New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1911

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 962 babies =
  2. 2 William 904 babies =
  3. 3 George 486 babies 1
  4. 4 James 465 babies 1
  5. 5 Robert 414 babies =
  6. 6 Thomas 336 babies =
  7. 7 Charles 325 babies =
  8. 8 Arthur 315 babies =
  9. 9 Albert 218 babies =
  10. 10 Frederick 217 babies =
  11. 11 Henry 206 babies 2
  12. 12 Leslie 204 babies 4
  13. 13 Ronald 204 babies 6
  14. 14 Edward 199 babies 3
  15. 15 Eric 197 babies 3
  16. 16 Alfred 196 babies 1
  17. 17 Francis 176 babies 3
  18. 18 Walter 170 babies =
  19. 19 Harold 168 babies 2
  20. 20 Raymond 163 babies 12
  21. 21 Ernest 161 babies 4
  22. 22 David 159 babies 2
  23. 23 Norman 150 babies 3
  24. 24 Gordon 143 babies 2
  25. 25 Kenneth 137 babies 3
  26. 26 Leonard 137 babies 8
  27. 27 Stanley 134 babies 2
  28. 28 Alexander 133 babies 3
  29. 29 Richard 128 babies 3
  30. 30 Jack 126 babies =
  31. 31 Joseph 123 babies 2
  32. 32 Herbert 119 babies 9
  33. 33 Frank 115 babies 6
  34. 34 Allan 109 babies 1
  35. 35 Douglas 106 babies 1
  36. 36 Donald 103 babies 3
  37. 37 Cyril 99 babies 8
  38. 38 Reginald 87 babies 1
  39. 39 Cecil 82 babies 3
  40. 40 Roy 82 babies 1
  41. 41 Maurice 80 babies 5
  42. 42 Alan 79 babies 7
  43. 43 Clarence 76 babies =
  44. 44 Ivan 73 babies =
  45. 45 Keith 73 babies =
  46. 46 Harry 71 babies 6
  47. 47 Clifford 68 babies 1
  48. 48 Lawrence 67 babies 11
  49. 49 Andrew 66 babies 2
  50. 50 Colin 66 babies 12
  51. 51 Noel 64 babies 11
  52. 52 Hugh 63 babies 11
  53. 53 Bernard 62 babies 4
  54. 54 Patrick 62 babies 4
  55. 55 Percy 60 babies 4
  56. 56 Hector 59 babies 2
  57. 57 Samuel 59 babies 5
  58. 58 Sydney 55 babies 4
  59. 59 Wilfred 53 babies 7
  60. 60 Victor 52 babies =
  61. 61 Archibald 51 babies =
  62. 62 Trevor 50 babies 6
  63. 63 Peter 49 babies 16
  64. 64 Claude 46 babies =
  65. 65 Ian 45 babies 10
  66. 66 Edwin 44 babies 10
  67. 67 Mervyn 41 babies 2
  68. 68 Horace 40 babies 1
  69. 69 Ralph 36 babies 1
  70. 70 Geoffrey 35 babies 17
  71. 71 Sidney 35 babies 3
  72. 72 Edgar 34 babies 8
  73. 73 Owen 34 babies =
  74. 74 Arnold 32 babies 2
  75. 75 Leo 32 babies 4
  76. 76 Lewis 32 babies 8
  77. 77 Philip 32 babies 5
  78. 78 Daniel 30 babies 3
  79. 79 Louis 30 babies 7
  80. 80 Michael 30 babies 2
  81. 81 Laurence 28 babies 14
  82. 82 Allen 27 babies 1
  83. 83 Brian 27 babies
  84. 84 Gilbert 27 babies 7
  85. 85 Malcolm 25 babies 7
  86. 86 Howard 24 babies 1
  87. 87 Matthew 24 babies 1
  88. 88 Percival 24 babies 2
  89. 89 Basil 23 babies 8
  90. 90 Lindsay 23 babies 9
  91. 91 Maxwell 23 babies 36
  92. 92 Bruce 22 babies =
  93. 93 Gerald 22 babies 1
  94. 94 Stuart 22 babies 1
  95. 95 Denis 21 babies 37
  96. 96 Lionel 21 babies 11
  97. 97 Carl 19 babies 27
  98. 98 Duncan 19 babies 10
  99. 99 Roland 19 babies 24
  100. 100 Russell 19 babies 1

