Top NZ Baby Names of the 1960s

Registrations added up across 1960-1969. Karen and David were the decade's most registered names. Click any name to see its full trend.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Karen6,310
  2. 2Susan5,822
  3. 3Michelle4,580
  4. 4Deborah4,564
  5. 5Sandra4,434
  6. 6Christine4,298
  7. 7Joanne4,296
  8. 8Julie4,034
  9. 9Donna3,919
  10. 10Sharon3,917
  11. 11Lisa3,350
  12. 12Wendy3,336
  13. 13Helen3,247
  14. 14Elizabeth3,047
  15. 15Jennifer3,033
  16. 16Linda3,028
  17. 17Angela2,958
  18. 18Jacqueline2,918
  19. 19Tania2,891
  20. 20Nicola2,878
  21. 21Fiona2,822
  22. 22Robyn2,768
  23. 23Kim2,766
  24. 24Tracey2,755
  25. 25Catherine2,708
  26. 26Patricia2,148
  27. 27Mary2,146
  28. 28Margaret2,111
  29. 29Suzanne2,025
  30. 30Denise2,023
  31. 31Jane2,007
  32. 32Andrea1,995
  33. 33Judith1,955
  34. 34Diane1,918
  35. 35Leanne1,913
  36. 36Debra1,874
  37. 37Heather1,867
  38. 38Carol1,854
  39. 39Anne1,831
  40. 40Maria1,831
  41. 41Sarah1,819
  42. 42Kathryn1,783
  43. 43Lynette1,722
  44. 44Carolyn1,706
  45. 45Vicki1,702
  46. 46Tracy1,690
  47. 47Raewyn1,613
  48. 48Alison1,584
  49. 49Barbara1,456
  50. 50Louise1,415

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1David12,837
  2. 2Michael11,515
  3. 3Peter9,182
  4. 4John9,090
  5. 5Paul8,859
  6. 6Mark8,725
  7. 7Andrew7,822
  8. 8Stephen7,746
  9. 9Robert6,359
  10. 10Christopher5,788
  11. 11Richard5,660
  12. 12Craig4,906
  13. 13Anthony4,233
  14. 14Wayne4,022
  15. 15Grant3,942
  16. 16Kevin3,846
  17. 17James3,660
  18. 18Steven3,615
  19. 19Shane3,594
  20. 20Gregory3,589
  21. 21Ian3,391
  22. 22William3,206
  23. 23Dean3,008
  24. 24Philip2,839
  25. 25Bruce2,759
  26. 26Gary2,598
  27. 27Brian2,586
  28. 28Brent2,478
  29. 29Murray2,373
  30. 30Simon2,262
  31. 31Alan2,247
  32. 32Graeme2,207
  33. 33Tony2,157
  34. 34Timothy2,137
  35. 35Brett2,126
  36. 36Ross2,123
  37. 37Martin1,991
  38. 38Nigel1,912
  39. 39Colin1,897
  40. 40Phillip1,879
  41. 41Stuart1,816
  42. 42Geoffrey1,786
  43. 43Graham1,768
  44. 44Warren1,731
  45. 45Neil1,718
  46. 46Barry1,693
  47. 47Darren1,626
  48. 48Glenn1,614
  49. 49Jason1,583
  50. 50Trevor1,579
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About this data: figures come from Department of Internal Affairs birth registrations for 1954-2025. The DIA only publishes a name for a given year when at least 10 babies were registered with it, so rarer names - and rarer spellings - are missing entirely, and a name can drop out of the record in quieter years. Spelling variants are counted separately, and counts reflect first names as registered.