New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1916

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 968 babies =
  2. 2 William 791 babies =
  3. 3 James 518 babies =
  4. 4 George 485 babies =
  5. 5 Robert 443 babies =
  6. 6 Thomas 356 babies =
  7. 7 Arthur 307 babies =
  8. 8 Charles 304 babies =
  9. 9 Albert 246 babies =
  10. 10 Frederick 224 babies 3
  11. 11 Ronald 214 babies =
  12. 12 Leslie 201 babies 2
  13. 13 Eric 194 babies 1
  14. 14 Edward 190 babies 4
  15. 15 Henry 190 babies 1
  16. 16 Jack 187 babies 11
  17. 17 Douglas 183 babies 20
  18. 18 Norman 182 babies 2
  19. 19 Ernest 178 babies 4
  20. 20 Francis 178 babies 5
  21. 21 Harold 177 babies 3
  22. 22 Kenneth 176 babies =
  23. 23 Gordon 175 babies 4
  24. 24 Richard 175 babies 12
  25. 25 David 174 babies 8
  26. 26 Walter 169 babies 2
  27. 27 Stanley 164 babies 1
  28. 28 Herbert 160 babies 4
  29. 29 Raymond 157 babies 3
  30. 30 Ian 148 babies 15
  31. 31 Alexander 145 babies 2
  32. 32 Frank 144 babies 3
  33. 33 Donald 142 babies 2
  34. 34 Alfred 140 babies 13
  35. 35 Leonard 133 babies 5
  36. 36 Joseph 132 babies 3
  37. 37 Colin 125 babies 3
  38. 38 Allan 123 babies 4
  39. 39 Ivan 113 babies 6
  40. 40 Maurice 109 babies 5
  41. 41 Patrick 106 babies 2
  42. 42 Reginald 105 babies 2
  43. 43 Cyril 100 babies 5
  44. 44 Roy 94 babies 2
  45. 45 Alan 92 babies 4
  46. 46 Noel 90 babies 4
  47. 47 Harry 86 babies 1
  48. 48 Sydney 83 babies 1
  49. 49 Keith 82 babies 1
  50. 50 Andrew 73 babies 1
  51. 51 Clifford 71 babies 2
  52. 52 Lawrence 70 babies 7
  53. 53 Victor 69 babies 4
  54. 54 Wilfred 68 babies 15
  55. 55 Bernard 67 babies 1
  56. 56 Cecil 65 babies 7
  57. 57 Peter 64 babies 1
  58. 58 Percy 61 babies 8
  59. 59 Philip 60 babies 5
  60. 60 Clarence 56 babies 5
  61. 61 Hugh 56 babies 9
  62. 62 Edwin 51 babies 11
  63. 63 Geoffrey 51 babies 9
  64. 64 Trevor 50 babies 1
  65. 65 Verdun 50 babies
  66. 66 Mervyn 48 babies 5
  67. 67 Ralph 47 babies 5
  68. 68 Bruce 45 babies 8
  69. 69 Daniel 44 babies 9
  70. 70 Desmond 44 babies 3
  71. 71 Rex 44 babies 25
  72. 72 Hector 43 babies 4
  73. 73 Lloyd 43 babies 1
  74. 74 Owen 43 babies 9
  75. 75 Leo 42 babies 8
  76. 76 Brian 41 babies 13
  77. 77 Lionel 41 babies 10
  78. 78 Archibald 40 babies 10
  79. 79 Horace 40 babies 3
  80. 80 Michael 39 babies 5
  81. 81 Samuel 39 babies 23
  82. 82 Neil 37 babies 2
  83. 83 Claude 35 babies 6
  84. 84 Edgar 35 babies 3
  85. 85 Gilbert 34 babies 5
  86. 86 Vernon 34 babies 8
  87. 87 Allen 32 babies 17
  88. 88 Arnold 32 babies 3
  89. 89 Laurence 31 babies 20
  90. 90 Graham 30 babies 5
  91. 91 Sidney 30 babies 20
  92. 92 Howard 29 babies 11
  93. 93 Neville 29 babies 34
  94. 94 Malcolm 28 babies 15
  95. 95 Russell 28 babies 20
  96. 96 Selwyn 28 babies 11
  97. 97 Stephen 27 babies 45
  98. 98 Vincent 27 babies 1
  99. 99 Louis 25 babies 6
  100. 100 Martin 25 babies 4

