New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1901

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 793 babies =
  2. 2 John 685 babies =
  3. 3 George 437 babies 1
  4. 4 James 418 babies 1
  5. 5 Charles 343 babies =
  6. 6 Robert 291 babies 1
  7. 7 Thomas 284 babies 1
  8. 8 Arthur 269 babies =
  9. 9 Albert 251 babies 2
  10. 10 Edward 232 babies 5
  11. 11 Frederick 216 babies 2
  12. 12 Henry 188 babies 2
  13. 13 Alfred 184 babies 1
  14. 14 Ernest 159 babies 3
  15. 15 Alexander 153 babies 12
  16. 16 Leslie 148 babies 2
  17. 17 Francis 147 babies 1
  18. 18 Harold 146 babies 5
  19. 19 Eric 145 babies 6
  20. 20 Walter 135 babies 4
  21. 21 David 124 babies 3
  22. 22 Herbert 120 babies 3
  23. 23 Joseph 118 babies =
  24. 24 Frank 114 babies 2
  25. 25 Norman 111 babies 3
  26. 26 Leonard 107 babies 5
  27. 27 Gordon 106 babies 1
  28. 28 Richard 104 babies 3
  29. 29 Stanley 100 babies 1
  30. 30 Cecil 84 babies 10
  31. 31 Hector 82 babies 1
  32. 32 Reginald 80 babies 2
  33. 33 Clarence 73 babies 6
  34. 34 Harry 72 babies 4
  35. 35 Cyril 69 babies 6
  36. 36 Percy 68 babies 3
  37. 37 Roy 65 babies 1
  38. 38 Donald 64 babies 3
  39. 39 Douglas 64 babies 4
  40. 40 Andrew 60 babies =
  41. 41 Ronald 60 babies 2
  42. 42 Kenneth 58 babies =
  43. 43 Hugh 57 babies 3
  44. 44 Allan 56 babies 7
  45. 45 Sydney 52 babies 5
  46. 46 Victor 52 babies 1
  47. 47 Samuel 51 babies 3
  48. 48 Jack 47 babies 11
  49. 49 Patrick 46 babies 2
  50. 50 Wilfred 46 babies 2
  51. 51 Claude 41 babies 6
  52. 52 Horace 41 babies 1
  53. 53 Archibald 39 babies 5
  54. 54 Raymond 34 babies 6
  55. 55 Edwin 33 babies 6
  56. 56 Lawrence 33 babies 6
  57. 57 Maurice 33 babies 6
  58. 58 Peter 32 babies 4
  59. 59 Ivan 30 babies 30
  60. 60 Colin 29 babies 7
  61. 61 Gilbert 29 babies 3
  62. 62 Ralph 29 babies 12
  63. 63 Alan 28 babies 8
  64. 64 Arnold 28 babies 13
  65. 65 Daniel 28 babies =
  66. 66 Leo 28 babies 6
  67. 67 Ian 27 babies 1
  68. 68 Philip 27 babies 5
  69. 69 Lionel 26 babies 11
  70. 70 Louis 26 babies 4
  71. 71 Michael 26 babies 11
  72. 72 Bernard 25 babies 11
  73. 73 Sidney 25 babies 3
  74. 74 Geoffrey 23 babies 5
  75. 75 Vincent 21 babies 29
  76. 76 Edgar 20 babies 1
  77. 77 Clifford 19 babies 21
  78. 78 Howard 18 babies 37
  79. 79 Malcolm 18 babies =
  80. 80 Hubert 17 babies 13
  81. 81 Lewis 17 babies 9
  82. 82 Martin 17 babies 20
  83. 83 Angus 16 babies 3
  84. 84 Percival 15 babies 2
  85. 85 Roland 15 babies 2
  86. 86 Vivian 15 babies new
  87. 87 Bertie 14 babies 9
  88. 88 Cedric 14 babies new
  89. 89 Stephen 14 babies 2
  90. 90 Noel 13 babies 4
  91. 91 Oswald 13 babies 26
  92. 92 Stuart 13 babies 18
  93. 93 Allen 12 babies 8
  94. 94 Keith 12 babies 24
  95. 95 Laurence 12 babies 24
  96. 96 Mark 12 babies new
  97. 97 Roderick 12 babies new
  98. 98 Adam 11 babies new
  99. 99 Benjamin 11 babies 2
  100. 100 Bertram 11 babies new
  101. 101 Gerald 11 babies 17
  102. 102 Matthew 11 babies 14
  103. 103 Rupert 11 babies 15
  104. 104 Stewart 11 babies 5
  105. 105 Archie 10 babies new
  106. 106 Basil 10 babies 19
  107. 107 Claud 10 babies new
  108. 108 Clive 10 babies new
  109. 109 Mervyn 10 babies new
  110. 110 Trevor 10 babies new
  111. 111 Wallace 10 babies 15

Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 492 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 339 babies =
  3. 3 Annie 241 babies =
  4. 4 Dorothy 201 babies =
  5. 5 Elizabeth 198 babies 1
  6. 6 Gladys 194 babies 2
  7. 7 Alice 192 babies =
  8. 8 Elsie 188 babies 2
  9. 9 Doris 172 babies =
  10. 10 Florence 165 babies 5
  11. 11 Eileen 159 babies 5
  12. 12 Kathleen 154 babies 10
  13. 13 Ivy 145 babies 2
  14. 14 Myrtle 142 babies 2
  15. 15 Ellen 140 babies 2
  16. 16 Edith 137 babies 4
  17. 17 Jessie 129 babies 3
  18. 18 Ethel 128 babies 1
  19. 19 Olive 125 babies 4
  20. 20 Violet 124 babies 5
  21. 21 Catherine 120 babies 3
  22. 22 Irene 117 babies 3
  23. 23 Vera 112 babies 4
  24. 24 Winifred 111 babies 5
  25. 25 Agnes 105 babies 4
  26. 26 Grace 99 babies 5
  27. 27 Muriel 95 babies 5
  28. 28 Evelyn 91 babies 1
  29. 29 May 88 babies 5
  30. 30 Mabel 87 babies 2
  31. 31 Ruby 83 babies 5
  32. 32 Hilda 78 babies 5
  33. 33 Emily 76 babies 11
  34. 34 Frances 74 babies 4
  35. 35 Ida 73 babies 2
  36. 36 Isabella 73 babies 5
  37. 37 Eva 72 babies 13
  38. 38 Sarah 70 babies 2
  39. 39 Rita 67 babies =
  40. 40 Edna 66 babies 14
  41. 41 Thelma 63 babies 1
  42. 42 Hazel 62 babies 7
  43. 43 Ada 59 babies 8
  44. 44 Helen 59 babies 6
  45. 45 Constance 56 babies 8
  46. 46 Marion 54 babies 22
  47. 47 Marjorie 54 babies 11
  48. 48 Victoria 53 babies 90
  49. 49 Gertrude 51 babies 4
  50. 50 Jane 51 babies =
  51. 51 Beatrice 49 babies 5
  52. 52 Rose 46 babies =
  53. 53 Amy 45 babies 12
  54. 54 Lilian 45 babies 6
  55. 55 Alma 44 babies 22
  56. 56 Lillian 43 babies 5
  57. 57 Daisy 42 babies 2
  58. 58 Phyllis 42 babies 11
  59. 59 Isabel 40 babies 26
  60. 60 Janet 40 babies 3
  61. 61 Flora 39 babies 6
  62. 62 Louisa 39 babies 21
  63. 63 Lucy 39 babies 21
  64. 64 Minnie 39 babies 12
  65. 65 Ella 37 babies 5
  66. 66 Charlotte 36 babies 13
  67. 67 Lily 36 babies 5
  68. 68 Marjory 36 babies 16
  69. 69 Mavis 36 babies =
  70. 70 Emma 35 babies 9
  71. 71 Iris 35 babies 11
  72. 72 Nellie 34 babies 26
  73. 73 Ruth 34 babies 30
  74. 74 Martha 33 babies 10
  75. 75 Mona 33 babies 13
  76. 76 Christina 32 babies 2
  77. 77 Freda 31 babies 15
  78. 78 Clarice 30 babies 9
  79. 79 Jean 30 babies 25
  80. 80 Laura 29 babies 6
  81. 81 Esther 28 babies 8
  82. 82 Gwendoline 28 babies 6
  83. 83 Bertha 27 babies 13
  84. 84 Stella 27 babies 11
  85. 85 Amelia 26 babies 1
  86. 86 Maud 26 babies 29
  87. 87 Myra 26 babies 15
  88. 88 Harriet 25 babies 23
  89. 89 Bessie 24 babies 12
  90. 90 Clara 24 babies 24
  91. 91 Nora 24 babies 3
  92. 92 Pearl 24 babies 8
  93. 93 Dora 23 babies
  94. 94 Enid 22 babies 31
  95. 95 Kate 22 babies 6
  96. 96 Caroline 20 babies 25
  97. 97 Julia 20 babies 32
  98. 98 Linda 20 babies 2
  99. 99 Veronica 20 babies 23
  100. 100 Aileen 19 babies 9
  101. 101 Eliza 19 babies 21
  102. 102 Norah 19 babies 5
  103. 103 Doreen 18 babies
  104. 104 Lorna 18 babies 4
  105. 105 Maggie 18 babies 15
  106. 106 Mildred 18 babies 31
  107. 107 Reta 18 babies
  108. 108 Henrietta 17 babies 8
  109. 109 Cecilia 16 babies 10
  110. 110 Dulcie 16 babies 13
  111. 111 Eleanor 16 babies 56
  112. 112 Eveline 16 babies 31
  113. 113 Hannah 16 babies 20
  114. 114 Joyce 16 babies
  115. 115 Katherine 16 babies 15
  116. 116 Miriam 16 babies
  117. 117 Winnifred 16 babies 17
  118. 118 Ina 15 babies 8
  119. 119 Monica 15 babies
  120. 120 Sybil 15 babies 26
  121. 121 Ann 14 babies 12
  122. 122 Beryl 14 babies 23
  123. 123 Eunice 14 babies
  124. 124 Fanny 14 babies 17
  125. 125 Johanna 14 babies 13
  126. 126 Josephine 14 babies 2
  127. 127 Lena 14 babies
  128. 128 Sylvia 14 babies 23
  129. 129 Adelaide 13 babies 11
  130. 130 Barbara 13 babies 24
  131. 131 Theresa 13 babies 17
  132. 132 Anna 12 babies 22
  133. 133 Blanche 12 babies 30
  134. 134 Lydia 12 babies 1
  135. 135 Nancy 12 babies
  136. 136 Norma 12 babies
  137. 137 Rona 12 babies
  138. 138 Joan 11 babies
  139. 139 Madeline 11 babies
  140. 140 Matilda 11 babies 9
  141. 141 Queenie 11 babies
  142. 142 Rubina 11 babies
  143. 143 Wilhelmina 11 babies
  144. 144 Alexandra 10 babies
  145. 145 Elma 10 babies
  146. 146 Euphemia 10 babies
  147. 147 Jeanie 10 babies
  148. 148 Lilly 10 babies
  149. 149 Marguerite 10 babies 5
  150. 150 Una 10 babies 17
  151. 151 Vida 10 babies 12

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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