New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1904

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 William 862 babies =
2 John 738 babies =
3 James 464 babies =
4 George 441 babies =
5 Thomas 353 babies =
6 Charles 344 babies 1
7 Robert 309 babies 1
8 Arthur 271 babies =
9 Albert 265 babies =
10 Frederick 256 babies 3
11 Henry 219 babies =
12 Edward 216 babies 2
13 Leslie 214 babies 1
14 Harold 206 babies 1
15 Alfred 203 babies 4
16 Eric 184 babies 2
17 Walter 157 babies 1
18 Ernest 150 babies 2
19 David 147 babies 3
20 Francis 147 babies 3
21 Richard 129 babies 8
22 Joseph 126 babies 2
23 Leonard 124 babies =
24 Herbert 122 babies =
25 Norman 119 babies =
26 Stanley 119 babies 1
27 Alexander 114 babies 6
28 Reginald 112 babies 3
29 Cyril 107 babies 4
30 Gordon 106 babies 2
31 Kenneth 88 babies 3
32 Frank 86 babies 6
33 Ronald 85 babies 1
34 Cecil 77 babies 4
35 Percy 77 babies 1
36 Douglas 76 babies 10
37 Clarence 74 babies 5
38 Raymond 72 babies =
39 Roy 70 babies 1
40 Allan 68 babies 5
41 Jack 68 babies 6
42 Hector 63 babies 3
43 Archibald 62 babies 20
44 Andrew 61 babies 1
45 Harry 61 babies 8
46 Hugh 58 babies 3
47 Donald 56 babies 6
48 Sydney 55 babies 1
49 Lawrence 53 babies 1
50 Victor 53 babies =
51 Samuel 47 babies 7
52 Philip 44 babies 7
53 Alan 43 babies 1
54 Horace 42 babies 1
55 Clifford 40 babies 15
56 Colin 40 babies 9
57 Edwin 40 babies 5
58 Patrick 40 babies 9
59 Lionel 39 babies 3
60 Wilfred 39 babies 9
61 Keith 37 babies =
62 Bernard 36 babies 2
63 Leo 36 babies 1
64 Maurice 36 babies 7
65 Arnold 35 babies 7
66 Michael 30 babies 3
67 Peter 30 babies 11
68 Claude 29 babies 13
69 Edgar 29 babies 7
70 Geoffrey 29 babies 4
71 Ralph 29 babies 8
72 Ian 27 babies 4
73 Noel 27 babies 17
74 Owen 27 babies 3
75 Gilbert 26 babies 4
76 Laurence 26 babies 6
77 Sidney 26 babies 8
78 Allen 25 babies 11
79 Ivan 24 babies 21
80 Daniel 23 babies 14
81 Malcolm 23 babies 6
82 Martin 23 babies 1
83 Percival 23 babies 5
84 Louis 22 babies 4
85 Roland 21 babies 9
86 Benjamin 20 babies 6
87 Edmund 19 babies 10
88 Gerald 18 babies
89 Rupert 18 babies
90 Lewis 17 babies 9
91 Trevor 17 babies =
92 Bertie 16 babies 3
93 Mervyn 16 babies 15
94 Basil 15 babies 21
95 Bertram 15 babies 10
96 Bruce 15 babies 23
97 Dudley 15 babies
98 Fredrick 15 babies
99 Howard 15 babies 12
100 Matthew 15 babies 7
101 Russell 15 babies
102 Stephen 15 babies 16
103 Athol 14 babies 8
104 Cedric 14 babies
105 Duncan 14 babies 5
106 Hubert 14 babies 8
107 Claud 13 babies 15
108 Neil 13 babies 24
109 Oswald 13 babies
110 Roderick 13 babies 7
111 Stuart 13 babies
112 Carl 12 babies =
113 Lancelot 12 babies 2
114 Murray 12 babies
115 Oliver 12 babies 14
116 Brian 11 babies
117 Christopher 11 babies 4
118 Clement 11 babies 25
119 Desmond 11 babies
120 Archie 10 babies 16
121 Edmond 10 babies
122 Frances 10 babies
123 Melville 10 babies
124 Nelson 10 babies
125 Reuben 10 babies
126 Vernon 10 babies 3
127 Vivian 10 babies 25

