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 John 962 babies =
2 William 904 babies =
3 George 486 babies 1
4 James 465 babies 1
5 Robert 414 babies =
6 Thomas 336 babies =
7 Charles 325 babies =
8 Arthur 315 babies =
9 Albert 218 babies =
10 Frederick 217 babies =
11 Henry 206 babies 2
12 Leslie 204 babies 4
13 Ronald 204 babies 6
14 Edward 199 babies 3
15 Eric 197 babies 3
16 Alfred 196 babies 1
17 Francis 176 babies 3
18 Walter 170 babies =
19 Harold 168 babies 2
20 Raymond 163 babies 12
21 Ernest 161 babies 4
22 David 159 babies 2
23 Norman 150 babies 3
24 Gordon 143 babies 2
25 Kenneth 137 babies 3
26 Leonard 137 babies 8
27 Stanley 134 babies 2
28 Alexander 133 babies 3
29 Richard 128 babies 3
30 Jack 126 babies =
31 Joseph 123 babies 2
32 Herbert 119 babies 9
33 Frank 115 babies 6
34 Allan 109 babies 1
35 Douglas 106 babies 1
36 Donald 103 babies 3
37 Cyril 99 babies 8
38 Reginald 87 babies 1
39 Cecil 82 babies 3
40 Roy 82 babies 1
41 Maurice 80 babies 5
42 Alan 79 babies 7
43 Clarence 76 babies =
44 Ivan 73 babies =
45 Keith 73 babies =
46 Harry 71 babies 6
47 Clifford 68 babies 1
48 Lawrence 67 babies 11
49 Andrew 66 babies 2
50 Colin 66 babies 12
51 Noel 64 babies 11
52 Hugh 63 babies 11
53 Bernard 62 babies 4
54 Patrick 62 babies 4
55 Percy 60 babies 4
56 Hector 59 babies 2
57 Samuel 59 babies 5
58 Sydney 55 babies 4
59 Wilfred 53 babies 7
60 Victor 52 babies =
61 Archibald 51 babies =
62 Trevor 50 babies 6
63 Peter 49 babies 16
64 Claude 46 babies =
65 Ian 45 babies 10
66 Edwin 44 babies 10
67 Mervyn 41 babies 2
68 Horace 40 babies 1
69 Ralph 36 babies 1
70 Geoffrey 35 babies 17
71 Sidney 35 babies 3
72 Edgar 34 babies 8
73 Owen 34 babies =
74 Arnold 32 babies 2
75 Leo 32 babies 4
76 Lewis 32 babies 8
77 Philip 32 babies 5
78 Daniel 30 babies 3
79 Louis 30 babies 7
80 Michael 30 babies 2
81 Laurence 28 babies 14
82 Allen 27 babies 1
83 Brian 27 babies
84 Gilbert 27 babies 7
85 Malcolm 25 babies 7
86 Howard 24 babies 1
87 Matthew 24 babies 1
88 Percival 24 babies 2
89 Basil 23 babies 8
90 Lindsay 23 babies 9
91 Maxwell 23 babies 36
92 Bruce 22 babies =
93 Gerald 22 babies 1
94 Stuart 22 babies 1
95 Denis 21 babies 37
96 Lionel 21 babies 11
97 Carl 19 babies 27
98 Duncan 19 babies 10
99 Roland 19 babies 24
100 Russell 19 babies 1
101 Neil 18 babies 1
102 Oswald 18 babies 1
103 Desmond 17 babies 6
104 Dudley 17 babies 6
105 Nelson 17 babies
106 Selwyn 17 babies 23
107 Wallace 17 babies 24
108 Christopher 16 babies
109 Clement 16 babies 16
110 Morris 16 babies
111 Stewart 16 babies 19
112 Vivian 16 babies 1
113 Edmund 15 babies 24
114 Lester 15 babies 6
115 Roderick 15 babies 11
116 Aubrey 14 babies 20
117 Benjamin 14 babies 10
118 Stephen 14 babies 13
119 Vincent 14 babies 28
120 Phillip 13 babies 4
121 Terence 13 babies
122 Vernon 13 babies 27
123 Bertram 12 babies 6
124 Graham 12 babies 15
125 Hubert 12 babies 11
126 Lancelot 12 babies 7
127 Lloyd 12 babies
128 Neville 12 babies 13
129 Paul 12 babies 7
130 Theodore 12 babies
131 Fredrick 11 babies
132 Melville 11 babies
133 Murray 11 babies 12
134 Athol 10 babies 28
135 Cedric 10 babies 17
136 Frederic 10 babies
137 Martin 10 babies 37
138 Rex 10 babies 26

Girl Names

1 Mary 557 babies =
2 Margaret 368 babies =
3 Dorothy 261 babies =
4 Phyllis 254 babies 7
5 Eileen 221 babies 4
6 Kathleen 215 babies 2
7 Annie 210 babies 5
8 Edna 191 babies 1
9 Gladys 191 babies 4
10 Doris 187 babies 4
11 Mavis 187 babies 3
12 Alice 176 babies 1
13 Elizabeth 176 babies 3
14 Jean 171 babies 1
15 Florence 169 babies 7
16 Elsie 164 babies 5
17 Marjorie 157 babies 6
18 Winifred 150 babies 9
19 Ethel 146 babies 2
20 Olive 143 babies 1
