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 William 851 babies =
2 John 842 babies =
3 James 538 babies 1
4 George 422 babies 1
5 Thomas 402 babies 1
6 Robert 396 babies 1
7 Charles 376 babies =
8 Arthur 291 babies =
9 Frederick 264 babies =
10 Leslie 231 babies 4
11 Albert 216 babies 1
12 Eric 215 babies 5
13 Edward 203 babies =
14 Alfred 200 babies 2
15 Henry 200 babies 4
16 Francis 195 babies 4
17 Ernest 187 babies 1
18 Harold 173 babies 2
19 Walter 172 babies 4
20 David 167 babies 1
21 Norman 155 babies 2
22 Stanley 153 babies 5
23 Ronald 145 babies 3
24 Richard 142 babies 4
25 Frank 141 babies 4
26 Joseph 138 babies 1
27 Herbert 137 babies 5
28 Kenneth 135 babies 4
29 Gordon 133 babies 2
30 Leonard 129 babies 6
31 Alexander 128 babies 10
32 Cyril 119 babies 4
33 Raymond 119 babies 3
34 Jack 114 babies 1
35 Reginald 114 babies =
36 Donald 109 babies 4
37 Douglas 104 babies =
38 Cecil 95 babies 4
39 Clarence 95 babies 1
40 Roy 88 babies 1
41 Allan 82 babies 1
42 Harry 71 babies 1
43 Victor 71 babies 4
44 Andrew 69 babies 4
45 Maurice 69 babies 1
46 Alan 67 babies 6
47 Hugh 64 babies 2
48 Percy 64 babies 4
49 Colin 61 babies 2
50 Sydney 59 babies 7
51 Ian 57 babies 3
52 Patrick 57 babies 9
53 Archibald 55 babies 5
54 Clifford 54 babies 2
55 Keith 53 babies 9
56 Lawrence 51 babies 1
57 Claude 50 babies 2
58 Philip 49 babies 7
59 Wilfred 49 babies 7
60 Bernard 48 babies 12
61 Hector 47 babies 16
62 Lionel 46 babies 7
63 Peter 45 babies 18
64 Ivan 44 babies 2
65 Gilbert 42 babies 2
66 Noel 41 babies 8
67 Edwin 40 babies 14
68 Horace 40 babies 8
69 Ralph 40 babies 6
70 Samuel 40 babies 20
71 Geoffrey 38 babies 3
72 Edgar 37 babies 13
73 Allen 35 babies 29
74 Michael 33 babies 9
75 Trevor 33 babies 14
76 Leo 32 babies 5
77 Sidney 32 babies 8
78 Mervyn 29 babies 2
79 Arnold 27 babies 9
80 Laurence 27 babies 1
81 Lewis 27 babies 7
82 Malcolm 25 babies =
83 Basil 24 babies 16
84 Owen 23 babies 7
85 Percival 22 babies 9
86 Vernon 22 babies 7
87 Daniel 21 babies 9
88 Phillip 21 babies 44
89 Selwyn 21 babies 39
90 Stephen 21 babies 19
91 Vincent 20 babies 10
92 Dudley 19 babies
93 Duncan 19 babies 7
94 Howard 19 babies 7
95 Louis 18 babies 22
96 Neil 18 babies 2
97 Athol 17 babies 5
98 Gerald 17 babies 4
99 Martin 17 babies 2
100 Bruce 16 babies 10
101 Carl 16 babies 11
102 Angus 15 babies 27
103 Oswald 15 babies 2
104 Roland 15 babies 20
105 Vivian 15 babies 1
106 Archie 14 babies 12
107 Desmond 14 babies 6
108 Hubert 14 babies 7
109 Matthew 14 babies 6
110 Rupert 14 babies 2
111 Stuart 14 babies 1
112 Cedric 13 babies 18
113 Fredrick 13 babies
114 Neville 13 babies
115 Wallace 13 babies 29
116 Clement 12 babies
117 Graham 12 babies 3
118 Lester 12 babies
119 Theodore 12 babies
120 Aubrey 11 babies
121 Benjamin 11 babies 30
122 Denis 11 babies
123 Lloyd 11 babies
124 Nelson 11 babies 3
125 Russell 11 babies 26
126 Terence 11 babies 3
127 Alec 10 babies
128 Bertram 10 babies 21
129 Edmund 10 babies 3
130 Lindsay 10 babies 14
131 Maxwell 10 babies
132 Oliver 10 babies 28
133 Oscar 10 babies
134 Roger 10 babies
135 Rowland 10 babies
136 Tom 10 babies

