New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1918

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 839 babies =
  2. 2 William 703 babies =
  3. 3 James 469 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 403 babies =
  5. 5 George 382 babies =
  6. 6 Thomas 308 babies =
  7. 7 Arthur 287 babies =
  8. 8 Charles 259 babies =
  9. 9 Douglas 245 babies =
  10. 10 Ronald 209 babies 6
  11. 11 Leslie 207 babies 1
  12. 12 Frederick 196 babies =
  13. 13 Albert 182 babies 2
  14. 14 Edward 176 babies 1
  15. 15 Gordon 176 babies 13
  16. 16 Walter 165 babies 3
  17. 17 Francis 163 babies =
  18. 18 Eric 160 babies 4
  19. 19 Raymond 155 babies 8
  20. 20 Norman 154 babies 9
  21. 21 David 153 babies 3
  22. 22 Harold 153 babies 1
  23. 23 Henry 149 babies 8
  24. 24 Jack 145 babies 1
  25. 25 Ernest 142 babies 4
  26. 26 Alfred 141 babies 6
  27. 27 Leonard 140 babies 8
  28. 28 Richard 140 babies 9
  29. 29 Kenneth 136 babies 7
  30. 30 Donald 130 babies 2
  31. 31 Herbert 127 babies 7
  32. 32 Stanley 122 babies 2
  33. 33 Frank 117 babies 3
  34. 34 Colin 116 babies 7
  35. 35 Alexander 114 babies 9
  36. 36 Allan 113 babies 3
  37. 37 Ian 107 babies 3
  38. 38 Cyril 105 babies 4
  39. 39 Maurice 99 babies 6
  40. 40 Joseph 98 babies 2
  41. 41 Patrick 98 babies 5
  42. 42 Reginald 95 babies =
  43. 43 Roy 90 babies 1
  44. 44 Noel 89 babies 1
  45. 45 Alan 88 babies 14
  46. 46 Ivan 84 babies 1
  47. 47 Victor 74 babies 2
  48. 48 Trevor 71 babies 5
  49. 49 Harry 69 babies 1
  50. 50 Peter 69 babies 10
  51. 51 Bernard 64 babies 1
  52. 52 Keith 63 babies 4
  53. 53 Lawrence 61 babies 2
  54. 54 Clarence 59 babies =
  55. 55 Cecil 56 babies 4
  56. 56 Desmond 54 babies 11
  57. 57 Clifford 53 babies 6
  58. 58 Percy 53 babies 2
  59. 59 Sydney 53 babies 2
  60. 60 Samuel 52 babies 17
  61. 61 Hugh 51 babies 3
  62. 62 Mervyn 51 babies 1
  63. 63 Andrew 49 babies 6
  64. 64 Lloyd 48 babies 19
  65. 65 Geoffrey 47 babies 22
  66. 66 Wilfred 46 babies =
  67. 67 Owen 45 babies 2
  68. 68 Ralph 45 babies 3
  69. 69 Leo 43 babies 5
  70. 70 Bruce 41 babies 5
  71. 71 Michael 41 babies 4
  72. 72 Brian 39 babies 11
  73. 73 Philip 39 babies 3
  74. 74 Sidney 37 babies 8
  75. 75 Basil 35 babies 33
  76. 76 Daniel 35 babies 24
  77. 77 Edwin 35 babies 3
  78. 78 Hector 35 babies 16
  79. 79 Athol 34 babies 7
  80. 80 Laurence 32 babies 8
  81. 81 Selwyn 32 babies 24
  82. 82 Louis 31 babies 19
  83. 83 Malcolm 31 babies 5
  84. 84 Lionel 30 babies 3
  85. 85 Allen 29 babies 13
  86. 86 Howard 29 babies 8
  87. 87 Rex 29 babies 11
  88. 88 Lewis 27 babies 4
  89. 89 Stephen 27 babies 32
  90. 90 Archibald 26 babies 17
  91. 91 Gilbert 26 babies 1
  92. 92 Graham 26 babies 17
  93. 93 Dudley 25 babies 32
  94. 94 Edgar 25 babies 5
  95. 95 Fredrick 25 babies 2
  96. 96 Arnold 23 babies 11
  97. 97 Gerald 23 babies 14
  98. 98 Maxwell 23 babies 3
  99. 99 Terence 23 babies 8
  100. 100 Anthony 22 babies 17

