Top NZ Baby Names of 1968

Lisa (760) and Michael (1,123) were New Zealand's most registered names in 1968. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 1960s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Lisa760
  2. 2Karen624
  3. 3Michelle550
  4. 4Tania455
  5. 5Kim434
  6. 6Joanne420
  7. 7Nicola420
  8. 8Angela410
  9. 9Deborah395
  10. 10Tracey393
  11. 11Susan364
  12. 12Donna358
  13. 13Sharon339
  14. 14Julie328
  15. 15Christine325
  16. 16Helen310
  17. 17Sandra305
  18. 18Jacqueline299
  19. 19Andrea266
  20. 20Sarah262
  21. 21Fiona252
  22. 22Leanne251
  23. 23Elizabeth239
  24. 24Paula236
  25. 25Catherine233
  26. 26Wendy232
  27. 27Megan222
  28. 28Jennifer219
  29. 29Jane204
  30. 30Tracy200
  31. 31Maria198
  32. 32Robyn189
  33. 33Amanda177
  34. 34Linda177
  35. 35Janine175
  36. 36Louise170
  37. 37Kathryn167
  38. 38Patricia163
  39. 39Tina161
  40. 40Rachel158
  41. 41Tanya154
  42. 42Maree149
  43. 43Suzanne147
  44. 44Alison142
  45. 45Anna141
  46. 46Denise139
  47. 47Mary137
  48. 48Vicki134
  49. 49Vanessa133
  50. 50Brenda128

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1Michael1,123
  2. 2David1,119
  3. 3Andrew964
  4. 4Paul960
  5. 5Mark843
  6. 6Christopher705
  7. 7Peter681
  8. 8John667
  9. 9Richard639
  10. 10Stephen634
  11. 11Robert608
  12. 12Shane581
  13. 13Craig526
  14. 14Wayne417
  15. 15James388
  16. 16Dean382
  17. 17Grant380
  18. 18Steven373
  19. 19Jason347
  20. 20Anthony329
  21. 21Gregory314
  22. 22Brent308
  23. 23Simon277
  24. 24William264
  25. 25Ian262
  26. 26Kevin250
  27. 27Brett245
  28. 28Timothy234
  29. 29Nigel229
  30. 30Philip227
  31. 31Tony226
  32. 32Matthew220
  33. 33Brian212
  34. 34Glenn211
  35. 35Gary208
  36. 36Scott207
  37. 37Darren197
  38. 38Sean193
  39. 39Phillip190
  40. 40Bruce183
  41. 41Nicholas181
  42. 42Alan177
  43. 43Stuart169
  44. 44Martin167
  45. 45Shaun166
  46. 46Ross165
  47. 47Graeme162
  48. 48Aaron161
  49. 49Colin159
  50. 50Murray159

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.