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 John 1,003 babies =
2 William 842 babies =
3 James 591 babies =
4 Robert 437 babies =
5 George 385 babies =
6 Thomas 356 babies =
7 Ronald 297 babies 3
8 Arthur 288 babies =
9 Charles 279 babies =
10 Edward 270 babies 6
11 Douglas 269 babies 4
12 Raymond 246 babies =
13 Leslie 231 babies 2
14 Kenneth 216 babies 3
15 Eric 214 babies =
16 Gordon 213 babies 2
17 David 205 babies 4
18 Francis 200 babies =
19 Albert 197 babies 3
20 Frederick 197 babies 1
21 Jack 188 babies 1
22 Harold 186 babies 1
23 Norman 176 babies 2
24 Donald 170 babies 2
25 Stanley 168 babies 12
26 Henry 167 babies 2
27 Alfred 165 babies =
28 Leonard 155 babies 1
29 Allan 154 babies 3
30 Richard 154 babies =
31 Colin 148 babies 3
32 Walter 147 babies 7
33 Ian 146 babies =
34 Ernest 139 babies =
35 Alexander 136 babies 4
36 Maurice 125 babies 3
37 Alan 123 babies 6
38 Herbert 122 babies 2
39 Joseph 121 babies 1
40 Keith 121 babies 5
41 Patrick 115 babies =
42 Frank 114 babies 7
43 Noel 112 babies 5
44 Reginald 111 babies 2
45 Peter 105 babies 7
46 Roy 105 babies 2
47 Trevor 98 babies 1
48 Desmond 97 babies 2
49 Clifford 83 babies 6
50 Bruce 80 babies 9
51 Owen 80 babies 10
52 Victor 79 babies 3
53 Ivan 76 babies 2
54 Harry 74 babies 7
55 Lawrence 72 babies 1
56 Clarence 71 babies 2
57 Cyril 69 babies 11
58 Sydney 63 babies 2
59 Brian 61 babies 22
60 Bernard 60 babies 4
61 Cecil 60 babies 8
62 Mervyn 60 babies 5
63 Percy 59 babies =
64 Allen 55 babies 5
65 Geoffrey 54 babies 3
66 Andrew 50 babies 6
67 Edwin 50 babies 10
68 Hugh 48 babies 3
69 Wilfred 46 babies 1
70 Philip 45 babies 4
71 Rex 44 babies 2
72 Michael 41 babies 8
73 Samuel 41 babies 2
74 Graham 38 babies 18
75 Malcolm 37 babies 7
76 Russell 37 babies 18
77 Leo 36 babies 8
78 Ralph 36 babies 10
79 Sidney 36 babies 7
80 Gilbert 33 babies 2
81 Hector 33 babies 6
82 Lionel 33 babies 20
83 Maxwell 33 babies 7
84 Neil 33 babies 22
85 Stuart 33 babies 29
86 Selwyn 31 babies 21
87 Terence 31 babies =
88 Wallace 31 babies 1
89 Arnold 30 babies 9
90 Athol 30 babies 1
91 Edgar 30 babies 8
92 Gerald 30 babies 18
93 Howard 30 babies 9
94 Neville 30 babies 1
95 Lewis 29 babies 16
96 Lloyd 29 babies 39
97 Murray 29 babies 11
98 Fredrick 28 babies 14
99 Roland 28 babies 25
100 Basil 27 babies 12
101 Claude 27 babies 25
102 Daniel 27 babies 19
103 Louis 27 babies 6
104 Vernon 26 babies 7
105 Vincent 26 babies 10
106 Archibald 24 babies 10
107 Dudley 23 babies 29
108 Duncan 23 babies =
109 Roderick 23 babies 6
110 Ross 23 babies 9
111 Denis 21 babies 15
112 Horace 21 babies 11
113 Laurence 20 babies 39
114 Paul 20 babies 14
115 Stewart 20 babies 5
