New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1909

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 898 babies =
  2. 2 John 858 babies =
  3. 3 James 527 babies =
  4. 4 George 427 babies =
  5. 5 Robert 394 babies 1
  6. 6 Thomas 346 babies 1
  7. 7 Arthur 340 babies 1
  8. 8 Charles 335 babies 1
  9. 9 Frederick 259 babies =
  10. 10 Albert 229 babies 1
  11. 11 Leslie 215 babies 1
  12. 12 Edward 214 babies 1
  13. 13 Alfred 200 babies 1
  14. 14 Eric 199 babies 2
  15. 15 Henry 197 babies =
  16. 16 Harold 189 babies 2
  17. 17 Ernest 184 babies =
  18. 18 Alexander 172 babies 13
  19. 19 Walter 170 babies =
  20. 20 Gordon 169 babies 9
  21. 21 Ronald 166 babies 2
  22. 22 Norman 155 babies 1
  23. 23 Francis 145 babies 7
  24. 24 David 143 babies 4
  25. 25 Herbert 142 babies 2
  26. 26 Kenneth 140 babies 2
  27. 27 Leonard 139 babies 3
  28. 28 Richard 136 babies 4
  29. 29 Joseph 134 babies 3
  30. 30 Stanley 133 babies 8
  31. 31 Frank 129 babies 6
  32. 32 Raymond 128 babies 1
  33. 33 Reginald 123 babies 2
  34. 34 Cyril 120 babies 2
  35. 35 Allan 108 babies 6
  36. 36 Cecil 107 babies 2
  37. 37 Douglas 107 babies =
  38. 38 Jack 106 babies 4
  39. 39 Roy 85 babies 1
  40. 40 Donald 84 babies 4
  41. 41 Sydney 82 babies 9
  42. 42 Clarence 79 babies 3
  43. 43 Harry 77 babies 1
  44. 44 Ian 76 babies 7
  45. 45 Keith 73 babies 10
  46. 46 Colin 71 babies 3
  47. 47 Victor 71 babies 4
  48. 48 Andrew 67 babies 4
  49. 49 Clifford 67 babies 5
  50. 50 Hugh 63 babies 3
  51. 51 Alan 62 babies 5
  52. 52 Percy 60 babies 4
  53. 53 Samuel 59 babies 17
  54. 54 Maurice 55 babies 9
  55. 55 Patrick 54 babies 3
  56. 56 Hector 50 babies 5
  57. 57 Ivan 49 babies 7
  58. 58 Leo 47 babies 18
  59. 59 Ralph 45 babies 10
  60. 60 Edwin 44 babies 7
  61. 61 Lawrence 44 babies 5
  62. 62 Wilfred 44 babies 3
  63. 63 Bernard 43 babies 3
  64. 64 Arnold 41 babies 15
  65. 65 Claude 41 babies 8
  66. 66 Sidney 39 babies 11
  67. 67 Noel 37 babies 1
  68. 68 Allen 36 babies 5
  69. 69 Archibald 36 babies 16
  70. 70 Gilbert 36 babies 5
  71. 71 Trevor 36 babies 4
  72. 72 Edgar 35 babies =
  73. 73 Peter 35 babies 10
  74. 74 Vincent 35 babies 17
  75. 75 Bruce 33 babies 25
  76. 76 Howard 33 babies 18
  77. 77 Geoffrey 31 babies 6
  78. 78 Owen 31 babies 6
  79. 79 Horace 29 babies 11
  80. 80 Mervyn 29 babies 2
  81. 81 Michael 29 babies 7
  82. 82 Philip 29 babies 24
  83. 83 Laurence 28 babies 3
  84. 84 Athol 27 babies 13
  85. 85 Lionel 26 babies 23
  86. 86 Malcolm 26 babies 4
  87. 87 Clive 24 babies
  88. 88 Daniel 24 babies 1
  89. 89 Cedric 23 babies 23
  90. 90 Gerald 21 babies 8
  91. 91 Martin 21 babies 8
  92. 92 Russell 21 babies 33
  93. 93 Lewis 19 babies 12
  94. 94 Percival 19 babies 9
  95. 95 Matthew 18 babies 14
  96. 96 Stephen 18 babies 6
  97. 97 Hubert 17 babies 11
  98. 98 Louis 17 babies 3
  99. 99 Stewart 17 babies
  100. 100 Wallace 17 babies 15

