New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1912

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 949 babies =
  2. 2 William 847 babies =
  3. 3 James 570 babies 1
  4. 4 George 429 babies 1
  5. 5 Robert 380 babies =
  6. 6 Thomas 357 babies =
  7. 7 Charles 307 babies =
  8. 8 Arthur 306 babies =
  9. 9 Frederick 229 babies 1
  10. 10 Henry 223 babies 1
  11. 11 Ronald 219 babies 2
  12. 12 Leslie 201 babies =
  13. 13 Albert 200 babies 4
  14. 14 Eric 199 babies 1
  15. 15 Francis 186 babies 2
  16. 16 Gordon 185 babies 8
  17. 17 Harold 177 babies 2
  18. 18 Edward 174 babies 4
  19. 19 Alfred 166 babies 3
  20. 20 Ernest 162 babies 1
  21. 21 Jack 161 babies 9
  22. 22 Norman 161 babies 1
  23. 23 David 156 babies 1
  24. 24 Raymond 153 babies 4
  25. 25 Alexander 152 babies 3
  26. 26 Kenneth 148 babies 1
  27. 27 Walter 146 babies 9
  28. 28 Leonard 145 babies 2
  29. 29 Richard 138 babies =
  30. 30 Joseph 137 babies 1
  31. 31 Donald 133 babies 5
  32. 32 Stanley 133 babies 5
  33. 33 Allan 130 babies 1
  34. 34 Frank 122 babies 1
  35. 35 Douglas 119 babies =
  36. 36 Herbert 118 babies 4
  37. 37 Cecil 107 babies 2
  38. 38 Reginald 107 babies =
  39. 39 Cyril 106 babies 2
  40. 40 Colin 95 babies 10
  41. 41 Roy 92 babies 1
  42. 42 Clarence 87 babies 1
  43. 43 Maurice 85 babies 2
  44. 44 Alan 80 babies 2
  45. 45 Hugh 78 babies 7
  46. 46 Patrick 78 babies 8
  47. 47 Harry 74 babies 1
  48. 48 Lawrence 73 babies =
  49. 49 Ian 67 babies 16
  50. 50 Keith 63 babies 5
  51. 51 Ivan 62 babies 7
  52. 52 Victor 61 babies 8
  53. 53 Sydney 60 babies 5
  54. 54 Andrew 57 babies 5
  55. 55 Clifford 56 babies 8
  56. 56 Noel 55 babies 5
  57. 57 Percy 54 babies 2
  58. 58 Hector 52 babies 2
  59. 59 Samuel 51 babies 2
  60. 60 Wilfred 50 babies 1
  61. 61 Peter 49 babies 2
  62. 62 Archibald 48 babies 1
  63. 63 Edwin 44 babies 3
  64. 64 Trevor 43 babies 2
  65. 65 Philip 42 babies 12
  66. 66 Ralph 42 babies 3
  67. 67 Allen 41 babies 15
  68. 68 Malcolm 41 babies 17
  69. 69 Mervyn 41 babies 2
  70. 70 Leo 39 babies 5
  71. 71 Owen 39 babies 2
  72. 72 Arnold 38 babies 2
  73. 73 Edgar 38 babies 1
  74. 74 Horace 38 babies 6
  75. 75 Bernard 37 babies 22
  76. 76 Geoffrey 37 babies 6
  77. 77 Michael 36 babies 3
  78. 78 Claude 35 babies 14
  79. 79 Gilbert 33 babies 5
  80. 80 Basil 32 babies 9
  81. 81 Stuart 32 babies 13
  82. 82 Daniel 30 babies 4
  83. 83 Sidney 30 babies 12
  84. 84 Denis 27 babies 11
  85. 85 Neville 26 babies 43
  86. 86 Benjamin 25 babies 31
  87. 87 Gerald 25 babies 6
  88. 88 Lewis 25 babies 12
  89. 89 Vincent 25 babies 30
  90. 90 Angus 23 babies
  91. 91 Percival 23 babies 3
  92. 92 Roland 23 babies 7
  93. 93 Athol 22 babies 41
  94. 94 Russell 22 babies 6
  95. 95 Vernon 22 babies 27
  96. 96 Dudley 21 babies 8
  97. 97 Desmond 20 babies 6
  98. 98 Laurence 20 babies 17
  99. 99 Lindsay 20 babies 9
  100. 100 Lionel 20 babies 4