116 Martin 19 babies 11
117 Phillip 19 babies 11
118 Anthony 18 babies 3
119 Kevin 18 babies 25
120 Cedric 17 babies
121 Roger 17 babies 14
122 Derek 16 babies
123 Euan 16 babies
124 Alister 15 babies 6
125 Clive 15 babies
126 Lester 15 babies 1
127 Aubrey 14 babies 10
128 Dennis 14 babies 13
129 Edmund 14 babies
130 Lindsay 14 babies 17
131 Oswald 14 babies 7
132 Stephen 14 babies 28
133 Christopher 13 babies
134 Errol 13 babies
135 Morris 13 babies 1
136 Benjamin 12 babies 4
137 Clement 12 babies 4
138 Bryan 11 babies 16
139 Darcy 11 babies
140 Gavin 11 babies
141 Leon 11 babies
142 Lyall 11 babies
143 Oliver 11 babies
144 Vivian 11 babies 5
145 Warren 11 babies
146 Hone 10 babies
147 Nelson 10 babies 24
148 Ray 10 babies
149 Rupert 10 babies
150 Theodore 10 babies
151 Timothy 10 babies

Girl Names

1 Margaret 559 babies =
2 Mary 529 babies =
3 Joan 444 babies 2
4 Dorothy 371 babies 1
5 Joyce 346 babies 1
6 Jean 331 babies =
7 Betty 245 babies 2
8 Kathleen 244 babies =
9 Phyllis 243 babies 2
10 Eileen 235 babies =
11 Patricia 211 babies 3
12 Doris 178 babies =
13 Elizabeth 178 babies 4
14 Mavis 178 babies 3
15 Edna 170 babies 1
16 Nancy 170 babies 3
17 Gladys 149 babies 2
18 Marjorie 146 babies 2
19 Thelma 139 babies 7
20 Florence 138 babies 2
21 Annie 137 babies 7
22 Olive 136 babies 3
23 Doreen 135 babies 2
24 June 134 babies 9
25 Alice 132 babies 7
26 Elsie 128 babies 5
27 Winifred 126 babies 4
28 Helen 120 babies 12
29 Catherine 114 babies 7
30 Audrey 111 babies 5
31 Hazel 110 babies 1
32 Edith 107 babies 8
33 Irene 106 babies 4
34 Violet 105 babies 5
35 Jessie 104 babies 8
36 Norma 102 babies 2
37 Marie 99 babies 22
38 Evelyn 94 babies 1
39 Iris 94 babies 13
40 Ruth 92 babies 9
41 Ethel 91 babies 10
42 Daphne 88 babies 4
43 Muriel 88 babies 1
44 Frances 87 babies 12
45 Lorna 86 babies 5
46 Ivy 85 babies 3
47 Ellen 83 babies 6
48 Agnes 80 babies 14
49 Myrtle 75 babies 4
50 Nola 74 babies 1
51 Vera 73 babies 4
52 Beryl 72 babies 16
53 Marion 71 babies 7
54 Sylvia 71 babies 12
55 Ngaire 70 babies 14
56 Shirley 68 babies 36
57 Rita 67 babies =
58 Alma 66 babies 4
59 Grace 66 babies 14
60 Rona 66 babies 1
61 Constance 63 babies 9
62 Gwendoline 59 babies 18
63 Barbara 58 babies 15
64 Enid 57 babies 16
65 Hilda 55 babies 1
66 Olga 55 babies 33
67 Beatrice 54 babies =
68 Dulcie 54 babies 5
69 Ruby 53 babies 7
70 Freda 52 babies 18
71 Mabel 52 babies 16
72 Eva 50 babies 1
73 Mona 50 babies 4
74 Peggy 47 babies 28
75 Emily 46 babies 32
76 May 44 babies 4
77 Eunice 43 babies 19
78 Lilian 43 babies 13
79 Isabel 42 babies 3
80 Molly 41 babies 35
81 Ada 39 babies 2
82 Valerie 39 babies 30
83 Janet 38 babies 1
84 Pearl 38 babies 5
