Top NZ Baby Names of 1960

Susan (850) and David (1,304) were New Zealand's most registered names in 1960. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 1960s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Susan850
  2. 2Karen708
  3. 3Christine675
  4. 4Julie498
  5. 5Deborah475
  6. 6Sandra459
  7. 7Donna408
  8. 8Jennifer403
  9. 9Elizabeth401
  10. 10Wendy398
  11. 11Sharon395
  12. 12Joanne388
  13. 13Linda372
  14. 14Robyn363
  15. 15Judith344
  16. 16Mary339
  17. 17Helen333
  18. 18Margaret320
  19. 19Patricia307
  20. 20Debra305
  21. 21Carol281
  22. 22Barbara270
  23. 23Denise268
  24. 24Anne264
  25. 25Catherine264
  26. 26Diane260
  27. 27Lynette254
  28. 28Heather253
  29. 29Suzanne237
  30. 30Vicki227
  31. 31Michelle219
  32. 32Carolyn216
  33. 33Jane202
  34. 34Fiona200
  35. 35Raewyn193
  36. 36Kathryn183
  37. 37Alison182
  38. 38Janet180
  39. 39Pamela177
  40. 40Jacqueline170
  41. 41Dianne165
  42. 42Yvonne162
  43. 43Rosemary160
  44. 44Kathleen159
  45. 45Janice155
  46. 46Brenda151
  47. 47Shirley149
  48. 48Nicola148
  49. 49Annette144
  50. 50Pauline144

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1David1,304
  2. 2Peter1,257
  3. 3Michael1,088
  4. 4John1,084
  5. 5Stephen994
  6. 6Mark900
  7. 7Paul746
  8. 8Robert661
  9. 9Christopher621
  10. 10Kevin545
  11. 11Anthony511
  12. 12Richard472
  13. 13Ian452
  14. 14Craig441
  15. 15William421
  16. 16Gregory419
  17. 17Wayne418
  18. 18Andrew400
  19. 19Grant390
  20. 20James374
  21. 21Bruce373
  22. 22Brian367
  23. 23Steven342
  24. 24Murray327
  25. 25Philip327
  26. 26Graeme317
  27. 27Ross305
  28. 28Alan295
  29. 29Gary271
  30. 30Colin249
  31. 31Graham239
  32. 32Barry229
  33. 33Geoffrey223
  34. 34Neil219
  35. 35Martin217
  36. 36Trevor214
  37. 37Kenneth210
  38. 38Allan202
  39. 39Raymond198
  40. 40Russell198
  41. 41Phillip197
  42. 42Timothy192
  43. 43Thomas180
  44. 44Warren176
  45. 45Tony174
  46. 46Donald173
  47. 47Brent172
  48. 48Roger171
  49. 49Stuart169
  50. 50Simon167

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.