New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1902

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 871 babies =
  2. 2 John 735 babies =
  3. 3 James 447 babies 1
  4. 4 George 423 babies 1
  5. 5 Charles 345 babies =
  6. 6 Robert 307 babies =
  7. 7 Thomas 281 babies =
  8. 8 Albert 275 babies 1
  9. 9 Arthur 256 babies 1
  10. 10 Edward 240 babies =
  11. 11 Frederick 218 babies =
  12. 12 Henry 183 babies =
  13. 13 Alfred 174 babies =
  14. 14 Leslie 165 babies 2
  15. 15 Francis 158 babies 2
  16. 16 Joseph 148 babies 7
  17. 17 Walter 137 babies 3
  18. 18 David 133 babies 3
  19. 19 Eric 132 babies =
  20. 20 Harold 129 babies 2
  21. 21 Cecil 126 babies 9
  22. 22 Herbert 125 babies =
  23. 23 Ernest 123 babies 9
  24. 24 Alexander 114 babies 9
  25. 25 Norman 112 babies =
  26. 26 Leonard 106 babies =
  27. 27 Hector 101 babies 4
  28. 28 Richard 100 babies =
  29. 29 Frank 96 babies 5
  30. 30 Percy 89 babies 6
  31. 31 Stanley 88 babies 2
  32. 32 Gordon 86 babies 5
  33. 33 Reginald 85 babies 1
  34. 34 Cyril 77 babies 1
  35. 35 Samuel 69 babies 12
  36. 36 Clarence 68 babies 3
  37. 37 Roy 67 babies =
  38. 38 Allan 65 babies 6
  39. 39 Victor 65 babies 7
  40. 40 Ronald 64 babies 1
  41. 41 Hugh 63 babies 2
  42. 42 Douglas 62 babies 3
  43. 43 Sydney 60 babies 2
  44. 44 Harry 58 babies 10
  45. 45 Donald 56 babies 7
  46. 46 Andrew 55 babies 6
  47. 47 Jack 52 babies 1
  48. 48 Kenneth 52 babies 6
  49. 49 Maurice 49 babies 8
  50. 50 Raymond 48 babies 4
  51. 51 Edwin 46 babies 4
  52. 52 Wilfred 42 babies 2
  53. 53 Horace 39 babies 1
  54. 54 Lawrence 39 babies 2
  55. 55 Patrick 35 babies 6
  56. 56 Alan 33 babies 7
  57. 57 Philip 33 babies 11
  58. 58 Michael 32 babies 13
  59. 59 Daniel 30 babies 6
  60. 60 Ian 30 babies 7
  61. 61 Colin 29 babies 1
  62. 62 Peter 29 babies 4
  63. 63 Archibald 28 babies 10
  64. 64 Gilbert 28 babies 3
  65. 65 Clifford 26 babies 12
  66. 66 Louis 26 babies 4
  67. 67 Ivan 25 babies 8
  68. 68 Leo 24 babies 2
  69. 69 Percival 24 babies 15
  70. 70 Edmund 23 babies
  71. 71 Laurence 23 babies 24
  72. 72 Malcolm 23 babies 7
  73. 73 Ralph 23 babies 11
  74. 74 Sidney 23 babies 1
  75. 75 Claude 22 babies 24
  76. 76 Gerald 22 babies 25
  77. 77 Howard 22 babies 1
  78. 78 Lionel 22 babies 9
  79. 79 Keith 21 babies 15
  80. 80 Noel 21 babies 10
  81. 81 Arnold 19 babies 17
  82. 82 Edgar 19 babies 6
  83. 83 Stephen 19 babies 6
  84. 84 Duncan 18 babies
  85. 85 Geoffrey 18 babies 11
  86. 86 Bernard 17 babies 14
  87. 87 Roland 17 babies 2
  88. 88 Bertie 16 babies 1
  89. 89 Vincent 16 babies 14
  90. 90 Guy 15 babies
  91. 91 Martin 15 babies 9
  92. 92 Angus 14 babies 9
  93. 93 Lewis 14 babies 12
  94. 94 Matthew 14 babies 8
  95. 95 Trevor 14 babies 15
  96. 96 Vernon 14 babies
  97. 97 Wallace 14 babies 14
  98. 98 Athol 13 babies
  99. 99 Oliver 13 babies
