New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1913

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 1,057 babies =
  2. 2 William 890 babies =
  3. 3 James 586 babies =
  4. 4 George 470 babies =
  5. 5 Robert 417 babies =
  6. 6 Thomas 364 babies =
  7. 7 Charles 344 babies =
  8. 8 Arthur 312 babies =
  9. 9 Leslie 248 babies 3
  10. 10 Frederick 228 babies 1
  11. 11 Henry 228 babies 1
  12. 12 Albert 224 babies 1
  13. 13 Ronald 217 babies 2
  14. 14 Francis 211 babies 1
  15. 15 Eric 205 babies 1
  16. 16 Edward 192 babies 2
  17. 17 Harold 180 babies =
  18. 18 David 178 babies 5
  19. 19 Leonard 171 babies 9
  20. 20 Gordon 170 babies 4
  21. 21 Raymond 170 babies 3
  22. 22 Walter 169 babies 5
  23. 23 Alfred 166 babies 4
  24. 24 Norman 160 babies 2
  25. 25 Kenneth 158 babies 1
  26. 26 Stanley 158 babies 6
  27. 27 Ernest 155 babies 7
  28. 28 Jack 152 babies 7
  29. 29 Richard 136 babies =
  30. 30 Joseph 134 babies =
  31. 31 Allan 129 babies 2
  32. 32 Alexander 127 babies 7
  33. 33 Herbert 125 babies 3
  34. 34 Frank 123 babies =
  35. 35 Douglas 112 babies =
  36. 36 Reginald 111 babies 2
  37. 37 Alan 108 babies 7
  38. 38 Cyril 107 babies 1
  39. 39 Roy 105 babies 2
  40. 40 Colin 101 babies =
  41. 41 Donald 99 babies 10
  42. 42 Maurice 98 babies 1
  43. 43 Cecil 86 babies 6
  44. 44 Patrick 84 babies 2
  45. 45 Keith 83 babies 5
  46. 46 Hugh 82 babies 1
  47. 47 Ian 79 babies 2
  48. 48 Harry 74 babies 1
  49. 49 Percy 72 babies 8
  50. 50 Victor 72 babies 2
  51. 51 Clifford 69 babies 4
  52. 52 Andrew 66 babies 2
  53. 53 Clarence 65 babies 11
  54. 54 Lawrence 64 babies 6
  55. 55 Noel 63 babies 1
  56. 56 Peter 63 babies 5
  57. 57 Bernard 61 babies 18
  58. 58 Wilfred 61 babies 2
  59. 59 Ivan 58 babies 8
  60. 60 Sydney 57 babies 7
  61. 61 Philip 48 babies 4
  62. 62 Trevor 48 babies 2
  63. 63 Mervyn 47 babies 6
  64. 64 Samuel 47 babies 5
  65. 65 Laurence 46 babies 33
  66. 66 Ralph 45 babies =
  67. 67 Claude 43 babies 11
  68. 68 Bruce 42 babies 37
  69. 69 Edgar 42 babies 4
  70. 70 Edwin 42 babies 7
  71. 71 Allen 41 babies 4
  72. 72 Archibald 41 babies 10
  73. 73 Geoffrey 41 babies 3
  74. 74 Hector 40 babies 16
  75. 75 Leo 40 babies 5
  76. 76 Owen 35 babies 5
  77. 77 Basil 34 babies 3
  78. 78 Howard 34 babies 31
  79. 79 Louis 34 babies 28
  80. 80 Michael 34 babies 3
  81. 81 Daniel 33 babies 1
  82. 82 Sidney 33 babies 1
  83. 83 Gilbert 31 babies 4
  84. 84 Horace 31 babies 10
  85. 85 Malcolm 31 babies 17
  86. 86 Lewis 29 babies 2
  87. 87 Gerald 28 babies =
  88. 88 Lionel 28 babies 12
  89. 89 Desmond 27 babies 8
  90. 90 Maxwell 27 babies 24
  91. 91 Russell 27 babies 3
  92. 92 Arnold 26 babies 20
  93. 93 Dudley 26 babies 3
  94. 94 Martin 26 babies 26
  95. 95 Phillip 26 babies 29
  96. 96 Brian 24 babies 15
  97. 97 Vincent 24 babies 8
  98. 98 Wallace 24 babies 12
  99. 99 Lindsay 23 babies =
  100. 100 Murray 23 babies 48

