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 John 900 babies =
2 William 835 babies =
3 James 562 babies =
4 Robert 448 babies 1
5 George 410 babies 1
6 Thomas 356 babies =
7 Arthur 305 babies =
8 Charles 292 babies =
9 Douglas 257 babies 8
10 Leslie 244 babies 2
11 Albert 223 babies 2
12 Frederick 209 babies 2
13 Edward 205 babies 1
14 Eric 205 babies 1
15 Henry 200 babies =
16 Ronald 194 babies 5
17 Francis 191 babies 3
18 David 178 babies 7
19 Walter 174 babies 7
20 Alfred 173 babies 14
21 Ernest 172 babies 2
22 Kenneth 168 babies =
23 Harold 166 babies 2
24 Herbert 160 babies 4
25 Jack 158 babies 9
26 Alexander 157 babies 5
27 Raymond 157 babies 2
28 Gordon 155 babies 5
29 Norman 152 babies 11
30 Stanley 144 babies 3
31 Alan 126 babies 14
32 Donald 126 babies 1
33 Maurice 123 babies 7
34 Cyril 122 babies 9
35 Leonard 122 babies =
36 Frank 121 babies 4
37 Richard 120 babies 13
38 Joseph 112 babies 2
39 Allan 110 babies 1
40 Ian 107 babies 10
41 Colin 104 babies 4
42 Reginald 98 babies =
43 Noel 96 babies 3
44 Roy 89 babies =
45 Lloyd 88 babies 28
46 Patrick 86 babies 5
47 Ivan 85 babies 8
48 Keith 82 babies 1
49 Victor 77 babies 4
50 Harry 76 babies 3
51 Clifford 71 babies =
52 Bernard 70 babies 3
53 Trevor 70 babies 11
54 Clarence 69 babies 6
55 Lawrence 67 babies 3
56 Percy 67 babies 2
57 Andrew 65 babies 7
58 Hugh 65 babies 3
59 Cecil 64 babies 3
60 Peter 63 babies 3
61 Sydney 62 babies 13
62 Hector 56 babies 10
63 Mervyn 56 babies 3
64 Leo 54 babies 11
65 Bruce 53 babies 3
66 Wilfred 52 babies 12
67 Desmond 48 babies 3
68 Claude 47 babies 15
69 Owen 46 babies 5
70 Philip 46 babies 11
71 Ralph 46 babies 4
72 Allen 44 babies 15
73 Archibald 44 babies 5
74 Edwin 44 babies 12
75 Michael 42 babies 5
76 Rex 40 babies 5
77 Samuel 39 babies 4
78 Malcolm 38 babies 16
79 Neil 37 babies 3
80 Horace 36 babies 1
81 Lionel 35 babies 4
82 Sidney 33 babies 9
83 Brian 32 babies 7
84 Lewis 32 babies 25
85 Arnold 31 babies 3
86 Athol 31 babies 19
87 Geoffrey 31 babies 24
88 Laurence 31 babies 1
89 Edgar 29 babies 5
90 Gilbert 28 babies 5
91 Martin 28 babies 9
92 Stuart 28 babies 25
93 Fredrick 27 babies 39
94 Howard 27 babies 2
95 Maxwell 27 babies 15
96 Neville 27 babies 3
97 Vincent 27 babies 1
98 Denis 24 babies 16
99 Verdun 24 babies 34
100 Daniel 23 babies 31
101 Louis 23 babies 2
102 Phillip 23 babies 23
103 Roland 23 babies 12
104 Vernon 23 babies 18
105 Selwyn 22 babies 9
106 Stewart 22 babies 23
107 Terence 22 babies 6
108 Basil 21 babies 2
109 Graham 21 babies 19
110 Lindsay 21 babies 6
111 Gerald 20 babies 8
112 Roderick 20 babies 19
113 Russell 20 babies 18
114 Edmund 19 babies 8
115 Percival 18 babies 3
116 Wallace 18 babies 12
117 Anthony 17 babies 4
118 Clive 17 babies 9
