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 John 801 babies =
2 William 698 babies =
3 James 447 babies =
4 Robert 376 babies =
5 George 329 babies =
6 Thomas 297 babies =
7 Douglas 258 babies 2
8 Arthur 223 babies 1
9 Charles 216 babies 1
10 Ronald 210 babies =
11 Leslie 187 babies =
12 Raymond 185 babies 7
13 David 174 babies 8
14 Gordon 174 babies 1
15 Eric 167 babies 3
16 Edward 162 babies 2
17 Kenneth 158 babies 12
18 Francis 157 babies 1
19 Frederick 157 babies 7
20 Jack 155 babies 4
21 Norman 155 babies 1
22 Albert 153 babies 9
23 Harold 148 babies 1
24 Henry 145 babies 1
25 Walter 137 babies 9
26 Donald 136 babies 4
27 Alfred 133 babies 1
28 Colin 132 babies 6
29 Leonard 131 babies 2
30 Richard 128 babies 2
31 Alexander 126 babies 4
32 Allan 119 babies 4
33 Ian 119 babies 4
34 Ernest 117 babies 9
35 Frank 115 babies 2
36 Herbert 106 babies 5
37 Stanley 104 babies 5
38 Noel 97 babies 6
39 Maurice 95 babies =
40 Joseph 94 babies =
41 Patrick 93 babies =
42 Reginald 93 babies =
43 Alan 89 babies 2
44 Roy 86 babies 1
45 Keith 83 babies 7
46 Cyril 78 babies 8
47 Harry 76 babies 2
48 Trevor 76 babies =
49 Victor 74 babies 2
50 Desmond 71 babies 6
51 Ivan 71 babies 5
52 Peter 71 babies 2
53 Cecil 63 babies 2
54 Lawrence 62 babies 1
55 Clifford 57 babies 2
56 Sydney 57 babies 3
57 Lloyd 53 babies 7
58 Clarence 52 babies 4
59 Bruce 50 babies 11
60 Andrew 49 babies 3
61 Owen 49 babies 6
62 Geoffrey 47 babies 3
63 Percy 47 babies 5
64 Bernard 46 babies 13
65 Hugh 46 babies 4
66 Philip 45 babies 7
67 Mervyn 41 babies 5
68 Ralph 41 babies =
69 Allen 40 babies 16
70 Wilfred 40 babies 4
71 Samuel 38 babies 11
72 Sidney 38 babies 2
73 Rex 37 babies 14
74 Laurence 36 babies 6
75 Hector 33 babies 3
76 Claude 32 babies 41
77 Edwin 32 babies =
78 Gilbert 32 babies 13
79 Lewis 31 babies 9
80 Michael 31 babies 9
81 Brian 30 babies 9
82 Malcolm 29 babies 1
83 Daniel 28 babies 7
84 Howard 28 babies 2
85 Leo 28 babies 16
86 Murray 28 babies 17
87 Terence 28 babies 12
88 Basil 27 babies 13
89 Wallace 27 babies new
90 Maxwell 26 babies 8
91 Athol 25 babies 12
92 Graham 25 babies =
93 Neville 25 babies 15
94 Russell 25 babies 11
95 Vincent 25 babies 21
96 Archibald 24 babies 6
97 Louis 24 babies 15
98 Arnold 23 babies 2
99 Edgar 23 babies 5
100 Paul 23 babies 9
101 Horace 22 babies =
102 Lionel 22 babies 18
103 Roderick 22 babies 7
104 Stephen 21 babies 15
105 Martin 20 babies 2
106 Neil 20 babies 2
107 Selwyn 20 babies 26
108 Duncan 19 babies 4
109 Angus 18 babies 17
110 Gerald 18 babies 13
111 Vernon 18 babies 5
112 Fredrick 17 babies 17
113 Lindsay 17 babies 21
114 Stuart 17 babies 6
115 Dennis 16 babies 17
116 Percival 16 babies 14
117 Aubrey 15 babies new
118 Matthew 15 babies 4
119 Ross 15 babies 26
120 Stewart 15 babies 10
121 Anthony 14 babies 21
122 Bryan 14 babies 5
123 Nelson 14 babies 8
124 Roland 14 babies 5
125 Bertram 13 babies new
126 Denis 13 babies 15
127 Lester 13 babies 14
128 Phillip 13 babies 10
129 Robin 13 babies new
130 Alister 12 babies new
131 Archie 12 babies new
132 Fred 12 babies new
133 Godfrey 12 babies new
134 Morris 12 babies new
135 Roger 12 babies 9
136 Dudley 11 babies 43
137 Hubert 11 babies 12
138 Oswald 11 babies 3
139 Vivian 11 babies 3
140 Benjamin 10 babies 19
141 Clement 10 babies 13
142 Harvey 10 babies new
143 Hori 10 babies 10
144 Kevin 10 babies new

