New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1917

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 900 babies =
  2. 2 William 835 babies =
  3. 3 James 562 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 448 babies 1
  5. 5 George 410 babies 1
  6. 6 Thomas 356 babies =
  7. 7 Arthur 305 babies =
  8. 8 Charles 292 babies =
  9. 9 Douglas 257 babies 8
  10. 10 Leslie 244 babies 2
  11. 11 Albert 223 babies 2
  12. 12 Frederick 209 babies 2
  13. 13 Edward 205 babies 1
  14. 14 Eric 205 babies 1
  15. 15 Henry 200 babies =
  16. 16 Ronald 194 babies 5
  17. 17 Francis 191 babies 3
  18. 18 David 178 babies 7
  19. 19 Walter 174 babies 7
  20. 20 Alfred 173 babies 14
  21. 21 Ernest 172 babies 2
  22. 22 Kenneth 168 babies =
  23. 23 Harold 166 babies 2
  24. 24 Herbert 160 babies 4
  25. 25 Jack 158 babies 9
  26. 26 Alexander 157 babies 5
  27. 27 Raymond 157 babies 2
  28. 28 Gordon 155 babies 5
  29. 29 Norman 152 babies 11
  30. 30 Stanley 144 babies 3
  31. 31 Alan 126 babies 14
  32. 32 Donald 126 babies 1
  33. 33 Maurice 123 babies 7
  34. 34 Cyril 122 babies 9
  35. 35 Leonard 122 babies =
  36. 36 Frank 121 babies 4
  37. 37 Richard 120 babies 13
  38. 38 Joseph 112 babies 2
  39. 39 Allan 110 babies 1
  40. 40 Ian 107 babies 10
  41. 41 Colin 104 babies 4
  42. 42 Reginald 98 babies =
  43. 43 Noel 96 babies 3
  44. 44 Roy 89 babies =
  45. 45 Lloyd 88 babies 28
  46. 46 Patrick 86 babies 5
  47. 47 Ivan 85 babies 8
  48. 48 Keith 82 babies 1
  49. 49 Victor 77 babies 4
  50. 50 Harry 76 babies 3
  51. 51 Clifford 71 babies =
  52. 52 Bernard 70 babies 3
  53. 53 Trevor 70 babies 11
  54. 54 Clarence 69 babies 6
  55. 55 Lawrence 67 babies 3
  56. 56 Percy 67 babies 2
  57. 57 Andrew 65 babies 7
  58. 58 Hugh 65 babies 3
  59. 59 Cecil 64 babies 3
  60. 60 Peter 63 babies 3
  61. 61 Sydney 62 babies 13
  62. 62 Hector 56 babies 10
  63. 63 Mervyn 56 babies 3
  64. 64 Leo 54 babies 11
  65. 65 Bruce 53 babies 3
  66. 66 Wilfred 52 babies 12
  67. 67 Desmond 48 babies 3
  68. 68 Claude 47 babies 15
  69. 69 Owen 46 babies 5
  70. 70 Philip 46 babies 11
  71. 71 Ralph 46 babies 4
  72. 72 Allen 44 babies 15
  73. 73 Archibald 44 babies 5
  74. 74 Edwin 44 babies 12
  75. 75 Michael 42 babies 5
  76. 76 Rex 40 babies 5
  77. 77 Samuel 39 babies 4
  78. 78 Malcolm 38 babies 16
  79. 79 Neil 37 babies 3
  80. 80 Horace 36 babies 1
  81. 81 Lionel 35 babies 4
  82. 82 Sidney 33 babies 9
  83. 83 Brian 32 babies 7
  84. 84 Lewis 32 babies 25
  85. 85 Arnold 31 babies 3
  86. 86 Athol 31 babies 19
  87. 87 Geoffrey 31 babies 24
  88. 88 Laurence 31 babies 1
  89. 89 Edgar 29 babies 5
  90. 90 Gilbert 28 babies 5
  91. 91 Martin 28 babies 9
  92. 92 Stuart 28 babies 25
  93. 93 Fredrick 27 babies 39
  94. 94 Howard 27 babies 2
  95. 95 Maxwell 27 babies 15
  96. 96 Neville 27 babies 3
  97. 97 Vincent 27 babies 1
  98. 98 Denis 24 babies 16
  99. 99 Verdun 24 babies 34
  100. 100 Daniel 23 babies 31