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 598 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 429 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 298 babies =
  4. 4 Kathleen 252 babies 2
  5. 5 Phyllis 248 babies 1
  6. 6 Eileen 231 babies 1
  7. 7 Jean 213 babies 7
  8. 8 Mavis 213 babies 3
  9. 9 Edna 212 babies 1
  10. 10 Doris 203 babies =
  11. 11 Gladys 201 babies 2
  12. 12 Alice 195 babies =
  13. 13 Annie 184 babies 6
  14. 14 Elizabeth 178 babies 1
  15. 15 Elsie 172 babies 1
  16. 16 Edith 153 babies 6
  17. 17 Thelma 151 babies 7
  18. 18 Florence 147 babies 3
  19. 19 Jessie 147 babies 2
  20. 20 Ethel 146 babies 1
  21. 21 Ivy 137 babies 4
  22. 22 Marjorie 137 babies 5
  23. 23 Agnes 132 babies 5
  24. 24 Olive 131 babies 4
  25. 25 Winifred 130 babies 7
  26. 26 Hazel 127 babies 5
  27. 27 Joyce 123 babies 6
  28. 28 Irene 121 babies 1
  29. 29 Muriel 120 babies 12
  30. 30 Ellen 119 babies 7
  31. 31 Joan 116 babies 7
  32. 32 Nancy 116 babies 7
  33. 33 Catherine 113 babies 1
  34. 34 Violet 111 babies 8
  35. 35 Vera 103 babies 1
  36. 36 Grace 102 babies 8
  37. 37 Mabel 100 babies 1
  38. 38 Frances 99 babies 2
  39. 39 Myrtle 98 babies 12
  40. 40 Rita 96 babies 3
  41. 41 Hilda 95 babies 6
  42. 42 Helen 93 babies 7
  43. 43 Evelyn 91 babies 13
  44. 44 Eva 85 babies 2
  45. 45 Ruby 79 babies 2
  46. 46 Alma 77 babies 6
  47. 47 Lorna 74 babies 17
  48. 48 Iris 70 babies 6
  49. 49 Gwendoline 67 babies =
  50. 50 Constance 65 babies 3
  51. 51 Ruth 64 babies 3
  52. 52 Lucy 62 babies 16
  53. 53 Doreen 61 babies 3
  54. 54 Lilian 61 babies =
  55. 55 Marion 61 babies 14
  56. 56 Emily 58 babies 6
  57. 57 Myra 58 babies 2
  58. 58 Ada 57 babies =
  59. 59 May 55 babies 14
  60. 60 Nellie 55 babies 10
  61. 61 Beatrice 53 babies 6
  62. 62 Mona 53 babies 5
  63. 63 Rona 53 babies 23
  64. 64 Marjory 51 babies 14
  65. 65 Audrey 50 babies 14
  66. 66 Isabella 50 babies 15
  67. 67 Janet 50 babies 7
  68. 68 Patricia 48 babies 47
  69. 69 Dulcie 47 babies 2
  70. 70 Isabel 47 babies 7
  71. 71 Freda 46 babies 10
  72. 72 Beryl 45 babies 9
  73. 73 Amy 44 babies 7
  74. 74 Betty 44 babies 22
  75. 75 Christina 44 babies 10
  76. 76 Ida 43 babies 14
  77. 77 Lillian 42 babies 7
  78. 78 Gertrude 41 babies 2
  79. 79 Sylvia 41 babies 8
  80. 80 Monica 40 babies 34
  81. 81 Clara 39 babies 1
  82. 82 Rose 39 babies 24
  83. 83 Lily 38 babies 41
  84. 84 Norma 38 babies 20
  85. 85 Eleanor 37 babies 3
  86. 86 Laura 37 babies 3
  87. 87 Barbara 36 babies =
  88. 88 Bertha 36 babies 17
  89. 89 Sarah 36 babies 14
  90. 90 Eunice 34 babies 18
  91. 91 Jane 34 babies 6
  92. 92 Nora 34 babies 10
  93. 93 Olga 34 babies 24
  94. 94 Marie 33 babies 34
  95. 95 Mildred 33 babies 4
  96. 96 Bessie 32 babies 13
  97. 97 Daphne 31 babies 24
  98. 98 Esther 31 babies 9
  99. 99 Daisy 30 babies 23
  100. 100 Ella 30 babies 8

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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