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 John 1,057 babies =
2 William 890 babies =
3 James 586 babies =
4 George 470 babies =
5 Robert 417 babies =
6 Thomas 364 babies =
7 Charles 344 babies =
8 Arthur 312 babies =
9 Leslie 248 babies 3
10 Frederick 228 babies 1
11 Henry 228 babies 1
12 Albert 224 babies 1
13 Ronald 217 babies 2
14 Francis 211 babies 1
15 Eric 205 babies 1
16 Edward 192 babies 2
17 Harold 180 babies =
18 David 178 babies 5
19 Leonard 171 babies 9
20 Gordon 170 babies 4
21 Raymond 170 babies 3
22 Walter 169 babies 5
23 Alfred 166 babies 4
24 Norman 160 babies 2
25 Kenneth 158 babies 1
26 Stanley 158 babies 6
27 Ernest 155 babies 7
28 Jack 152 babies 7
29 Richard 136 babies =
30 Joseph 134 babies =
31 Allan 129 babies 2
32 Alexander 127 babies 7
33 Herbert 125 babies 3
34 Frank 123 babies =
35 Douglas 112 babies =
36 Reginald 111 babies 2
37 Alan 108 babies 7
38 Cyril 107 babies 1
39 Roy 105 babies 2
40 Colin 101 babies =
41 Donald 99 babies 10
42 Maurice 98 babies 1
43 Cecil 86 babies 6
44 Patrick 84 babies 2
45 Keith 83 babies 5
46 Hugh 82 babies 1
47 Ian 79 babies 2
48 Harry 74 babies 1
49 Percy 72 babies 8
50 Victor 72 babies 2
51 Clifford 69 babies 4
52 Andrew 66 babies 2
53 Clarence 65 babies 11
54 Lawrence 64 babies 6
55 Noel 63 babies 1
56 Peter 63 babies 5
57 Bernard 61 babies 18
58 Wilfred 61 babies 2
59 Ivan 58 babies 8
60 Sydney 57 babies 7
61 Philip 48 babies 4
62 Trevor 48 babies 2
63 Mervyn 47 babies 6
64 Samuel 47 babies 5
65 Laurence 46 babies 33
66 Ralph 45 babies =
67 Claude 43 babies 11
68 Bruce 42 babies 37
69 Edgar 42 babies 4
70 Edwin 42 babies 7
71 Allen 41 babies 4
72 Archibald 41 babies 10
73 Geoffrey 41 babies 3
74 Hector 40 babies 16
75 Leo 40 babies 5
76 Owen 35 babies 5
77 Basil 34 babies 3
78 Howard 34 babies 31
79 Louis 34 babies 28
80 Michael 34 babies 3
81 Daniel 33 babies 1
82 Sidney 33 babies 1
83 Gilbert 31 babies 4
84 Horace 31 babies 10
85 Malcolm 31 babies 17
86 Lewis 29 babies 2
87 Gerald 28 babies =
88 Lionel 28 babies 12
89 Desmond 27 babies 8
90 Maxwell 27 babies 24
91 Russell 27 babies 3
92 Arnold 26 babies 20
93 Dudley 26 babies 3
94 Martin 26 babies 26
95 Phillip 26 babies 29
96 Brian 24 babies 15
97 Vincent 24 babies 8
98 Wallace 24 babies 12
99 Lindsay 23 babies =
100 Murray 23 babies 48
101 Neville 23 babies 16
102 Roland 23 babies 10
103 Nelson 22 babies 35
104 Percival 22 babies 13
105 Selwyn 22 babies 2
106 Stuart 21 babies 25
107 Carl 19 babies 5
108 Stephen 19 babies 4
109 Vernon 19 babies 14
110 Cedric 18 babies 32
111 Graham 18 babies 5
112 Neil 18 babies 10
113 Oswald 18 babies 10
114 Stewart 18 babies 3
115 Benjamin 17 babies 29
116 Denis 17 babies 32
117 Duncan 17 babies 1
118 Fredrick 17 babies 11
119 Lester 17 babies 17
120 Terence 17 babies 14
121 Athol 16 babies 28
122 Matthew 16 babies 21
123 Aubrey 15 babies 4
124 Christopher 15 babies 6
125 Clement 15 babies 19
126 Edmund 15 babies 5
127 Lloyd 15 babies 14
128 Paul 15 babies 5
129 Rex 15 babies 10
130 Angus 14 babies 40
131 Fred 14 babies 15
132 Oliver 14 babies new
133 Bertram 13 babies 18
134 Bryan 13 babies new
135 Clyde 13 babies new
136 Max 13 babies 11
137 Clive 12 babies new
138 Hubert 12 babies 16
139 Mark 12 babies new
140 Roderick 12 babies 15
141 Vivian 12 babies =
142 Austin 10 babies new
143 Halsey 10 babies new
144 Milton 10 babies new
145 Morris 10 babies new
146 Roger 10 babies new
147 Theodore 10 babies 39