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 557 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 368 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 261 babies =
  4. 4 Phyllis 254 babies 7
  5. 5 Eileen 221 babies 4
  6. 6 Kathleen 215 babies 2
  7. 7 Annie 210 babies 5
  8. 8 Edna 191 babies 1
  9. 9 Gladys 191 babies 4
  10. 10 Doris 187 babies 4
  11. 11 Mavis 187 babies 3
  12. 12 Alice 176 babies 1
  13. 13 Elizabeth 176 babies 3
  14. 14 Jean 171 babies 1
  15. 15 Florence 169 babies 7
  16. 16 Elsie 164 babies 5
  17. 17 Marjorie 157 babies 6
  18. 18 Winifred 150 babies 9
  19. 19 Ethel 146 babies 2
  20. 20 Olive 143 babies 1
  21. 21 Jessie 138 babies 5
  22. 22 Edith 135 babies =
  23. 23 Ellen 135 babies 5
  24. 24 Thelma 131 babies 5
  25. 25 Ivy 122 babies 1
  26. 26 Violet 121 babies =
  27. 27 Myrtle 120 babies 8
  28. 28 Agnes 116 babies 3
  29. 29 Irene 116 babies 9
  30. 30 Evelyn 108 babies 2
  31. 31 Hazel 108 babies 1
  32. 32 Catherine 107 babies 4
  33. 33 Joyce 105 babies 13
  34. 34 Vera 103 babies 3
  35. 35 Helen 101 babies 5
  36. 36 Mabel 100 babies 3
  37. 37 Rita 98 babies 3
  38. 38 Joan 95 babies 7
  39. 39 Nancy 94 babies 5
  40. 40 Frances 92 babies 2
  41. 41 Muriel 91 babies 8
  42. 42 Iris 83 babies 5
  43. 43 Ruby 83 babies 5
  44. 44 Grace 80 babies 8
  45. 45 May 73 babies 12
  46. 46 Eva 72 babies 5
  47. 47 Hilda 71 babies 4
  48. 48 Ruth 68 babies 11
  49. 49 Gwendoline 67 babies 2
  50. 50 Emily 66 babies 5
  51. 51 Isabella 64 babies 10
  52. 52 Alma 62 babies 2
  53. 53 Constance 61 babies 1
  54. 54 Lilian 60 babies 4
  55. 55 Beatrice 59 babies 7
  56. 56 Doreen 58 babies 31
  57. 57 Mona 58 babies 8
  58. 58 Ada 52 babies 5
  59. 59 Myra 52 babies 27
  60. 60 Marie 51 babies 19
  61. 61 Freda 50 babies 10
  62. 62 Ida 50 babies 10
  63. 63 Isabel 49 babies 6
  64. 64 Lorna 48 babies 2
  65. 65 Christina 47 babies 16
  66. 66 Amy 46 babies 9
  67. 67 Dulcie 45 babies 16
  68. 68 Lucy 45 babies 12
  69. 69 Marion 43 babies 9
  70. 70 Nellie 43 babies 12
  71. 71 Sylvia 43 babies 22
  72. 72 Eunice 42 babies 5
  73. 73 Daphne 41 babies 10
  74. 74 Janet 40 babies 8
  75. 75 Sarah 39 babies 5
  76. 76 Daisy 38 babies 6
  77. 77 Linda 38 babies 15
  78. 78 Marjory 38 babies 13
  79. 79 Audrey 37 babies 11
  80. 80 Gertrude 37 babies 17
  81. 81 Beryl 36 babies 8
  82. 82 Clara 36 babies 6
  83. 83 Laura 36 babies 31
  84. 84 Lillian 36 babies 14
  85. 85 Louisa 36 babies 11
  86. 86 Rona 36 babies 22
  87. 87 Barbara 33 babies 13
  88. 88 Eleanor 33 babies 15
  89. 89 Esther 33 babies 9
  90. 90 Flora 33 babies 1
  91. 91 Pearl 33 babies 76
  92. 92 Ella 32 babies 2
  93. 93 Enid 31 babies 16
  94. 94 Martha 31 babies 10
  95. 95 Minnie 31 babies 2
  96. 96 Betty 30 babies 10
  97. 97 Jane 30 babies 13
  98. 98 Veronica 30 babies 18
  99. 99 Mildred 29 babies 9
  100. 100 Charlotte 28 babies 18

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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