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 John 918 babies =
2 William 874 babies =
3 James 536 babies =
4 George 454 babies =
5 Robert 415 babies =
6 Thomas 350 babies =
7 Charles 324 babies =
8 Arthur 268 babies =
9 Albert 228 babies 3
10 Frederick 220 babies =
11 Ronald 218 babies 2
12 Leslie 208 babies 3
13 Edward 201 babies 3
14 Henry 197 babies 3
15 Eric 196 babies =
16 Gordon 196 babies 4
17 Norman 189 babies 7
18 Raymond 187 babies 3
19 Harold 184 babies 2
20 Walter 178 babies 2
21 Jack 176 babies 7
22 Francis 175 babies 8
23 David 166 babies 5
24 Kenneth 163 babies 1
25 Ernest 161 babies 2
26 Richard 159 babies 3
27 Allan 154 babies 4
28 Ian 147 babies 19
29 Stanley 144 babies 3
30 Leonard 143 babies 11
31 Colin 138 babies 9
32 Alexander 137 babies =
33 Alfred 134 babies 10
34 Frank 133 babies =
35 Alan 123 babies 2
36 Donald 119 babies 5
37 Joseph 119 babies 7
38 Herbert 116 babies 5
39 Douglas 110 babies 4
40 Ivan 107 babies 19
41 Reginald 98 babies 5
42 Bernard 94 babies 15
43 Cyril 92 babies 5
44 Maurice 91 babies 2
45 Keith 90 babies =
46 Noel 86 babies 9
47 Clifford 85 babies 4
48 Patrick 85 babies 4
49 Cecil 83 babies 6
50 Roy 80 babies 11
51 Harry 71 babies 3
52 Sydney 71 babies 8
53 Peter 68 babies 3
54 Hugh 66 babies 8
55 Hector 64 babies 19
56 Andrew 63 babies 4
57 Trevor 62 babies 5
58 Lawrence 61 babies 4
59 Mervyn 59 babies 4
60 Clarence 55 babies 7
61 Victor 54 babies 11
62 Samuel 52 babies 2
63 Wilfred 50 babies 5
64 Edwin 49 babies 6
65 Leo 49 babies 10
66 Archibald 46 babies 6
67 Geoffrey 46 babies 6
68 Allen 44 babies 3
69 Horace 44 babies 15
70 Percy 43 babies 21
71 Ralph 41 babies 5
72 Sidney 40 babies 10
73 Bruce 39 babies 5
74 Owen 39 babies 2
75 Lionel 38 babies 13
76 Claude 37 babies 9
77 Laurence 36 babies 12
78 Michael 36 babies 2
79 Lewis 34 babies 7
80 Maxwell 34 babies 10
81 Daniel 33 babies =
82 Desmond 33 babies 7
83 Philip 33 babies 22
84 Malcolm 32 babies 1
85 Basil 31 babies 8
86 Louis 31 babies 7
87 Brian 29 babies 9
88 Vernon 29 babies 21
89 Arnold 28 babies 3
90 Gilbert 28 babies 7
91 Graham 28 babies 20
92 Selwyn 27 babies 13
93 Gerald 26 babies 6
94 Neil 25 babies 18
95 Athol 24 babies 26
96 Dudley 23 babies 3
97 Russell 23 babies 6
98 Stuart 23 babies 8
99 Vincent 23 babies 2
100 Howard 22 babies 22
101 Lindsay 22 babies 2
102 Paul 22 babies 26
103 Percival 22 babies 1
104 Edmund 21 babies 22
105 Carl 20 babies 2
106 Duncan 19 babies 11
107 Edgar 19 babies 38
108 Matthew 19 babies 14
109 Murray 19 babies 9
110 Roderick 19 babies 30
111 Stephen 18 babies 3
112 Angus 17 babies 18
113 Denis 17 babies 3
114 Fredrick 17 babies 4
115 Lester 17 babies 4
116 Neville 17 babies 15
117 Bertram 16 babies 16
118 Christopher 16 babies 6
119 Rex 16 babies 10
120 Roland 16 babies 18
121 Wiremu 16 babies new
122 Hubert 15 babies 16
123 Vivian 15 babies 18
124 Anthony 14 babies new
125 Aubrey 14 babies 2
126 Martin 14 babies 32
127 Wallace 14 babies 29
128 Benjamin 13 babies 13
129 Fred 13 babies 2
130 Ivor 13 babies new
131 Nelson 13 babies 28
132 Reuben 13 babies new
133 Oscar 12 babies new
134 Oswald 12 babies 21
135 Stewart 12 babies 21
136 Cedric 11 babies 26
137 Clive 11 babies =
138 Dennis 11 babies new
139 Felix 11 babies new
140 Roger 11 babies 6
141 Evan 10 babies new
142 Hone 10 babies new
143 Lloyd 10 babies 16

Girl Names

1 Mary 588 babies =
2 Margaret 470 babies =
3 Dorothy 276 babies =
4 Jean 263 babies 2
5 Kathleen 251 babies =
6 Eileen 237 babies 4
7 Phyllis 230 babies 3
8 Joyce 211 babies 16
9 Mavis 208 babies 2
10 Edna 201 babies 1
11 Doris 195 babies =
12 Joan 192 babies 11
13 Elizabeth 183 babies 1
14 Annie 181 babies 6
15 Alice 176 babies 2
16 Gladys 171 babies 2
17 Thelma 170 babies 1
18 Marjorie 164 babies 2
19 Florence 160 babies 2
20 Elsie 158 babies 2
21 Olive 149 babies =
22 Nancy 132 babies 18
23 Jessie 129 babies 4
