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 John 968 babies =
2 William 791 babies =
3 James 518 babies =
4 George 485 babies =
5 Robert 443 babies =
6 Thomas 356 babies =
7 Arthur 307 babies =
8 Charles 304 babies =
9 Albert 246 babies =
10 Frederick 224 babies 3
11 Ronald 214 babies =
12 Leslie 201 babies 2
13 Eric 194 babies 1
14 Edward 190 babies 4
15 Henry 190 babies 1
16 Jack 187 babies 11
17 Douglas 183 babies 20
18 Norman 182 babies 2
19 Ernest 178 babies 4
20 Francis 178 babies 5
21 Harold 177 babies 3
22 Kenneth 176 babies =
23 Gordon 175 babies 4
24 Richard 175 babies 12
25 David 174 babies 8
26 Walter 169 babies 2
27 Stanley 164 babies 1
28 Herbert 160 babies 4
29 Raymond 157 babies 3
30 Ian 148 babies 15
31 Alexander 145 babies 2
32 Frank 144 babies 3
33 Donald 142 babies 2
34 Alfred 140 babies 13
35 Leonard 133 babies 5
36 Joseph 132 babies 3
37 Colin 125 babies 3
38 Allan 123 babies 4
39 Ivan 113 babies 6
40 Maurice 109 babies 5
41 Patrick 106 babies 2
42 Reginald 105 babies 2
43 Cyril 100 babies 5
44 Roy 94 babies 2
45 Alan 92 babies 4
46 Noel 90 babies 4
47 Harry 86 babies 1
48 Sydney 83 babies 1
49 Keith 82 babies 1
50 Andrew 73 babies 1
51 Clifford 71 babies 2
52 Lawrence 70 babies 7
53 Victor 69 babies 4
54 Wilfred 68 babies 15
55 Bernard 67 babies 1
56 Cecil 65 babies 7
57 Peter 64 babies 1
58 Percy 61 babies 8
59 Philip 60 babies 5
60 Clarence 56 babies 5
61 Hugh 56 babies 9
62 Edwin 51 babies 11
63 Geoffrey 51 babies 9
64 Trevor 50 babies 1
65 Verdun 50 babies
66 Mervyn 48 babies 5
67 Ralph 47 babies 5
68 Bruce 45 babies 8
69 Daniel 44 babies 9
70 Desmond 44 babies 3
71 Rex 44 babies 25
72 Hector 43 babies 4
73 Lloyd 43 babies 1
74 Owen 43 babies 9
75 Leo 42 babies 8
76 Brian 41 babies 13
77 Lionel 41 babies 10
78 Archibald 40 babies 10
79 Horace 40 babies 3
80 Michael 39 babies 5
81 Samuel 39 babies 23
82 Neil 37 babies 2
83 Claude 35 babies 6
84 Edgar 35 babies 3
85 Gilbert 34 babies 5
86 Vernon 34 babies 8
87 Allen 32 babies 17
88 Arnold 32 babies 3
89 Laurence 31 babies 20
90 Graham 30 babies 5
91 Sidney 30 babies 20
92 Howard 29 babies 11
93 Neville 29 babies 34
94 Malcolm 28 babies 15
95 Russell 28 babies 20
96 Selwyn 28 babies 11
97 Stephen 27 babies 45
98 Vincent 27 babies 1
99 Louis 25 babies 6
100 Martin 25 babies 4
101 Terence 25 babies 12
102 Cedric 24 babies
103 Gerald 24 babies 3
104 Wallace 24 babies 7
105 Athol 23 babies 19
106 Basil 23 babies 30
107 Duncan 23 babies 1
108 Angus 22 babies
109 Lewis 22 babies 25
110 Maxwell 22 babies 9
111 Paul 22 babies 30
112 Percival 22 babies 21
113 Anthony 21 babies 2
114 Denis 21 babies 16
115 Roland 21 babies 5
116 Lindsay 20 babies 8
117 Stuart 20 babies 25
118 Bertram 19 babies
119 Murray 19 babies 7
