New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1910

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 John 928 babies 1
  2. 2 William 879 babies 1
  3. 3 James 506 babies =
  4. 4 George 498 babies =
  5. 5 Robert 370 babies =
  6. 6 Thomas 347 babies =
  7. 7 Charles 334 babies 1
  8. 8 Arthur 304 babies 1
  9. 9 Albert 241 babies 1
  10. 10 Frederick 232 babies 1
  11. 11 Edward 225 babies 1
  12. 12 Eric 224 babies 2
  13. 13 Henry 199 babies 2
  14. 14 Francis 196 babies 9
  15. 15 Alfred 189 babies 2
  16. 16 Leslie 182 babies 5
  17. 17 Ernest 177 babies =
  18. 18 Walter 177 babies 1
  19. 19 Ronald 165 babies 2
  20. 20 Norman 163 babies 2
  21. 21 Harold 161 babies 5
  22. 22 Gordon 153 babies 2
  23. 23 Herbert 147 babies 2
  24. 24 David 142 babies =
  25. 25 Stanley 142 babies 5
  26. 26 Richard 141 babies 2
  27. 27 Frank 136 babies 4
  28. 28 Kenneth 136 babies 2
  29. 29 Cyril 126 babies 5
  30. 30 Jack 126 babies 8
  31. 31 Alexander 123 babies 13
  32. 32 Raymond 119 babies =
  33. 33 Joseph 118 babies 4
  34. 34 Leonard 114 babies 7
  35. 35 Allan 106 babies =
  36. 36 Douglas 100 babies 1
  37. 37 Reginald 93 babies 4
  38. 38 Colin 90 babies 8
  39. 39 Donald 90 babies 1
  40. 40 Harry 87 babies 3
  41. 41 Roy 79 babies 2
  42. 42 Cecil 77 babies 6
  43. 43 Clarence 76 babies 1
  44. 44 Ivan 76 babies 13
  45. 45 Keith 74 babies =
  46. 46 Maurice 69 babies 8
  47. 47 Andrew 67 babies 1
  48. 48 Clifford 66 babies 1
  49. 49 Alan 65 babies 2
  50. 50 Patrick 65 babies 5
  51. 51 Percy 62 babies 1
  52. 52 Samuel 60 babies 1
  53. 53 Geoffrey 59 babies 24
  54. 54 Sydney 59 babies 13
  55. 55 Ian 58 babies 11
  56. 56 Edwin 57 babies 4
  57. 57 Bernard 55 babies 6
  58. 58 Hector 55 babies 2
  59. 59 Lawrence 55 babies 2
  60. 60 Victor 55 babies 13
  61. 61 Archibald 54 babies 8
  62. 62 Noel 49 babies 5
  63. 63 Hugh 45 babies 13
  64. 64 Claude 44 babies 1
  65. 65 Mervyn 43 babies 15
  66. 66 Wilfred 43 babies 4
  67. 67 Laurence 41 babies 16
  68. 68 Trevor 41 babies 3
  69. 69 Horace 37 babies 10
  70. 70 Ralph 37 babies 11
  71. 71 Leo 36 babies 13
  72. 72 Philip 36 babies 10
  73. 73 Owen 35 babies 5
  74. 74 Sidney 35 babies 8
  75. 75 Daniel 34 babies 13
  76. 76 Arnold 33 babies 12
  77. 77 Gilbert 33 babies 7
  78. 78 Malcolm 32 babies 8
  79. 79 Peter 32 babies 6
  80. 80 Edgar 31 babies 8
  81. 81 Basil 29 babies 33
  82. 82 Michael 28 babies 1
  83. 83 Allen 27 babies 15
  84. 84 Lewis 27 babies 9
  85. 85 Lionel 27 babies =
  86. 86 Louis 27 babies 12
  87. 87 Howard 24 babies 11
  88. 88 Matthew 23 babies 7
  89. 89 Edmund 22 babies 27
  90. 90 Percival 22 babies 4
  91. 91 Vincent 22 babies 17
  92. 92 Bruce 21 babies 17
  93. 93 Stuart 19 babies 41
  94. 94 Gerald 18 babies 4
  95. 95 Vernon 18 babies 45
  96. 96 Aubrey 17 babies new
  97. 97 Desmond 17 babies 13
  98. 98 Dudley 17 babies 5
  99. 99 Lindsay 17 babies new
  100. 100 Martin 17 babies 9

