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 John 949 babies =
2 William 847 babies =
3 James 570 babies 1
4 George 429 babies 1
5 Robert 380 babies =
6 Thomas 357 babies =
7 Charles 307 babies =
8 Arthur 306 babies =
9 Frederick 229 babies 1
10 Henry 223 babies 1
11 Ronald 219 babies 2
12 Leslie 201 babies =
13 Albert 200 babies 4
14 Eric 199 babies 1
15 Francis 186 babies 2
16 Gordon 185 babies 8
17 Harold 177 babies 2
18 Edward 174 babies 4
19 Alfred 166 babies 3
20 Ernest 162 babies 1
21 Jack 161 babies 9
22 Norman 161 babies 1
23 David 156 babies 1
24 Raymond 153 babies 4
25 Alexander 152 babies 3
26 Kenneth 148 babies 1
27 Walter 146 babies 9
28 Leonard 145 babies 2
29 Richard 138 babies =
30 Joseph 137 babies 1
31 Donald 133 babies 5
32 Stanley 133 babies 5
33 Allan 130 babies 1
34 Frank 122 babies 1
35 Douglas 119 babies =
36 Herbert 118 babies 4
37 Cecil 107 babies 2
38 Reginald 107 babies =
39 Cyril 106 babies 2
40 Colin 95 babies 10
41 Roy 92 babies 1
42 Clarence 87 babies 1
43 Maurice 85 babies 2
44 Alan 80 babies 2
45 Hugh 78 babies 7
46 Patrick 78 babies 8
47 Harry 74 babies 1
48 Lawrence 73 babies =
49 Ian 67 babies 16
50 Keith 63 babies 5
51 Ivan 62 babies 7
52 Victor 61 babies 8
53 Sydney 60 babies 5
54 Andrew 57 babies 5
55 Clifford 56 babies 8
56 Noel 55 babies 5
57 Percy 54 babies 2
58 Hector 52 babies 2
59 Samuel 51 babies 2
60 Wilfred 50 babies 1
61 Peter 49 babies 2
62 Archibald 48 babies 1
63 Edwin 44 babies 3
64 Trevor 43 babies 2
65 Philip 42 babies 12
66 Ralph 42 babies 3
67 Allen 41 babies 15
68 Malcolm 41 babies 17
69 Mervyn 41 babies 2
70 Leo 39 babies 5
71 Owen 39 babies 2
72 Arnold 38 babies 2
73 Edgar 38 babies 1
74 Horace 38 babies 6
75 Bernard 37 babies 22
76 Geoffrey 37 babies 6
77 Michael 36 babies 3
78 Claude 35 babies 14
79 Gilbert 33 babies 5
80 Basil 32 babies 9
81 Stuart 32 babies 13
82 Daniel 30 babies 4
83 Sidney 30 babies 12
84 Denis 27 babies 11
85 Neville 26 babies 43
86 Benjamin 25 babies 31
87 Gerald 25 babies 6
88 Lewis 25 babies 12
89 Vincent 25 babies 30
90 Angus 23 babies
91 Percival 23 babies 3
92 Roland 23 babies 7
93 Athol 22 babies 41
94 Russell 22 babies 6
95 Vernon 22 babies 27
96 Dudley 21 babies 8
97 Desmond 20 babies 6
98 Laurence 20 babies 17
99 Lindsay 20 babies 9
100 Lionel 20 babies 4
101 Matthew 20 babies 14
102 Neil 20 babies 1
103 Selwyn 20 babies 3
104 Stephen 20 babies 14
105 Bruce 19 babies 13
106 Graham 19 babies 18
107 Louis 19 babies 28
108 Theodore 19 babies 22
109 Howard 18 babies 23
110 Wallace 18 babies 3
111 Brian 17 babies 28
112 Carl 17 babies 15
113 Lloyd 17 babies 14
114 Maxwell 17 babies 23
115 Bertram 16 babies 8
116 Duncan 16 babies 18
117 Stewart 16 babies 6
118 Christopher 15 babies 10
119 Godfrey 15 babies
120 Martin 15 babies 17
121 Herman 14 babies
122 Hubert 14 babies 3
123 Oswald 14 babies 21
124 Phillip 14 babies 4
125 Roderick 14 babies 10
126 Anthony 13 babies
127 Aubrey 13 babies 11
128 Evan 13 babies
129 Fredrick 13 babies 2
130 Cornelius 12 babies
131 Edmund 12 babies 18
132 Ivor 12 babies
133 Paul 12 babies 4
134 Terence 12 babies 13
135 Eugene 11 babies
136 Lester 11 babies 22
137 Melville 11 babies 5
138 Nelson 11 babies 33
139 Rex 11 babies 1
140 Rowland 11 babies
141 Vivian 11 babies 29
142 Cedric 10 babies 7
143 Claud 10 babies
144 Clement 10 babies 35
145 Fergus 10 babies
146 Fred 10 babies
147 Max 10 babies
148 Murray 10 babies 15

Girl Names

1 Mary 598 babies =
2 Margaret 429 babies =
3 Dorothy 298 babies =
4 Kathleen 252 babies 2
5 Phyllis 248 babies 1
6 Eileen 231 babies 1
7 Jean 213 babies 7
8 Mavis 213 babies 3
9 Edna 212 babies 1
10 Doris 203 babies =
11 Gladys 201 babies 2
12 Alice 195 babies =
13 Annie 184 babies 6
14 Elizabeth 178 babies 1
15 Elsie 172 babies 1
16 Edith 153 babies 6
17 Thelma 151 babies 7
18 Florence 147 babies 3
19 Jessie 147 babies 2
20 Ethel 146 babies 1
21 Ivy 137 babies 4
22 Marjorie 137 babies 5
