New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1914

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 918 babies =
  2. 2 William 874 babies =
  3. 3 James 536 babies =
  4. 4 George 454 babies =
  5. 5 Robert 415 babies =
  6. 6 Thomas 350 babies =
  7. 7 Charles 324 babies =
  8. 8 Arthur 268 babies =
  9. 9 Albert 228 babies 3
  10. 10 Frederick 220 babies =
  11. 11 Ronald 218 babies 2
  12. 12 Leslie 208 babies 3
  13. 13 Edward 201 babies 3
  14. 14 Henry 197 babies 3
  15. 15 Eric 196 babies =
  16. 16 Gordon 196 babies 4
  17. 17 Norman 189 babies 7
  18. 18 Raymond 187 babies 3
  19. 19 Harold 184 babies 2
  20. 20 Walter 178 babies 2
  21. 21 Jack 176 babies 7
  22. 22 Francis 175 babies 8
  23. 23 David 166 babies 5
  24. 24 Kenneth 163 babies 1
  25. 25 Ernest 161 babies 2
  26. 26 Richard 159 babies 3
  27. 27 Allan 154 babies 4
  28. 28 Ian 147 babies 19
  29. 29 Stanley 144 babies 3
  30. 30 Leonard 143 babies 11
  31. 31 Colin 138 babies 9
  32. 32 Alexander 137 babies =
  33. 33 Alfred 134 babies 10
  34. 34 Frank 133 babies =
  35. 35 Alan 123 babies 2
  36. 36 Donald 119 babies 5
  37. 37 Joseph 119 babies 7
  38. 38 Herbert 116 babies 5
  39. 39 Douglas 110 babies 4
  40. 40 Ivan 107 babies 19
  41. 41 Reginald 98 babies 5
  42. 42 Bernard 94 babies 15
  43. 43 Cyril 92 babies 5
  44. 44 Maurice 91 babies 2
  45. 45 Keith 90 babies =
  46. 46 Noel 86 babies 9
  47. 47 Clifford 85 babies 4
  48. 48 Patrick 85 babies 4
  49. 49 Cecil 83 babies 6
  50. 50 Roy 80 babies 11
  51. 51 Harry 71 babies 3
  52. 52 Sydney 71 babies 8
  53. 53 Peter 68 babies 3
  54. 54 Hugh 66 babies 8
  55. 55 Hector 64 babies 19
  56. 56 Andrew 63 babies 4
  57. 57 Trevor 62 babies 5
  58. 58 Lawrence 61 babies 4
  59. 59 Mervyn 59 babies 4
  60. 60 Clarence 55 babies 7
  61. 61 Victor 54 babies 11
  62. 62 Samuel 52 babies 2
  63. 63 Wilfred 50 babies 5
  64. 64 Edwin 49 babies 6
  65. 65 Leo 49 babies 10
  66. 66 Archibald 46 babies 6
  67. 67 Geoffrey 46 babies 6
  68. 68 Allen 44 babies 3
  69. 69 Horace 44 babies 15
  70. 70 Percy 43 babies 21
  71. 71 Ralph 41 babies 5
  72. 72 Sidney 40 babies 10
  73. 73 Bruce 39 babies 5
  74. 74 Owen 39 babies 2
  75. 75 Lionel 38 babies 13
  76. 76 Claude 37 babies 9
  77. 77 Laurence 36 babies 12
  78. 78 Michael 36 babies 2
  79. 79 Lewis 34 babies 7
  80. 80 Maxwell 34 babies 10
  81. 81 Daniel 33 babies =
  82. 82 Desmond 33 babies 7
  83. 83 Philip 33 babies 22
  84. 84 Malcolm 32 babies 1
  85. 85 Basil 31 babies 8
  86. 86 Louis 31 babies 7
  87. 87 Brian 29 babies 9
  88. 88 Vernon 29 babies 21
  89. 89 Arnold 28 babies 3
  90. 90 Gilbert 28 babies 7
  91. 91 Graham 28 babies 20
  92. 92 Selwyn 27 babies 13
  93. 93 Gerald 26 babies 6
  94. 94 Neil 25 babies 18
  95. 95 Athol 24 babies 26
  96. 96 Dudley 23 babies 3
  97. 97 Russell 23 babies 6
  98. 98 Stuart 23 babies 8
  99. 99 Vincent 23 babies 2
  100. 100 Howard 22 babies 22

