New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1905

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 894 babies =
  2. 2 John 780 babies =
  3. 3 James 467 babies =
  4. 4 George 416 babies =
  5. 5 Charles 355 babies 1
  6. 6 Arthur 320 babies 2
  7. 7 Robert 316 babies =
  8. 8 Thomas 307 babies 3
  9. 9 Frederick 252 babies 1
  10. 10 Albert 224 babies 1
  11. 11 Leslie 209 babies 2
  12. 12 Alfred 203 babies 3
  13. 13 Edward 195 babies 1
  14. 14 Eric 184 babies 2
  15. 15 Henry 184 babies 4
  16. 16 Francis 175 babies 4
  17. 17 Harold 175 babies 3
  18. 18 Walter 163 babies 1
  19. 19 Alexander 149 babies 8
  20. 20 Ernest 135 babies 2
  21. 21 Stanley 134 babies 5
  22. 22 Joseph 132 babies =
  23. 23 David 127 babies 4
  24. 24 Herbert 126 babies =
  25. 25 Leonard 125 babies 2
  26. 26 Norman 125 babies 1
  27. 27 Cecil 116 babies 7
  28. 28 Gordon 116 babies 2
  29. 29 Frank 114 babies 3
  30. 30 Richard 110 babies 9
  31. 31 Reginald 103 babies 3
  32. 32 Cyril 95 babies 3
  33. 33 Roy 90 babies 6
  34. 34 Raymond 88 babies 4
  35. 35 Ronald 88 babies 2
  36. 36 Clarence 87 babies 1
  37. 37 Kenneth 84 babies 6
  38. 38 Douglas 83 babies 2
  39. 39 Jack 82 babies 2
  40. 40 Harry 81 babies 5
  41. 41 Donald 77 babies 6
  42. 42 Allan 76 babies 2
  43. 43 Percy 70 babies 8
  44. 44 Hector 65 babies 2
  45. 45 Hugh 65 babies 1
  46. 46 Victor 62 babies 4
  47. 47 Andrew 61 babies 3
  48. 48 Horace 60 babies 6
  49. 49 Samuel 57 babies 2
  50. 50 Edwin 56 babies 7
  51. 51 Ian 53 babies 21
  52. 52 Wilfred 50 babies 8
  53. 53 Alan 49 babies =
  54. 54 Colin 48 babies 2
  55. 55 Sydney 48 babies 7
  56. 56 Maurice 47 babies 8
  57. 57 Claude 45 babies 11
  58. 58 Patrick 45 babies =
  59. 59 Archibald 42 babies 16
  60. 60 Lawrence 42 babies 11
  61. 61 Keith 40 babies =
  62. 62 Clifford 39 babies 7
  63. 63 Lionel 36 babies 4
  64. 64 Ivan 35 babies 15
  65. 65 Ralph 33 babies 6
  66. 66 Edgar 32 babies 3
  67. 67 Michael 32 babies 1
  68. 68 Daniel 31 babies 12
  69. 69 Philip 31 babies 17
  70. 70 Sidney 31 babies 7
  71. 71 Leo 30 babies 8
  72. 72 Noel 30 babies 1
  73. 73 Gilbert 28 babies 2
  74. 74 Lewis 28 babies 16
  75. 75 Geoffrey 27 babies 5
  76. 76 Allen 24 babies 2
  77. 77 Arnold 24 babies 12
  78. 78 Louis 24 babies 6
  79. 79 Nelson 24 babies 45
  80. 80 Bernard 23 babies 18
  81. 81 Percival 23 babies 2
  82. 82 Stuart 23 babies 29
  83. 83 Trevor 23 babies 8
  84. 84 Martin 22 babies 2
  85. 85 Gerald 20 babies 3
  86. 86 Owen 20 babies 12
  87. 87 Vincent 20 babies
  88. 88 Malcolm 19 babies 7
  89. 89 Mervyn 19 babies 4
  90. 90 Peter 19 babies 23
  91. 91 Roland 19 babies 6
  92. 92 Terence 18 babies
  93. 93 Howard 17 babies 6
  94. 94 Hubert 17 babies 12
  95. 95 Neil 17 babies 13
  96. 96 Clement 16 babies 22
  97. 97 Duncan 16 babies 8
  98. 98 Huia 16 babies
  99. 99 Laurence 16 babies 23
  100. 100 Aubrey 15 babies