119 Oswald 16 babies 29
120 Paul 16 babies 9
121 Stephen 16 babies 24
122 Cedric 15 babies 20
123 Duncan 15 babies 16
124 Clement 14 babies new
125 Dudley 14 babies 1
126 Morris 14 babies 11
127 Nelson 14 babies 20
128 Hubert 13 babies 5
129 Kevin 13 babies new
130 Evan 12 babies new
131 Matthew 12 babies new
132 Theodore 12 babies new
133 Bertram 11 babies 15
134 Godfrey 11 babies new
135 Guy 11 babies new
136 Murray 11 babies 17
137 Oliver 11 babies 3
138 Robin 11 babies new
139 Angus 10 babies 31
140 Christopher 10 babies 19
141 Derek 10 babies new
142 Fred 10 babies new
143 Lancelot 10 babies new
144 Reuben 10 babies new
145 Rodney 10 babies new
146 Tom 10 babies 5

Girl Names

1 Margaret 510 babies 1
2 Mary 481 babies 1
3 Dorothy 343 babies =
4 Jean 335 babies =
5 Joan 297 babies 1
6 Joyce 279 babies 1
7 Kathleen 267 babies 2
8 Phyllis 240 babies 1
9 Eileen 209 babies 1
10 Edna 195 babies =
11 Mavis 191 babies 1
12 Annie 174 babies 6
13 Gladys 172 babies 2
14 Thelma 168 babies 5
15 Doris 166 babies 1
16 Marjorie 166 babies 10
17 Florence 164 babies 4
18 Alice 149 babies 1
19 Elizabeth 149 babies 8
20 Olive 141 babies =
21 Elsie 140 babies 5
22 Betty 131 babies 5
23 Ellen 129 babies 5
24 Frances 127 babies 3
25 Hazel 118 babies 6
26 Nancy 117 babies 3
27 Jessie 116 babies 5
28 Edith 114 babies 4
29 Ethel 114 babies 6
30 Catherine 112 babies 11
31 Agnes 111 babies 3
32 Patricia 111 babies 4
33 Evelyn 109 babies 4
34 Iris 108 babies 2
35 Winifred 108 babies 10
36 Helen 107 babies 6
37 Irene 105 babies =
38 Violet 102 babies 2
39 Muriel 99 babies 6
40 Rona 95 babies 13
41 Lorna 94 babies 5
42 Vera 93 babies 1
43 Doreen 87 babies 5
44 Rita 84 babies 3
45 Ivy 81 babies 7
46 Grace 78 babies 4
47 Daphne 76 babies 18
48 Audrey 75 babies 4
49 Mabel 74 babies 3
50 Hilda 73 babies 1
51 Marion 73 babies 16
52 Alma 71 babies 2
53 Gwendoline 68 babies 4
54 Ruby 64 babies 9
55 Ruth 64 babies 16
56 Constance 62 babies 3
57 Beatrice 61 babies 1
58 Eva 61 babies 3
59 Marie 61 babies 3
60 Myrtle 59 babies 10
61 Olga 56 babies 24
62 Isabel 54 babies 13
63 Dulcie 53 babies 2
64 Nola 52 babies 14
65 Beryl 51 babies 7
66 Barbara 50 babies 9
67 Lillian 50 babies 15
68 Norma 50 babies =
69 Mona 49 babies 9
70 Freda 48 babies 4
71 Emily 46 babies 2
72 Lilian 45 babies 9
73 Nellie 45 babies 2
74 Ada 43 babies 12
75 Janet 43 babies 6
76 June 43 babies 104
77 Sylvia 43 babies 8
78 Rose 42 babies 11
79 Enid 41 babies 2
80 Eunice 41 babies 14
81 Isabella 40 babies 11
82 Lucy 40 babies 6
83 Marjory 40 babies 13
84 May 40 babies 20
85 Christina 38 babies 2
86 Gertrude 38 babies =
87 Myra 37 babies 8
88 Nora 36 babies 22
89 Sarah 35 babies 22
90 Amy 34 babies 22
91 Josephine 33 babies 15
92 Peggy 33 babies 14