24 Edith 127 babies 1
25 Winifred 121 babies 1
26 Ethel 120 babies 11
27 Violet 115 babies =
28 Ellen 114 babies 8
29 Frances 114 babies 7
30 Agnes 113 babies 1
31 Ivy 112 babies 1
32 Catherine 111 babies 1
33 Muriel 107 babies 6
34 Evelyn 105 babies 12
35 Hazel 99 babies 7
36 Irene 96 babies 3
37 Vera 96 babies 1
38 Grace 91 babies 4
39 Mabel 91 babies 4
40 Helen 88 babies 3
41 Myrtle 85 babies 7
42 Iris 84 babies 5
43 Lorna 82 babies 4
44 Betty 81 babies 5
45 Hilda 81 babies 1
46 Rita 81 babies 16
47 Eva 76 babies 7
48 Ruby 76 babies 7
49 Lilian 75 babies 1
50 Audrey 68 babies 17
51 Marion 68 babies 4
52 Ruth 66 babies 7
53 Gwendoline 65 babies 6
54 Alma 64 babies 6
55 Isabella 64 babies 5
56 Doreen 63 babies 8
57 Beatrice 61 babies 6
58 Janet 61 babies 27
59 Dulcie 59 babies 7
60 Constance 58 babies 2
61 Mona 58 babies 8
62 Patricia 58 babies 6
63 Freda 57 babies 8
64 Emily 55 babies 9
65 Gertrude 53 babies 29
66 Daphne 52 babies 10
67 May 52 babies 10
68 Nellie 50 babies 12
69 Sylvia 50 babies 7
70 Christina 49 babies 7
71 Barbara 47 babies 8
72 Ida 47 babies 3
73 Ada 46 babies 4
74 Lucy 46 babies 12
75 Marie 46 babies 5
76 Amy 45 babies 7
77 Eunice 45 babies 11
78 Myra 43 babies 4
79 Beryl 42 babies 2
80 Flora 41 babies 4
81 Enid 40 babies 27
82 Olga 40 babies 10
83 Rona 40 babies 8
84 Esther 38 babies 6
85 Norma 38 babies 26
86 Marjory 37 babies 1
87 Isabel 36 babies 22
88 Laura 36 babies =
89 Sarah 35 babies 28
90 Aileen 34 babies 3
91 Molly 34 babies 2
92 Jane 33 babies 3
93 Nora 33 babies 5
94 Rose 33 babies 22
95 Ella 32 babies 1
96 Monica 32 babies 22
97 Linda 30 babies =
98 Josephine 29 babies 18
99 Lillian 29 babies 21
100 Daisy 28 babies 3
101 Charlotte 27 babies 1
102 Dora 27 babies 18
103 Ina 27 babies 7
104 Mildred 27 babies 30
105 Pearl 27 babies 7
106 Sheila 27 babies 3
107 Bessie 26 babies 17
108 Emma 26 babies 7
109 Phillis 26 babies 45
110 Stella 26 babies 9
111 Clara 25 babies 6
112 Eleanor 25 babies 30
113 Sybil 25 babies 9
114 Ailsa 24 babies 18
115 Clarice 24 babies 2
116 Zena 24 babies 34
117 Bertha 23 babies 37
118 Lily 23 babies 27
119 Lois 23 babies 43
120 Louisa 23 babies 21
121 Norah 23 babies 21
122 Martha 22 babies 5
123 Maureen 22 babies 16
124 Valerie 22 babies
125 Zoe 22 babies 26
126 Nola 21 babies 20
127 Pauline 21 babies 21
128 Thora 21 babies 7
129 Una 21 babies 10
130 Minnie 20 babies =
131 Miriam 20 babies 13
132 Ngaire 20 babies 1
133 Rhoda 20 babies 22
134 Caroline 19 babies 2
135 Ena 19 babies 14
136 Harriet 19 babies 35
137 Amelia 18 babies 14
138 Joy 18 babies 42
139 Mollie 18 babies 8
140 Isobel 17 babies 19
141 Katherine 17 babies 14
142 Leila 17 babies 19
143 Margery 17 babies 10
144 Anna 16 babies
145 Cecilia 16 babies 31
146 Esma 16 babies =
147 Hannah 16 babies 22
148 Madge 16 babies 20
149 Tui 16 babies 16
150 Dorothea 15 babies 16
151 Elva 15 babies 44
152 Esme 15 babies 15
153 Georgina 15 babies 11
154 Inez 15 babies 1
155 Maisie 15 babies 26
156 Maud 15 babies 18
157 Merle 15 babies
158 Zeta 15 babies
159 Alison 14 babies 19
160 Moira 14 babies 22
161 Gweneth 13 babies 9
162 Maria 13 babies 1
163 Winnifred 13 babies
164 Zelda 13 babies
165 Brenda 12 babies 24
166 Clare 12 babies
167 Cora 12 babies
168 Coral 12 babies
169 Lena 12 babies 2
170 Nina 12 babies
171 Noeline 12 babies
172 Roma 12 babies 4
173 Veronica 12 babies 51
174 Yvonne 12 babies
175 Adeline 11 babies
176 Ann 11 babies
177 Anne 11 babies
178 Blanche 11 babies 1
179 Henrietta 11 babies 7
180 Leah 11 babies 20
181 Melva 11 babies
182 Millicent 11 babies 8
183 Reta 11 babies =
184 Shirley 11 babies
185 Avis 10 babies
186 Elaine 10 babies
187 Gwendolen 10 babies
188 Kate 10 babies
189 Marguerite 10 babies
190 Nita 10 babies
191 Rosina 10 babies
192 Susan 10 babies
193 Valda 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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