- 41Jane
- 42Kathryn
- 43Rachael
- 44Melissa
- 45Victoria
- 46Tina
- 47Justine
- 48Anna
- 49Katrina
- 50Stephanie
- 51Cheryl
- 52Melanie
- 53Carolyn
- 54Shelley
- 55Katherine
- 56Teresa
- 57Toni
- 58Tanya
- 59Mary
- 60Bronwyn
- 61Diane
- 62Vicki
- 63Patricia
- 64Maree
- 65Margaret
- 66Alison
- 67Anne
- 68Nicole
- 69Caroline
- 70Belinda
- 71Sheryl
- 72Natalie
- 73Carol
- 74Pamela
- 75Heather
- 76Raewyn
- 77Bridget
- 78Brenda
- 79Sonya
- 80Debbie
- 81Rochelle
- 82Denise
- 83Philippa
- 84Anita
- 85Kerry
- 86Judith
- 87Sally
- 88Emma
- 89Debra
- 90Kelly
- 91Lynda
- 92Cherie
- 93Karyn
- 94Julia
- 95Marie
- 96Penelope
- 97Lynette
- 98Pauline
- 99Claire
- 100Sonia
Boys' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1970
- 1Jason
- 2Michael
- 3David
- 4Andrew
- 5Paul
- 6Mark
- 7Stephen
- 8Craig
- 9Christopher
- 10Richard
- 11John
- 12Peter
- 13Shane
- 14Robert
- 15James
- 16Steven
- 17Matthew
- 18Simon
- 19Anthony
- 20Grant
- 21Scott
- 22Wayne
- 23Dean
- 24Aaron
- 25Tony
- 26Gregory
- 27Nicholas
- 28Nigel
- 29Philip
- 30Timothy
- 31Brent
- 32Glenn
- 33William
- 34Darren
- 35Jonathan
- 36Kevin
- 37Phillip
- 38Brendon
- 39Ian
- 40Brett
- 41Glen
- 42Stuart
- 43Martin
- 44Karl
- 45Brian
- 46Daniel
- 47Bruce
- 48Gary
- 49Sean
- 50Geoffrey
- 51Warren
- 52Thomas
- 53Alan
- 54Justin
- 55Carl
- 56Blair
- 57Hamish
- 58Dion
- 59Graeme
- 60Ross
- 61Colin
- 62Murray
- 63Antony
- 64Brendan
- 65Adam
- 66Barry
- 67Patrick
- 68Edward
- 69Raymond
- 70Kerry
- 71Gavin
- 72Shaun
- 73Rodney
- 74Lance
- 75Adrian
- 76Russell
- 77Jeffrey
- 78Graham
- 79Trevor
- 80Malcolm
- 81Kenneth
- 82Neil
- 83Todd
- 84Joseph
- 85Douglas
- 86Allan
- 87Bryan
- 88Jeremy
- 89Roger
- 90George
- 91Kelvin
- 92Daryl
- 93Darryl
- 94Mathew
- 95Derek
- 96Benjamin
- 97Charles
- 98Lee
- 99Vaughan
- 100Cameron