New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1906

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 888 babies =
  2. 2 John 784 babies =
  3. 3 James 489 babies =
  4. 4 George 425 babies =
  5. 5 Robert 353 babies 2
  6. 6 Charles 335 babies 1
  7. 7 Thomas 312 babies 1
  8. 8 Arthur 309 babies 2
  9. 9 Albert 247 babies 1
  10. 10 Frederick 222 babies 1
  11. 11 Edward 209 babies 2
  12. 12 Henry 203 babies 3
  13. 13 Leslie 200 babies 2
  14. 14 Francis 191 babies 2
  15. 15 Harold 184 babies 2
  16. 16 Eric 180 babies 2
  17. 17 Ernest 164 babies 3
  18. 18 Alfred 161 babies 6
  19. 19 Walter 160 babies 1
  20. 20 Alexander 157 babies 1
  21. 21 Norman 154 babies 5
  22. 22 Leonard 151 babies 3
  23. 23 Herbert 149 babies 1
  24. 24 Stanley 142 babies 3
  25. 25 Frank 140 babies 4
  26. 26 Ronald 131 babies 9
  27. 27 David 130 babies 4
  28. 28 Richard 129 babies 2
  29. 29 Joseph 126 babies 7
  30. 30 Gordon 125 babies 2
  31. 31 Douglas 106 babies 7
  32. 32 Roy 105 babies 1
  33. 33 Reginald 103 babies 2
  34. 34 Cyril 99 babies 2
  35. 35 Cecil 92 babies 8
  36. 36 Clarence 92 babies =
  37. 37 Jack 90 babies 2
  38. 38 Kenneth 88 babies 1
  39. 39 Raymond 85 babies 5
  40. 40 Allan 74 babies 2
  41. 41 Donald 73 babies =
  42. 42 Harry 64 babies 2
  43. 43 Sydney 64 babies 12
  44. 44 Percy 63 babies 1
  45. 45 Andrew 56 babies 2
  46. 46 Hugh 56 babies 1
  47. 47 Samuel 56 babies 2
  48. 48 Victor 56 babies 2
  49. 49 Claude 52 babies 8
  50. 50 Patrick 52 babies 8
  51. 51 Wilfred 52 babies 1
  52. 52 Hector 51 babies 8
  53. 53 Alan 50 babies =
  54. 54 Clifford 48 babies 8
  55. 55 Colin 47 babies 1
  56. 56 Horace 47 babies 8
  57. 57 Maurice 47 babies 1
  58. 58 Archibald 46 babies 1
  59. 59 Lawrence 46 babies 1
  60. 60 Ivan 42 babies 4
  61. 61 Keith 42 babies =
  62. 62 Peter 42 babies 28
  63. 63 Edwin 39 babies 13
  64. 64 Bernard 38 babies 16
  65. 65 Gilbert 38 babies 8
  66. 66 Lionel 36 babies 3
  67. 67 Daniel 34 babies 1
  68. 68 Edgar 33 babies 2
  69. 69 Ian 33 babies 18
  70. 70 Ralph 33 babies 5
  71. 71 Owen 31 babies 15
  72. 72 Michael 30 babies 5
  73. 73 Philip 30 babies 4
  74. 74 Arnold 29 babies 3
  75. 75 Louis 29 babies 3
  76. 76 Noel 29 babies 4
  77. 77 Allen 28 babies 1
  78. 78 Leo 28 babies 7
  79. 79 Stephen 28 babies 34
  80. 80 Geoffrey 27 babies 5
  81. 81 Percival 27 babies =
  82. 82 Trevor 27 babies 1
  83. 83 Benjamin 26 babies
  84. 84 Stuart 23 babies 2
  85. 85 Basil 21 babies
  86. 86 Lewis 21 babies 12
  87. 87 Nelson 21 babies 8
  88. 88 Sidney 21 babies 18
  89. 89 Duncan 20 babies 8
  90. 90 Howard 20 babies 3
  91. 91 Vincent 20 babies 4
  92. 92 Athol 19 babies 27
  93. 93 Laurence 19 babies 6
  94. 94 Fredrick 18 babies
  95. 95 Vivian 18 babies 9
  96. 96 Malcolm 17 babies 8
  97. 97 Stewart 17 babies
  98. 98 Wallace 17 babies 7
  99. 99 Oswald 16 babies 2
  100. 100 Archie 15 babies