120 Vivian 19 babies 11
121 Christopher 18 babies 11
122 Edmund 18 babies 10
123 Hubert 18 babies 16
124 Dudley 17 babies 22
125 Phillip 17 babies 5
126 Benjamin 16 babies 2
127 Clive 16 babies 9
128 Lester 16 babies 12
129 Stewart 16 babies 5
130 Aubrey 14 babies 7
131 Roderick 14 babies 10
132 Fredrick 13 babies 27
133 Hone 13 babies 4
134 Oliver 13 babies 15
135 Alister 12 babies
136 Archie 12 babies 14
137 Morris 12 babies 20
138 Bryan 11 babies
139 Errol 11 babies
140 Joffre 11 babies 34
141 Alex 10 babies
142 Bert 10 babies
143 Ivor 10 babies
144 Lance 10 babies
145 Leon 10 babies
146 Melville 10 babies
147 Nelson 10 babies 14
148 Oswald 10 babies
149 Ray 10 babies
150 Rowland 10 babies
151 Tom 10 babies 21

Girl Names

1 Mary 564 babies =
2 Margaret 464 babies =
3 Dorothy 333 babies =
4 Jean 304 babies =
5 Kathleen 260 babies =
6 Joan 249 babies 3
7 Joyce 244 babies 3
8 Eileen 230 babies =
9 Phyllis 214 babies 2
10 Edna 203 babies 4
11 Elizabeth 198 babies 5
12 Mavis 184 babies =
13 Florence 180 babies 1
14 Doris 177 babies 1
15 Gladys 173 babies 2
16 Elsie 158 babies 2
17 Alice 156 babies 6
18 Annie 155 babies 5
19 Thelma 150 babies 5
20 Olive 146 babies 7
21 Frances 145 babies 8
22 Jessie 142 babies 2
23 Nancy 141 babies =
24 Edith 138 babies 3
25 Winifred 138 babies 3
26 Marjorie 132 babies 7
27 Betty 127 babies 3
28 Ellen 124 babies 3
29 Evelyn 122 babies 12
30 Helen 121 babies 6
31 Hazel 120 babies 7
32 Iris 119 babies 2
33 Muriel 119 babies 7
34 Agnes 106 babies 1
35 Ethel 101 babies 9
36 Patricia 99 babies 18
37 Irene 96 babies 2
38 Ivy 94 babies 6
39 Ruth 93 babies 11
40 Violet 91 babies 12
41 Catherine 89 babies 10
42 Grace 87 babies 7
43 Vera 85 babies =
44 Audrey 79 babies 7
45 Ruby 79 babies 4
46 Lorna 78 babies 12
47 Rita 78 babies 10
48 Doreen 76 babies 4
49 Gwendoline 76 babies 1
50 Myrtle 76 babies 3
51 Hilda 67 babies 9
52 Mabel 66 babies 7
53 Rona 66 babies 1
54 Alma 61 babies 8
55 Eva 61 babies 9
56 Marie 61 babies 4
57 Barbara 60 babies 11
58 Beatrice 59 babies 2
59 Constance 59 babies 14
60 Mona 57 babies 1
61 Dulcie 54 babies 6
62 Ada 53 babies 5
63 Lilian 53 babies 4
64 May 53 babies 11
65 Daphne 52 babies 8
66 Eunice 51 babies 11
67 Marion 51 babies 3
68 Norma 51 babies 3
69 Sylvia 51 babies 3
70 Isabella 50 babies 1
71 Nellie 49 babies 10
72 Beryl 48 babies 9
73 Emily 45 babies 20
74 Freda 45 babies 8
75 Isabel 45 babies 11
76 Josephine 45 babies 17
77 Enid 44 babies 8
78 Nola 44 babies 18
79 Myra 42 babies 14
80 Eleanor 41 babies 20
81 Janet 41 babies 1
82 Lillian 41 babies 4
83 Christina 40 babies 11
84 Daisy 40 babies 15
85 Olga 40 babies 6
86 Gertrude 39 babies 5
87 Ida 39 babies 13
88 Lucy 39 babies 18
89 Rose 39 babies 5
90 Laura 37 babies 4
91 Bessie 36 babies 17
