New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1915

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 928 babies =
  2. 2 William 776 babies =
  3. 3 James 546 babies =
  4. 4 George 448 babies =
  5. 5 Robert 392 babies =
  6. 6 Thomas 344 babies =
  7. 7 Arthur 307 babies 1
  8. 8 Charles 279 babies 1
  9. 9 Albert 256 babies =
  10. 10 Edward 228 babies 3
  11. 11 Ronald 228 babies =
  12. 12 Eric 206 babies 3
  13. 13 Frederick 203 babies 3
  14. 14 Leslie 202 babies 2
  15. 15 Ian 200 babies 13
  16. 16 Henry 189 babies 2
  17. 17 David 178 babies 6
  18. 18 Harold 178 babies 1
  19. 19 Gordon 177 babies 3
  20. 20 Norman 175 babies 3
  21. 21 Alfred 170 babies 12
  22. 22 Kenneth 168 babies 2
  23. 23 Ernest 154 babies 2
  24. 24 Walter 154 babies 4
  25. 25 Francis 151 babies 3
  26. 26 Raymond 151 babies 8
  27. 27 Jack 147 babies 6
  28. 28 Stanley 144 babies 1
  29. 29 Frank 142 babies 5
  30. 30 Leonard 141 babies =
  31. 31 Donald 140 babies 5
  32. 32 Herbert 139 babies 6
  33. 33 Alexander 138 babies 1
  34. 34 Allan 133 babies 7
  35. 35 Maurice 128 babies 9
  36. 36 Richard 128 babies 10
  37. 37 Douglas 118 babies 2
  38. 38 Cyril 116 babies 5
  39. 39 Joseph 114 babies 2
  40. 40 Colin 108 babies 9
  41. 41 Alan 99 babies 6
  42. 42 Roy 97 babies 8
  43. 43 Patrick 94 babies 5
  44. 44 Reginald 92 babies 3
  45. 45 Ivan 83 babies 5
  46. 46 Harry 80 babies 5
  47. 47 Sydney 80 babies 5
  48. 48 Keith 79 babies 3
  49. 49 Cecil 77 babies =
  50. 50 Noel 76 babies 4
  51. 51 Andrew 75 babies 5
  52. 52 Hugh 73 babies 2
  53. 53 Clifford 69 babies 6
  54. 54 Bernard 63 babies 12
  55. 55 Clarence 62 babies 5
  56. 56 Peter 62 babies 3
  57. 57 Victor 58 babies 4
  58. 58 Samuel 57 babies 4
  59. 59 Lawrence 52 babies 1
  60. 60 Bruce 51 babies 13
  61. 61 Mervyn 51 babies 2
  62. 62 Ralph 51 babies 9
  63. 63 Trevor 51 babies 6
  64. 64 Philip 49 babies 19
  65. 65 Owen 47 babies 9
  66. 66 Percy 46 babies 4
  67. 67 Desmond 45 babies 15
  68. 68 Hector 45 babies 13
  69. 69 Wilfred 45 babies 6
  70. 70 Allen 44 babies 2
  71. 71 Sidney 44 babies 1
  72. 72 Geoffrey 43 babies 5
  73. 73 Edwin 40 babies 9
  74. 74 Lloyd 40 babies 69
  75. 75 Michael 38 babies 3
  76. 76 Basil 34 babies 9
  77. 77 Claude 33 babies 1
  78. 78 Daniel 33 babies 3
  79. 79 Malcolm 33 babies 5
  80. 80 Neil 33 babies 14
  81. 81 Edgar 32 babies 26
  82. 82 Horace 32 babies 13
  83. 83 Leo 32 babies 18
  84. 84 Lewis 32 babies 5
  85. 85 Arnold 30 babies 4
  86. 86 Athol 30 babies 9
  87. 87 Lionel 30 babies 12
  88. 88 Archibald 29 babies 22
  89. 89 Brian 29 babies 2
  90. 90 Gilbert 29 babies =
  91. 91 Percival 29 babies 12
  92. 92 Stuart 29 babies 6
  93. 93 Louis 28 babies 7
  94. 94 Vernon 28 babies 6
  95. 95 Graham 27 babies 4
  96. 96 Rex 27 babies 23
  97. 97 Wallace 27 babies 30
  98. 98 Denis 25 babies 15
  99. 99 Vincent 25 babies =
  100. 100 Gerald 24 babies 7

