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
  101. 101 Phillip 12 babies
  102. 102 Allen 11 babies 9
  103. 103 Basil 11 babies 3
  104. 104 Christopher 11 babies
  105. 105 Mervyn 11 babies 4
  106. 106 Stuart 11 babies 14
  107. 107 Adam 10 babies 9
  108. 108 Bruce 10 babies
  109. 109 Cedric 10 babies 21
  110. 110 Dudley 10 babies
  111. 111 Fred 10 babies
  112. 112 Nelson 10 babies
  113. 113 Oscar 10 babies
  114. 114 Owen 10 babies
  115. 115 Russell 10 babies
  116. 116 Vivian 10 babies 30

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
  101. 101 Minnie 20 babies 37
  102. 102 Eveline 19 babies 10
  103. 103 Freda 19 babies 26
  104. 104 Sylvia 19 babies 24
  105. 105 Caroline 18 babies 9
  106. 106 Enid 18 babies 12
  107. 107 Eunice 18 babies 16
  108. 108 Lorna 18 babies 4
  109. 109 Nina 18 babies
  110. 110 Dulcie 17 babies =
  111. 111 Kate 17 babies 16
  112. 112 Katherine 17 babies 3
  113. 113 Mildred 17 babies 7
  114. 114 Nora 17 babies 23
  115. 115 Adelaide 16 babies 14
  116. 116 Beryl 16 babies 6
  117. 117 Marie 16 babies
  118. 118 Matilda 16 babies 22
  119. 119 Julia 15 babies 22
  120. 120 Una 15 babies 30
  121. 121 Aileen 14 babies 21
  122. 122 Daphne 14 babies
  123. 123 Georgina 14 babies
  124. 124 Harriet 14 babies 36
  125. 125 Helena 14 babies
  126. 126 Maude 14 babies
  127. 127 Reta 14 babies 20
  128. 128 Robina 14 babies
  129. 129 Victoria 14 babies 81
  130. 130 Cora 13 babies
  131. 131 Effie 13 babies
  132. 132 Josephine 13 babies 6
  133. 133 Madge 13 babies
  134. 134 Millicent 13 babies
  135. 135 Rachel 13 babies
  136. 136 Ina 12 babies 18
  137. 137 Katie 12 babies
  138. 138 Lena 12 babies 11
  139. 139 Lilly 12 babies 9
  140. 140 Lydia 12 babies 6
  141. 141 Maggie 12 babies 36
  142. 142 Marguerite 12 babies 7
  143. 143 Rosa 12 babies
  144. 144 Avis 11 babies
  145. 145 Joyce 11 babies 31
  146. 146 Lavinia 11 babies
  147. 147 Norma 11 babies 11
  148. 148 Susan 11 babies
  149. 149 Ann 10 babies 28
  150. 150 Leila 10 babies
  151. 151 Nita 10 babies
  152. 152 Rhoda 10 babies
  153. 153 Sybil 10 babies 33

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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