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 William 888 babies =
2 John 784 babies =
3 James 489 babies =
4 George 425 babies =
5 Robert 353 babies 2
6 Charles 335 babies 1
7 Thomas 312 babies 1
8 Arthur 309 babies 2
9 Albert 247 babies 1
10 Frederick 222 babies 1
11 Edward 209 babies 2
12 Henry 203 babies 3
13 Leslie 200 babies 2
14 Francis 191 babies 2
15 Harold 184 babies 2
16 Eric 180 babies 2
17 Ernest 164 babies 3
18 Alfred 161 babies 6
19 Walter 160 babies 1
20 Alexander 157 babies 1
21 Norman 154 babies 5
22 Leonard 151 babies 3
23 Herbert 149 babies 1
24 Stanley 142 babies 3
25 Frank 140 babies 4
26 Ronald 131 babies 9
27 David 130 babies 4
28 Richard 129 babies 2
29 Joseph 126 babies 7
30 Gordon 125 babies 2
31 Douglas 106 babies 7
32 Roy 105 babies 1
33 Reginald 103 babies 2
34 Cyril 99 babies 2
35 Cecil 92 babies 8
36 Clarence 92 babies =
37 Jack 90 babies 2
38 Kenneth 88 babies 1
39 Raymond 85 babies 5
40 Allan 74 babies 2
41 Donald 73 babies =
42 Harry 64 babies 2
43 Sydney 64 babies 12
44 Percy 63 babies 1
45 Andrew 56 babies 2
46 Hugh 56 babies 1
47 Samuel 56 babies 2
48 Victor 56 babies 2
49 Claude 52 babies 8
50 Patrick 52 babies 8
51 Wilfred 52 babies 1
52 Hector 51 babies 8
53 Alan 50 babies =
54 Clifford 48 babies 8
55 Colin 47 babies 1
56 Horace 47 babies 8
57 Maurice 47 babies 1
58 Archibald 46 babies 1
59 Lawrence 46 babies 1
60 Ivan 42 babies 4
61 Keith 42 babies =
62 Peter 42 babies 28
63 Edwin 39 babies 13
64 Bernard 38 babies 16
65 Gilbert 38 babies 8
66 Lionel 36 babies 3
67 Daniel 34 babies 1
68 Edgar 33 babies 2
69 Ian 33 babies 18
70 Ralph 33 babies 5
71 Owen 31 babies 15
72 Michael 30 babies 5
73 Philip 30 babies 4
74 Arnold 29 babies 3
75 Louis 29 babies 3
76 Noel 29 babies 4
77 Allen 28 babies 1
78 Leo 28 babies 7
79 Stephen 28 babies 34
80 Geoffrey 27 babies 5
81 Percival 27 babies =
82 Trevor 27 babies 1
83 Benjamin 26 babies
84 Stuart 23 babies 2
85 Basil 21 babies
86 Lewis 21 babies 12
87 Nelson 21 babies 8
88 Sidney 21 babies 18
89 Duncan 20 babies 8
90 Howard 20 babies 3
91 Vincent 20 babies 4
92 Athol 19 babies 27
93 Laurence 19 babies 6
94 Fredrick 18 babies
95 Vivian 18 babies 9
96 Malcolm 17 babies 8
97 Stewart 17 babies
98 Wallace 17 babies 7
99 Oswald 16 babies 2
100 Archie 15 babies
101 Bruce 15 babies 22
102 Claud 15 babies 6
103 Gerald 15 babies 18
104 Mervyn 15 babies 15
105 Aubrey 14 babies 5
106 Bertram 14 babies
107 Carl 14 babies 5
108 Cedric 14 babies 1
109 Desmond 14 babies 6
110 Martin 14 babies 26
111 Neville 14 babies
112 Phillip 14 babies
113 Matthew 13 babies 3
114 Terence 13 babies 22
115 Angus 12 babies
116 Edmund 12 babies 4
117 Guy 12 babies
118 Ivor 12 babies
119 Russell 12 babies 7
120 Seddon 12 babies
121 Christopher 11 babies
122 Huia 11 babies 24
123 Oliver 11 babies
124 Roland 11 babies 33
125 Selwyn 11 babies 3
126 Anthony 10 babies
127 Dudley 10 babies 13
128 Hubert 10 babies 34
129 Lindsay 10 babies
130 Maxwell 10 babies 14
131 Neil 10 babies 36
132 Oscar 10 babies 11
133 Rupert 10 babies
134 Wilfrid 10 babies

