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 John 839 babies =
2 William 703 babies =
3 James 469 babies =
4 Robert 403 babies =
5 George 382 babies =
6 Thomas 308 babies =
7 Arthur 287 babies =
8 Charles 259 babies =
9 Douglas 245 babies =
10 Ronald 209 babies 6
11 Leslie 207 babies 1
12 Frederick 196 babies =
13 Albert 182 babies 2
14 Edward 176 babies 1
15 Gordon 176 babies 13
16 Walter 165 babies 3
17 Francis 163 babies =
18 Eric 160 babies 4
19 Raymond 155 babies 8
20 Norman 154 babies 9
21 David 153 babies 3
22 Harold 153 babies 1
23 Henry 149 babies 8
24 Jack 145 babies 1
25 Ernest 142 babies 4
26 Alfred 141 babies 6
27 Leonard 140 babies 8
28 Richard 140 babies 9
29 Kenneth 136 babies 7
30 Donald 130 babies 2
31 Herbert 127 babies 7
32 Stanley 122 babies 2
33 Frank 117 babies 3
34 Colin 116 babies 7
35 Alexander 114 babies 9
36 Allan 113 babies 3
37 Ian 107 babies 3
38 Cyril 105 babies 4
39 Maurice 99 babies 6
40 Joseph 98 babies 2
41 Patrick 98 babies 5
42 Reginald 95 babies =
43 Roy 90 babies 1
44 Noel 89 babies 1
45 Alan 88 babies 14
46 Ivan 84 babies 1
47 Victor 74 babies 2
48 Trevor 71 babies 5
49 Harry 69 babies 1
50 Peter 69 babies 10
51 Bernard 64 babies 1
52 Keith 63 babies 4
53 Lawrence 61 babies 2
54 Clarence 59 babies =
55 Cecil 56 babies 4
56 Desmond 54 babies 11
57 Clifford 53 babies 6
58 Percy 53 babies 2
59 Sydney 53 babies 2
60 Samuel 52 babies 17
61 Hugh 51 babies 3
62 Mervyn 51 babies 1
63 Andrew 49 babies 6
64 Lloyd 48 babies 19
65 Geoffrey 47 babies 22
66 Wilfred 46 babies =
67 Owen 45 babies 2
68 Ralph 45 babies 3
69 Leo 43 babies 5
70 Bruce 41 babies 5
71 Michael 41 babies 4
72 Brian 39 babies 11
73 Philip 39 babies 3
74 Sidney 37 babies 8
75 Basil 35 babies 33
76 Daniel 35 babies 24
77 Edwin 35 babies 3
78 Hector 35 babies 16
79 Athol 34 babies 7
80 Laurence 32 babies 8
81 Selwyn 32 babies 24
82 Louis 31 babies 19
83 Malcolm 31 babies 5
84 Lionel 30 babies 3
85 Allen 29 babies 13
86 Howard 29 babies 8
87 Rex 29 babies 11
88 Lewis 27 babies 4
89 Stephen 27 babies 32
90 Archibald 26 babies 17
91 Gilbert 26 babies 1
92 Graham 26 babies 17
93 Dudley 25 babies 32
94 Edgar 25 babies 5
95 Fredrick 25 babies 2
96 Arnold 23 babies 11
97 Gerald 23 babies 14
98 Maxwell 23 babies 3
99 Terence 23 babies 8
100 Anthony 22 babies 17
101 Horace 22 babies 21
102 Percival 22 babies 13
103 Murray 21 babies 33
104 Neil 21 babies 25
105 Russell 21 babies 8
106 Vernon 21 babies 2
107 Martin 20 babies 16
108 Neville 20 babies 12
109 Paul 20 babies 11
110 Roderick 20 babies 2
111 Denis 18 babies 13
112 Duncan 18 babies 11
113 Lester 17 babies new
114 Matthew 17 babies 17
115 Nelson 17 babies 12
116 Vincent 17 babies 19
117 Claude 16 babies 49
118 Phillip 16 babies 16
119 Roland 16 babies 16
120 Stuart 16 babies 28
121 Benjamin 15 babies new
122 Errol 15 babies new
123 Ashley 14 babies new
124 Edmund 14 babies 10
125 Hubert 14 babies 3
126 Angus 13 babies 13
127 Bryan 13 babies new
128 Clement 13 babies 4
129 Oliver 13 babies 8
130 Stewart 13 babies 24
131 Cedric 12 babies 9
132 Dennis 11 babies new
133 Hori 11 babies new
134 Lindsay 11 babies 24
135 Oswald 11 babies 16
136 Vivian 11 babies new
137 Alick 10 babies new
138 Bert 10 babies new
139 Clyde 10 babies new
140 Cuthbert 10 babies new
141 Earle 10 babies new
142 Hone 10 babies new
143 Melville 10 babies new
144 Roger 10 babies new
145 Ross 10 babies new

