New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1903

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 882 babies =
  2. 2 John 731 babies =
  3. 3 James 464 babies =
  4. 4 George 404 babies =
  5. 5 Thomas 328 babies 2
  6. 6 Robert 322 babies =
  7. 7 Charles 318 babies 2
  8. 8 Arthur 269 babies 1
  9. 9 Albert 234 babies 1
  10. 10 Edward 225 babies =
  11. 11 Henry 201 babies 1
  12. 12 Leslie 194 babies 2
  13. 13 Frederick 185 babies 2
  14. 14 Eric 164 babies 5
  15. 15 Harold 161 babies 5
  16. 16 Ernest 158 babies 7
  17. 17 Francis 157 babies 2
  18. 18 Walter 155 babies 1
  19. 19 Alfred 143 babies 6
  20. 20 Joseph 141 babies 4
  21. 21 Alexander 138 babies 3
  22. 22 David 138 babies 4
  23. 23 Leonard 133 babies 3
  24. 24 Herbert 126 babies 2
  25. 25 Norman 113 babies =
  26. 26 Frank 110 babies 3
  27. 27 Stanley 108 babies 4
  28. 28 Gordon 104 babies 4
  29. 29 Richard 102 babies 1
  30. 30 Cecil 98 babies 9
  31. 31 Reginald 93 babies 2
  32. 32 Ronald 87 babies 8
  33. 33 Cyril 85 babies 1
  34. 34 Kenneth 78 babies 14
  35. 35 Allan 76 babies 3
  36. 36 Percy 75 babies 6
  37. 37 Harry 73 babies 7
  38. 38 Raymond 73 babies 12
  39. 39 Hector 72 babies 12
  40. 40 Roy 71 babies 3
  41. 41 Donald 70 babies 4
  42. 42 Clarence 68 babies 6
  43. 43 Hugh 59 babies 2
  44. 44 Samuel 57 babies 9
  45. 45 Andrew 56 babies 1
  46. 46 Douglas 55 babies 4
  47. 47 Jack 54 babies =
  48. 48 Lawrence 54 babies 6
  49. 49 Sydney 53 babies 6
  50. 50 Victor 53 babies 11
  51. 51 Wilfred 47 babies 1
  52. 52 Edwin 46 babies 1
  53. 53 Horace 41 babies =
  54. 54 Alan 40 babies 2
  55. 55 Claude 40 babies 20
  56. 56 Peter 40 babies 6
  57. 57 Maurice 37 babies 8
  58. 58 Ivan 36 babies 9
  59. 59 Philip 36 babies 2
  60. 60 Bernard 35 babies 26
  61. 61 Keith 35 babies 18
  62. 62 Lionel 35 babies 16
  63. 63 Archibald 34 babies =
  64. 64 Leo 34 babies 4
  65. 65 Colin 33 babies 4
  66. 66 Daniel 32 babies 7
  67. 67 Patrick 31 babies 12
  68. 68 Ian 30 babies 8
  69. 69 Michael 30 babies 11
  70. 70 Clifford 29 babies 5
  71. 71 Gilbert 27 babies 7
  72. 72 Arnold 26 babies 9
  73. 73 Basil 24 babies 30
  74. 74 Geoffrey 24 babies 11
  75. 75 Malcolm 24 babies 3
  76. 76 Edgar 23 babies 6
  77. 77 Owen 23 babies 37
  78. 78 Percival 23 babies 9
  79. 79 Ralph 23 babies 6
  80. 80 Benjamin 21 babies
  81. 81 Lewis 20 babies 12
  82. 82 Laurence 19 babies 11
  83. 83 Martin 19 babies 8
  84. 84 Neil 19 babies
  85. 85 Sidney 19 babies 11
  86. 86 Stephen 19 babies 3
  87. 87 Howard 18 babies 10
  88. 88 Louis 18 babies 22
  89. 89 Allen 16 babies 13
  90. 90 Noel 16 babies 10
  91. 91 Trevor 16 babies 4
  92. 92 Claud 15 babies
  93. 93 Clement 15 babies
  94. 94 Roland 15 babies 7
  95. 95 Bertie 14 babies 7
  96. 96 Clive 14 babies
  97. 97 Edmund 14 babies 27
  98. 98 Fred 14 babies 13
  99. 99 Denis 13 babies
  100. 100 Duncan 13 babies 16