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 588 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 470 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 276 babies =
  4. 4 Jean 263 babies 2
  5. 5 Kathleen 251 babies =
  6. 6 Eileen 237 babies 4
  7. 7 Phyllis 230 babies 3
  8. 8 Joyce 211 babies 16
  9. 9 Mavis 208 babies 2
  10. 10 Edna 201 babies 1
  11. 11 Doris 195 babies =
  12. 12 Joan 192 babies 11
  13. 13 Elizabeth 183 babies 1
  14. 14 Annie 181 babies 6
  15. 15 Alice 176 babies 2
  16. 16 Gladys 171 babies 2
  17. 17 Thelma 170 babies 1
  18. 18 Marjorie 164 babies 2
  19. 19 Florence 160 babies 2
  20. 20 Elsie 158 babies 2
  21. 21 Olive 149 babies =
  22. 22 Nancy 132 babies 18
  23. 23 Jessie 129 babies 4
  24. 24 Edith 127 babies 1
  25. 25 Winifred 121 babies 1
  26. 26 Ethel 120 babies 11
  27. 27 Violet 115 babies =
  28. 28 Ellen 114 babies 8
  29. 29 Frances 114 babies 7
  30. 30 Agnes 113 babies 1
  31. 31 Ivy 112 babies 1
  32. 32 Catherine 111 babies 1
  33. 33 Muriel 107 babies 6
  34. 34 Evelyn 105 babies 12
  35. 35 Hazel 99 babies 7
  36. 36 Irene 96 babies 3
  37. 37 Vera 96 babies 1
  38. 38 Grace 91 babies 4
  39. 39 Mabel 91 babies 4
  40. 40 Helen 88 babies 3
  41. 41 Myrtle 85 babies 7
  42. 42 Iris 84 babies 5
  43. 43 Lorna 82 babies 4
  44. 44 Betty 81 babies 5
  45. 45 Hilda 81 babies 1
  46. 46 Rita 81 babies 16
  47. 47 Eva 76 babies 7
  48. 48 Ruby 76 babies 7
  49. 49 Lilian 75 babies 1
  50. 50 Audrey 68 babies 17
  51. 51 Marion 68 babies 4
  52. 52 Ruth 66 babies 7
  53. 53 Gwendoline 65 babies 6
  54. 54 Alma 64 babies 6
  55. 55 Isabella 64 babies 5
  56. 56 Doreen 63 babies 8
  57. 57 Beatrice 61 babies 6
  58. 58 Janet 61 babies 27
  59. 59 Dulcie 59 babies 7
  60. 60 Constance 58 babies 2
  61. 61 Mona 58 babies 8
  62. 62 Patricia 58 babies 6
  63. 63 Freda 57 babies 8
  64. 64 Emily 55 babies 9
  65. 65 Gertrude 53 babies 29
  66. 66 Daphne 52 babies 10
  67. 67 May 52 babies 10
  68. 68 Nellie 50 babies 12
  69. 69 Sylvia 50 babies 7
  70. 70 Christina 49 babies 7
  71. 71 Barbara 47 babies 8
  72. 72 Ida 47 babies 3
  73. 73 Ada 46 babies 4
  74. 74 Lucy 46 babies 12
  75. 75 Marie 46 babies 5
  76. 76 Amy 45 babies 7
  77. 77 Eunice 45 babies 11
  78. 78 Myra 43 babies 4
  79. 79 Beryl 42 babies 2
  80. 80 Flora 41 babies 4
  81. 81 Enid 40 babies 27
  82. 82 Olga 40 babies 10
  83. 83 Rona 40 babies 8
  84. 84 Esther 38 babies 6
  85. 85 Norma 38 babies 26
  86. 86 Marjory 37 babies 1
  87. 87 Isabel 36 babies 22
  88. 88 Laura 36 babies =
  89. 89 Sarah 35 babies 28
  90. 90 Aileen 34 babies 3
  91. 91 Molly 34 babies 2
  92. 92 Jane 33 babies 3
  93. 93 Nora 33 babies 5
  94. 94 Rose 33 babies 22
  95. 95 Ella 32 babies 1
  96. 96 Monica 32 babies 22
  97. 97 Linda 30 babies =
  98. 98 Josephine 29 babies 18
  99. 99 Lillian 29 babies 21
  100. 100 Daisy 28 babies 3

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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