New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1900

Names registered at least 10 times in a year, so the list is shorter in early years. Spellings with and without macrons are counted together (Nikau and Nīkau).

Boy Names

  1. 1 William 753 babies
  2. 2 John 636 babies
  3. 3 James 437 babies
  4. 4 George 387 babies
  5. 5 Charles 326 babies
  6. 6 Thomas 309 babies
  7. 7 Robert 299 babies
  8. 8 Arthur 255 babies
  9. 9 Frederick 211 babies
  10. 10 Henry 206 babies
  11. 11 Albert 196 babies
  12. 12 Alfred 181 babies
  13. 13 Harold 169 babies
  14. 14 Leslie 166 babies
  15. 15 Edward 158 babies
  16. 16 Walter 154 babies
  17. 17 Ernest 152 babies
  18. 18 Francis 149 babies
  19. 19 Herbert 127 babies
  20. 20 Cecil 124 babies
  21. 21 Leonard 119 babies
  22. 22 Norman 112 babies
  23. 23 Joseph 110 babies
  24. 24 David 106 babies
  25. 25 Eric 105 babies
  26. 26 Frank 102 babies
  27. 27 Alexander 101 babies
  28. 28 Gordon 97 babies
  29. 29 Cyril 96 babies
  30. 30 Stanley 95 babies
  31. 31 Richard 94 babies
  32. 32 Hector 90 babies
  33. 33 Percy 77 babies
  34. 34 Reginald 67 babies
  35. 35 Douglas 61 babies
  36. 36 Roy 61 babies
  37. 37 Allan 60 babies
  38. 38 Harry 58 babies
  39. 39 Clarence 55 babies
  40. 40 Andrew 53 babies
  41. 41 Donald 48 babies
  42. 42 Kenneth 48 babies
  43. 43 Ronald 47 babies
  44. 44 Samuel 47 babies
  45. 45 Victor 47 babies
  46. 46 Hugh 45 babies
  47. 47 Patrick 44 babies
  48. 48 Raymond 44 babies
  49. 49 Edwin 41 babies
  50. 50 Sydney 41 babies
  51. 51 Baden 38 babies
  52. 52 Wilfred 38 babies
  53. 53 Horace 37 babies
  54. 54 Peter 37 babies
  55. 55 Alan 35 babies
  56. 56 Clifford 35 babies
  57. 57 Claude 33 babies
  58. 58 Archibald 32 babies
  59. 59 Jack 32 babies
  60. 60 Michael 31 babies
  61. 61 Bernard 30 babies
  62. 62 Lawrence 30 babies
  63. 63 Maurice 29 babies
  64. 64 Gilbert 28 babies
  65. 65 Daniel 27 babies
  66. 66 Louis 27 babies
  67. 67 Colin 26 babies
  68. 68 Ian 26 babies
  69. 69 Geoffrey 25 babies
  70. 70 Keith 25 babies
  71. 71 Laurence 25 babies
  72. 72 Leo 25 babies
  73. 73 Philip 25 babies
  74. 74 Ralph 25 babies
  75. 75 Edgar 24 babies
  76. 76 Sidney 23 babies
  77. 77 Arnold 22 babies
  78. 78 Bertie 21 babies
  79. 79 Malcolm 21 babies
  80. 80 Lionel 20 babies
  81. 81 Redvers 20 babies
  82. 82 Percival 19 babies
  83. 83 Roland 19 babies
  84. 84 Gerald 18 babies
  85. 85 Allen 17 babies
  86. 86 Angus 17 babies
  87. 87 Basil 17 babies
  88. 88 Robin 16 babies
  89. 89 Ivan 15 babies
  90. 90 Lewis 15 babies
  91. 91 Stephen 15 babies
  92. 92 Edmund 14 babies
  93. 93 Hubert 14 babies
  94. 94 Noel 14 babies
  95. 95 Vernon 14 babies
  96. 96 Wallace 14 babies
  97. 97 Benjamin 13 babies
  98. 98 Dudley 13 babies
  99. 99 Fred 13 babies
  100. 100 Nelson 13 babies

