Top NZ Baby Names of 1963

Susan (742) and David (1,513) were New Zealand's most registered names in 1963. Below are the top 50 girls' and boys' names for the year. See the whole 1960s for context.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Susan742
  2. 2Karen688
  3. 3Sandra574
  4. 4Christine497
  5. 5Deborah462
  6. 6Julie447
  7. 7Sharon445
  8. 8Linda408
  9. 9Donna401
  10. 10Wendy399
  11. 11Joanne395
  12. 12Michelle391
  13. 13Jennifer380
  14. 14Helen336
  15. 15Robyn333
  16. 16Catherine298
  17. 17Fiona292
  18. 18Elizabeth287
  19. 19Tania286
  20. 20Jacqueline276
  21. 21Patricia265
  22. 22Mary260
  23. 23Nicola247
  24. 24Suzanne245
  25. 25Margaret243
  26. 26Debra242
  27. 27Angela238
  28. 28Tracey237
  29. 29Anne222
  30. 30Kim221
  31. 31Heather219
  32. 32Denise217
  33. 33Diane212
  34. 34Judith208
  35. 35Lynette207
  36. 36Vicki205
  37. 37Carol204
  38. 38Jane204
  39. 39Andrea193
  40. 40Raewyn192
  41. 41Carolyn178
  42. 42Kathryn178
  43. 43Tracy176
  44. 44Barbara171
  45. 45Leanne162
  46. 46Maria162
  47. 47Pauline156
  48. 48Alison147
  49. 49Brenda147
  50. 50Maree146

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1David1,513
  2. 2Michael1,254
  3. 3John1,071
  4. 4Peter1,030
  5. 5Mark902
  6. 6Paul891
  7. 7Stephen821
  8. 8Andrew755
  9. 9Robert723
  10. 10Richard579
  11. 11Christopher571
  12. 12Craig487
  13. 13Kevin465
  14. 14Anthony462
  15. 15Wayne417
  16. 16Gregory410
  17. 17Grant405
  18. 18Ian389
  19. 19James381
  20. 20Philip347
  21. 21William347
  22. 22Steven341
  23. 23Bruce322
  24. 24Brian305
  25. 25Murray298
  26. 26Gary297
  27. 27Shane286
  28. 28Brent285
  29. 29Dean262
  30. 30Alan256
  31. 31Graeme255
  32. 32Ross246
  33. 33Tony231
  34. 34Martin226
  35. 35Timothy223
  36. 36Warren219
  37. 37Neil212
  38. 38Colin210
  39. 39Brett209
  40. 40Glenn209
  41. 41Graham209
  42. 42Simon206
  43. 43Phillip201
  44. 44Geoffrey200
  45. 45Barry191
  46. 46Nigel188
  47. 47Trevor180
  48. 48Stuart177
  49. 49Thomas176
  50. 50Raymond175

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.