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 John 928 babies =
2 William 776 babies =
3 James 546 babies =
4 George 448 babies =
5 Robert 392 babies =
6 Thomas 344 babies =
7 Arthur 307 babies 1
8 Charles 279 babies 1
9 Albert 256 babies =
10 Edward 228 babies 3
11 Ronald 228 babies =
12 Eric 206 babies 3
13 Frederick 203 babies 3
14 Leslie 202 babies 2
15 Ian 200 babies 13
16 Henry 189 babies 2
17 David 178 babies 6
18 Harold 178 babies 1
19 Gordon 177 babies 3
20 Norman 175 babies 3
21 Alfred 170 babies 12
22 Kenneth 168 babies 2
23 Ernest 154 babies 2
24 Walter 154 babies 4
25 Francis 151 babies 3
26 Raymond 151 babies 8
27 Jack 147 babies 6
28 Stanley 144 babies 1
29 Frank 142 babies 5
30 Leonard 141 babies =
31 Donald 140 babies 5
32 Herbert 139 babies 6
33 Alexander 138 babies 1
34 Allan 133 babies 7
35 Maurice 128 babies 9
36 Richard 128 babies 10
37 Douglas 118 babies 2
38 Cyril 116 babies 5
39 Joseph 114 babies 2
40 Colin 108 babies 9
41 Alan 99 babies 6
42 Roy 97 babies 8
43 Patrick 94 babies 5
44 Reginald 92 babies 3
45 Ivan 83 babies 5
46 Harry 80 babies 5
47 Sydney 80 babies 5
48 Keith 79 babies 3
49 Cecil 77 babies =
50 Noel 76 babies 4
51 Andrew 75 babies 5
52 Hugh 73 babies 2
53 Clifford 69 babies 6
54 Bernard 63 babies 12
55 Clarence 62 babies 5
56 Peter 62 babies 3
57 Victor 58 babies 4
58 Samuel 57 babies 4
59 Lawrence 52 babies 1
60 Bruce 51 babies 13
61 Mervyn 51 babies 2
62 Ralph 51 babies 9
63 Trevor 51 babies 6
64 Philip 49 babies 19
65 Owen 47 babies 9
66 Percy 46 babies 4
67 Desmond 45 babies 15
68 Hector 45 babies 13
69 Wilfred 45 babies 6
70 Allen 44 babies 2
71 Sidney 44 babies 1
72 Geoffrey 43 babies 5
73 Edwin 40 babies 9
74 Lloyd 40 babies 69
75 Michael 38 babies 3
76 Basil 34 babies 9
77 Claude 33 babies 1
78 Daniel 33 babies 3
79 Malcolm 33 babies 5
80 Neil 33 babies 14
81 Edgar 32 babies 26
82 Horace 32 babies 13
83 Leo 32 babies 18
84 Lewis 32 babies 5
85 Arnold 30 babies 4
86 Athol 30 babies 9
87 Lionel 30 babies 12
88 Archibald 29 babies 22
89 Brian 29 babies 2
90 Gilbert 29 babies =
91 Percival 29 babies 12
92 Stuart 29 babies 6
93 Louis 28 babies 7
94 Vernon 28 babies 6
95 Graham 27 babies 4
96 Rex 27 babies 23
97 Wallace 27 babies 30
98 Denis 25 babies 15
99 Vincent 25 babies =
100 Gerald 24 babies 7
101 Maxwell 24 babies 21
102 Dudley 23 babies 6
103 Howard 23 babies 3
104 Martin 23 babies 22
105 Fredrick 22 babies 9
106 Joffre 22 babies new
107 Selwyn 22 babies 15
108 Duncan 21 babies 2
109 Laurence 20 babies 32
110 Roland 20 babies 10
111 Anthony 19 babies 13
112 Edmund 19 babies 8
113 Terence 19 babies new
114 Winston 19 babies new
115 Russell 18 babies 18
