Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
99.	Cyril	33	new	new	new
99.	Hugh	33	-4	+3	+10.0%
99.	Terrence	33	-10	0	0.0%
98.	Allen	34	-1	+5	+17.2%
97.	Victor	36	-9	+2	+5.9%
96.	Lindsay	37	-17	-5	-11.9%
93.	Clifford	38	+2	+8	+26.7%
93.	Daniel	38	new	new	new
93.	Wiremu	38	-1	+7	+22.6%
91.	Barrie	39	-9	+1	+2.6%
91.	Maxwell	39	+1	+8	+25.8%
90.	Frank	40	-26	-16	-28.6%
87.	Jack	41	-10	-4	-8.9%
87.	Stuart	41	-5	+3	+7.9%
87.	Warwick	41	-5	+3	+7.9%
84.	Christopher	42	+8	+11	+35.5%
84.	Edwin	42	+5	+9	+27.3%
84.	Gerald	42	-7	-3	-6.7%
83.	Roy	43	-23	-15	-25.9%
82.	Gavin	44	+9	+12	+37.5%
80.	Clive	47	+17	+18	+62.1%
80.	Owen	47	-5	-1	-2.1%
78.	Alfred	48	-3	0	0.0%
78.	Ernest	48	+1	+6	+14.3%
77.	Harold	49	-6	0	0.0%
75.	Andrew	51	+11	+15	+41.7%
75.	Lawrence	51	+7	+13	+34.2%
74.	Rodney	53	+7	+12	+29.3%
73.	Winston	55	new	new	new
71.	Henry	56	0	+7	+14.3%
71.	Reginald	56	+15	+20	+55.6%
70.	Errol	58	+1	+9	+18.4%
69.	Bernard	59	-3	+6	+11.3%
68.	Warren	60	+1	+9	+17.6%
67.	Garry	62	+1	+10	+19.2%
66.	Joseph	63	-3	+6	+10.5%
65.	Walter	66	-11	-4	-5.7%
64.	Philip	67	+6	+17	+34.0%
63.	Denis	71	-3	+13	+22.4%
62.	Ivan	72	+9	+23	+46.9%
61.	Alexander	73	-3	+11	+17.7%
60.	Albert	76	0	+18	+31.0%
58.	Leonard	79	+8	+26	+49.1%
58.	Ross	79	-9	-3	-3.7%
56.	Eric	81	-1	+12	+17.4%
56.	Stanley	81	+2	+19	+30.6%
55.	Mervyn	84	+2	+17	+25.4%
53.	Frederick	85	-5	+2	+2.4%
53.	Geoffrey	85	+11	+29	+51.8%
50.	Desmond	86	+2	+8	+10.3%
50.	Malcolm	86	-3	+2	+2.4%
50.	Norman	86	-1	+4	+4.9%
49.	Rex	88	+3	+10	+12.8%
48.	Francis	89	+8	+21	+30.9%
47.	Bryan	97	-1	+9	+10.2%
46.	Russell	99	-2	+7	+7.6%
44.	Neville	105	-21	-63	-37.5%
44.	Patrick	105	-2	+6	+6.1%
43.	Noel	108	-5	-5	-4.4%
42.	Arthur	109	-6	-6	-5.2%
40.	Dennis	113	+5	+23	+25.6%
40.	Gordon	113	-6	-5	-4.2%
39.	Roger	114	0	+6	+5.6%
38.	Paul	118	-7	-11	-8.5%
37.	Charles	120	-1	+5	+4.3%
35.	Maurice	121	+6	+16	+15.2%
35.	Robin	121	+14	+39	+47.6%
34.	Neil	122	+6	+15	+14.0%
33.	Douglas	127	-4	-8	-5.9%
32.	Terence	128	+3	+12	+10.3%
31.	Leslie	142	+2	+16	+12.7%
30.	Murray	143	-1	+8	+5.9%
29.	Kevin	145	-1	-1	-0.7%
28.	Edward	151	-1	+1	+0.7%
27.	Keith	155	+16	+59	+61.5%
26.	Allan	167	+6	+40	+31.5%
25.	Gary	168	+1	+11	+7.0%
24.	George	174	-6	-20	-10.3%
23.	Trevor	176	+2	+15	+9.3%
22.	Thomas	183	-1	+4	+2.2%
21.	Bruce	193	-5	-18	-8.5%
20.	Anthony	230	+2	+55	+31.4%
19.	Richard	235	+1	+55	+30.6%
18.	Alan	237	+5	+69	+41.1%
17.	Raymond	243	-4	+11	+4.7%
16.	Graeme	245	+2	+51	+26.3%
15.	Kenneth	251	+2	+52	+26.1%
14.	Colin	258	+1	+37	+16.7%
13.	Ronald	278	-4	-7	-2.5%
12.	Donald	290	-1	+18	+6.6%
11.	Michael	296	+3	+70	+31.0%
10.	Barry	319	+2	+75	+30.7%
9.	Graham	330	+1	+54	+19.6%
8.	Ian	357	0	+47	+15.2%
7.	James	418	0	+24	+6.1%
6.	David	571	-3	+2	+0.4%
5.	Robert	600	-1	+43	+7.7%
4.	Brian	607	+2	+93	+18.1%
3.	Peter	645	-1	+63	+10.8%
2.	William	648	+2	+91	+16.3%
1.	John	1,213	0	+236	+24.2%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