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 513 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 368 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 269 babies =
  4. 4 Edna 245 babies 5
  5. 5 Kathleen 236 babies 5
  6. 6 Annie 223 babies 2
  7. 7 Alice 218 babies 1
  8. 8 Eileen 207 babies 1
  9. 9 Gladys 198 babies 4
  10. 10 Doris 196 babies 6
  11. 11 Phyllis 194 babies 2
  12. 12 Mavis 192 babies 5
  13. 13 Elsie 190 babies 2
  14. 14 Elizabeth 184 babies 2
  15. 15 Florence 181 babies 4
  16. 16 Ellen 167 babies 15
  17. 17 Catherine 157 babies 10
  18. 18 Ethel 155 babies 4
  19. 19 Jessie 155 babies 1
  20. 20 Irene 147 babies 1
  21. 21 Edith 146 babies 2
  22. 22 Marjorie 145 babies 7
  23. 23 Ivy 144 babies 7
  24. 24 Violet 142 babies 3
  25. 25 Thelma 141 babies 1
  26. 26 Olive 139 babies 8
  27. 27 Jean 132 babies 13
  28. 28 Hazel 131 babies 6
  29. 29 Vera 128 babies 4
  30. 30 Winifred 126 babies =
  31. 31 Agnes 118 babies 7
  32. 32 Evelyn 118 babies 3
  33. 33 Myrtle 114 babies 11
  34. 34 Rita 109 babies 1
  35. 35 Ruby 109 babies 3
  36. 36 Mabel 99 babies 8
  37. 37 Muriel 99 babies =
  38. 38 Grace 97 babies 2
  39. 39 Frances 86 babies 1
  40. 40 Iris 86 babies 3
  41. 41 May 79 babies 4
  42. 42 Eva 78 babies 3
  43. 43 Hilda 78 babies 2
  44. 44 Helen 77 babies 7
  45. 45 Gwendoline 74 babies 11
  46. 46 Joyce 70 babies 14
  47. 47 Nancy 69 babies 1
  48. 48 Constance 68 babies 4
  49. 49 Mona 68 babies 7
  50. 50 Emily 64 babies 3
  51. 51 Isabella 64 babies 3
  52. 52 Amy 63 babies 3
  53. 53 Alma 62 babies 1
  54. 54 Rose 61 babies 27
  55. 55 Lilian 57 babies 2
  56. 56 Nellie 57 babies 1
  57. 57 Ida 56 babies 9
  58. 58 Beatrice 54 babies 3
  59. 59 Ruth 54 babies 8
  60. 60 Christina 53 babies 8
  61. 61 Isabel 53 babies 2
  62. 62 Marion 53 babies =
  63. 63 Daphne 50 babies 15
  64. 64 Lorna 50 babies 12
  65. 65 Lillian 49 babies 7
  66. 66 Lily 49 babies 18
  67. 67 Lucy 49 babies 3
  68. 68 Gertrude 48 babies 4
  69. 69 Marjory 48 babies 24
  70. 70 Ada 47 babies 22
  71. 71 Janet 47 babies 1
  72. 72 Eleanor 43 babies 7
  73. 73 Clara 42 babies 25
  74. 74 Nora 41 babies 29
  75. 75 Beryl 40 babies 22
  76. 76 Dulcie 40 babies 2
  77. 77 Freda 40 babies 27
  78. 78 Mildred 40 babies 1
  79. 79 Sylvia 39 babies 27
  80. 80 Doreen 38 babies 15
  81. 81 Bertha 37 babies 8
  82. 82 Jane 37 babies 25
  83. 83 Myra 36 babies 4
  84. 84 Rona 35 babies 11
  85. 85 Sarah 35 babies 26
  86. 86 Daisy 34 babies 17
  87. 87 Ella 34 babies 16
  88. 88 Emma 33 babies 5
  89. 89 Louisa 33 babies 3
  90. 90 Barbara 30 babies 22
  91. 91 Flora 30 babies 2
  92. 92 Joan 30 babies 2
  93. 93 Una 30 babies 26
  94. 94 Laura 29 babies 14
  95. 95 Amelia 28 babies 13
  96. 96 Esther 28 babies 11
  97. 97 Clarice 27 babies 3
  98. 98 Ena 27 babies 6
  99. 99 Linda 27 babies 8
  100. 100 Maud 27 babies 11

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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