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 564 babies =
  2. 2 Margaret 464 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 333 babies =
  4. 4 Jean 304 babies =
  5. 5 Kathleen 260 babies =
  6. 6 Joan 249 babies 3
  7. 7 Joyce 244 babies 3
  8. 8 Eileen 230 babies =
  9. 9 Phyllis 214 babies 2
  10. 10 Edna 203 babies 4
  11. 11 Elizabeth 198 babies 5
  12. 12 Mavis 184 babies =
  13. 13 Florence 180 babies 1
  14. 14 Doris 177 babies 1
  15. 15 Gladys 173 babies 2
  16. 16 Elsie 158 babies 2
  17. 17 Alice 156 babies 6
  18. 18 Annie 155 babies 5
  19. 19 Thelma 150 babies 5
  20. 20 Olive 146 babies 7
  21. 21 Frances 145 babies 8
  22. 22 Jessie 142 babies 2
  23. 23 Nancy 141 babies =
  24. 24 Edith 138 babies 3
  25. 25 Winifred 138 babies 3
  26. 26 Marjorie 132 babies 7
  27. 27 Betty 127 babies 3
  28. 28 Ellen 124 babies 3
  29. 29 Evelyn 122 babies 12
  30. 30 Helen 121 babies 6
  31. 31 Hazel 120 babies 7
  32. 32 Iris 119 babies 2
  33. 33 Muriel 119 babies 7
  34. 34 Agnes 106 babies 1
  35. 35 Ethel 101 babies 9
  36. 36 Patricia 99 babies 18
  37. 37 Irene 96 babies 2
  38. 38 Ivy 94 babies 6
  39. 39 Ruth 93 babies 11
  40. 40 Violet 91 babies 12
  41. 41 Catherine 89 babies 10
  42. 42 Grace 87 babies 7
  43. 43 Vera 85 babies =
  44. 44 Audrey 79 babies 7
  45. 45 Ruby 79 babies 4
  46. 46 Lorna 78 babies 12
  47. 47 Rita 78 babies 10
  48. 48 Doreen 76 babies 4
  49. 49 Gwendoline 76 babies 1
  50. 50 Myrtle 76 babies 3
  51. 51 Hilda 67 babies 9
  52. 52 Mabel 66 babies 7
  53. 53 Rona 66 babies 1
  54. 54 Alma 61 babies 8
  55. 55 Eva 61 babies 9
  56. 56 Marie 61 babies 4
  57. 57 Barbara 60 babies 11
  58. 58 Beatrice 59 babies 2
  59. 59 Constance 59 babies 14
  60. 60 Mona 57 babies 1
  61. 61 Dulcie 54 babies 6
  62. 62 Ada 53 babies 5
  63. 63 Lilian 53 babies 4
  64. 64 May 53 babies 11
  65. 65 Daphne 52 babies 8
  66. 66 Eunice 51 babies 11
  67. 67 Marion 51 babies 3
  68. 68 Norma 51 babies 3
  69. 69 Sylvia 51 babies 3
  70. 70 Isabella 50 babies 1
  71. 71 Nellie 49 babies 10
  72. 72 Beryl 48 babies 9
  73. 73 Emily 45 babies 20
  74. 74 Freda 45 babies 8
  75. 75 Isabel 45 babies 11
  76. 76 Josephine 45 babies 17
  77. 77 Enid 44 babies 8
  78. 78 Nola 44 babies 18
  79. 79 Myra 42 babies 14
  80. 80 Eleanor 41 babies 20
  81. 81 Janet 41 babies 1
  82. 82 Lillian 41 babies 4
  83. 83 Christina 40 babies 11
  84. 84 Daisy 40 babies 15
  85. 85 Olga 40 babies 6
  86. 86 Gertrude 39 babies 5
  87. 87 Ida 39 babies 13
  88. 88 Lucy 39 babies 18
  89. 89 Rose 39 babies 5
  90. 90 Laura 37 babies 4
  91. 91 Bessie 36 babies 17
  92. 92 Jane 34 babies 3
  93. 93 Ngaire 34 babies 36
  94. 94 Dora 33 babies 54
  95. 95 Ina 33 babies 24
  96. 96 Marjory 33 babies 9
  97. 97 Stella 32 babies 7
  98. 98 Esther 31 babies 6
  99. 99 Lily 31 babies 22
  100. 100 Molly 30 babies 37

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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