99.	Olive	33	-16	-2	-5.7%
99.	Winifred	33	new	new	new
95.	Beryl	34	-24	-12	-26.1%
95.	Christine	34	new	new	new
95.	Cynthia	34	new	new	new
95.	Glenda	34	-9	+1	+3.0%
94.	Dianne	35	new	new	new
92.	Florence	36	+3	+4	+12.5%
92.	Shona	36	-7	+2	+5.9%
90.	Ellen	37	-4	+4	+12.1%
90.	Noelene	37	+5	+5	+15.6%
89.	Phyllis	38	-36	-28	-42.4%
88.	Mavis	41	-6	+3	+7.9%
85.	Adrienne	42	+1	+9	+27.3%
85.	Audrey	42	-26	-18	-30.0%
85.	Edith	42	-11	-2	-4.5%
83.	Hazel	43	-4	+3	+7.5%
83.	Janette	43	+15	+12	+38.7%
82.	Robyn	44	new	new	new
81.	Lorna	45	-1	+6	+15.4%
80.	Carole	47	0	+8	+20.5%
79.	Marjorie	48	-11	-1	-2.0%
78.	Eleanor	49	+8	+16	+48.5%
76.	Daphne	51	-26	-17	-25.0%
76.	Marilyn	51	-5	+5	+10.9%
71.	Evelyn	52	-12	-8	-13.3%
71.	Norma	52	-7	-5	-8.8%
71.	Susan	52	+4	+9	+20.9%
71.	Sylvia	52	+6	+10	+23.8%
71.	Thelma	52	+15	+19	+57.6%
70.	Gail	53	new	new	new
69.	Kay	55	+17	+22	+66.7%
68.	Julie	57	+15	+22	+62.9%
67.	Nola	60	0	+7	+13.2%
66.	Jacqueline	61	+7	+16	+35.6%
65.	Gillian	62	-6	+2	+3.3%
64.	Doreen	64	-29	-31	-32.6%
62.	Jillian	66	+16	+25	+61.0%
62.	Nancy	66	-17	-10	-13.2%
61.	Lesley	67	+2	+9	+15.5%
59.	Ruth	68	+5	+11	+19.3%
59.	Wendy	68	+9	+19	+38.8%
58.	Jill	69	0	+8	+13.1%
56.	Diana	72	-1	+9	+14.3%
56.	Jocelyn	72	-9	+1	+1.4%
55.	Robin	73	+11	+17	+30.4%
54.	Fay	76	-11	-3	-3.8%
52.	Diane	77	-2	+9	+13.2%
52.	Rosalie	77	-3	+8	+11.6%
51.	Joyce	78	-8	-1	-1.3%
50.	Irene	83	+6	+21	+33.9%
49.	Lynette	84	+21	+36	+75.0%
48.	Eileen	86	-1	+15	+21.1%
46.	Josephine	87	+8	+22	+33.8%
46.	Rosemary	87	+10	+25	+40.3%
45.	Frances	88	-13	-8	-8.3%
43.	Catherine	89	+9	+22	+32.8%
43.	Gloria	89	+32	+46	+107%
42.	Joy	90	+4	+17	+23.3%
41.	Ngaire	92	-12	-9	-8.9%
38.	Betty	94	-6	-2	-2.1%
38.	Beverly	94	-8	-4	-4.1%
38.	Noeline	94	+1	+7	+8.0%
37.	Carol	96	+5	+16	+20.0%
36.	Alison	98	0	+8	+8.9%
35.	Dawn	102	+6	+19	+22.9%
34.	Lois	104	-3	+7	+7.2%
33.	Marion	113	+6	+26	+29.9%
32.	Annette	114	+4	+24	+26.7%
31.	Marlene	121	+28	+61	+102%
29.	Jeanette	125	-3	+6	+5.0%
29.	Pauline	125	+3	+29	+30.2%
27.	Ann	126	+11	+38	+43.2%
27.	Jean	126	-1	+7	+5.9%
26.	June	135	-4	-2	-1.5%
25.	Yvonne	136	-4	-10	-6.8%
23.	Anne	144	+3	+25	+21.0%
23.	Elaine	144	0	+12	+9.1%
22.	Lorraine	164	+3	+44	+36.7%
21.	Kathleen	166	-1	+19	+12.9%
20.	Marie	172	-2	+15	+9.6%
19.	Heather	176	+5	+46	+35.4%
18.	Janet	180	+1	+32	+21.6%
17.	Colleen	199	-6	-10	-4.8%
16.	Jennifer	203	0	+21	+11.5%
14.	Dorothy	212	0	+22	+11.6%
14.	Helen	212	+3	+38	+21.8%
13.	Joan	220	-3	0	0.0%
12.	Maureen	224	+2	+34	+17.9%
11.	Valerie	242	-3	+4	+1.7%
10.	Janice	244	+3	+43	+21.4%
9.	Beverley	275	-4	-34	-11.0%
8.	Elizabeth	282	-1	+43	+18.0%
7.	Shirley	285	+2	+62	+27.8%
6.	Pamela	293	+6	+85	+40.9%
5.	Mary	354	+1	+54	+18.0%
4.	Barbara	388	0	+67	+20.9%
3.	Judith	463	0	+116	+33.4%
2.	Patricia	584	0	+38	+7.0%
1.	Margaret	770	0	+62	+8.8%

Popularity extremes for New Zealand