Names that peaked in New Zealand in the 1960s

Names whose highest recorded position in New Zealand's published list falls in the 1960s, with at least 3 recorded years on each side of that year.

Scoped to one registrar: NZ Department of Internal Affairs — Most Popular Baby Names. A name can be at its height here a generation before or after it is elsewhere, and this says only when it peaked in New Zealand — never when it peaked generally, which is not a thing any single source can show.

39 names, selected from the 2,577 names in the catalogue with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon). Based on official statistics from national registrars. Data sources · Methodology

Source: NZ Department of Internal Affairs · All New Zealand names

• David

  Highest recorded position #1 among boys in New Zealand in 1960, across a record running 1954–2020.

• Lisa

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in New Zealand in 1968, across a record running 1962–1997.

• Michael

  Highest recorded position #1 among boys in New Zealand in 1968, across a record running 1954–2022.

• Michelle

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in New Zealand in 1966, across a record running 1957–1999.

• Deborah

  Highest recorded position #3 among girls in New Zealand in 1966, across a record running 1954–1985.

• Paul

  Highest recorded position #3 among boys in New Zealand in 1965, across a record running 1954–1998.

• Sandra

  Highest recorded position #3 among girls in New Zealand in 1962, across a record running 1954–1980.

• Joanne

  Highest recorded position #4 among girls in New Zealand in 1969, across a record running 1954–1986.

• Julie

  Highest recorded position #4 among girls in New Zealand in 1960, across a record running 1954–1986.

• Tania

  Highest recorded position #4 among girls in New Zealand in 1968, across a record running 1962–1991.

• Kim

  Highest recorded position #5 among girls in New Zealand in 1968, across a record running 1958–1985.

• Sharon

  Highest recorded position #5 among girls in New Zealand in 1964, across a record running 1954–1981.

• Donna

  Highest recorded position #6 among girls in New Zealand in 1965, across a record running 1954–1984.

• Richard

  Highest recorded position #9 among boys in New Zealand in 1965, across a record running 1954–1999.

• Jacqueline

  Highest recorded position #11 among girls in New Zealand in 1964, across a record running 1954–1986.

• Shane

  Highest recorded position #12 among boys in New Zealand in 1968, across a record running 1955–1998.

• Dean

  Highest recorded position #13 among boys in New Zealand in 1967, across a record running 1956–1991.

• Grant

  Highest recorded position #13 among boys in New Zealand in 1964, across a record running 1954–1987.

• Fiona

  Highest recorded position #14 among girls in New Zealand in 1969, across a record running 1955–1987.

• Steven

  Highest recorded position #15 among boys in New Zealand in 1967, across a record running 1954–1997.

• Catherine

  Highest recorded position #16 among girls in New Zealand in 1963, across a record running 1954–2001.

• Gregory

  Highest recorded position #16 among boys in New Zealand in 1960, across a record running 1954–1988.

• Philip

  Highest recorded position #20 among boys in New Zealand in 1963, across a record running 1954–1992.

• Brett

  Highest recorded position #21 among boys in New Zealand in 1967, across a record running 1954–1991.

• Maria

  Highest recorded position #21 among girls in New Zealand in 1967, across a record running 1954–2016.

• Brent

  Highest recorded position #22 among boys in New Zealand in 1968, across a record running 1954–1987.

• Leanne

  Highest recorded position #22 among girls in New Zealand in 1965, across a record running 1961–1985.

• Suzanne

  Highest recorded position #22 among girls in New Zealand in 1964, across a record running 1954–1981.

• Tony

  Highest recorded position #22 among boys in New Zealand in 1967, across a record running 1954–1991.

• Denise

  Highest recorded position #23 among girls in New Zealand in 1960, across a record running 1954–1973.

• Alison

  Highest recorded position #30 among girls in New Zealand in 1966, across a record running 1954–1979.

• Martin

  Highest recorded position #34 among boys in New Zealand in 1963, across a record running 1954–1992.

• Phillip

  Highest recorded position #35 among boys in New Zealand in 1966, across a record running 1954–1995.

• Tina

  Highest recorded position #39 among girls in New Zealand in 1968, across a record running 1960–1981.

• Rodney

  Highest recorded position #42 among boys in New Zealand in 1967, across a record running 1954–1974.

• Patrick

  Highest recorded position #45 among boys in New Zealand in 1967, across a record running 1954–2020.

• Jan

  Highest recorded position #47 among girls in New Zealand in 1961, across a record running 1954–1968.

• Kerry

  Highest recorded position #53 among girls in New Zealand in 1960, across a record running 1956–1978.

• Adrian

  Highest recorded position #54 among boys in New Zealand in 1969, across a record running 1959–1986.