Girl Names

1 Mary 528 babies =
2 Margaret 448 babies =
3 Dorothy 293 babies =
4 Phyllis 263 babies 1
5 Kathleen 256 babies 1
6 Jean 246 babies 1
7 Mavis 227 babies 1
8 Annie 215 babies 5
9 Edna 208 babies =
10 Eileen 199 babies 4
11 Doris 186 babies 1
12 Elizabeth 183 babies 2
13 Alice 181 babies 1
14 Gladys 174 babies 3
15 Ethel 161 babies 5
16 Marjorie 161 babies 6
17 Florence 159 babies 1
18 Thelma 158 babies 1
19 Jessie 155 babies =
20 Ellen 148 babies 10
21 Olive 148 babies 3
22 Elsie 144 babies 7
23 Joan 138 babies 8
24 Joyce 138 babies 3
25 Edith 137 babies 9
26 Winifred 134 babies 1
27 Violet 130 babies 7
28 Hazel 129 babies 2
29 Agnes 127 babies 6
30 Rita 119 babies 10
31 Catherine 116 babies 2
32 Ivy 115 babies 11
33 Irene 114 babies 5
34 Myrtle 114 babies 5
35 Mabel 110 babies 2
36 Frances 107 babies 2
37 Iris 106 babies 11
38 Vera 102 babies 3
39 Muriel 95 babies 10
40 Nancy 94 babies 8
41 Ruby 90 babies 4
42 Grace 89 babies 6
43 Helen 89 babies 1
44 Hilda 88 babies 3
45 Ruth 84 babies 6
46 Evelyn 75 babies 3
47 Lorna 74 babies =
48 Alma 72 babies 2
49 Betty 72 babies 25
50 Lilian 72 babies 4
51 Beatrice 71 babies 10
52 Dulcie 65 babies 17
53 Mona 64 babies 9
54 Eva 62 babies 10
55 Marion 62 babies =
56 Nellie 61 babies 4
57 May 59 babies 2
58 Constance 58 babies 8
59 Gwendoline 58 babies 10
60 Isabella 57 babies 6
61 Sarah 57 babies 28
62 Sylvia 57 babies 17
63 Christina 55 babies 12
64 Doreen 54 babies 11
65 Isabel 54 babies 5
66 Eunice 53 babies 24
67 Audrey 52 babies 2
68 Patricia 51 babies =
69 Ida 50 babies 7
70 Marie 50 babies 24
71 Freda 48 babies =
72 Rose 47 babies 10
73 Emily 46 babies 17
74 Myra 46 babies 17
75 Rona 46 babies 12
76 Daphne 45 babies 21
77 Ada 44 babies 19
78 Lillian 44 babies 1
79 Barbara 43 babies 8
80 Bertha 43 babies 8
81 Beryl 43 babies 9
82 Eleanor 42 babies 3
83 Amy 41 babies 10
84 Flora 41 babies 34
85 Janet 38 babies 18
86 Lucy 38 babies 34
87 Marjory 38 babies 23
88 Laura 37 babies 2
89 Molly 36 babies 38
90 Esther 34 babies 8
91 Lily 34 babies 8
92 Olga 34 babies 1
93 Aileen 33 babies 10
94 Gertrude 32 babies 16
95 Jane 31 babies 4
96 Ella 30 babies 4
97 Linda 30 babies 13
98 Nora 30 babies 6
99 Louisa 29 babies 5
100 Norah 29 babies 11
101 Stella 29 babies 7
102 Charlotte 28 babies 4
103 Daisy 28 babies 4
104 Sybil 28 babies 19
105 Clara 27 babies 24
106 Nola 27 babies 72
107 Elva 26 babies 27
108 Enid 26 babies 7
109 Sheila 26 babies 33
110 Ina 25 babies 3
111 Norma 25 babies 27
112 Pearl 25 babies 5
113 Clarice 24 babies 4
114 Cecilia 23 babies 38
115 Emma 23 babies 28
116 Josephine 23 babies 2
117 Martha 23 babies 4
118 Monica 23 babies 38
119 Una 23 babies 7
120 Dora 22 babies 5
121 Ena 22 babies 16
122 Veronica 22 babies 17
123 Amelia 21 babies 6
124 Bessie 21 babies 28
125 Hannah 21 babies 33
126 Rachel 21 babies 22
127 Katherine 20 babies 7
128 Madge 20 babies 7
129 Maisie 20 babies 1
130 Minnie 20 babies 28
131 Ngaire 20 babies 46
132 Ailsa 18 babies 18
133 Margery 18 babies 2
134 Mildred 18 babies 39
135 Thora 18 babies 45
136 Caroline 17 babies 12
137 Esme 17 babies 23
138 Maud 17 babies 6
139 Maureen 17 babies new
140 Alison 16 babies 11
141 Brenda 16 babies 28
142 Georgina 16 babies 2
143 Julia 16 babies 3
144 Miriam 16 babies 29
145 Peggy 16 babies 34
146 Esma 15 babies 24
147 Mollie 15 babies =
148 Pauline 15 babies new
149 Theresa 15 babies new
150 Zena 15 babies 17
151 Zoe 15 babies 23
152 Bernice 14 babies 1
153 Inez 14 babies 1
154 Phillis 14 babies 38
155 Rhoda 14 babies 14
156 Adelaide 13 babies 1
157 Fanny 13 babies new
158 Gwenyth 13 babies new
159 Isobel 13 babies 14
160 Leah 13 babies new
161 Leila 13 babies 28
162 Lois 13 babies 12
163 Maria 13 babies 12
164 Phoebe 13 babies 28
165 Tui 13 babies 16
166 Dorothea 12 babies 13
167 Lena 12 babies 41
168 Madeline 12 babies new
169 Rebecca 12 babies new
170 Gweneth 11 babies 18
171 Harriet 11 babies 1
172 Henrietta 11 babies 10
173 Maggie 11 babies new
174 Millicent 11 babies 19
175 Phylis 11 babies new
176 Roma 11 babies new
177 Blanche 10 babies 8
178 Elma 10 babies 8
179 Elsa 10 babies new
180 Joy 10 babies new
181 Lola 10 babies new
182 Moira 10 babies 17
183 Reta 10 babies 27
184 Rosa 10 babies 9
185 Vida 10 babies 19
186 Zita 10 babies new

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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