93 Ida 32 babies 6
94 Molly 32 babies 6
95 Sheila 32 babies 96
96 Ella 31 babies 9
97 Mildred 31 babies 35
98 Monica 31 babies 15
99 Ngaire 30 babies 6
100 Clara 29 babies 17
101 Clarice 29 babies 1
102 Linda 29 babies 57
103 Lois 29 babies 21
104 Bertha 28 babies 3
105 Bessie 28 babies 14
106 Eleanor 28 babies 26
107 Thora 28 babies 14
108 Flora 27 babies 10
109 Pearl 27 babies 8
110 Stella 27 babies 13
111 Una 27 babies 4
112 Esther 26 babies 14
113 Isobel 26 babies 38
114 Valerie 26 babies 19
115 Georgina 25 babies 41
116 Pauline 25 babies 34
117 Ailsa 24 babies 5
118 Jane 24 babies 26
119 Zoe 24 babies 26
120 Lily 23 babies 21
121 Noeline 23 babies 69
122 Phillis 23 babies 8
123 Charlotte 22 babies 2
124 Louisa 22 babies 3
125 Aileen 21 babies 21
126 Daisy 21 babies 42
127 Elva 21 babies 24
128 Emma 21 babies 42
129 Ina 21 babies 34
130 Laura 21 babies 40
131 Margery 21 babies 13
132 Sybil 21 babies 9
133 Shirley 20 babies
134 Bernice 19 babies 35
135 Maud 19 babies 15
136 Alison 18 babies 5
137 Maria 18 babies 44
138 Julia 17 babies 19
139 Maureen 17 babies 9
140 Melva 17 babies 13
141 Veronica 17 babies 7
142 Brenda 16 babies 44
143 Ena 16 babies 51
144 Lydia 16 babies
145 Maisie 16 babies 2
146 Mollie 16 babies 26
147 Tui 16 babies 37
148 Avis 15 babies 28
149 Madge 15 babies 21
150 Miriam 15 babies 4
151 Norah 15 babies 10
152 Rhoda 15 babies 30
153 Amelia 14 babies 37
154 Caroline 14 babies 23
155 Cora 14 babies
156 Esme 14 babies 27
157 Lola 14 babies 38
158 Martha 14 babies 18
159 Millicent 14 babies 29
160 Minnie 14 babies 51
161 Phylis 14 babies
162 Rachel 14 babies 1
163 Yvonne 14 babies
164 Helena 13 babies
165 Henrietta 13 babies 31
166 Joy 13 babies 58
167 Roma 13 babies 2
168 Cecilia 12 babies 32
169 Elsa 12 babies 8
170 Esma 12 babies 33
171 Eveline 12 babies
172 Gloria 12 babies
173 Gweneth 12 babies 6
174 Heather 12 babies 27
175 Inez 12 babies
176 Marguerite 12 babies 24
177 Reta 12 babies 13
178 Roberta 12 babies
179 Teresa 12 babies 13
180 Ann 11 babies
181 Anna 11 babies 7
182 Bridget 11 babies
183 Dora 11 babies 89
184 Dorothea 11 babies 42
185 Elaine 11 babies 8
186 Gwenda 11 babies
187 Katherine 11 babies 48
188 Madeline 11 babies 28
189 Moira 11 babies 34
190 Zena 11 babies 55
191 Anne 10 babies 16
192 Blanche 10 babies 7
193 Colleen 10 babies
194 Estelle 10 babies
195 Gwendolen 10 babies =
196 Jocelyn 10 babies 9
197 Lesley 10 babies
198 Leslie 10 babies
199 Mere 10 babies
200 Merle 10 babies 1
201 Nina 10 babies 52
202 Phoebe 10 babies 1
203 Queenie 10 babies 41
204 Sadie 10 babies 2
205 Theresa 10 babies
206 Winnie 10 babies
207 Zelda 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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