116 Lester 17 babies 1
117 Morris 17 babies new
118 Clive 16 babies 19
119 Oliver 16 babies new
120 Phillip 16 babies new
121 Roderick 16 babies 11
122 Archie 15 babies new
123 Aubrey 15 babies 2
124 Lindsay 15 babies 23
125 Matthew 15 babies 17
126 Murray 15 babies 17
127 Neville 15 babies 11
128 Benjamin 12 babies =
129 Max 12 babies new
130 Tom 12 babies new
131 Vivian 12 babies 8
132 Christopher 11 babies 14
133 Nelson 11 babies 2
134 Stewart 11 babies 1
135 Bertie 10 babies new
136 Clement 10 babies new
137 Hone 10 babies 5
138 Hori 10 babies new
139 Hubert 10 babies 17
140 Irvine 10 babies new
141 Paul 10 babies 39
142 Stephen 10 babies 31

Girl Names

1 Mary 538 babies =
2 Margaret 403 babies =
3 Dorothy 315 babies =
4 Jean 268 babies =
5 Kathleen 220 babies =
6 Edna 203 babies 4
7 Phyllis 202 babies =
8 Eileen 194 babies 2
9 Joan 192 babies 3
10 Joyce 191 babies 2
11 Alice 179 babies 4
12 Mavis 178 babies 3
13 Annie 176 babies 1
14 Florence 168 babies 5
15 Doris 165 babies 4
16 Elizabeth 165 babies 3
17 Gladys 161 babies 1
18 Elsie 149 babies 2
19 Marjorie 142 babies 1
20 Jessie 139 babies 3
21 Edith 137 babies 3
22 Winifred 132 babies 3
23 Nancy 131 babies 1
24 Thelma 130 babies 7
25 Ellen 127 babies 3
26 Ethel 126 babies =
27 Olive 124 babies 6
28 Violet 117 babies 1
29 Frances 115 babies =
30 Betty 107 babies 14
31 Catherine 104 babies 1
32 Ivy 104 babies 1
33 Agnes 103 babies 3
34 Iris 102 babies 8
35 Grace 99 babies 3
36 Helen 97 babies 4
37 Rita 97 babies 9
38 Hazel 96 babies 3
39 Irene 96 babies 3
40 Muriel 94 babies 7
41 Evelyn 90 babies 7
42 Hilda 81 babies 3
43 Vera 81 babies 6
44 Doreen 80 babies 12
45 Mabel 79 babies 6
46 Eva 76 babies 1
47 Myrtle 76 babies 6
48 Gwendoline 73 babies 5
49 Ruby 70 babies 1
50 Ruth 68 babies 2
51 Audrey 66 babies 1
52 Rona 65 babies 31
53 Emily 62 babies 11
54 Patricia 61 babies 8
55 Dulcie 60 babies 4
56 Beatrice 59 babies 1
57 Daphne 59 babies 9
58 Lorna 59 babies 15
59 Lilian 57 babies 10
60 Marie 57 babies 15
61 Mona 56 babies =
62 Alma 55 babies 8
63 Beryl 54 babies 16
64 Marion 54 babies 13
65 Myra 52 babies 13
66 Sylvia 52 babies 3
67 Ada 51 babies 6
68 Barbara 51 babies 3
69 Isabella 51 babies 14
70 Lucy 51 babies 4
71 Norma 51 babies 14
72 Christina 50 babies 2
73 Constance 50 babies 13
74 Ida 50 babies 2
75 May 49 babies 8
76 Amy 48 babies =
77 Eunice 46 babies =
78 Lillian 46 babies 21
79 Olga 46 babies 3
80 Janet 45 babies 22
81 Nellie 43 babies 13
82 Freda 39 babies 19
83 Nora 39 babies 10
84 Rose 39 babies 10
85 Enid 38 babies 4
86 Isabel 38 babies 1
87 Marjory 38 babies 1
88 Monica 37 babies 8
89 Jane 35 babies 3
90 Sarah 35 babies 1
91 Gertrude 34 babies 26
