New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1908

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 851 babies =
  2. 2 John 842 babies =
  3. 3 James 538 babies 1
  4. 4 George 422 babies 1
  5. 5 Thomas 402 babies 1
  6. 6 Robert 396 babies 1
  7. 7 Charles 376 babies =
  8. 8 Arthur 291 babies =
  9. 9 Frederick 264 babies =
  10. 10 Leslie 231 babies 4
  11. 11 Albert 216 babies 1
  12. 12 Eric 215 babies 5
  13. 13 Edward 203 babies =
  14. 14 Alfred 200 babies 2
  15. 15 Henry 200 babies 4
  16. 16 Francis 195 babies 4
  17. 17 Ernest 187 babies 1
  18. 18 Harold 173 babies 2
  19. 19 Walter 172 babies 4
  20. 20 David 167 babies 1
  21. 21 Norman 155 babies 2
  22. 22 Stanley 153 babies 5
  23. 23 Ronald 145 babies 3
  24. 24 Richard 142 babies 4
  25. 25 Frank 141 babies 4
  26. 26 Joseph 138 babies 1
  27. 27 Herbert 137 babies 5
  28. 28 Kenneth 135 babies 4
  29. 29 Gordon 133 babies 2
  30. 30 Leonard 129 babies 6
  31. 31 Alexander 128 babies 10
  32. 32 Cyril 119 babies 4
  33. 33 Raymond 119 babies 3
  34. 34 Jack 114 babies 1
  35. 35 Reginald 114 babies =
  36. 36 Donald 109 babies 4
  37. 37 Douglas 104 babies =
  38. 38 Cecil 95 babies 4
  39. 39 Clarence 95 babies 1
  40. 40 Roy 88 babies 1
  41. 41 Allan 82 babies 1
  42. 42 Harry 71 babies 1
  43. 43 Victor 71 babies 4
  44. 44 Andrew 69 babies 4
  45. 45 Maurice 69 babies 1
  46. 46 Alan 67 babies 6
  47. 47 Hugh 64 babies 2
  48. 48 Percy 64 babies 4
  49. 49 Colin 61 babies 2
  50. 50 Sydney 59 babies 7
  51. 51 Ian 57 babies 3
  52. 52 Patrick 57 babies 9
  53. 53 Archibald 55 babies 5
  54. 54 Clifford 54 babies 2
  55. 55 Keith 53 babies 9
  56. 56 Lawrence 51 babies 1
  57. 57 Claude 50 babies 2
  58. 58 Philip 49 babies 7
  59. 59 Wilfred 49 babies 7
  60. 60 Bernard 48 babies 12
  61. 61 Hector 47 babies 16
  62. 62 Lionel 46 babies 7
  63. 63 Peter 45 babies 18
  64. 64 Ivan 44 babies 2
  65. 65 Gilbert 42 babies 2
  66. 66 Noel 41 babies 8
  67. 67 Edwin 40 babies 14
  68. 68 Horace 40 babies 8
  69. 69 Ralph 40 babies 6
  70. 70 Samuel 40 babies 20
  71. 71 Geoffrey 38 babies 3
  72. 72 Edgar 37 babies 13
  73. 73 Allen 35 babies 29
  74. 74 Michael 33 babies 9
  75. 75 Trevor 33 babies 14
  76. 76 Leo 32 babies 5
  77. 77 Sidney 32 babies 8
  78. 78 Mervyn 29 babies 2
  79. 79 Arnold 27 babies 9
  80. 80 Laurence 27 babies 1
  81. 81 Lewis 27 babies 7
  82. 82 Malcolm 25 babies =
  83. 83 Basil 24 babies 16
  84. 84 Owen 23 babies 7
  85. 85 Percival 22 babies 9
  86. 86 Vernon 22 babies 7
  87. 87 Daniel 21 babies 9
  88. 88 Phillip 21 babies 44
  89. 89 Selwyn 21 babies 39
  90. 90 Stephen 21 babies 19
  91. 91 Vincent 20 babies 10
  92. 92 Dudley 19 babies
  93. 93 Duncan 19 babies 7
  94. 94 Howard 19 babies 7
  95. 95 Louis 18 babies 22
  96. 96 Neil 18 babies 2
  97. 97 Athol 17 babies 5
  98. 98 Gerald 17 babies 4
  99. 99 Martin 17 babies 2
  100. 100 Bruce 16 babies 10

