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

Girl Names

1 Mary 481 babies =
2 Margaret 314 babies =
3 Dorothy 246 babies 1
4 Doris 245 babies 6
5 Annie 241 babies 2
6 Alice 211 babies 2
7 Gladys 211 babies =
8 Eileen 208 babies 2
9 Elizabeth 194 babies =
10 Florence 194 babies 5
11 Kathleen 188 babies 3
12 Elsie 180 babies =
13 Ivy 161 babies 2
14 Violet 156 babies 5
15 Ethel 150 babies 2
16 Jessie 148 babies 2
17 Edith 146 babies 5
18 Ellen 146 babies 2
19 Myrtle 141 babies 4
20 Vera 138 babies 1
21 Catherine 137 babies 4
22 Irene 137 babies 6
23 Olive 132 babies 6
24 Winifred 132 babies 2
25 Edna 131 babies 1
26 Agnes 122 babies 6
27 Thelma 118 babies 3
28 Mavis 111 babies 5
29 Marjorie 104 babies 1
30 Grace 96 babies 9
31 Mabel 95 babies 4
32 Phyllis 95 babies 3
33 Rita 95 babies 2
34 Evelyn 92 babies 4
35 Frances 91 babies =
36 Ruby 88 babies =
37 Hazel 86 babies 3
38 Hilda 84 babies 2
39 Helen 82 babies 5
40 Eva 74 babies 3
41 Ada 73 babies =
42 Mona 72 babies 7
43 May 71 babies 1
44 Muriel 71 babies 21
45 Emily 66 babies 8
46 Lilian 64 babies 4
47 Constance 62 babies 2
48 Ida 62 babies 2
49 Jean 61 babies 15
50 Nellie 61 babies 7
51 Isabella 60 babies 4
52 Alma 57 babies 1
53 Christina 52 babies 12
54 Iris 52 babies =
55 Gertrude 49 babies 1
56 Sarah 49 babies 8
57 Lucy 48 babies 2
58 Rose 48 babies 1
59 Amy 47 babies 1
60 Freda 43 babies 34
61 Gwendoline 43 babies 7
62 Isabel 43 babies 9
63 Lillian 43 babies 10
64 Ruth 42 babies 1
65 Doreen 41 babies 12
66 Emma 41 babies 15
67 Louisa 41 babies 21
68 Marion 41 babies 6
69 Beatrice 40 babies 17
70 Jane 40 babies 9
71 Esther 39 babies 1
72 Myra 38 babies 14
73 Linda 37 babies 10
74 Marjory 36 babies 28
75 Nancy 36 babies 24
76 Ella 35 babies 7
77 Clara 34 babies 4
78 Flora 34 babies 1
79 Janet 33 babies 13
80 Minnie 32 babies 8
81 Daisy 30 babies 14
82 Joyce 30 babies 32
83 Lorna 30 babies 13
84 Maud 30 babies 9
85 Laura 29 babies 3
86 Nora 29 babies 9
87 Bessie 28 babies =
88 Clarice 28 babies 3
89 Eleanor 28 babies 11
90 Lily 28 babies 28
91 Martha 27 babies 5
92 Dora 26 babies 9
93 Veronica 26 babies 7
94 Charlotte 25 babies 14
95 Bertha 24 babies 19
96 Norah 24 babies 20
97 Stella 24 babies 5
98 Hannah 23 babies 8
99 Katherine 23 babies 43
100 Marie 23 babies 35
101 Rona 23 babies 47
102 Adelaide 22 babies 23
103 Ina 22 babies 30
104 Josephine 22 babies 18
105 Mildred 22 babies 15
106 Beryl 21 babies 22
107 Daphne 21 babies 6
108 Dulcie 21 babies 1
109 Effie 21 babies
110 Pearl 21 babies 19
111 Sylvia 21 babies 22
112 Una 21 babies 37
113 Barbara 20 babies 16
114 Enid 20 babies 6
115 Eunice 20 babies 2
116 Reta 20 babies 13
117 Amelia 19 babies 24
118 Phoebe 19 babies 19
119 Aileen 17 babies 14
120 Eliza 17 babies 22
121 Harriet 17 babies 18
122 Kate 17 babies 4
123 Madge 17 babies 4
124 Rachel 17 babies 23
125 Lena 16 babies 18
126 Ann 15 babies 14
127 Anna 15 babies
128 Julia 15 babies 13
129 Avis 14 babies
130 Caroline 14 babies 4
131 Monica 14 babies 15
132 Olga 14 babies 24
133 Sybil 14 babies 2
134 Euphemia 13 babies
135 Fanny 13 babies 31
136 Helena 13 babies
137 Joan 13 babies 4
138 Wilhelmina 13 babies
139 Audrey 12 babies
140 Dorothea 12 babies
141 Madeline 12 babies
142 Ngaire 12 babies
143 Nina 12 babies 14
144 Norma 12 babies 21
145 Susan 12 babies 7
146 Theresa 12 babies
147 Adeline 11 babies
148 Cora 11 babies
149 Elva 11 babies
150 Henrietta 11 babies 39
151 Phillis 11 babies 21
152 Vida 11 babies
153 Winnifred 11 babies 29
154 Elma 10 babies
155 Eveline 10 babies 45
156 Georgina 10 babies 35
157 Jeanie 10 babies
158 Leah 10 babies
159 Maisie 10 babies
160 Margery 10 babies
161 Matilda 10 babies
162 Moana 10 babies
163 Nita 10 babies
164 Rhoda 10 babies
165 Robina 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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