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 533 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 351 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 249 babies =
  4. 4 Kathleen 219 babies 1
  5. 5 Gladys 217 babies 4
  6. 6 Doris 215 babies 4
  7. 7 Edna 205 babies 3
  8. 8 Florence 200 babies 7
  9. 9 Eileen 196 babies 1
  10. 10 Elizabeth 194 babies 4
  11. 11 Phyllis 187 babies =
  12. 12 Annie 182 babies 6
  13. 13 Alice 181 babies 6
  14. 14 Mavis 171 babies 2
  15. 15 Jean 168 babies 12
  16. 16 Jessie 165 babies 3
  17. 17 Ethel 155 babies 1
  18. 18 Ellen 147 babies 2
  19. 19 Olive 146 babies 7
  20. 20 Irene 144 babies =
  21. 21 Elsie 143 babies 8
  22. 22 Edith 132 babies 1
  23. 23 Marjorie 130 babies 1
  24. 24 Ivy 129 babies 1
  25. 25 Agnes 123 babies 6
  26. 26 Violet 121 babies 2
  27. 27 Winifred 121 babies 3
  28. 28 Catherine 120 babies 11
  29. 29 Thelma 118 babies 4
  30. 30 Hazel 114 babies 2
  31. 31 Vera 114 babies 2
  32. 32 Evelyn 113 babies =
  33. 33 Muriel 104 babies 4
  34. 34 Rita 104 babies =
  35. 35 Myrtle 103 babies 2
  36. 36 Grace 94 babies 2
  37. 37 Iris 91 babies 3
  38. 38 Ruby 91 babies 3
  39. 39 Mabel 89 babies 3
  40. 40 Helen 79 babies 4
  41. 41 Eva 78 babies 1
  42. 42 Frances 74 babies 3
  43. 43 Hilda 70 babies =
  44. 44 Nancy 70 babies 3
  45. 45 Joan 67 babies 47
  46. 46 Joyce 67 babies =
  47. 47 Gwendoline 66 babies 2
  48. 48 Beatrice 64 babies 10
  49. 49 Mona 64 babies =
  50. 50 Lilian 62 babies 5
  51. 51 Dulcie 61 babies 25
  52. 52 Constance 58 babies 4
  53. 53 Ada 57 babies 17
  54. 54 Alma 57 babies 1
  55. 55 Emily 57 babies 5
  56. 56 Lucy 57 babies 11
  57. 57 May 57 babies 16
  58. 58 Nellie 57 babies 2
  59. 59 Ruth 55 babies =
  60. 60 Marion 54 babies 2
  61. 61 Isabella 52 babies 10
  62. 62 Lorna 51 babies 2
  63. 63 Gertrude 50 babies 5
  64. 64 Rona 50 babies 20
  65. 65 Marjory 49 babies 4
  66. 66 Janet 47 babies 5
  67. 67 Rose 47 babies 13
  68. 68 Audrey 46 babies 52
  69. 69 Isabel 45 babies 8
  70. 70 Lillian 45 babies 5
  71. 71 Freda 44 babies 6
  72. 72 Ida 43 babies 15
  73. 73 Beryl 42 babies 2
  74. 74 Lily 42 babies 8
  75. 75 Amy 38 babies 23
  76. 76 Clara 38 babies 3
  77. 77 Eunice 38 babies 33
  78. 78 Norma 38 babies 24
  79. 79 Marie 37 babies 37
  80. 80 Sarah 37 babies 5
  81. 81 Christina 36 babies 21
  82. 82 Daisy 36 babies 4
  83. 83 Daphne 36 babies 20
  84. 84 Jane 36 babies 2
  85. 85 Bertha 35 babies 4
  86. 86 Myra 35 babies 3
  87. 87 Doreen 34 babies 7
  88. 88 Clarice 33 babies 9
  89. 89 Flora 33 babies 2
  90. 90 Mildred 32 babies 12
  91. 91 Emma 31 babies 3
  92. 92 Linda 31 babies 7
  93. 93 Sylvia 31 babies 14
  94. 94 Ella 30 babies 7
  95. 95 Ena 30 babies 3
  96. 96 Louisa 30 babies 7
  97. 97 Minnie 30 babies 4
  98. 98 Esther 29 babies 2
  99. 99 Una 29 babies 6
  100. 100 Barbara 28 babies 10

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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