Most popular baby names in New Zealand (1971)
The rankings exactly as NZ Department of Internal Affairs published them for 1971. 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, 1971
- 1Lisa
- 2Michelle
- 3Rachel
- 4Joanne
- 5Nicola
- 6Karen
- 7Tracey
- 8Angela
- 9Tania
- 10Deborah
- 11Amanda
- 12Tracy
- 13Sarah
- 14Kelly
- 15Kim
- 16Julie
- 17Susan
- 18Vanessa
- 19Fiona
- 20Andrea
- 21Donna
- 22Rebecca
- 23Catherine
- 24Sharon
- 25Rachael
- 26Jacqueline
- 27Paula
- 28Melanie
- 29Elizabeth
- 30Christine
- 31Jennifer
- 32Wendy
- 33Helen
- 34Suzanne
- 35Megan
- 36Joanna
- 37Leanne
- 38Sandra
- 39Tina
- 40Rochelle
- 41Kathryn
- 42Jane
- 43Anna
- 44Victoria
- 45Melissa
- 46Janine
- 47Katrina
- 48Maria
- 49Shelley
- 50Louise
- 51Stephanie
- 52Linda
- 53Robyn
- 54Justine
- 55Cheryl
- 56Patricia
- 57Nicole
- 58Toni
- 59Carolyn
- 60Teresa
- 61Denise
- 62Mary
- 63Vicki
- 64Tanya
- 65Belinda
- 66Bronwyn
- 67Alison
- 68Caroline
- 69Heather
- 70Kirsten
- 71Bridget
- 72Emma
- 73Margaret
- 74Cherie
- 75Maree
- 76Kerry
- 77Sheryl
- 78Sally
- 79Sonya
- 80Katherine
- 81Brenda
- 82Debra
- 83Anne
- 84Claire
- 85Diane
- 86Pauline
- 87Julia
- 88Annette
- 89Sharlene
- 90Debbie
- 91Natasha
- 92Kirsty
- 93Philippa
- 94Anita
- 95Raewyn
- 96Carol
- 97Karyn
- 98Penelope
- 99Kathleen
- 100Barbara
Boys' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1971
- 1Jason
- 2Michael
- 3David
- 4Paul
- 5Andrew
- 6Craig
- 7Mark
- 8Christopher
- 9Richard
- 10Aaron
- 11John
- 12Stephen
- 13Robert
- 14Peter
- 15Matthew
- 16Shane
- 17Steven
- 18James
- 19Scott
- 20Anthony
- 21Grant
- 22Simon
- 23Wayne
- 24Gregory
- 25Dean
- 26Brent
- 27Nicholas
- 28Glenn
- 29Tony
- 30William
- 31Darren
- 32Nigel
- 33Timothy
- 34Justin
- 35Brendon
- 36Stuart
- 37Kevin
- 38Philip
- 39Brett
- 40Jonathan
- 41Daniel
- 42Ian
- 43Jeremy
- 44Glen
- 45Phillip
- 46Blair
- 47Sean
- 48Karl
- 49Hamish
- 50Martin
- 51Geoffrey
- 52Gavin
- 53Gary
- 54Carl
- 55Bruce
- 56Warren
- 57Brian
- 58Ross
- 59Thomas
- 60Dion
- 61Alan
- 62Adam
- 63Nathan
- 64Joseph
- 65Antony
- 66Patrick
- 67Murray
- 68Barry
- 69Graeme
- 70Jeffrey
- 71Adrian
- 72Brendan
- 73Raymond
- 74Kerry
- 75Rodney
- 76Mathew
- 77Neil
- 78Colin
- 79Darryl
- 80Clinton
- 81Graham
- 82Edward
- 83Russell
- 84Trevor
- 85Benjamin
- 86Todd
- 87Shaun
- 88Cameron
- 89Roger
- 90Gareth
- 91Kelvin
- 92Marcus
- 93George
- 94Lance
- 95Daryl
- 96Allan
- 97Vaughan
- 98Malcolm
- 99Douglas
- 100Alexander