23 Agnes 132 babies 5
24 Olive 131 babies 4
25 Winifred 130 babies 7
26 Hazel 127 babies 5
27 Joyce 123 babies 6
28 Irene 121 babies 1
29 Muriel 120 babies 12
30 Ellen 119 babies 7
31 Joan 116 babies 7
32 Nancy 116 babies 7
33 Catherine 113 babies 1
34 Violet 111 babies 8
35 Vera 103 babies 1
36 Grace 102 babies 8
37 Mabel 100 babies 1
38 Frances 99 babies 2
39 Myrtle 98 babies 12
40 Rita 96 babies 3
41 Hilda 95 babies 6
42 Helen 93 babies 7
43 Evelyn 91 babies 13
44 Eva 85 babies 2
45 Ruby 79 babies 2
46 Alma 77 babies 6
47 Lorna 74 babies 17
48 Iris 70 babies 6
49 Gwendoline 67 babies =
50 Constance 65 babies 3
51 Ruth 64 babies 3
52 Lucy 62 babies 16
53 Doreen 61 babies 3
54 Lilian 61 babies =
55 Marion 61 babies 14
56 Emily 58 babies 6
57 Myra 58 babies 2
58 Ada 57 babies =
59 May 55 babies 14
60 Nellie 55 babies 10
61 Beatrice 53 babies 6
62 Mona 53 babies 5
63 Rona 53 babies 23
64 Marjory 51 babies 14
65 Audrey 50 babies 14
66 Isabella 50 babies 15
67 Janet 50 babies 7
68 Patricia 48 babies 47
69 Dulcie 47 babies 2
70 Isabel 47 babies 7
71 Freda 46 babies 10
72 Beryl 45 babies 9
73 Amy 44 babies 7
74 Betty 44 babies 22
75 Christina 44 babies 10
76 Ida 43 babies 14
77 Lillian 42 babies 7
78 Gertrude 41 babies 2
79 Sylvia 41 babies 8
80 Monica 40 babies 34
81 Clara 39 babies 1
82 Rose 39 babies 24
83 Lily 38 babies 41
84 Norma 38 babies 20
85 Eleanor 37 babies 3
86 Laura 37 babies 3
87 Barbara 36 babies =
88 Bertha 36 babies 17
89 Sarah 36 babies 14
90 Eunice 34 babies 18
91 Jane 34 babies 6
92 Nora 34 babies 10
93 Olga 34 babies 24
94 Marie 33 babies 34
95 Mildred 33 babies 4
96 Bessie 32 babies 13
97 Daphne 31 babies 24
98 Esther 31 babies 9
99 Daisy 30 babies 23
100 Ella 30 babies 8
101 Enid 28 babies 8
102 Minnie 28 babies 7
103 Aileen 27 babies 4
104 Louisa 27 babies 19
105 Veronica 27 babies 7
106 Charlotte 26 babies 6
107 Pearl 26 babies 16
108 Stella 26 babies 25
109 Clarice 25 babies 8
110 Linda 25 babies 33
111 Norah 24 babies 19
112 Una 24 babies 9
113 Ina 23 babies 19
114 Josephine 23 babies 1
115 Miriam 23 babies 42
116 Phillis 23 babies 3
117 Amelia 22 babies 1
118 Flora 22 babies 28
119 Avis 21 babies
120 Katherine 21 babies 10
121 Martha 21 babies 27
122 Esma 20 babies 12
123 Sybil 20 babies 11
124 Caroline 19 babies 2
125 Dora 19 babies =
126 Lena 19 babies 28
127 Molly 19 babies 41
128 Zoe 19 babies 35
129 Alison 18 babies 2
130 Maisie 18 babies 26
131 Margery 18 babies 13
132 Maud 18 babies 29
133 Nina 18 babies 2
134 Elva 17 babies 8
135 Madge 17 babies 20
136 Eliza 16 babies
137 Ena 16 babies 3
138 Gwendolyn 16 babies
139 Helena 16 babies 12
140 Queenie 16 babies 19
141 Rhoda 16 babies 30
142 Sheila 16 babies 3
143 Emma 15 babies 35
144 Georgina 15 babies 2
145 Jeannie 15 babies
146 Julia 15 babies 19
147 Mollie 15 babies 4
148 Rachel 15 babies 28
149 Susan 15 babies 12
150 Ailsa 14 babies 3
151 Bernice 14 babies
152 Cecilia 14 babies 16
153 Dorothea 14 babies 11
154 Inez 14 babies 2
155 Millicent 14 babies 27
156 Reta 14 babies
157 Adelaide 13 babies 11
158 Hannah 13 babies 35
159 Marian 13 babies 16
160 Esme 12 babies 12
161 Gwenda 12 babies
162 Henrietta 12 babies 3
163 Lydia 12 babies
164 Melva 12 babies
165 Moira 12 babies 7
166 Vida 12 babies
167 Zena 12 babies 5
168 Adeline 11 babies 2
169 Brenda 11 babies 19
170 Elma 11 babies
171 Estelle 11 babies
172 Harriet 11 babies 34
173 Isobel 11 babies
174 Lois 11 babies 8
175 Maria 11 babies
176 Matilda 11 babies
177 Ngaire 11 babies 48
178 Nola 11 babies 34
179 Peggy 11 babies
180 Thora 11 babies
181 Tui 11 babies
182 Zeta 11 babies 3
183 Ann 10 babies
184 Anna 10 babies 36
185 Blanche 10 babies
186 Eveline 10 babies 45
187 Gwendolen 10 babies
188 Gweneth 10 babies
189 Leila 10 babies 36
190 Lilly 10 babies
191 Merle 10 babies
192 Phoebe 10 babies 15
193 Rosa 10 babies
194 Valerie 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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