New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1919

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 801 babies =
  2. 2 William 698 babies =
  3. 3 James 447 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 376 babies =
  5. 5 George 329 babies =
  6. 6 Thomas 297 babies =
  7. 7 Douglas 258 babies 2
  8. 8 Arthur 223 babies 1
  9. 9 Charles 216 babies 1
  10. 10 Ronald 210 babies =
  11. 11 Leslie 187 babies =
  12. 12 Raymond 185 babies 7
  13. 13 David 174 babies 8
  14. 14 Gordon 174 babies 1
  15. 15 Eric 167 babies 3
  16. 16 Edward 162 babies 2
  17. 17 Kenneth 158 babies 12
  18. 18 Francis 157 babies 1
  19. 19 Frederick 157 babies 7
  20. 20 Jack 155 babies 4
  21. 21 Norman 155 babies 1
  22. 22 Albert 153 babies 9
  23. 23 Harold 148 babies 1
  24. 24 Henry 145 babies 1
  25. 25 Walter 137 babies 9
  26. 26 Donald 136 babies 4
  27. 27 Alfred 133 babies 1
  28. 28 Colin 132 babies 6
  29. 29 Leonard 131 babies 2
  30. 30 Richard 128 babies 2
  31. 31 Alexander 126 babies 4
  32. 32 Allan 119 babies 4
  33. 33 Ian 119 babies 4
  34. 34 Ernest 117 babies 9
  35. 35 Frank 115 babies 2
  36. 36 Herbert 106 babies 5
  37. 37 Stanley 104 babies 5
  38. 38 Noel 97 babies 6
  39. 39 Maurice 95 babies =
  40. 40 Joseph 94 babies =
  41. 41 Patrick 93 babies =
  42. 42 Reginald 93 babies =
  43. 43 Alan 89 babies 2
  44. 44 Roy 86 babies 1
  45. 45 Keith 83 babies 7
  46. 46 Cyril 78 babies 8
  47. 47 Harry 76 babies 2
  48. 48 Trevor 76 babies =
  49. 49 Victor 74 babies 2
  50. 50 Desmond 71 babies 6
  51. 51 Ivan 71 babies 5
  52. 52 Peter 71 babies 2
  53. 53 Cecil 63 babies 2
  54. 54 Lawrence 62 babies 1
  55. 55 Clifford 57 babies 2
  56. 56 Sydney 57 babies 3
  57. 57 Lloyd 53 babies 7
  58. 58 Clarence 52 babies 4
  59. 59 Bruce 50 babies 11
  60. 60 Andrew 49 babies 3
  61. 61 Owen 49 babies 6
  62. 62 Geoffrey 47 babies 3
  63. 63 Percy 47 babies 5
  64. 64 Bernard 46 babies 13
  65. 65 Hugh 46 babies 4
  66. 66 Philip 45 babies 7
  67. 67 Mervyn 41 babies 5
  68. 68 Ralph 41 babies =
  69. 69 Allen 40 babies 16
  70. 70 Wilfred 40 babies 4
  71. 71 Samuel 38 babies 11
  72. 72 Sidney 38 babies 2
  73. 73 Rex 37 babies 14
  74. 74 Laurence 36 babies 6
  75. 75 Hector 33 babies 3
  76. 76 Claude 32 babies 41
  77. 77 Edwin 32 babies =
  78. 78 Gilbert 32 babies 13
  79. 79 Lewis 31 babies 9
  80. 80 Michael 31 babies 9
  81. 81 Brian 30 babies 9
  82. 82 Malcolm 29 babies 1
  83. 83 Daniel 28 babies 7
  84. 84 Howard 28 babies 2
  85. 85 Leo 28 babies 16
  86. 86 Murray 28 babies 17
  87. 87 Terence 28 babies 12
  88. 88 Basil 27 babies 13
  89. 89 Wallace 27 babies new
  90. 90 Maxwell 26 babies 8
  91. 91 Athol 25 babies 12
  92. 92 Graham 25 babies =
  93. 93 Neville 25 babies 15
  94. 94 Russell 25 babies 11
  95. 95 Vincent 25 babies 21
  96. 96 Archibald 24 babies 6
  97. 97 Louis 24 babies 15
  98. 98 Arnold 23 babies 2
  99. 99 Edgar 23 babies 5
  100. 100 Paul 23 babies 9