Girl Names

1 Mary 459 babies =
2 Margaret 292 babies =
3 Annie 254 babies =
4 Dorothy 225 babies =
5 Florence 205 babies 1
6 Eileen 196 babies 9
7 Gladys 193 babies 5
8 Alice 188 babies 3
9 Elizabeth 186 babies 1
10 Doris 183 babies 2
11 Ivy 172 babies 2
12 Elsie 165 babies 5
13 Ethel 161 babies =
14 Kathleen 159 babies 2
15 Myrtle 155 babies 2
16 Irene 154 babies 8
17 Olive 150 babies 1
18 Jessie 149 babies 7
19 Violet 141 babies 5
20 Ellen 140 babies =
21 Vera 140 babies 1
22 Edith 135 babies 1
23 Muriel 121 babies 12
24 Edna 114 babies 1
25 Catherine 110 babies 2
26 Winifred 109 babies 3
27 Mabel 106 babies =
28 Marjorie 100 babies 18
29 Phyllis 100 babies 8
30 Thelma 97 babies =
31 Rita 92 babies 5
32 Agnes 91 babies 13
33 Mavis 91 babies 7
34 Hazel 88 babies 7
35 Frances 81 babies 4
36 Ruby 80 babies 8
37 Emily 79 babies 5
38 Evelyn 78 babies 12
39 Grace 76 babies 6
40 Hilda 74 babies 9
41 Ada 73 babies 3
42 May 70 babies 1
43 Eva 68 babies 9
44 Helen 67 babies 2
45 Constance 64 babies 3
46 Ida 64 babies 2
47 Isabella 58 babies =
48 Sarah 58 babies 1
49 Mona 57 babies 6
50 Lilian 55 babies 5
51 Alma 53 babies 11
52 Beatrice 53 babies 9
53 Lillian 53 babies =
54 Iris 51 babies 12
55 Lucy 50 babies 1
56 Gertrude 49 babies 6
57 Nellie 49 babies 1
58 Myra 48 babies 31
59 Rose 47 babies 1
60 Amy 46 babies 8
61 Jane 45 babies 10
62 Lily 45 babies 10
63 Ruth 45 babies =
64 Jean 44 babies 3
65 Christina 43 babies 7
66 Janet 43 babies 4
67 Daisy 42 babies 9
68 Gwendoline 42 babies 9
69 Ella 41 babies 4
70 Esther 39 babies 8
71 Isabel 38 babies 12
72 Minnie 38 babies 3
73 Clara 36 babies 5
74 Marion 36 babies 17
75 Maud 36 babies 1
76 Bertha 35 babies 12
77 Doreen 35 babies 19
78 Eleanor 33 babies 1
79 Flora 33 babies 8
80 Charlotte 30 babies 15
81 Emma 30 babies 16
82 Laura 30 babies 3
83 Linda 30 babies 11
84 Beryl 29 babies 9
85 Clarice 28 babies 4
86 Martha 28 babies 12
87 Bessie 27 babies 1
88 Louisa 27 babies 17
89 Sylvia 27 babies 33
90 Mildred 26 babies 15
91 Pearl 26 babies 16
92 Stella 26 babies 24
93 Amelia 25 babies 3
94 Freda 25 babies 12
95 Nora 24 babies 10
96 Lorna 23 babies 4
97 Barbara 22 babies 5
98 Eliza 22 babies 21
99 Nancy 22 babies 15
100 Veronica 22 babies 10
101 Dora 21 babies 10
102 Marjory 21 babies 16
103 Reta 21 babies 1
104 Fanny 20 babies 4
105 Aileen 19 babies 25
106 Hannah 19 babies 9
107 Lena 19 babies 19
108 Olga 19 babies 29
109 Dulcie 18 babies 3
110 Eveline 18 babies 3
111 Henrietta 18 babies new
112 Ann 17 babies 15
113 Daphne 17 babies 12
114 Joyce 17 babies 6
115 Julia 17 babies 6
116 Norah 17 babies 15
117 Eunice 16 babies 26
118 Kate 15 babies 19
119 Blanche 14 babies 5
120 Enid 14 babies 8
121 Georgina 14 babies 8
122 Josephine 14 babies 30
123 Norma 14 babies new
124 Winnifred 14 babies 26
125 Adelaide 13 babies new
126 Caroline 13 babies 20
127 Madge 13 babies 12
128 Maria 13 babies 5
129 Nina 13 babies new
130 Phillis 13 babies 19
131 Sybil 13 babies 14
132 Cecilia 12 babies new
133 Ina 12 babies 19
134 Marguerite 12 babies 6
135 Marie 12 babies 26
136 Miriam 12 babies =
137 Phoebe 12 babies new
138 Susan 12 babies =
139 Harriet 11 babies 26
140 Inez 11 babies 10
141 Joan 11 babies new
142 Katherine 11 babies 39
143 Leila 11 babies 12
144 Lilly 11 babies 9
145 Lydia 11 babies new
146 Monica 11 babies new
147 Rachel 11 babies new
148 Rona 11 babies new
149 Una 11 babies 26
150 Esma 10 babies new
151 Lila 10 babies new

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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