92 Jane 34 babies 3
93 Ngaire 34 babies 36
94 Dora 33 babies 54
95 Ina 33 babies 24
96 Marjory 33 babies 9
97 Stella 32 babies 7
98 Esther 31 babies 6
99 Lily 31 babies 22
100 Molly 30 babies 37
101 Pearl 30 babies =
102 Clarice 29 babies 11
103 Elva 29 babies 23
104 Aileen 28 babies 2
105 Ella 28 babies 11
106 Peggy 28 babies 69
107 Bertha 27 babies 10
108 Joy 27 babies 80
109 Minnie 27 babies 19
110 Nora 27 babies 27
111 Sarah 27 babies 21
112 Amy 26 babies 36
113 Monica 26 babies 25
114 Phillis 26 babies 16
115 Una 26 babies 17
116 Amelia 25 babies 44
117 Clara 24 babies 22
118 Flora 24 babies 11
119 Lola 24 babies 35
120 Maud 24 babies 11
121 Thora 24 babies 1
122 Ailsa 23 babies 11
123 Sybil 23 babies 8
124 Lois 22 babies 29
125 Charlotte 21 babies 23
126 Elma 21 babies new
127 Louisa 21 babies =
128 Madge 21 babies 15
129 Esme 20 babies 57
130 Lorraine 20 babies 16
131 Caroline 19 babies 48
132 Mildred 19 babies 29
133 Valerie 19 babies 11
134 Veronica 19 babies 29
135 Zena 19 babies 3
136 Cecilia 18 babies 32
137 Esma 18 babies 19
138 Gwenyth 18 babies 31
139 Katherine 18 babies 19
140 Martha 18 babies 25
141 Alison 17 babies 29
142 Dorothea 17 babies 7
143 Maisie 17 babies 38
144 Margery 17 babies 21
145 Zoe 17 babies =
146 Harriet 16 babies new
147 Heather 16 babies 23
148 Maureen 16 babies 24
149 Nina 16 babies 25
150 Pauline 16 babies 32
151 Isobel 15 babies 17
152 Marguerite 15 babies 12
153 Melva 15 babies 38
154 Miriam 15 babies 29
155 Moira 15 babies 38
156 Georgina 14 babies 18
157 Julia 14 babies 5
158 Lena 14 babies 16
159 Linda 14 babies 48
160 Madeline 14 babies new
161 Norah 14 babies 21
162 Queenie 14 babies 21
163 Rachel 14 babies 5
164 Reta 14 babies new
165 Roma 14 babies 24
166 Teresa 14 babies new
167 Verna 14 babies new
168 Winnifred 14 babies 36
169 Bernice 13 babies 26
170 Emma 13 babies 53
171 Hannah 13 babies 20
172 Mollie 13 babies 36
173 Vida 13 babies 7
174 Anna 12 babies 7
175 Anne 12 babies 2
176 Avis 12 babies 2
177 Elsa 12 babies new
178 Fanny 12 babies new
179 Gweneth 12 babies 40
180 June 12 babies new
181 Maria 12 babies 16
182 Rhoda 12 babies 23
183 Rosina 12 babies 1
184 Tui 12 babies new
185 Blanche 11 babies new
186 Brenda 11 babies 39
187 Jocelyn 11 babies new
188 Millicent 11 babies 15
189 Nita 11 babies new
190 Noeline 11 babies 35
191 Sheila 11 babies 81
192 Coral 10 babies new
193 Elaine 10 babies 3
194 Ena 10 babies 3
195 Gwendolen 10 babies new
196 Henrietta 10 babies new
197 Jeannie 10 babies new
198 Leila 10 babies 63
199 Merle 10 babies 27
200 Ola 10 babies new
201 Phoebe 10 babies 44
202 Sadie 10 babies 8
203 Velma 10 babies =

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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