New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1920

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 1,003 babies =
  2. 2 William 842 babies =
  3. 3 James 591 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 437 babies =
  5. 5 George 385 babies =
  6. 6 Thomas 356 babies =
  7. 7 Ronald 297 babies 3
  8. 8 Arthur 288 babies =
  9. 9 Charles 279 babies =
  10. 10 Edward 270 babies 6
  11. 11 Douglas 269 babies 4
  12. 12 Raymond 246 babies =
  13. 13 Leslie 231 babies 2
  14. 14 Kenneth 216 babies 3
  15. 15 Eric 214 babies =
  16. 16 Gordon 213 babies 2
  17. 17 David 205 babies 4
  18. 18 Francis 200 babies =
  19. 19 Albert 197 babies 3
  20. 20 Frederick 197 babies 1
  21. 21 Jack 188 babies 1
  22. 22 Harold 186 babies 1
  23. 23 Norman 176 babies 2
  24. 24 Donald 170 babies 2
  25. 25 Stanley 168 babies 12
  26. 26 Henry 167 babies 2
  27. 27 Alfred 165 babies =
  28. 28 Leonard 155 babies 1
  29. 29 Allan 154 babies 3
  30. 30 Richard 154 babies =
  31. 31 Colin 148 babies 3
  32. 32 Walter 147 babies 7
  33. 33 Ian 146 babies =
  34. 34 Ernest 139 babies =
  35. 35 Alexander 136 babies 4
  36. 36 Maurice 125 babies 3
  37. 37 Alan 123 babies 6
  38. 38 Herbert 122 babies 2
  39. 39 Joseph 121 babies 1
  40. 40 Keith 121 babies 5
  41. 41 Patrick 115 babies =
  42. 42 Frank 114 babies 7
  43. 43 Noel 112 babies 5
  44. 44 Reginald 111 babies 2
  45. 45 Peter 105 babies 7
  46. 46 Roy 105 babies 2
  47. 47 Trevor 98 babies 1
  48. 48 Desmond 97 babies 2
  49. 49 Clifford 83 babies 6
  50. 50 Bruce 80 babies 9
  51. 51 Owen 80 babies 10
  52. 52 Victor 79 babies 3
  53. 53 Ivan 76 babies 2
  54. 54 Harry 74 babies 7
  55. 55 Lawrence 72 babies 1
  56. 56 Clarence 71 babies 2
  57. 57 Cyril 69 babies 11
  58. 58 Sydney 63 babies 2
  59. 59 Brian 61 babies 22
  60. 60 Bernard 60 babies 4
  61. 61 Cecil 60 babies 8
  62. 62 Mervyn 60 babies 5
  63. 63 Percy 59 babies =
  64. 64 Allen 55 babies 5
  65. 65 Geoffrey 54 babies 3
  66. 66 Andrew 50 babies 6
  67. 67 Edwin 50 babies 10
  68. 68 Hugh 48 babies 3
  69. 69 Wilfred 46 babies 1
  70. 70 Philip 45 babies 4
  71. 71 Rex 44 babies 2
  72. 72 Michael 41 babies 8
  73. 73 Samuel 41 babies 2
  74. 74 Graham 38 babies 18
  75. 75 Malcolm 37 babies 7
  76. 76 Russell 37 babies 18
  77. 77 Leo 36 babies 8
  78. 78 Ralph 36 babies 10
  79. 79 Sidney 36 babies 7
  80. 80 Gilbert 33 babies 2
  81. 81 Hector 33 babies 6
  82. 82 Lionel 33 babies 20
  83. 83 Maxwell 33 babies 7
  84. 84 Neil 33 babies 22
  85. 85 Stuart 33 babies 29
  86. 86 Selwyn 31 babies 21
  87. 87 Terence 31 babies =
  88. 88 Wallace 31 babies 1
  89. 89 Arnold 30 babies 9
  90. 90 Athol 30 babies 1
  91. 91 Edgar 30 babies 8
  92. 92 Gerald 30 babies 18
  93. 93 Howard 30 babies 9
  94. 94 Neville 30 babies 1
  95. 95 Lewis 29 babies 16
  96. 96 Lloyd 29 babies 39
  97. 97 Murray 29 babies 11
  98. 98 Fredrick 28 babies 14
  99. 99 Roland 28 babies 25
  100. 100 Basil 27 babies 12