Girl Names

1 Mary 478 babies =
2 Margaret 331 babies =
3 Dorothy 281 babies =
4 Doris 238 babies 3
5 Gladys 238 babies 3
6 Alice 217 babies =
7 Eileen 216 babies 3
8 Annie 214 babies 3
9 Edna 207 babies 1
10 Kathleen 196 babies 1
11 Florence 184 babies 2
12 Elizabeth 177 babies 3
13 Phyllis 176 babies 9
14 Ethel 162 babies 4
15 Elsie 157 babies 3
16 Ivy 151 babies 1
17 Mavis 150 babies 6
18 Olive 146 babies 6
19 Irene 143 babies 2
20 Jessie 143 babies 6
21 Violet 142 babies 1
22 Myrtle 141 babies 3
23 Edith 136 babies 6
24 Agnes 135 babies 11
25 Vera 131 babies =
26 Thelma 123 babies =
27 Catherine 120 babies 1
28 Mabel 115 babies 6
29 Marjorie 115 babies 2
30 Winifred 113 babies =
31 Ellen 109 babies 15
32 Ruby 109 babies 5
33 Rita 108 babies 6
34 Hazel 107 babies 1
35 Evelyn 102 babies 3
36 Grace 99 babies 2
37 Muriel 99 babies 8
38 Frances 93 babies 2
39 Eva 91 babies 1
40 Jean 90 babies 1
41 Hilda 83 babies 2
42 Mona 79 babies 3
43 Iris 75 babies 8
44 Constance 74 babies 4
45 May 74 babies 4
46 Nancy 72 babies 18
47 Emily 70 babies 1
48 Ada 67 babies 4
49 Amy 64 babies 6
50 Freda 63 babies 9
51 Helen 63 babies 9
52 Alma 62 babies 1
53 Lilian 62 babies 4
54 Isabella 59 babies 2
55 Nellie 59 babies 15
56 Gwendoline 54 babies 11
57 Jane 54 babies 18
58 Lillian 54 babies 4
59 Sarah 54 babies 1
60 Joyce 53 babies 9
61 Beatrice 52 babies 11
62 Marion 52 babies 1
63 Isabel 51 babies 5
64 Lucy 50 babies 6
65 Doreen 49 babies 7
66 Ida 49 babies 19
67 Ruth 49 babies 2
68 Christina 48 babies 12
69 Daisy 46 babies 18
70 Janet 46 babies 12
71 Ella 45 babies 22
72 Gertrude 45 babies 6
73 Bertha 44 babies 29
74 Dulcie 41 babies 4
75 Pearl 41 babies 13
76 Lorna 40 babies 14
77 Mildred 40 babies 8
78 Daphne 39 babies 7
79 Eleanor 37 babies 5
80 Laura 37 babies 3
81 Rose 37 babies 24
82 Amelia 36 babies 3
83 Emma 36 babies 3
84 Lily 36 babies =
85 Esther 35 babies 6
86 Louisa 35 babies 24
87 Myra 35 babies 10
88 Minnie 34 babies 7
89 Flora 33 babies 16
90 Joan 33 babies 38
91 Linda 33 babies 12
92 Ena 32 babies 31
93 Marjory 32 babies 17
94 Clarice 31 babies 5
95 Rona 29 babies 21
96 Stella 29 babies 4
97 Beryl 27 babies =
98 Clara 27 babies 12
99 Norah 27 babies 11
100 Bessie 26 babies 18
101 Caroline 26 babies 5
102 Martha 26 babies 2
103 Nora 26 babies 4
104 Charlotte 25 babies 6
105 Eunice 25 babies 24
106 Sylvia 25 babies 1
107 Veronica 25 babies 58
108 Audrey 24 babies 1
109 Marie 24 babies 1
110 Enid 23 babies 3
111 Maud 23 babies 17
112 Barbara 22 babies 16
113 Josephine 22 babies 2
114 Monica 22 babies new
115 Aileen 21 babies 15
116 Georgina 21 babies 37
117 Miriam 21 babies 29
118 Rhoda 21 babies 16
119 Una 21 babies 2
120 Ina 20 babies 4
121 Julia 20 babies 1
122 Eliza 19 babies 10
123 Norma 19 babies 3
124 Katherine 18 babies 5
125 Madge 18 babies 17
126 Dora 17 babies 15
127 Elva 17 babies new
128 Inez 16 babies 26
129 Maisie 16 babies 32
130 Reta 16 babies 29
131 Leila 15 babies new
132 Lena 15 babies 7
133 Maggie 15 babies 38
134 Phillis 15 babies 42
135 Sybil 15 babies new
136 Betty 14 babies new
137 Fanny 14 babies 6
138 Hannah 14 babies 3
139 Harriet 14 babies 12
140 Matilda 14 babies new
141 Nina 14 babies 15
142 Patricia 14 babies 21
143 Zoe 14 babies new
144 Euphemia 13 babies 15
145 Kate 13 babies 15
146 Madeline 13 babies 9
147 Margery 13 babies 15
148 Molly 13 babies 1
149 Olga 13 babies 17
150 Wilhelmina 13 babies new
151 Winnie 13 babies new
152 Anna 12 babies 16
153 Cecilia 12 babies 30
154 Henrietta 12 babies 35
155 Marguerite 12 babies 12
156 Zena 12 babies 22
157 Esma 11 babies 18
158 Eveline 11 babies 51
159 Helena 11 babies new
160 Marian 11 babies new
161 Maude 11 babies 17
162 Phoebe 11 babies 15
163 Teresa 11 babies new
164 Theresa 11 babies =
165 Adelaide 10 babies new
166 Bridget 10 babies new
167 Effie 10 babies new
168 Esme 10 babies 28
169 Leah 10 babies new
170 Nita 10 babies 2
171 Nola 10 babies new
172 Noreen 10 babies new
173 Rena 10 babies new
174 Robina 10 babies new
175 Susan 10 babies 53
176 Winnifred 10 babies 62

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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