Girl Names

1 Mary 450 babies =
2 Margaret 354 babies =
3 Dorothy 257 babies =
4 Alice 240 babies 2
5 Gladys 227 babies 2
6 Eileen 217 babies 2
7 Doris 216 babies 3
8 Kathleen 203 babies 3
9 Elsie 184 babies 3
10 Jessie 180 babies 6
11 Florence 179 babies 1
12 Annie 174 babies 7
13 Elizabeth 173 babies 4
14 Edith 161 babies 3
15 Ethel 155 babies =
16 Irene 154 babies 6
17 Edna 153 babies 8
18 Myrtle 153 babies 1
19 Ivy 145 babies 6
20 Olive 143 babies 3
21 Catherine 137 babies =
22 Agnes 131 babies 4
23 Thelma 130 babies 4
24 Violet 122 babies 10
25 Vera 119 babies 5
26 Ellen 116 babies 8
27 Grace 112 babies 3
28 Mavis 107 babies =
29 Phyllis 104 babies 3
30 Mabel 102 babies 1
31 Muriel 102 babies 13
32 Winifred 102 babies 8
33 Rita 100 babies =
34 Ruby 99 babies 2
35 Hazel 92 babies 2
36 Marjorie 89 babies 7
37 Eva 87 babies 3
38 Evelyn 85 babies 4
39 Frances 83 babies 4
40 Emily 81 babies 5
41 Jean 80 babies 8
42 Hilda 75 babies 4
43 Helen 71 babies 4
44 Alma 68 babies 8
45 Constance 68 babies 2
46 Iris 65 babies 8
47 Mona 65 babies 5
48 Ada 63 babies 7
49 Isabella 63 babies 2
50 Ida 60 babies 2
51 Jane 58 babies 19
52 Lilian 57 babies 6
53 Nellie 57 babies 3
54 Gertrude 56 babies 1
55 May 56 babies 12
56 Lucy 55 babies 1
57 Christina 54 babies 4
58 Gwendoline 53 babies 3
59 Ruth 53 babies 5
60 Beatrice 51 babies 9
61 Ena 51 babies new
62 Freda 50 babies 2
63 Amy 49 babies 4
64 Rose 49 babies 6
65 Sarah 48 babies 9
66 Clara 45 babies 11
67 Lillian 44 babies 4
68 Marion 44 babies =
69 Janet 43 babies 10
70 Marjory 43 babies 4
71 Daisy 42 babies 10
72 Isabel 40 babies 10
73 Louisa 40 babies 6
74 Myra 38 babies 2
75 Nancy 37 babies =
76 Amelia 36 babies 41
77 Lily 36 babies 13
78 Maud 36 babies 6
79 Clarice 35 babies 9
80 Ina 35 babies 23
81 Bertha 33 babies 14
82 Nora 33 babies 4
83 Beryl 32 babies 23
84 Caroline 32 babies 46
85 Daphne 32 babies 22
86 Charlotte 31 babies 8
87 Emma 31 babies 21
88 Flora 31 babies 10
89 Joyce 31 babies 7
90 Laura 30 babies 5
91 Doreen 29 babies 26
92 Eleanor 29 babies 3
93 Ella 29 babies 17
94 Enid 29 babies 20
95 Lorna 29 babies 12
96 Dora 28 babies 4
97 Linda 28 babies 24
98 Minnie 28 babies 18
99 Reta 28 babies 17
100 Sybil 28 babies 33
101 Esther 27 babies 30
102 Martha 27 babies 11
103 Dulcie 26 babies 5
104 Pearl 26 babies 6
105 Stella 25 babies 8
106 Bessie 23 babies 19
107 Veronica 23 babies 14
108 Marie 22 babies 8
109 Sylvia 22 babies 2
110 Barbara 21 babies 3
111 Eunice 21 babies 4
112 Inez 21 babies new
113 Una 21 babies 1
114 Rhoda 20 babies 50
115 Aileen 19 babies 4
116 Audrey 19 babies 23
117 Fanny 19 babies 18
118 Norah 19 babies 22
119 Eveline 18 babies 36
120 Josephine 18 babies 16
121 Olga 18 babies 11
122 Rona 18 babies 21
123 Katherine 16 babies 24
124 Theresa 16 babies 22
125 Vida 16 babies 27
126 Georgina 15 babies 30
127 Hannah 15 babies 29
128 Joan 15 babies 9
129 Kate 15 babies 7
130 Anna 14 babies 3
131 Eliza 14 babies 11
132 Henrietta 14 babies 18
133 Lena 14 babies 8
134 Winnifred 14 babies 19
135 Adeline 13 babies 12
136 Julia 13 babies 8
137 Madge 13 babies 14
138 Matilda 13 babies 23
139 Mildred 13 babies 34
140 Rachel 13 babies 16
141 Esma 12 babies new
142 Madeline 12 babies 1
143 Marguerite 12 babies new
144 Phoebe 12 babies 26
145 Ann 11 babies 19
146 Cora 11 babies 2
147 Effie 11 babies 38
148 Elma 11 babies 6
149 Elva 11 babies =
150 Harriet 11 babies 29
151 Lydia 11 babies new
152 Norma 11 babies 8
153 Rubina 11 babies new
154 Anne 10 babies new
155 Avis 10 babies 26
156 Cecilia 10 babies new
157 Leila 10 babies new
158 Moira 10 babies new
159 Patricia 10 babies new
160 Roma 10 babies new
161 Sadie 10 babies new

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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