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 559 babies =
  2. 2 Mary 529 babies =
  3. 3 Joan 444 babies 2
  4. 4 Dorothy 371 babies 1
  5. 5 Joyce 346 babies 1
  6. 6 Jean 331 babies =
  7. 7 Betty 245 babies 2
  8. 8 Kathleen 244 babies =
  9. 9 Phyllis 243 babies 2
  10. 10 Eileen 235 babies =
  11. 11 Patricia 211 babies 3
  12. 12 Doris 178 babies =
  13. 13 Elizabeth 178 babies 4
  14. 14 Mavis 178 babies 3
  15. 15 Edna 170 babies 1
  16. 16 Nancy 170 babies 3
  17. 17 Gladys 149 babies 2
  18. 18 Marjorie 146 babies 2
  19. 19 Thelma 139 babies 7
  20. 20 Florence 138 babies 2
  21. 21 Annie 137 babies 7
  22. 22 Olive 136 babies 3
  23. 23 Doreen 135 babies 2
  24. 24 June 134 babies 9
  25. 25 Alice 132 babies 7
  26. 26 Elsie 128 babies 5
  27. 27 Winifred 126 babies 4
  28. 28 Helen 120 babies 12
  29. 29 Catherine 114 babies 7
  30. 30 Audrey 111 babies 5
  31. 31 Hazel 110 babies 1
  32. 32 Edith 107 babies 8
  33. 33 Irene 106 babies 4
  34. 34 Violet 105 babies 5
  35. 35 Jessie 104 babies 8
  36. 36 Norma 102 babies 2
  37. 37 Marie 99 babies 22
  38. 38 Evelyn 94 babies 1
  39. 39 Iris 94 babies 13
  40. 40 Ruth 92 babies 9
  41. 41 Ethel 91 babies 10
  42. 42 Daphne 88 babies 4
  43. 43 Muriel 88 babies 1
  44. 44 Frances 87 babies 12
  45. 45 Lorna 86 babies 5
  46. 46 Ivy 85 babies 3
  47. 47 Ellen 83 babies 6
  48. 48 Agnes 80 babies 14
  49. 49 Myrtle 75 babies 4
  50. 50 Nola 74 babies 1
  51. 51 Vera 73 babies 4
  52. 52 Beryl 72 babies 16
  53. 53 Marion 71 babies 7
  54. 54 Sylvia 71 babies 12
  55. 55 Ngaire 70 babies 14
  56. 56 Shirley 68 babies 36
  57. 57 Rita 67 babies =
  58. 58 Alma 66 babies 4
  59. 59 Grace 66 babies 14
  60. 60 Rona 66 babies 1
  61. 61 Constance 63 babies 9
  62. 62 Gwendoline 59 babies 18
  63. 63 Barbara 58 babies 15
  64. 64 Enid 57 babies 16
  65. 65 Hilda 55 babies 1
  66. 66 Olga 55 babies 33
  67. 67 Beatrice 54 babies =
  68. 68 Dulcie 54 babies 5
  69. 69 Ruby 53 babies 7
  70. 70 Freda 52 babies 18
  71. 71 Mabel 52 babies 16
  72. 72 Eva 50 babies 1
  73. 73 Mona 50 babies 4
  74. 74 Peggy 47 babies 28
  75. 75 Emily 46 babies 32
  76. 76 May 44 babies 4
  77. 77 Eunice 43 babies 19
  78. 78 Lilian 43 babies 13
  79. 79 Isabel 42 babies 3
  80. 80 Molly 41 babies 35
  81. 81 Ada 39 babies 2
  82. 82 Valerie 39 babies 30
  83. 83 Janet 38 babies 1
  84. 84 Pearl 38 babies 5
  85. 85 Christina 37 babies 29
  86. 86 Josephine 37 babies 8
  87. 87 Lillian 37 babies 7
  88. 88 Lucy 37 babies 14
  89. 89 Ida 35 babies 6
  90. 90 Lois 35 babies 5
  91. 91 Nellie 35 babies 6
  92. 92 Una 35 babies 12
  93. 93 Alison 34 babies 38
  94. 94 Esther 33 babies 3
  95. 95 Joy 33 babies 6
  96. 96 Marjory 33 babies 40
  97. 97 Isabella 32 babies 24
  98. 98 Rose 32 babies 16
  99. 99 Ailsa 31 babies 14
  100. 100 Noeline 31 babies 2

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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