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 458 babies =
  2. 2 Mary 422 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 335 babies =
  4. 4 Jean 266 babies =
  5. 5 Joyce 266 babies 1
  6. 6 Joan 249 babies 1
  7. 7 Kathleen 230 babies =
  8. 8 Phyllis 198 babies =
  9. 9 Eileen 184 babies =
  10. 10 Doris 175 babies 5
  11. 11 Edna 168 babies 1
  12. 12 Elizabeth 156 babies 7
  13. 13 Florence 148 babies 4
  14. 14 Marjorie 148 babies 2
  15. 15 Gladys 143 babies 2
  16. 16 Mavis 141 babies 5
  17. 17 Olive 137 babies 3
  18. 18 Annie 136 babies 6
  19. 19 Betty 136 babies 3
  20. 20 Nancy 129 babies 6
  21. 21 Alice 123 babies 3
  22. 22 Edith 123 babies 6
  23. 23 Winifred 123 babies 12
  24. 24 Elsie 120 babies 3
  25. 25 Ethel 112 babies 4
  26. 26 Patricia 112 babies 6
  27. 27 Thelma 108 babies 13
  28. 28 Jessie 105 babies 1
  29. 29 Frances 102 babies 5
  30. 30 Hazel 102 babies 5
  31. 31 Doreen 101 babies 12
  32. 32 Vera 99 babies 10
  33. 33 Helen 98 babies 3
  34. 34 Violet 96 babies 4
  35. 35 Iris 93 babies 1
  36. 36 Grace 91 babies 10
  37. 37 Catherine 90 babies 7
  38. 38 Muriel 89 babies 1
  39. 39 Agnes 85 babies 8
  40. 40 Irene 85 babies 3
  41. 41 Ellen 84 babies 18
  42. 42 Evelyn 82 babies 9
  43. 43 Audrey 81 babies 5
  44. 44 Ivy 79 babies 1
  45. 45 Gwendoline 75 babies 8
  46. 46 Ruth 74 babies 9
  47. 47 Rita 72 babies 3
  48. 48 Myrtle 70 babies 12
  49. 49 Mabel 69 babies =
  50. 50 Marie 65 babies 9
  51. 51 Norma 63 babies 17
  52. 52 Lorna 62 babies 11
  53. 53 Rona 62 babies 13
  54. 54 Ruby 60 babies =
  55. 55 Daphne 59 babies 8
  56. 56 May 58 babies 28
  57. 57 Alma 55 babies 5
  58. 58 Beryl 55 babies 7
  59. 59 Hilda 55 babies 9
  60. 60 Barbara 53 babies 6
  61. 61 June 53 babies 15
  62. 62 Nola 53 babies 2
  63. 63 Olga 52 babies 2
  64. 64 Freda 50 babies 6
  65. 65 Beatrice 48 babies 8
  66. 66 Dulcie 48 babies 3
  67. 67 Constance 47 babies 11
  68. 68 Emily 46 babies 3
  69. 69 Isabel 46 babies 7
  70. 70 Lilian 46 babies 2
  71. 71 Sylvia 46 babies 6
  72. 72 Enid 45 babies 7
  73. 73 Marion 45 babies 22
  74. 74 Isabella 43 babies 7
  75. 75 Myra 43 babies 12
  76. 76 Ada 42 babies 2
  77. 77 Nellie 42 babies 4
  78. 78 Eva 39 babies 20
  79. 79 Mona 39 babies 10
  80. 80 Molly 37 babies 14
  81. 81 Noeline 37 babies 40
  82. 82 Eunice 36 babies 2
  83. 83 Marjory 36 babies =
  84. 84 Janet 35 babies 9
  85. 85 Lois 35 babies 18
  86. 86 Ida 34 babies 7
  87. 87 Lucy 34 babies 5
  88. 88 Valerie 34 babies 26
  89. 89 Christina 33 babies 4
  90. 90 Lillian 33 babies 23
  91. 91 Peggy 33 babies 1
  92. 92 Daisy 32 babies 34
  93. 93 Sheila 32 babies 2
  94. 94 Amy 31 babies 4
  95. 95 Eleanor 30 babies 11
  96. 96 Ella 29 babies =
  97. 97 Ailsa 28 babies 20
  98. 98 Josephine 28 babies 7
  99. 99 Joy 28 babies 67
  100. 100 Ngaire 28 babies 1

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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