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 446 babies =
  2. 2 Mary 389 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 311 babies =
  4. 4 Joyce 299 babies 1
  5. 5 Joan 280 babies 1
  6. 6 Jean 270 babies 2
  7. 7 Phyllis 210 babies 1
  8. 8 Kathleen 206 babies 1
  9. 9 Betty 181 babies 10
  10. 10 Eileen 166 babies 1
  11. 11 Mavis 155 babies 5
  12. 12 Doris 145 babies 2
  13. 13 Nancy 137 babies 7
  14. 14 Patricia 137 babies 12
  15. 15 Gladys 134 babies =
  16. 16 Edna 131 babies 5
  17. 17 Elizabeth 127 babies 5
  18. 18 Alice 126 babies 3
  19. 19 Olive 122 babies 2
  20. 20 Marjorie 111 babies 6
  21. 21 Elsie 107 babies 3
  22. 22 Florence 106 babies 9
  23. 23 Winifred 105 babies =
  24. 24 Edith 104 babies 2
  25. 25 Doreen 103 babies 6
  26. 26 Thelma 103 babies 1
  27. 27 Jessie 101 babies 1
  28. 28 Annie 98 babies 10
  29. 29 Violet 97 babies 5
  30. 30 Hazel 95 babies =
  31. 31 Ethel 94 babies 6
  32. 32 Frances 93 babies 3
  33. 33 June 92 babies 28
  34. 34 Agnes 90 babies 5
  35. 35 Audrey 90 babies 8
  36. 36 Catherine 89 babies 1
  37. 37 Irene 89 babies 3
  38. 38 Norma 85 babies 13
  39. 39 Evelyn 81 babies 3
  40. 40 Helen 81 babies 7
  41. 41 Ellen 79 babies =
  42. 42 Muriel 75 babies 4
  43. 43 Ivy 74 babies 1
  44. 44 Gwendoline 72 babies 1
  45. 45 Grace 70 babies 9
  46. 46 Daphne 69 babies 9
  47. 47 Vera 67 babies 15
  48. 48 Barbara 66 babies 12
  49. 49 Ruth 66 babies 3
  50. 50 Lorna 65 babies 2
  51. 51 Nola 65 babies 11
  52. 52 Iris 63 babies 17
  53. 53 Myrtle 63 babies 5
  54. 54 Alma 60 babies 3
  55. 55 Mabel 58 babies 6
  56. 56 Marjory 56 babies 27
  57. 57 Rita 56 babies 10
  58. 58 Eunice 53 babies 24
  59. 59 Marie 52 babies 9
  60. 60 Marion 52 babies 13
  61. 61 Rona 52 babies 8
  62. 62 Ruby 52 babies 8
  63. 63 Dulcie 49 babies 3
  64. 64 Hilda 49 babies 5
  65. 65 Lilian 46 babies 5
  66. 66 Sylvia 45 babies 5
  67. 67 Beatrice 44 babies 2
  68. 68 Beryl 43 babies 10
  69. 69 Ngaire 42 babies 31
  70. 70 Constance 39 babies 3
  71. 71 Eva 39 babies 7
  72. 72 May 38 babies 16
  73. 73 Isabella 37 babies 1
  74. 74 Lucy 37 babies 13
  75. 75 Myra 37 babies =
  76. 76 Isabel 36 babies 7
  77. 77 Mona 36 babies 2
  78. 78 Josephine 35 babies 20
  79. 79 Ada 34 babies 3
  80. 80 Enid 34 babies 8
  81. 81 Gertrude 34 babies 35
  82. 82 Rose 34 babies 24
  83. 83 Ida 33 babies 3
  84. 84 Janet 33 babies =
  85. 85 Amy 32 babies 9
  86. 86 Nora 32 babies 15
  87. 87 Aileen 31 babies 59
  88. 88 Freda 31 babies 24
  89. 89 Pearl 31 babies 38
  90. 90 Ella 30 babies 6
  91. 91 Esther 30 babies 13
  92. 92 Shirley 30 babies 13
  93. 93 Eleanor 29 babies 2
  94. 94 Lillian 29 babies 4
  95. 95 Lois 29 babies 10
  96. 96 Monica 28 babies 14
  97. 97 Nellie 28 babies 20
  98. 98 Noeline 28 babies 17
  99. 99 Olga 28 babies 36
  100. 100 Elva 27 babies 26

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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