The most popular, top 100 baby boy and girl names in New Zealand, for every year since 1954, makes for interesting reading.
Compiled and recorded by the Department of Internal Affairs, it’s fascinating to see how popular names have changed over the decades.
The top 10 boys names over the last 120 years in New Zealand are: John, David, William, James, Michael, Robert, Peter, Thomas, Andrew and Paul.
The top 10 girls names over this same time period are: Margaret, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, Patricia, Susan, Helen, Jennifer, Christine and Karen.
If you were born in the 50’s, 60’s or 70’s see if you can find your name, or no doubt a few of your friends or classmates from school.
It’s interesting to see how much the names have changed if you then check out the top baby names for 2020. None of the most popular names above even feature. But there are some wonderful new, but actually old fashioned additions.
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