New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1907

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 901 babies =
  2. 2 John 875 babies =
  3. 3 George 485 babies 1
  4. 4 James 478 babies 1
  5. 5 Robert 394 babies =
  6. 6 Thomas 371 babies 1
  7. 7 Charles 350 babies 1
  8. 8 Arthur 340 babies =
  9. 9 Frederick 254 babies 1
  10. 10 Albert 227 babies 1
  11. 11 Henry 223 babies 1
  12. 12 Alfred 213 babies 6
  13. 13 Edward 210 babies 2
  14. 14 Leslie 203 babies 1
  15. 15 Walter 197 babies 4
  16. 16 Harold 190 babies 1
  17. 17 Eric 187 babies 1
  18. 18 Ernest 174 babies 1
  19. 19 David 163 babies 8
  20. 20 Francis 163 babies 6
  21. 21 Alexander 162 babies 1
  22. 22 Herbert 144 babies 1
  23. 23 Norman 140 babies 2
  24. 24 Leonard 132 babies 2
  25. 25 Joseph 131 babies 4
  26. 26 Ronald 127 babies =
  27. 27 Stanley 127 babies 3
  28. 28 Richard 125 babies =
  29. 29 Frank 120 babies 4
  30. 30 Raymond 117 babies 9
  31. 31 Gordon 115 babies 1
  32. 32 Kenneth 108 babies 6
  33. 33 Jack 106 babies 4
  34. 34 Cecil 98 babies 1
  35. 35 Reginald 98 babies 2
  36. 36 Cyril 97 babies 2
  37. 37 Douglas 95 babies 6
  38. 38 Clarence 93 babies 2
  39. 39 Roy 85 babies 7
  40. 40 Donald 82 babies 1
  41. 41 Harry 75 babies 1
  42. 42 Allan 74 babies 2
  43. 43 Sydney 74 babies =
  44. 44 Percy 72 babies =
  45. 45 Hector 71 babies 7
  46. 46 Maurice 69 babies 11
  47. 47 Victor 66 babies 1
  48. 48 Andrew 64 babies 3
  49. 49 Hugh 59 babies 3
  50. 50 Samuel 58 babies 3
  51. 51 Colin 52 babies 4
  52. 52 Alan 51 babies 1
  53. 53 Edwin 51 babies 10
  54. 54 Ian 50 babies 15
  55. 55 Claude 48 babies 6
  56. 56 Clifford 48 babies 2
  57. 57 Lawrence 48 babies 2
  58. 58 Archibald 47 babies =
  59. 59 Edgar 46 babies 9
  60. 60 Horace 42 babies 4
  61. 61 Patrick 42 babies 11
  62. 62 Ivan 41 babies 2
  63. 63 Gilbert 37 babies 2
  64. 64 Keith 37 babies 3
  65. 65 Philip 37 babies 8
  66. 66 Wilfred 37 babies 15
  67. 67 Basil 36 babies 18
  68. 68 Geoffrey 36 babies 12
  69. 69 Lionel 36 babies 3
  70. 70 Arnold 33 babies 4
  71. 71 Leo 33 babies 7
  72. 72 Bernard 32 babies 8
  73. 73 Louis 32 babies 2
  74. 74 Noel 32 babies 2
  75. 75 Ralph 32 babies 5
  76. 76 Percival 31 babies 5
  77. 77 Owen 30 babies 6
  78. 78 Daniel 28 babies 11
  79. 79 Laurence 27 babies 14
  80. 80 Mervyn 27 babies 24
  81. 81 Peter 27 babies 19
  82. 82 Malcolm 26 babies 14
  83. 83 Michael 26 babies 11
  84. 84 Roland 26 babies 40
  85. 85 Sidney 26 babies 3
  86. 86 Wallace 25 babies 12
  87. 87 Howard 24 babies 3
  88. 88 Lewis 23 babies 2
  89. 89 Trevor 23 babies 7
  90. 90 Bruce 22 babies 11
  91. 91 Benjamin 21 babies 8
  92. 92 Athol 20 babies =
  93. 93 Vernon 20 babies new
  94. 94 Gerald 19 babies 9
  95. 95 Stewart 19 babies 2
  96. 96 Bertie 18 babies new
  97. 97 Martin 18 babies 13
  98. 98 Neil 18 babies 33
  99. 99 Russell 18 babies 20
  100. 100 Duncan 17 babies 11