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 478 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 331 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 281 babies =
  4. 4 Doris 238 babies 3
  5. 5 Gladys 238 babies 3
  6. 6 Alice 217 babies =
  7. 7 Eileen 216 babies 3
  8. 8 Annie 214 babies 3
  9. 9 Edna 207 babies 1
  10. 10 Kathleen 196 babies 1
  11. 11 Florence 184 babies 2
  12. 12 Elizabeth 177 babies 3
  13. 13 Phyllis 176 babies 9
  14. 14 Ethel 162 babies 4
  15. 15 Elsie 157 babies 3
  16. 16 Ivy 151 babies 1
  17. 17 Mavis 150 babies 6
  18. 18 Olive 146 babies 6
  19. 19 Irene 143 babies 2
  20. 20 Jessie 143 babies 6
  21. 21 Violet 142 babies 1
  22. 22 Myrtle 141 babies 3
  23. 23 Edith 136 babies 6
  24. 24 Agnes 135 babies 11
  25. 25 Vera 131 babies =
  26. 26 Thelma 123 babies =
  27. 27 Catherine 120 babies 1
  28. 28 Mabel 115 babies 6
  29. 29 Marjorie 115 babies 2
  30. 30 Winifred 113 babies =
  31. 31 Ellen 109 babies 15
  32. 32 Ruby 109 babies 5
  33. 33 Rita 108 babies 6
  34. 34 Hazel 107 babies 1
  35. 35 Evelyn 102 babies 3
  36. 36 Grace 99 babies 2
  37. 37 Muriel 99 babies 8
  38. 38 Frances 93 babies 2
  39. 39 Eva 91 babies 1
  40. 40 Jean 90 babies 1
  41. 41 Hilda 83 babies 2
  42. 42 Mona 79 babies 3
  43. 43 Iris 75 babies 8
  44. 44 Constance 74 babies 4
  45. 45 May 74 babies 4
  46. 46 Nancy 72 babies 18
  47. 47 Emily 70 babies 1
  48. 48 Ada 67 babies 4
  49. 49 Amy 64 babies 6
  50. 50 Freda 63 babies 9
  51. 51 Helen 63 babies 9
  52. 52 Alma 62 babies 1
  53. 53 Lilian 62 babies 4
  54. 54 Isabella 59 babies 2
  55. 55 Nellie 59 babies 15
  56. 56 Gwendoline 54 babies 11
  57. 57 Jane 54 babies 18
  58. 58 Lillian 54 babies 4
  59. 59 Sarah 54 babies 1
  60. 60 Joyce 53 babies 9
  61. 61 Beatrice 52 babies 11
  62. 62 Marion 52 babies 1
  63. 63 Isabel 51 babies 5
  64. 64 Lucy 50 babies 6
  65. 65 Doreen 49 babies 7
  66. 66 Ida 49 babies 19
  67. 67 Ruth 49 babies 2
  68. 68 Christina 48 babies 12
  69. 69 Daisy 46 babies 18
  70. 70 Janet 46 babies 12
  71. 71 Ella 45 babies 22
  72. 72 Gertrude 45 babies 6
  73. 73 Bertha 44 babies 29
  74. 74 Dulcie 41 babies 4
  75. 75 Pearl 41 babies 13
  76. 76 Lorna 40 babies 14
  77. 77 Mildred 40 babies 8
  78. 78 Daphne 39 babies 7
  79. 79 Eleanor 37 babies 5
  80. 80 Laura 37 babies 3
  81. 81 Rose 37 babies 24
  82. 82 Amelia 36 babies 3
  83. 83 Emma 36 babies 3
  84. 84 Lily 36 babies =
  85. 85 Esther 35 babies 6
  86. 86 Louisa 35 babies 24
  87. 87 Myra 35 babies 10
  88. 88 Minnie 34 babies 7
  89. 89 Flora 33 babies 16
  90. 90 Joan 33 babies 38
  91. 91 Linda 33 babies 12
  92. 92 Ena 32 babies 31
  93. 93 Marjory 32 babies 17
  94. 94 Clarice 31 babies 5
  95. 95 Rona 29 babies 21
  96. 96 Stella 29 babies 4
  97. 97 Beryl 27 babies =
  98. 98 Clara 27 babies 12
  99. 99 Norah 27 babies 11
  100. 100 Bessie 26 babies 18

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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