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 450 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 354 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 257 babies =
  4. 4 Alice 240 babies 2
  5. 5 Gladys 227 babies 2
  6. 6 Eileen 217 babies 2
  7. 7 Doris 216 babies 3
  8. 8 Kathleen 203 babies 3
  9. 9 Elsie 184 babies 3
  10. 10 Jessie 180 babies 6
  11. 11 Florence 179 babies 1
  12. 12 Annie 174 babies 7
  13. 13 Elizabeth 173 babies 4
  14. 14 Edith 161 babies 3
  15. 15 Ethel 155 babies =
  16. 16 Irene 154 babies 6
  17. 17 Edna 153 babies 8
  18. 18 Myrtle 153 babies 1
  19. 19 Ivy 145 babies 6
  20. 20 Olive 143 babies 3
  21. 21 Catherine 137 babies =
  22. 22 Agnes 131 babies 4
  23. 23 Thelma 130 babies 4
  24. 24 Violet 122 babies 10
  25. 25 Vera 119 babies 5
  26. 26 Ellen 116 babies 8
  27. 27 Grace 112 babies 3
  28. 28 Mavis 107 babies =
  29. 29 Phyllis 104 babies 3
  30. 30 Mabel 102 babies 1
  31. 31 Muriel 102 babies 13
  32. 32 Winifred 102 babies 8
  33. 33 Rita 100 babies =
  34. 34 Ruby 99 babies 2
  35. 35 Hazel 92 babies 2
  36. 36 Marjorie 89 babies 7
  37. 37 Eva 87 babies 3
  38. 38 Evelyn 85 babies 4
  39. 39 Frances 83 babies 4
  40. 40 Emily 81 babies 5
  41. 41 Jean 80 babies 8
  42. 42 Hilda 75 babies 4
  43. 43 Helen 71 babies 4
  44. 44 Alma 68 babies 8
  45. 45 Constance 68 babies 2
  46. 46 Iris 65 babies 8
  47. 47 Mona 65 babies 5
  48. 48 Ada 63 babies 7
  49. 49 Isabella 63 babies 2
  50. 50 Ida 60 babies 2
  51. 51 Jane 58 babies 19
  52. 52 Lilian 57 babies 6
  53. 53 Nellie 57 babies 3
  54. 54 Gertrude 56 babies 1
  55. 55 May 56 babies 12
  56. 56 Lucy 55 babies 1
  57. 57 Christina 54 babies 4
  58. 58 Gwendoline 53 babies 3
  59. 59 Ruth 53 babies 5
  60. 60 Beatrice 51 babies 9
  61. 61 Ena 51 babies new
  62. 62 Freda 50 babies 2
  63. 63 Amy 49 babies 4
  64. 64 Rose 49 babies 6
  65. 65 Sarah 48 babies 9
  66. 66 Clara 45 babies 11
  67. 67 Lillian 44 babies 4
  68. 68 Marion 44 babies =
  69. 69 Janet 43 babies 10
  70. 70 Marjory 43 babies 4
  71. 71 Daisy 42 babies 10
  72. 72 Isabel 40 babies 10
  73. 73 Louisa 40 babies 6
  74. 74 Myra 38 babies 2
  75. 75 Nancy 37 babies =
  76. 76 Amelia 36 babies 41
  77. 77 Lily 36 babies 13
  78. 78 Maud 36 babies 6
  79. 79 Clarice 35 babies 9
  80. 80 Ina 35 babies 23
  81. 81 Bertha 33 babies 14
  82. 82 Nora 33 babies 4
  83. 83 Beryl 32 babies 23
  84. 84 Caroline 32 babies 46
  85. 85 Daphne 32 babies 22
  86. 86 Charlotte 31 babies 8
  87. 87 Emma 31 babies 21
  88. 88 Flora 31 babies 10
  89. 89 Joyce 31 babies 7
  90. 90 Laura 30 babies 5
  91. 91 Doreen 29 babies 26
  92. 92 Eleanor 29 babies 3
  93. 93 Ella 29 babies 17
  94. 94 Enid 29 babies 20
  95. 95 Lorna 29 babies 12
  96. 96 Dora 28 babies 4
  97. 97 Linda 28 babies 24
  98. 98 Minnie 28 babies 18
  99. 99 Reta 28 babies 17
  100. 100 Sybil 28 babies 33

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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