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 481 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 314 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 246 babies 1
  4. 4 Doris 245 babies 6
  5. 5 Annie 241 babies 2
  6. 6 Alice 211 babies 2
  7. 7 Gladys 211 babies =
  8. 8 Eileen 208 babies 2
  9. 9 Elizabeth 194 babies =
  10. 10 Florence 194 babies 5
  11. 11 Kathleen 188 babies 3
  12. 12 Elsie 180 babies =
  13. 13 Ivy 161 babies 2
  14. 14 Violet 156 babies 5
  15. 15 Ethel 150 babies 2
  16. 16 Jessie 148 babies 2
  17. 17 Edith 146 babies 5
  18. 18 Ellen 146 babies 2
  19. 19 Myrtle 141 babies 4
  20. 20 Vera 138 babies 1
  21. 21 Catherine 137 babies 4
  22. 22 Irene 137 babies 6
  23. 23 Olive 132 babies 6
  24. 24 Winifred 132 babies 2
  25. 25 Edna 131 babies 1
  26. 26 Agnes 122 babies 6
  27. 27 Thelma 118 babies 3
  28. 28 Mavis 111 babies 5
  29. 29 Marjorie 104 babies 1
  30. 30 Grace 96 babies 9
  31. 31 Mabel 95 babies 4
  32. 32 Phyllis 95 babies 3
  33. 33 Rita 95 babies 2
  34. 34 Evelyn 92 babies 4
  35. 35 Frances 91 babies =
  36. 36 Ruby 88 babies =
  37. 37 Hazel 86 babies 3
  38. 38 Hilda 84 babies 2
  39. 39 Helen 82 babies 5
  40. 40 Eva 74 babies 3
  41. 41 Ada 73 babies =
  42. 42 Mona 72 babies 7
  43. 43 May 71 babies 1
  44. 44 Muriel 71 babies 21
  45. 45 Emily 66 babies 8
  46. 46 Lilian 64 babies 4
  47. 47 Constance 62 babies 2
  48. 48 Ida 62 babies 2
  49. 49 Jean 61 babies 15
  50. 50 Nellie 61 babies 7
  51. 51 Isabella 60 babies 4
  52. 52 Alma 57 babies 1
  53. 53 Christina 52 babies 12
  54. 54 Iris 52 babies =
  55. 55 Gertrude 49 babies 1
  56. 56 Sarah 49 babies 8
  57. 57 Lucy 48 babies 2
  58. 58 Rose 48 babies 1
  59. 59 Amy 47 babies 1
  60. 60 Freda 43 babies 34
  61. 61 Gwendoline 43 babies 7
  62. 62 Isabel 43 babies 9
  63. 63 Lillian 43 babies 10
  64. 64 Ruth 42 babies 1
  65. 65 Doreen 41 babies 12
  66. 66 Emma 41 babies 15
  67. 67 Louisa 41 babies 21
  68. 68 Marion 41 babies 6
  69. 69 Beatrice 40 babies 17
  70. 70 Jane 40 babies 9
  71. 71 Esther 39 babies 1
  72. 72 Myra 38 babies 14
  73. 73 Linda 37 babies 10
  74. 74 Marjory 36 babies 28
  75. 75 Nancy 36 babies 24
  76. 76 Ella 35 babies 7
  77. 77 Clara 34 babies 4
  78. 78 Flora 34 babies 1
  79. 79 Janet 33 babies 13
  80. 80 Minnie 32 babies 8
  81. 81 Daisy 30 babies 14
  82. 82 Joyce 30 babies 32
  83. 83 Lorna 30 babies 13
  84. 84 Maud 30 babies 9
  85. 85 Laura 29 babies 3
  86. 86 Nora 29 babies 9
  87. 87 Bessie 28 babies =
  88. 88 Clarice 28 babies 3
  89. 89 Eleanor 28 babies 11
  90. 90 Lily 28 babies 28
  91. 91 Martha 27 babies 5
  92. 92 Dora 26 babies 9
  93. 93 Veronica 26 babies 7
  94. 94 Charlotte 25 babies 14
  95. 95 Bertha 24 babies 19
  96. 96 Norah 24 babies 20
  97. 97 Stella 24 babies 5
  98. 98 Hannah 23 babies 8
  99. 99 Katherine 23 babies 43
  100. 100 Marie 23 babies 35

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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