Top NZ Baby Names of the 1970s

Registrations added up across 1970-1979. Lisa and Michael were the decade's most registered names. Click any name to see its full trend.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Lisa4,977
  2. 2Sarah4,836
  3. 3Michelle4,751
  4. 4Nicola4,267
  5. 5Rachel4,192
  6. 6Angela4,187
  7. 7Rebecca3,686
  8. 8Joanne3,362
  9. 9Karen2,925
  10. 10Tania2,901
  11. 11Tracey2,898
  12. 12Amanda2,840
  13. 13Kelly2,781
  14. 14Melanie2,576
  15. 15Melissa2,295
  16. 16Anna2,264
  17. 17Kim2,205
  18. 18Vanessa2,142
  19. 19Deborah2,091
  20. 20Fiona2,084
  21. 21Andrea2,028
  22. 22Julie1,980
  23. 23Natasha1,976
  24. 24Catherine1,960
  25. 25Megan1,950
  26. 26Tracy1,920
  27. 27Elizabeth1,916
  28. 28Donna1,812
  29. 29Paula1,789
  30. 30Jennifer1,785
  31. 31Rachael1,741
  32. 32Kylie1,721
  33. 33Emma1,682
  34. 34Katrina1,679
  35. 35Susan1,663
  36. 36Helen1,607
  37. 37Sharon1,566
  38. 38Joanna1,471
  39. 39Jacqueline1,436
  40. 40Christine1,395
  41. 41Louise1,393
  42. 42Leanne1,370
  43. 43Jane1,337
  44. 44Kathryn1,321
  45. 45Victoria1,318
  46. 46Wendy1,282
  47. 47Rochelle1,247
  48. 48Maria1,222
  49. 49Tina1,219
  50. 50Stephanie1,214

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Michael8,430
  2. 2Jason7,797
  3. 3Andrew7,210
  4. 4David7,158
  5. 5Mark6,334
  6. 6Paul6,210
  7. 7Matthew5,394
  8. 8Christopher5,121
  9. 9Craig5,041
  10. 10Richard4,855
  11. 11Daniel4,614
  12. 12James4,427
  13. 13Aaron4,185
  14. 14John3,983
  15. 15Robert3,960
  16. 16Stephen3,852
  17. 17Shane3,519
  18. 18Simon3,446
  19. 19Scott3,400
  20. 20Peter3,282
  21. 21Steven3,039
  22. 22Nicholas2,966
  23. 23Anthony2,471
  24. 24Timothy2,450
  25. 25Nathan2,110
  26. 26Grant2,098
  27. 27Justin2,045
  28. 28William2,012
  29. 29Jonathan1,985
  30. 30Gregory1,961
  31. 31Wayne1,939
  32. 32Dean1,911
  33. 33Benjamin1,877
  34. 34Jeremy1,858
  35. 35Tony1,816
  36. 36Brent1,740
  37. 37Brendon1,701
  38. 38Glenn1,688
  39. 39Glen1,633
  40. 40Nigel1,622
  41. 41Karl1,588
  42. 42Philip1,528
  43. 43Darren1,523
  44. 44Phillip1,504
  45. 45Hamish1,503
  46. 46Joseph1,444
  47. 47Adam1,427
  48. 48Shaun1,340
  49. 49Kevin1,334
  50. 50Thomas1,300
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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.