Girl Names

1 Margaret 458 babies =
2 Mary 422 babies =
3 Dorothy 335 babies =
4 Jean 266 babies =
5 Joyce 266 babies 1
6 Joan 249 babies 1
7 Kathleen 230 babies =
8 Phyllis 198 babies =
9 Eileen 184 babies =
10 Doris 175 babies 5
11 Edna 168 babies 1
12 Elizabeth 156 babies 7
13 Florence 148 babies 4
14 Marjorie 148 babies 2
15 Gladys 143 babies 2
16 Mavis 141 babies 5
17 Olive 137 babies 3
18 Annie 136 babies 6
19 Betty 136 babies 3
20 Nancy 129 babies 6
21 Alice 123 babies 3
22 Edith 123 babies 6
23 Winifred 123 babies 12
24 Elsie 120 babies 3
25 Ethel 112 babies 4
26 Patricia 112 babies 6
27 Thelma 108 babies 13
28 Jessie 105 babies 1
29 Frances 102 babies 5
30 Hazel 102 babies 5
31 Doreen 101 babies 12
32 Vera 99 babies 10
33 Helen 98 babies 3
34 Violet 96 babies 4
35 Iris 93 babies 1
36 Grace 91 babies 10
37 Catherine 90 babies 7
38 Muriel 89 babies 1
39 Agnes 85 babies 8
40 Irene 85 babies 3
41 Ellen 84 babies 18
42 Evelyn 82 babies 9
43 Audrey 81 babies 5
44 Ivy 79 babies 1
45 Gwendoline 75 babies 8
46 Ruth 74 babies 9
47 Rita 72 babies 3
48 Myrtle 70 babies 12
49 Mabel 69 babies =
50 Marie 65 babies 9
51 Norma 63 babies 17
52 Lorna 62 babies 11
53 Rona 62 babies 13
54 Ruby 60 babies =
55 Daphne 59 babies 8
56 May 58 babies 28
57 Alma 55 babies 5
58 Beryl 55 babies 7
59 Hilda 55 babies 9
60 Barbara 53 babies 6
61 June 53 babies 15
62 Nola 53 babies 2
63 Olga 52 babies 2
64 Freda 50 babies 6
65 Beatrice 48 babies 8
66 Dulcie 48 babies 3
67 Constance 47 babies 11
68 Emily 46 babies 3
69 Isabel 46 babies 7
70 Lilian 46 babies 2
71 Sylvia 46 babies 6
72 Enid 45 babies 7
73 Marion 45 babies 22
74 Isabella 43 babies 7
75 Myra 43 babies 12
76 Ada 42 babies 2
77 Nellie 42 babies 4
78 Eva 39 babies 20
79 Mona 39 babies 10
80 Molly 37 babies 14
81 Noeline 37 babies 40
82 Eunice 36 babies 2
83 Marjory 36 babies =
84 Janet 35 babies 9
85 Lois 35 babies 18
86 Ida 34 babies 7
87 Lucy 34 babies 5
88 Valerie 34 babies 26
89 Christina 33 babies 4
90 Lillian 33 babies 23
91 Peggy 33 babies 1
92 Daisy 32 babies 34
93 Sheila 32 babies 2
94 Amy 31 babies 4
95 Eleanor 30 babies 11
96 Ella 29 babies =
97 Ailsa 28 babies 20
98 Josephine 28 babies 7
99 Joy 28 babies 67
100 Ngaire 28 babies 1
101 Nora 28 babies 13
102 Sarah 28 babies 13
103 Clarice 27 babies 2
104 Esther 27 babies 8
105 Shirley 27 babies 28
106 Rose 26 babies 28
107 Sybil 26 babies 25
108 Lola 25 babies 49
109 Merle 25 babies 91
110 Monica 25 babies 12
111 Flora 24 babies 3
112 Margery 24 babies 19
113 Alison 23 babies 23
114 Lily 23 babies 6
115 Thora 23 babies 8
116 Gertrude 22 babies 30
117 Louisa 22 babies 7
118 Phillis 22 babies 4
119 Teresa 22 babies 60
120 Ina 21 babies 9
121 Laura 21 babies 9
122 Linda 21 babies 20
123 Rhoda 21 babies 29
124 Una 21 babies 13
125 Veronica 21 babies 16
126 Elva 20 babies 1
127 Pearl 20 babies 18
128 Stella 20 babies 18
129 Maud 19 babies 6
130 Maureen 19 babies 9
131 Minnie 19 babies 29
132 Pauline 19 babies 16
133 Avis 18 babies 15
134 Bertha 18 babies 30
135 Clara 18 babies 35
136 Gwen 18 babies new
137 Amelia 17 babies 16
138 Charlotte 17 babies 15
139 Georgina 17 babies 24
140 Mildred 17 babies 43
141 Miriam 17 babies 9
142 Emma 16 babies 14
143 Julia 16 babies 5
144 Moira 16 babies 45
145 Norah 16 babies 6
146 Aileen 15 babies 21
147 Caroline 15 babies 7
148 Inez 15 babies 27
149 Jane 15 babies 31
150 Leila 15 babies new
151 Marguerite 15 babies 25
152 Anna 14 babies 29
153 Gloria 14 babies 19
154 Lorraine 14 babies new
155 Bernice 13 babies 21
156 Dorothea 13 babies 28
157 Gweneth 13 babies 16
158 Mollie 13 babies 12
159 Rachel 13 babies 3
160 Zoe 13 babies 41
161 Blanche 12 babies 31
162 Dora 12 babies 21
163 Esma 12 babies 7
164 Esme 12 babies 8
165 Henrietta 12 babies =
166 Isobel 12 babies 53
167 Madge 12 babies 18
168 Melva 12 babies 28
169 Mere 12 babies 30
170 Millicent 12 babies 11
171 Nita 12 babies new
172 Roma 12 babies 5
173 Adeline 11 babies new
174 Ann 11 babies 6
175 Bessie 11 babies 70
176 Hannah 11 babies new
177 Maria 11 babies 40
178 Vivienne 11 babies new
179 Adelaide 10 babies new
180 Elaine 10 babies 5
181 Gwenyth 10 babies new
182 Heather 10 babies 8
183 Helena 10 babies 19
184 Lesley 10 babies 13
185 Martha 10 babies 27
186 Phylis 10 babies 25
187 Rosa 10 babies new
188 Theresa 10 babies 17
189 Verna 10 babies new
190 Winnifred 10 babies new
191 Yvonne 10 babies 28
192 Zena 10 babies 2

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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