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 528 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 448 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 293 babies =
  4. 4 Phyllis 263 babies 1
  5. 5 Kathleen 256 babies 1
  6. 6 Jean 246 babies 1
  7. 7 Mavis 227 babies 1
  8. 8 Annie 215 babies 5
  9. 9 Edna 208 babies =
  10. 10 Eileen 199 babies 4
  11. 11 Doris 186 babies 1
  12. 12 Elizabeth 183 babies 2
  13. 13 Alice 181 babies 1
  14. 14 Gladys 174 babies 3
  15. 15 Ethel 161 babies 5
  16. 16 Marjorie 161 babies 6
  17. 17 Florence 159 babies 1
  18. 18 Thelma 158 babies 1
  19. 19 Jessie 155 babies =
  20. 20 Ellen 148 babies 10
  21. 21 Olive 148 babies 3
  22. 22 Elsie 144 babies 7
  23. 23 Joan 138 babies 8
  24. 24 Joyce 138 babies 3
  25. 25 Edith 137 babies 9
  26. 26 Winifred 134 babies 1
  27. 27 Violet 130 babies 7
  28. 28 Hazel 129 babies 2
  29. 29 Agnes 127 babies 6
  30. 30 Rita 119 babies 10
  31. 31 Catherine 116 babies 2
  32. 32 Ivy 115 babies 11
  33. 33 Irene 114 babies 5
  34. 34 Myrtle 114 babies 5
  35. 35 Mabel 110 babies 2
  36. 36 Frances 107 babies 2
  37. 37 Iris 106 babies 11
  38. 38 Vera 102 babies 3
  39. 39 Muriel 95 babies 10
  40. 40 Nancy 94 babies 8
  41. 41 Ruby 90 babies 4
  42. 42 Grace 89 babies 6
  43. 43 Helen 89 babies 1
  44. 44 Hilda 88 babies 3
  45. 45 Ruth 84 babies 6
  46. 46 Evelyn 75 babies 3
  47. 47 Lorna 74 babies =
  48. 48 Alma 72 babies 2
  49. 49 Betty 72 babies 25
  50. 50 Lilian 72 babies 4
  51. 51 Beatrice 71 babies 10
  52. 52 Dulcie 65 babies 17
  53. 53 Mona 64 babies 9
  54. 54 Eva 62 babies 10
  55. 55 Marion 62 babies =
  56. 56 Nellie 61 babies 4
  57. 57 May 59 babies 2
  58. 58 Constance 58 babies 8
  59. 59 Gwendoline 58 babies 10
  60. 60 Isabella 57 babies 6
  61. 61 Sarah 57 babies 28
  62. 62 Sylvia 57 babies 17
  63. 63 Christina 55 babies 12
  64. 64 Doreen 54 babies 11
  65. 65 Isabel 54 babies 5
  66. 66 Eunice 53 babies 24
  67. 67 Audrey 52 babies 2
  68. 68 Patricia 51 babies =
  69. 69 Ida 50 babies 7
  70. 70 Marie 50 babies 24
  71. 71 Freda 48 babies =
  72. 72 Rose 47 babies 10
  73. 73 Emily 46 babies 17
  74. 74 Myra 46 babies 17
  75. 75 Rona 46 babies 12
  76. 76 Daphne 45 babies 21
  77. 77 Ada 44 babies 19
  78. 78 Lillian 44 babies 1
  79. 79 Barbara 43 babies 8
  80. 80 Bertha 43 babies 8
  81. 81 Beryl 43 babies 9
  82. 82 Eleanor 42 babies 3
  83. 83 Amy 41 babies 10
  84. 84 Flora 41 babies 34
  85. 85 Janet 38 babies 18
  86. 86 Lucy 38 babies 34
  87. 87 Marjory 38 babies 23
  88. 88 Laura 37 babies 2
  89. 89 Molly 36 babies 38
  90. 90 Esther 34 babies 8
  91. 91 Lily 34 babies 8
  92. 92 Olga 34 babies 1
  93. 93 Aileen 33 babies 10
  94. 94 Gertrude 32 babies 16
  95. 95 Jane 31 babies 4
  96. 96 Ella 30 babies 4
  97. 97 Linda 30 babies 13
  98. 98 Nora 30 babies 6
  99. 99 Louisa 29 babies 5
  100. 100 Norah 29 babies 11

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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