Girl Names

1 Margaret 446 babies =
2 Mary 389 babies =
3 Dorothy 311 babies =
4 Joyce 299 babies 1
5 Joan 280 babies 1
6 Jean 270 babies 2
7 Phyllis 210 babies 1
8 Kathleen 206 babies 1
9 Betty 181 babies 10
10 Eileen 166 babies 1
11 Mavis 155 babies 5
12 Doris 145 babies 2
13 Nancy 137 babies 7
14 Patricia 137 babies 12
15 Gladys 134 babies =
16 Edna 131 babies 5
17 Elizabeth 127 babies 5
18 Alice 126 babies 3
19 Olive 122 babies 2
20 Marjorie 111 babies 6
21 Elsie 107 babies 3
22 Florence 106 babies 9
23 Winifred 105 babies =
24 Edith 104 babies 2
25 Doreen 103 babies 6
26 Thelma 103 babies 1
27 Jessie 101 babies 1
28 Annie 98 babies 10
29 Violet 97 babies 5
30 Hazel 95 babies =
31 Ethel 94 babies 6
32 Frances 93 babies 3
33 June 92 babies 28
34 Agnes 90 babies 5
35 Audrey 90 babies 8
36 Catherine 89 babies 1
37 Irene 89 babies 3
38 Norma 85 babies 13
39 Evelyn 81 babies 3
40 Helen 81 babies 7
41 Ellen 79 babies =
42 Muriel 75 babies 4
43 Ivy 74 babies 1
44 Gwendoline 72 babies 1
45 Grace 70 babies 9
46 Daphne 69 babies 9
47 Vera 67 babies 15
48 Barbara 66 babies 12
49 Ruth 66 babies 3
50 Lorna 65 babies 2
51 Nola 65 babies 11
52 Iris 63 babies 17
53 Myrtle 63 babies 5
54 Alma 60 babies 3
55 Mabel 58 babies 6
56 Marjory 56 babies 27
57 Rita 56 babies 10
58 Eunice 53 babies 24
59 Marie 52 babies 9
60 Marion 52 babies 13
61 Rona 52 babies 8
62 Ruby 52 babies 8
63 Dulcie 49 babies 3
64 Hilda 49 babies 5
65 Lilian 46 babies 5
66 Sylvia 45 babies 5
67 Beatrice 44 babies 2
68 Beryl 43 babies 10
69 Ngaire 42 babies 31
70 Constance 39 babies 3
71 Eva 39 babies 7
72 May 38 babies 16
73 Isabella 37 babies 1
74 Lucy 37 babies 13
75 Myra 37 babies =
76 Isabel 36 babies 7
77 Mona 36 babies 2
78 Josephine 35 babies 20
79 Ada 34 babies 3
80 Enid 34 babies 8
81 Gertrude 34 babies 35
82 Rose 34 babies 24
83 Ida 33 babies 3
84 Janet 33 babies =
85 Amy 32 babies 9
86 Nora 32 babies 15
87 Aileen 31 babies 59
88 Freda 31 babies 24
89 Pearl 31 babies 38
90 Ella 30 babies 6
91 Esther 30 babies 13
92 Shirley 30 babies 13
93 Eleanor 29 babies 2
94 Lillian 29 babies 4
95 Lois 29 babies 10
96 Monica 28 babies 14
97 Nellie 28 babies 20
98 Noeline 28 babies 17
99 Olga 28 babies 36
100 Elva 27 babies 26
101 Joy 27 babies 2
102 Peggy 27 babies 11
103 Phillis 27 babies 15
104 Una 27 babies 20
105 Bessie 26 babies 70
106 Clara 26 babies 29
107 Emily 26 babies 39
108 Jane 26 babies 41
109 Veronica 26 babies 16
110 Clarice 25 babies 7
111 Gloria 24 babies 42
112 Valerie 24 babies 24
113 Ailsa 23 babies 16
114 Christina 23 babies 25
115 Molly 23 babies 35
116 Sheila 22 babies 23
117 Maureen 21 babies 13
118 Lily 20 babies 4
119 Linda 20 babies 3
120 Verna 20 babies 69
121 Bernice 19 babies 34
122 Ina 19 babies 2
123 Sarah 19 babies 21
124 Stella 19 babies 4
125 Martha 18 babies 60
126 Teresa 18 babies 7
127 Bertha 17 babies 7
128 Katherine 17 babies new
129 Laura 17 babies 8
130 Zena 17 babies 62
131 Alison 16 babies 18
132 Charlotte 16 babies 6
133 Daisy 16 babies 41
134 Emma 16 babies 8
135 Esma 16 babies 28
136 Flora 16 babies 25
137 Gwen 16 babies 1
138 Melva 16 babies 30
139 Mildred 16 babies 1
140 Minnie 16 babies 9
141 Amelia 15 babies 4
142 Avis 15 babies 9
143 Dorothea 15 babies 13
144 Miriam 15 babies 3
145 Yvonne 15 babies 46
146 Elaine 14 babies 34
147 Georgina 14 babies 8
148 Margery 14 babies 36
149 Roma 14 babies 23
150 Sybil 14 babies 43
151 Thora 14 babies 36
152 Lena 13 babies new
153 Marguerite 13 babies 2
154 Moira 13 babies 10
155 Norah 13 babies 10
156 Rhoda 13 babies 33
157 Esme 12 babies 7
158 Gweneth 12 babies 1
159 Hannah 12 babies 17
160 Heather 12 babies 22
161 Julia 12 babies 18
162 Louisa 12 babies 45
163 Maisie 12 babies new
164 Maria 12 babies 13
165 Gwendolyn 11 babies new
166 Lesley 11 babies 18
167 Maud 11 babies 38
168 Caroline 10 babies 21
169 Isobel 10 babies 3
170 Lorraine 10 babies 16
171 Mere 10 babies 2
172 Mollie 10 babies 14
173 Pauline 10 babies 41
174 Rachel 10 babies 15
175 Roberta 10 babies new
176 Tui 10 babies new
177 Zoe 10 babies 17

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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