  100. 100 Archie 12 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 464 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 299 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 223 babies 1
  4. 4 Annie 221 babies 1
  5. 5 Gladys 203 babies 1
  6. 6 Alice 202 babies 1
  7. 7 Doris 195 babies 2
  8. 8 Elizabeth 195 babies 3
  9. 9 Florence 194 babies 1
  10. 10 Elsie 176 babies 2
  11. 11 Eileen 175 babies =
  12. 12 Myrtle 153 babies 2
  13. 13 Violet 143 babies 7
  14. 14 Ethel 141 babies 4
  15. 15 Jessie 138 babies 2
  16. 16 Edith 137 babies =
  17. 17 Catherine 135 babies 4
  18. 18 Ivy 135 babies 5
  19. 19 Kathleen 134 babies 7
  20. 20 Olive 132 babies 1
  21. 21 Ellen 130 babies 6
  22. 22 Vera 115 babies 1
  23. 23 Agnes 113 babies 2
  24. 24 Irene 113 babies 2
  25. 25 Mabel 105 babies 5
  26. 26 Muriel 94 babies 1
  27. 27 Grace 91 babies 1
  28. 28 Ruby 89 babies 3
  29. 29 Evelyn 85 babies 1
  30. 30 Winifred 82 babies 6
  31. 31 Hilda 81 babies 1
  32. 32 Isabella 80 babies 4
  33. 33 Eva 78 babies 4
  34. 34 Rita 76 babies 5
  35. 35 Frances 74 babies 1
  36. 36 Edna 73 babies 4
  37. 37 Emily 72 babies 4
  38. 38 Helen 72 babies 6
  39. 39 Thelma 72 babies 2
  40. 40 Ada 64 babies 3
  41. 41 Sarah 62 babies 3
  42. 42 May 61 babies 13
  43. 43 Hazel 55 babies 1
  44. 44 Christina 52 babies 32
  45. 45 Ida 51 babies 10
  46. 46 Lucy 49 babies 17
  47. 47 Amy 47 babies 6
  48. 48 Rose 47 babies 4
  49. 49 Ruth 46 babies 24
  50. 50 Constance 45 babies 5
  51. 51 Gertrude 45 babies 2
  52. 52 Janet 45 babies 8
  53. 53 Beatrice 44 babies 2
  54. 54 Bertha 44 babies 29
  55. 55 Jane 44 babies 5
  56. 56 Phyllis 44 babies 2
  57. 57 Clara 43 babies 33
  58. 58 Lilian 43 babies 4
  59. 59 Lily 43 babies 8
  60. 60 Marion 43 babies 14
  61. 61 Nellie 43 babies 11
  62. 62 Louisa 42 babies =
  63. 63 Mona 42 babies 12
  64. 64 Alma 39 babies 9
  65. 65 Iris 38 babies 6
  66. 66 Gwendoline 37 babies 16
  67. 67 Marjorie 37 babies 20
  68. 68 Ella 35 babies 3
  69. 69 Mavis 35 babies =
  70. 70 Daisy 34 babies 13
  71. 71 Isabel 34 babies 12
  72. 72 Lillian 34 babies 16
  73. 73 Maud 33 babies 13
  74. 74 Emma 32 babies 4
  75. 75 Flora 32 babies 14
  76. 76 Pearl 32 babies 16
  77. 77 Esther 31 babies 4
  78. 78 Laura 30 babies 2
  79. 79 Marjory 30 babies 11
  80. 80 Eleanor 29 babies 31
  81. 81 Jean 29 babies 2
  82. 82 Charlotte 27 babies 16
  83. 83 Clarice 27 babies 5
  84. 84 Veronica 27 babies 15
  85. 85 Martha 26 babies 11
  86. 86 Amelia 25 babies 1
  87. 87 Barbara 25 babies 43
  88. 88 Alexandra 24 babies 56
  89. 89 Bessie 24 babies =
  90. 90 Doreen 24 babies 13
  91. 91 Norah 24 babies 11
  92. 92 Linda 23 babies 6
  93. 93 Hannah 22 babies 20
  94. 94 Stella 22 babies 10
  95. 95 Dora 21 babies 2
  96. 96 Eliza 21 babies 5
  97. 97 Fanny 21 babies 27
  98. 98 Henrietta 21 babies 10
  99. 99 Myra 21 babies 12
  100. 100 Nancy 21 babies 35

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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