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 506 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 322 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 257 babies =
  4. 4 Eileen 249 babies 2
  5. 5 Annie 228 babies 7
  6. 6 Alice 218 babies 2
  7. 7 Doris 212 babies =
  8. 8 Gladys 211 babies 3
  9. 9 Elizabeth 206 babies 4
  10. 10 Edna 205 babies 7
  11. 11 Kathleen 198 babies 3
  12. 12 Elsie 173 babies 3
  13. 13 Florence 168 babies 2
  14. 14 Jessie 160 babies 4
  15. 15 Ivy 154 babies 4
  16. 16 Ellen 146 babies 10
  17. 17 Edith 144 babies 3
  18. 18 Ethel 144 babies 3
  19. 19 Myrtle 142 babies 1
  20. 20 Violet 142 babies 4
  21. 21 Irene 141 babies 5
  22. 22 Phyllis 138 babies 7
  23. 23 Mavis 131 babies 5
  24. 24 Olive 130 babies 4
  25. 25 Vera 130 babies =
  26. 26 Thelma 129 babies 3
  27. 27 Rita 121 babies 6
  28. 28 Catherine 120 babies 7
  29. 29 Muriel 119 babies 2
  30. 30 Winifred 117 babies 2
  31. 31 Marjorie 113 babies 5
  32. 32 Evelyn 110 babies 6
  33. 33 Hazel 109 babies 2
  34. 34 Mabel 109 babies 4
  35. 35 Agnes 108 babies 13
  36. 36 Frances 106 babies 3
  37. 37 Ruby 103 babies 3
  38. 38 Grace 101 babies 11
  39. 39 Jean 89 babies 2
  40. 40 Eva 84 babies 3
  41. 41 May 78 babies 14
  42. 42 Helen 77 babies 1
  43. 43 Hilda 73 babies 1
  44. 44 Ada 68 babies 4
  45. 45 Mona 68 babies 2
  46. 46 Emily 65 babies 6
  47. 47 Ida 62 babies 3
  48. 48 Constance 61 babies 3
  49. 49 Lilian 61 babies 3
  50. 50 Beatrice 60 babies 10
  51. 51 Iris 60 babies 5
  52. 52 Isabella 57 babies 3
  53. 53 Alma 56 babies 9
  54. 54 Lillian 55 babies 13
  55. 55 Amy 53 babies 8
  56. 56 Christina 53 babies 1
  57. 57 Rose 53 babies 7
  58. 58 Lucy 51 babies 2
  59. 59 Freda 50 babies 3
  60. 60 Sarah 50 babies 5
  61. 61 Ena 49 babies =
  62. 62 Louisa 48 babies 11
  63. 63 Marion 48 babies 5
  64. 64 Nancy 48 babies 11
  65. 65 Ruth 48 babies 6
  66. 66 Gertrude 47 babies 12
  67. 67 Gwendoline 47 babies 9
  68. 68 Isabel 47 babies 4
  69. 69 Joyce 46 babies 20
  70. 70 Nellie 46 babies 17
  71. 71 Daphne 43 babies 14
  72. 72 Doreen 43 babies 19
  73. 73 Flora 43 babies 15
  74. 74 Eleanor 41 babies 18
  75. 75 Jane 39 babies 24
  76. 76 Marjory 39 babies 6
  77. 77 Myra 39 babies 3
  78. 78 Dulcie 38 babies 25
  79. 79 Amelia 37 babies 3
  80. 80 Emma 37 babies 7
  81. 81 Eunice 36 babies 30
  82. 82 Janet 36 babies 13
  83. 83 Laura 36 babies 7
  84. 84 Lily 36 babies 7
  85. 85 Mildred 36 babies 54
  86. 86 Clara 35 babies 20
  87. 87 Daisy 35 babies 16
  88. 88 Pearl 35 babies 16
  89. 89 Clarice 34 babies 10
  90. 90 Lorna 34 babies 5
  91. 91 Esther 33 babies 10
  92. 92 Stella 33 babies 13
  93. 93 Ella 32 babies =
  94. 94 Maud 32 babies 16
  95. 95 Minnie 32 babies 3
  96. 96 Barbara 29 babies 14
  97. 97 Beryl 29 babies 14
  98. 98 Charlotte 29 babies 12
  99. 99 Nora 29 babies 17
  100. 100 Aileen 28 babies 15

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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