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

Girl Names

1 Mary 506 babies =
2 Margaret 322 babies =
3 Dorothy 257 babies =
4 Eileen 249 babies 2
5 Annie 228 babies 7
6 Alice 218 babies 2
7 Doris 212 babies =
8 Gladys 211 babies 3
9 Elizabeth 206 babies 4
10 Edna 205 babies 7
11 Kathleen 198 babies 3
12 Elsie 173 babies 3
13 Florence 168 babies 2
14 Jessie 160 babies 4
15 Ivy 154 babies 4
16 Ellen 146 babies 10
17 Edith 144 babies 3
18 Ethel 144 babies 3
19 Myrtle 142 babies 1
20 Violet 142 babies 4
21 Irene 141 babies 5
22 Phyllis 138 babies 7
23 Mavis 131 babies 5
24 Olive 130 babies 4
25 Vera 130 babies =
26 Thelma 129 babies 3
27 Rita 121 babies 6
28 Catherine 120 babies 7
29 Muriel 119 babies 2
30 Winifred 117 babies 2
31 Marjorie 113 babies 5
32 Evelyn 110 babies 6
33 Hazel 109 babies 2
34 Mabel 109 babies 4
35 Agnes 108 babies 13
36 Frances 106 babies 3
37 Ruby 103 babies 3
38 Grace 101 babies 11
39 Jean 89 babies 2
40 Eva 84 babies 3
41 May 78 babies 14
42 Helen 77 babies 1
43 Hilda 73 babies 1
44 Ada 68 babies 4
45 Mona 68 babies 2
46 Emily 65 babies 6
47 Ida 62 babies 3
48 Constance 61 babies 3
49 Lilian 61 babies 3
50 Beatrice 60 babies 10
51 Iris 60 babies 5
52 Isabella 57 babies 3
53 Alma 56 babies 9
54 Lillian 55 babies 13
55 Amy 53 babies 8
56 Christina 53 babies 1
57 Rose 53 babies 7
58 Lucy 51 babies 2
59 Freda 50 babies 3
60 Sarah 50 babies 5
61 Ena 49 babies =
62 Louisa 48 babies 11
63 Marion 48 babies 5
64 Nancy 48 babies 11
65 Ruth 48 babies 6
66 Gertrude 47 babies 12
67 Gwendoline 47 babies 9
68 Isabel 47 babies 4
69 Joyce 46 babies 20
70 Nellie 46 babies 17
71 Daphne 43 babies 14
72 Doreen 43 babies 19
73 Flora 43 babies 15
74 Eleanor 41 babies 18
75 Jane 39 babies 24
76 Marjory 39 babies 6
77 Myra 39 babies 3
78 Dulcie 38 babies 25
79 Amelia 37 babies 3
80 Emma 37 babies 7
81 Eunice 36 babies 30
82 Janet 36 babies 13
83 Laura 36 babies 7
84 Lily 36 babies 7
85 Mildred 36 babies 54
86 Clara 35 babies 20
87 Daisy 35 babies 16
88 Pearl 35 babies 16
89 Clarice 34 babies 10
90 Lorna 34 babies 5
91 Esther 33 babies 10
92 Stella 33 babies 13
93 Ella 32 babies =
94 Maud 32 babies 16
95 Minnie 32 babies 3
96 Barbara 29 babies 14
97 Beryl 29 babies 14
98 Charlotte 29 babies 12
99 Nora 29 babies 17
100 Aileen 28 babies 15
101 Reta 28 babies 2
102 Bertha 27 babies 21
103 Linda 27 babies 6
104 Martha 27 babies 2
105 Sylvia 27 babies 4
106 Caroline 26 babies 22
107 Eveline 26 babies 12
108 Marie 26 babies =
109 Audrey 25 babies 7
110 Norah 25 babies 8
111 Dora 24 babies 15
112 Eliza 23 babies 19
113 Enid 23 babies 19
114 Winnifred 23 babies 20
115 Josephine 22 babies 5
116 Rona 22 babies 6
117 Una 22 babies 4
118 Bessie 21 babies 12
119 Henrietta 21 babies 13
120 Julia 21 babies 16
121 Patricia 21 babies 38
122 Susan 21 babies
123 Cecilia 20 babies 33
124 Ina 20 babies 44
125 Lena 19 babies 8
126 Norma 19 babies 26
127 Harriet 17 babies 23
128 Joan 17 babies =
129 Katherine 17 babies 6
130 Kate 16 babies 1
131 Fanny 15 babies 14
132 Olga 15 babies 11
133 Rachel 15 babies 7
134 Rhoda 15 babies 20
135 Tui 15 babies
136 Anna 14 babies 6
137 Bernice 14 babies
138 Blanche 14 babies
139 Esma 14 babies 2
140 Esme 14 babies
141 Hannah 14 babies 14
142 Madge 14 babies 5
143 Marguerite 14 babies =
144 Maude 14 babies
145 Millicent 14 babies
146 Miriam 14 babies
147 Molly 14 babies
148 Rosa 14 babies
149 Victoria 14 babies
150 Vida 14 babies 25
151 Ann 13 babies 6
152 Cora 13 babies 6
153 Georgina 13 babies 27
154 Inez 13 babies 42
155 Madeline 13 babies 13
156 Nina 13 babies
157 Adeline 12 babies 22
158 Avis 12 babies 3
159 Euphemia 12 babies
160 Isobel 12 babies
161 Maisie 12 babies
162 Margery 12 babies
163 Ngaire 12 babies
164 Theresa 12 babies 40
165 Veronica 12 babies 58
166 Alison 11 babies
167 Dorothea 11 babies
168 Elaine 11 babies
169 Johanna 11 babies
170 Lila 11 babies
171 Maggie 11 babies
172 Nita 11 babies
173 Rosina 11 babies
174 Anne 10 babies 20
175 Gwendolyn 10 babies
176 Phillis 10 babies
177 Phoebe 10 babies 33
178 Zena 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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