92 Esther 33 babies 8
93 Josephine 33 babies 5
94 Laura 32 babies 6
95 Clara 31 babies 16
96 Nola 30 babies 30
97 Bertha 29 babies 20
98 Una 29 babies 31
99 Daisy 28 babies 1
100 Eleanor 28 babies 12
101 Pearl 28 babies 4
102 Charlotte 27 babies 1
103 Mildred 26 babies 1
104 Stella 26 babies 6
105 Veronica 26 babies 68
106 Aileen 25 babies 16
107 Flora 25 babies 27
108 Bessie 24 babies 1
109 Maud 24 babies 47
110 Sheila 24 babies 4
111 Linda 23 babies 14
112 Alison 22 babies 47
113 Clarice 22 babies 2
114 Lorraine 22 babies
115 Martha 22 babies 7
116 Ella 21 babies 21
117 Emma 21 babies 9
118 Esma 21 babies 28
119 Ina 21 babies 16
120 Katherine 21 babies 21
121 Lily 21 babies 3
122 Thora 21 babies 6
123 Margery 20 babies 20
124 Maureen 20 babies 1
125 Miriam 20 babies 6
126 Elva 19 babies 25
127 Louisa 19 babies 7
128 Minnie 19 babies 2
129 Ngaire 19 babies 3
130 Phillis 19 babies 21
131 Sybil 19 babies 18
132 Zena 19 babies 16
133 Ailsa 18 babies 19
134 Isobel 18 babies 6
135 Leila 18 babies 7
136 Mollie 18 babies 3
137 Molly 18 babies 46
138 Georgina 17 babies 15
139 Gweneth 17 babies 22
140 Norah 17 babies 19
141 Roma 17 babies 31
142 Lena 16 babies 27
143 Madge 16 babies 5
144 Valerie 16 babies 20
145 Zoe 16 babies 20
146 Adeline 15 babies 29
147 Brenda 15 babies 18
148 Dora 15 babies 46
149 Dorothea 15 babies 1
150 Eliza 15 babies
151 Hannah 15 babies 4
152 Inez 15 babies 2
153 Lois 15 babies 34
154 Lola 15 babies
155 Noeline 15 babies 16
156 Noreen 15 babies
157 Phoebe 15 babies
158 Rachel 15 babies
159 Rhoda 15 babies 26
160 Amelia 14 babies 23
161 Cora 14 babies 6
162 Julia 14 babies
163 Laurel 14 babies
164 Marguerite 14 babies 25
165 Maria 14 babies 3
166 Vida 14 babies
167 Anna 13 babies 23
168 Cecilia 13 babies 23
169 Gwenyth 13 babies
170 Heather 13 babies
171 Marian 13 babies
172 Merle 13 babies 15
173 Millicent 13 babies 9
174 Nina 13 babies 4
175 Peggy 13 babies
176 Zelda 13 babies 12
177 Anne 12 babies =
178 Avis 12 babies 7
179 Caroline 12 babies 45
180 Effie 12 babies
181 Maisie 12 babies 26
182 Pauline 12 babies 55
183 Queenie 12 babies
184 Rosina 12 babies 7
185 Shirley 12 babies 1
186 Esme 11 babies 34
187 Gwen 11 babies
188 Joy 11 babies 50
189 Lesley 11 babies
190 Lydia 11 babies
191 Melva 11 babies 10
192 Mere 11 babies
193 Moira 11 babies 33
194 Sadie 11 babies
195 Bernice 10 babies
196 Elaine 10 babies 10
197 Ena 10 babies 62
198 Helena 10 babies
199 Leah 10 babies 19
200 Letitia 10 babies
201 Melba 10 babies
202 Susan 10 babies 10
203 Velma 10 babies
204 Winnifred 10 babies 41

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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