21 Jessie 138 babies 5
22 Edith 135 babies =
23 Ellen 135 babies 5
24 Thelma 131 babies 5
25 Ivy 122 babies 1
26 Violet 121 babies =
27 Myrtle 120 babies 8
28 Agnes 116 babies 3
29 Irene 116 babies 9
30 Evelyn 108 babies 2
31 Hazel 108 babies 1
32 Catherine 107 babies 4
33 Joyce 105 babies 13
34 Vera 103 babies 3
35 Helen 101 babies 5
36 Mabel 100 babies 3
37 Rita 98 babies 3
38 Joan 95 babies 7
39 Nancy 94 babies 5
40 Frances 92 babies 2
41 Muriel 91 babies 8
42 Iris 83 babies 5
43 Ruby 83 babies 5
44 Grace 80 babies 8
45 May 73 babies 12
46 Eva 72 babies 5
47 Hilda 71 babies 4
48 Ruth 68 babies 11
49 Gwendoline 67 babies 2
50 Emily 66 babies 5
51 Isabella 64 babies 10
52 Alma 62 babies 2
53 Constance 61 babies 1
54 Lilian 60 babies 4
55 Beatrice 59 babies 7
56 Doreen 58 babies 31
57 Mona 58 babies 8
58 Ada 52 babies 5
59 Myra 52 babies 27
60 Marie 51 babies 19
61 Freda 50 babies 10
62 Ida 50 babies 10
63 Isabel 49 babies 6
64 Lorna 48 babies 2
65 Christina 47 babies 16
66 Amy 46 babies 9
67 Dulcie 45 babies 16
68 Lucy 45 babies 12
69 Marion 43 babies 9
70 Nellie 43 babies 12
71 Sylvia 43 babies 22
72 Eunice 42 babies 5
73 Daphne 41 babies 10
74 Janet 40 babies 8
75 Sarah 39 babies 5
76 Daisy 38 babies 6
77 Linda 38 babies 15
78 Marjory 38 babies 13
79 Audrey 37 babies 11
80 Gertrude 37 babies 17
81 Beryl 36 babies 8
82 Clara 36 babies 6
83 Laura 36 babies 31
84 Lillian 36 babies 14
85 Louisa 36 babies 11
86 Rona 36 babies 22
87 Barbara 33 babies 13
88 Eleanor 33 babies 15
89 Esther 33 babies 9
90 Flora 33 babies 1
91 Pearl 33 babies 76
92 Ella 32 babies 2
93 Enid 31 babies 16
94 Martha 31 babies 10
95 Minnie 31 babies 2
96 Betty 30 babies 10
97 Jane 30 babies 13
98 Veronica 30 babies 18
99 Mildred 29 babies 9
100 Charlotte 28 babies 18
101 Clarice 28 babies 13
102 Nora 28 babies 6
103 Maud 27 babies 16
104 Norma 27 babies 26
105 Bertha 26 babies 20
106 Rose 26 babies 39
107 Aileen 25 babies 10
108 Emma 25 babies 17
109 Bessie 23 babies 3
110 Katherine 23 babies 3
111 Rhoda 23 babies 26
112 Sybil 23 babies 26
113 Josephine 22 babies 8
114 Monica 22 babies 8
115 Patricia 22 babies 14
116 Amelia 21 babies 5
117 Olga 21 babies 7
118 Margery 20 babies 16
119 Phillis 20 babies 14
120 Rachel 20 babies 24
121 Una 20 babies 22
122 Caroline 19 babies 8
123 Hannah 19 babies 2
124 Lily 19 babies 50
125 Dora 18 babies 12
126 Elva 18 babies 37
127 Julia 18 babies 1
128 Millicent 18 babies
129 Ngaire 18 babies 30
130 Norah 18 babies 15
131 Alison 17 babies 8
132 Ina 17 babies 12
133 Stella 17 babies 31
134 Esma 16 babies 35
135 Nina 15 babies 1
136 Cecilia 14 babies 4
137 Cora 14 babies 36
138 Harriet 14 babies 18
139 Sheila 14 babies
140 Ena 13 babies 45
141 Eveline 13 babies
142 Georgina 13 babies 4
143 Mollie 13 babies 23
144 Nola 13 babies
145 Roma 13 babies 7
146 Adelaide 12 babies 17
147 Ailsa 12 babies 23
148 Anna 12 babies
149 Anne 12 babies
150 Brenda 12 babies
151 Helena 12 babies 4
152 Inez 12 babies 4
153 Leila 12 babies
154 Lena 12 babies 21
155 Madge 12 babies 3
156 Maisie 12 babies
157 Miriam 12 babies 7
158 Moira 12 babies
159 Queenie 12 babies
160 Rosina 12 babies 15
161 Susan 12 babies
162 Zena 12 babies 1
163 Zoe 12 babies 5
164 Dorothea 11 babies 23
165 Henrietta 11 babies 33
166 Lois 11 babies 17
167 Maggie 11 babies
168 Molly 11 babies 17
169 Winnifred 11 babies 46
170 Adeline 10 babies 8
171 Elaine 10 babies
172 Esme 10 babies 17
173 Fanny 10 babies 42
174 Jeanie 10 babies
175 Marian 10 babies
176 Pauline 10 babies
177 Phoebe 10 babies 17
178 Phylis 10 babies 35
179 Zeta 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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