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 410 babies
  2. 2 Margaret 289 babies
  3. 3 Annie 239 babies
  4. 4 Dorothy 193 babies
  5. 5 Florence 192 babies
  6. 6 Elizabeth 186 babies
  7. 7 Alice 183 babies
  8. 8 Gladys 180 babies
  9. 9 Doris 177 babies
  10. 10 Elsie 166 babies
  11. 11 Ivy 159 babies
  12. 12 Myrtle 151 babies
  13. 13 Ellen 135 babies
  14. 14 Jessie 133 babies
  15. 15 Violet 133 babies
  16. 16 Eileen 132 babies
  17. 17 Ethel 127 babies
  18. 18 Catherine 126 babies
  19. 19 Winifred 121 babies
  20. 20 Edith 118 babies
  21. 21 Agnes 117 babies
  22. 22 Kathleen 116 babies
  23. 23 Olive 113 babies
  24. 24 Eva 96 babies
  25. 25 Irene 94 babies
  26. 26 Ruby 88 babies
  27. 27 Vera 87 babies
  28. 28 Mabel 86 babies
  29. 29 Evelyn 83 babies
  30. 30 Frances 78 babies
  31. 31 Grace 77 babies
  32. 32 Muriel 75 babies
  33. 33 Ida 74 babies
  34. 34 May 70 babies
  35. 35 Ada 67 babies
  36. 36 Sarah 65 babies
  37. 37 Hilda 63 babies
  38. 38 Helen 61 babies
  39. 39 Rita 60 babies
  40. 40 Thelma 59 babies
  41. 41 Isabella 53 babies
  42. 42 Lucy 53 babies
  43. 43 Ruth 53 babies
  44. 44 Emily 52 babies
  45. 45 Gertrude 51 babies
  46. 46 Nellie 51 babies
  47. 47 Phyllis 50 babies
  48. 48 Lilian 49 babies
  49. 49 Hazel 48 babies
  50. 50 Jane 48 babies
  51. 51 Lillian 48 babies
  52. 52 Rose 45 babies
  53. 53 Constance 44 babies
  54. 54 Edna 44 babies
  55. 55 Eleanor 44 babies
  56. 56 Beatrice 42 babies
  57. 57 Maud 42 babies
  58. 58 Marjorie 41 babies
  59. 59 Daisy 40 babies
  60. 60 Ella 40 babies
  61. 61 Emma 40 babies
  62. 62 Mona 40 babies
  63. 63 Janet 39 babies
  64. 64 Martha 39 babies
  65. 65 Amy 37 babies
  66. 66 Clara 35 babies
  67. 67 Flora 34 babies
  68. 68 Marion 34 babies
  69. 69 Mavis 34 babies
  70. 70 Bertha 33 babies
  71. 71 Caroline 33 babies
  72. 72 Lily 33 babies
  73. 73 Esther 32 babies
  74. 74 Laura 32 babies
  75. 75 Mildred 32 babies
  76. 76 Minnie 32 babies
  77. 77 Alma 31 babies
  78. 78 Christina 31 babies
  79. 79 Charlotte 29 babies
  80. 80 Eliza 28 babies
  81. 81 Eveline 28 babies
  82. 82 Iris 28 babies
  83. 83 Louisa 27 babies
  84. 84 Marjory 27 babies
  85. 85 Isabel 26 babies
  86. 86 Amelia 25 babies
  87. 87 Clarice 25 babies
  88. 88 Gwendoline 25 babies
  89. 89 Kate 25 babies
  90. 90 Maggie 25 babies
  91. 91 Aileen 24 babies
  92. 92 Freda 24 babies
  93. 93 Hannah 24 babies
  94. 94 Nora 24 babies
  95. 95 Stella 24 babies
  96. 96 Linda 23 babies
  97. 97 Norah 23 babies
  98. 98 Rachel 23 babies
  99. 99 Beryl 22 babies
  100. 100 Pearl 22 babies

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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