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 510 babies 1
  2. 2 Mary 481 babies 1
  3. 3 Dorothy 343 babies =
  4. 4 Jean 335 babies =
  5. 5 Joan 297 babies 1
  6. 6 Joyce 279 babies 1
  7. 7 Kathleen 267 babies 2
  8. 8 Phyllis 240 babies 1
  9. 9 Eileen 209 babies 1
  10. 10 Edna 195 babies =
  11. 11 Mavis 191 babies 1
  12. 12 Annie 174 babies 6
  13. 13 Gladys 172 babies 2
  14. 14 Thelma 168 babies 5
  15. 15 Doris 166 babies 1
  16. 16 Marjorie 166 babies 10
  17. 17 Florence 164 babies 4
  18. 18 Alice 149 babies 1
  19. 19 Elizabeth 149 babies 8
  20. 20 Olive 141 babies =
  21. 21 Elsie 140 babies 5
  22. 22 Betty 131 babies 5
  23. 23 Ellen 129 babies 5
  24. 24 Frances 127 babies 3
  25. 25 Hazel 118 babies 6
  26. 26 Nancy 117 babies 3
  27. 27 Jessie 116 babies 5
  28. 28 Edith 114 babies 4
  29. 29 Ethel 114 babies 6
  30. 30 Catherine 112 babies 11
  31. 31 Agnes 111 babies 3
  32. 32 Patricia 111 babies 4
  33. 33 Evelyn 109 babies 4
  34. 34 Iris 108 babies 2
  35. 35 Winifred 108 babies 10
  36. 36 Helen 107 babies 6
  37. 37 Irene 105 babies =
  38. 38 Violet 102 babies 2
  39. 39 Muriel 99 babies 6
  40. 40 Rona 95 babies 13
  41. 41 Lorna 94 babies 5
  42. 42 Vera 93 babies 1
  43. 43 Doreen 87 babies 5
  44. 44 Rita 84 babies 3
  45. 45 Ivy 81 babies 7
  46. 46 Grace 78 babies 4
  47. 47 Daphne 76 babies 18
  48. 48 Audrey 75 babies 4
  49. 49 Mabel 74 babies 3
  50. 50 Hilda 73 babies 1
  51. 51 Marion 73 babies 16
  52. 52 Alma 71 babies 2
  53. 53 Gwendoline 68 babies 4
  54. 54 Ruby 64 babies 9
  55. 55 Ruth 64 babies 16
  56. 56 Constance 62 babies 3
  57. 57 Beatrice 61 babies 1
  58. 58 Eva 61 babies 3
  59. 59 Marie 61 babies 3
  60. 60 Myrtle 59 babies 10
  61. 61 Olga 56 babies 24
  62. 62 Isabel 54 babies 13
  63. 63 Dulcie 53 babies 2
  64. 64 Nola 52 babies 14
  65. 65 Beryl 51 babies 7
  66. 66 Barbara 50 babies 9
  67. 67 Lillian 50 babies 15
  68. 68 Norma 50 babies =
  69. 69 Mona 49 babies 9
  70. 70 Freda 48 babies 4
  71. 71 Emily 46 babies 2
  72. 72 Lilian 45 babies 9
  73. 73 Nellie 45 babies 2
  74. 74 Ada 43 babies 12
  75. 75 Janet 43 babies 6
  76. 76 June 43 babies 104
  77. 77 Sylvia 43 babies 8
  78. 78 Rose 42 babies 11
  79. 79 Enid 41 babies 2
  80. 80 Eunice 41 babies 14
  81. 81 Isabella 40 babies 11
  82. 82 Lucy 40 babies 6
  83. 83 Marjory 40 babies 13
  84. 84 May 40 babies 20
  85. 85 Christina 38 babies 2
  86. 86 Gertrude 38 babies =
  87. 87 Myra 37 babies 8
  88. 88 Nora 36 babies 22
  89. 89 Sarah 35 babies 22
  90. 90 Amy 34 babies 22
  91. 91 Josephine 33 babies 15
  92. 92 Peggy 33 babies 14
  93. 93 Ida 32 babies 6
  94. 94 Molly 32 babies 6
  95. 95 Sheila 32 babies 96
  96. 96 Ella 31 babies 9
  97. 97 Mildred 31 babies 35
  98. 98 Monica 31 babies 15
  99. 99 Ngaire 30 babies 6
  100. 100 Clara 29 babies 17

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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