85 Christina 37 babies 29
86 Josephine 37 babies 8
87 Lillian 37 babies 7
88 Lucy 37 babies 14
89 Ida 35 babies 6
90 Lois 35 babies 5
91 Nellie 35 babies 6
92 Una 35 babies 12
93 Alison 34 babies 38
94 Esther 33 babies 3
95 Joy 33 babies 6
96 Marjory 33 babies 40
97 Isabella 32 babies 24
98 Rose 32 babies 16
99 Ailsa 31 babies 14
100 Noeline 31 babies 2
101 Sheila 31 babies 15
102 Amy 30 babies 17
103 Eleanor 30 babies 10
104 Gertrude 30 babies 23
105 Yvonne 30 babies 40
106 Avis 29 babies 36
107 Nora 29 babies 21
108 Pauline 29 babies 65
109 Stella 29 babies 15
110 Esma 27 babies 25
111 Ella 26 babies 21
112 Laura 26 babies 17
113 Mildred 26 babies 26
114 Sarah 26 babies 9
115 Elva 25 babies 15
116 Monica 25 babies 20
117 Aileen 24 babies 30
118 Isobel 24 babies 51
119 Myra 24 babies 44
120 Bessie 23 babies 15
121 Colleen 21 babies
122 Daisy 21 babies 11
123 Maisie 21 babies 40
124 Maureen 21 babies 7
125 Jane 20 babies 17
126 Katherine 20 babies 2
127 Lola 20 babies
128 Veronica 20 babies 19
129 Clarice 19 babies 19
130 Elaine 19 babies 16
131 Ina 19 babies 9
132 Leila 18 babies
133 Moira 18 babies 21
134 Sybil 18 babies 16
135 Dora 17 babies
136 Elma 17 babies
137 Esme 17 babies 20
138 Gloria 17 babies 27
139 Norah 17 babies 16
140 Roma 17 babies 9
141 Teresa 17 babies 15
142 Bertha 16 babies 15
143 Cecilia 16 babies
144 Flora 16 babies 8
145 Gwen 16 babies 8
146 Gwendolyn 16 babies 19
147 Marguerite 16 babies 6
148 Zena 16 babies 18
149 Margery 15 babies 1
150 Melva 15 babies 12
151 Pamela 15 babies
152 Phillis 15 babies 49
153 Phoebe 15 babies
154 Brenda 14 babies
155 Dorothea 14 babies 12
156 Ena 14 babies
157 Fay 14 babies
158 Gwenda 14 babies
159 Gwenyth 14 babies
160 Judith 14 babies
161 Lily 14 babies 43
162 Louisa 14 babies =
163 Madge 14 babies
164 Nita 14 babies
165 Bernice 13 babies 44
166 Beverley 13 babies
167 Clara 13 babies 61
168 Leslie 13 babies
169 Martha 13 babies 44
170 Rhoda 13 babies 14
171 Verna 13 babies 51
172 Diana 12 babies
173 Emma 12 babies 39
174 Geraldine 12 babies
175 Gweneth 12 babies 17
176 Miriam 12 babies 32
177 Mollie 12 babies 5
178 Phylis 12 babies
179 Rosina 12 babies
180 Velma 12 babies
181 Zoe 12 babies 4
182 Inez 11 babies
183 Lorraine 11 babies 13
184 Mere 11 babies 13
185 Merle 11 babies
186 Minnie 11 babies 46
187 Natalie 11 babies
188 Ngaere 11 babies
189 Valda 11 babies
190 Betsy 10 babies
191 Charlotte 10 babies 59
192 Eveline 10 babies
193 Julia 10 babies 32
194 Kate 10 babies
195 Linda 10 babies 76
196 Rachel 10 babies 22
197 Thora 10 babies 46
198 Zeta 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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