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 452 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 293 babies =
  3. 3 Annie 229 babies 1
  4. 4 Dorothy 226 babies 1
  5. 5 Alice 204 babies 1
  6. 6 Florence 193 babies 3
  7. 7 Elsie 191 babies 3
  8. 8 Doris 183 babies 1
  9. 9 Ivy 178 babies 9
  10. 10 Elizabeth 173 babies 2
  11. 11 Jessie 168 babies 4
  12. 12 Gladys 163 babies 7
  13. 13 Ethel 161 babies 1
  14. 14 Violet 153 babies 1
  15. 15 Eileen 148 babies 4
  16. 16 Kathleen 144 babies 3
  17. 17 Myrtle 142 babies 5
  18. 18 Olive 132 babies 2
  19. 19 Agnes 131 babies 4
  20. 20 Ellen 131 babies 1
  21. 21 Edith 128 babies 5
  22. 22 Vera 122 babies =
  23. 23 Catherine 118 babies 6
  24. 24 Irene 116 babies =
  25. 25 Edna 112 babies 11
  26. 26 Evelyn 104 babies 3
  27. 27 Mabel 99 babies 2
  28. 28 Ruby 99 babies =
  29. 29 Winifred 99 babies 1
  30. 30 Thelma 95 babies 9
  31. 31 Hilda 86 babies =
  32. 32 Emily 84 babies 5
  33. 33 Grace 84 babies 6
  34. 34 Eva 83 babies 1
  35. 35 Muriel 83 babies 9
  36. 36 Rita 83 babies 2
  37. 37 Phyllis 80 babies 19
  38. 38 Ada 79 babies 2
  39. 39 Frances 79 babies 4
  40. 40 Mavis 75 babies 29
  41. 41 Hazel 73 babies 2
  42. 42 Helen 68 babies 4
  43. 43 May 66 babies 1
  44. 44 Ida 64 babies 1
  45. 45 Lilian 63 babies 13
  46. 46 Marjorie 63 babies 21
  47. 47 Isabella 61 babies 15
  48. 48 Constance 57 babies 2
  49. 49 Sarah 56 babies 8
  50. 50 Gertrude 54 babies 1
  51. 51 Jane 52 babies 4
  52. 52 Amy 51 babies 5
  53. 53 Lillian 51 babies 19
  54. 54 Lucy 50 babies 8
  55. 55 Mona 49 babies 8
  56. 56 Nellie 49 babies 5
  57. 57 Marion 48 babies 3
  58. 58 Christina 47 babies 14
  59. 59 Gwendoline 46 babies 7
  60. 60 Rose 46 babies 12
  61. 61 Beatrice 45 babies 8
  62. 62 Alma 44 babies 2
  63. 63 Ruth 44 babies 14
  64. 64 Bertha 40 babies 10
  65. 65 Emma 40 babies 9
  66. 66 Iris 40 babies 1
  67. 67 Jean 39 babies 14
  68. 68 Clara 38 babies 11
  69. 69 Minnie 38 babies 32
  70. 70 Janet 37 babies 18
  71. 71 Louisa 37 babies 9
  72. 72 Lily 36 babies 13
  73. 73 Ella 35 babies 5
  74. 74 Maud 35 babies 1
  75. 75 Pearl 34 babies 1
  76. 76 Daisy 32 babies 6
  77. 77 Eleanor 32 babies 3
  78. 78 Esther 32 babies 1
  79. 79 Laura 30 babies 1
  80. 80 Aileen 29 babies 41
  81. 81 Clarice 28 babies 2
  82. 82 Freda 28 babies 21
  83. 83 Isabel 28 babies 12
  84. 84 Nancy 28 babies 16
  85. 85 Nora 28 babies 29
  86. 86 Marjory 27 babies 7
  87. 87 Flora 26 babies 12
  88. 88 Bessie 25 babies 1
  89. 89 Myra 25 babies 10
  90. 90 Amelia 24 babies 4
  91. 91 Eunice 24 babies 16
  92. 92 Lorna 24 babies 16
  93. 93 Beryl 23 babies 23
  94. 94 Linda 22 babies 2
  95. 95 Charlotte 21 babies 13
  96. 96 Doreen 21 babies 6
  97. 97 Hannah 21 babies 4
  98. 98 Martha 21 babies 13
  99. 99 Kate 20 babies 12
  100. 100 Maggie 20 babies 41

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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