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 538 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 403 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 315 babies =
  4. 4 Jean 268 babies =
  5. 5 Kathleen 220 babies =
  6. 6 Edna 203 babies 4
  7. 7 Phyllis 202 babies =
  8. 8 Eileen 194 babies 2
  9. 9 Joan 192 babies 3
  10. 10 Joyce 191 babies 2
  11. 11 Alice 179 babies 4
  12. 12 Mavis 178 babies 3
  13. 13 Annie 176 babies 1
  14. 14 Florence 168 babies 5
  15. 15 Doris 165 babies 4
  16. 16 Elizabeth 165 babies 3
  17. 17 Gladys 161 babies 1
  18. 18 Elsie 149 babies 2
  19. 19 Marjorie 142 babies 1
  20. 20 Jessie 139 babies 3
  21. 21 Edith 137 babies 3
  22. 22 Winifred 132 babies 3
  23. 23 Nancy 131 babies 1
  24. 24 Thelma 130 babies 7
  25. 25 Ellen 127 babies 3
  26. 26 Ethel 126 babies =
  27. 27 Olive 124 babies 6
  28. 28 Violet 117 babies 1
  29. 29 Frances 115 babies =
  30. 30 Betty 107 babies 14
  31. 31 Catherine 104 babies 1
  32. 32 Ivy 104 babies 1
  33. 33 Agnes 103 babies 3
  34. 34 Iris 102 babies 8
  35. 35 Grace 99 babies 3
  36. 36 Helen 97 babies 4
  37. 37 Rita 97 babies 9
  38. 38 Hazel 96 babies 3
  39. 39 Irene 96 babies 3
  40. 40 Muriel 94 babies 7
  41. 41 Evelyn 90 babies 7
  42. 42 Hilda 81 babies 3
  43. 43 Vera 81 babies 6
  44. 44 Doreen 80 babies 12
  45. 45 Mabel 79 babies 6
  46. 46 Eva 76 babies 1
  47. 47 Myrtle 76 babies 6
  48. 48 Gwendoline 73 babies 5
  49. 49 Ruby 70 babies 1
  50. 50 Ruth 68 babies 2
  51. 51 Audrey 66 babies 1
  52. 52 Rona 65 babies 31
  53. 53 Emily 62 babies 11
  54. 54 Patricia 61 babies 8
  55. 55 Dulcie 60 babies 4
  56. 56 Beatrice 59 babies 1
  57. 57 Daphne 59 babies 9
  58. 58 Lorna 59 babies 15
  59. 59 Lilian 57 babies 10
  60. 60 Marie 57 babies 15
  61. 61 Mona 56 babies =
  62. 62 Alma 55 babies 8
  63. 63 Beryl 54 babies 16
  64. 64 Marion 54 babies 13
  65. 65 Myra 52 babies 13
  66. 66 Sylvia 52 babies 3
  67. 67 Ada 51 babies 6
  68. 68 Barbara 51 babies 3
  69. 69 Isabella 51 babies 14
  70. 70 Lucy 51 babies 4
  71. 71 Norma 51 babies 14
  72. 72 Christina 50 babies 2
  73. 73 Constance 50 babies 13
  74. 74 Ida 50 babies 2
  75. 75 May 49 babies 8
  76. 76 Amy 48 babies =
  77. 77 Eunice 46 babies =
  78. 78 Lillian 46 babies 21
  79. 79 Olga 46 babies 3
  80. 80 Janet 45 babies 22
  81. 81 Nellie 43 babies 13
  82. 82 Freda 39 babies 19
  83. 83 Nora 39 babies 10
  84. 84 Rose 39 babies 10
  85. 85 Enid 38 babies 4
  86. 86 Isabel 38 babies 1
  87. 87 Marjory 38 babies 1
  88. 88 Monica 37 babies 8
  89. 89 Jane 35 babies 3
  90. 90 Sarah 35 babies 1
  91. 91 Gertrude 34 babies 26
  92. 92 Esther 33 babies 8
  93. 93 Josephine 33 babies 5
  94. 94 Laura 32 babies 6
  95. 95 Clara 31 babies 16
  96. 96 Nola 30 babies 30
  97. 97 Bertha 29 babies 20
  98. 98 Una 29 babies 31
  99. 99 Daisy 28 babies 1
  100. 100 Eleanor 28 babies 12

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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