New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1921

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 979 babies =
  2. 2 William 742 babies =
  3. 3 James 544 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 500 babies =
  5. 5 George 358 babies =
  6. 6 Thomas 333 babies =
  7. 7 Ronald 295 babies =
  8. 8 Raymond 242 babies 4
  9. 9 Charles 236 babies =
  10. 10 Kenneth 230 babies 4
  11. 11 Douglas 223 babies =
  12. 12 Gordon 218 babies 4
  13. 13 Leslie 218 babies =
  14. 14 Arthur 216 babies 6
  15. 15 Donald 213 babies 9
  16. 16 Edward 199 babies 6
  17. 17 David 192 babies =
  18. 18 Francis 192 babies =
  19. 19 Eric 186 babies 4
  20. 20 Frederick 181 babies =
  21. 21 Norman 181 babies 2
  22. 22 Harold 173 babies =
  23. 23 Ian 172 babies 10
  24. 24 Albert 171 babies 5
  25. 25 Allan 165 babies 4
  26. 26 Henry 165 babies =
  27. 27 Jack 164 babies 6
  28. 28 Richard 154 babies 2
  29. 29 Colin 150 babies 2
  30. 30 Maurice 150 babies 6
  31. 31 Keith 143 babies 9
  32. 32 Stanley 143 babies 7
  33. 33 Ernest 141 babies 1
  34. 34 Alan 139 babies 3
  35. 35 Alfred 138 babies 8
  36. 36 Alexander 135 babies 1
  37. 37 Leonard 128 babies 9
  38. 38 Walter 128 babies 6
  39. 39 Frank 123 babies 3
  40. 40 Peter 121 babies 5
  41. 41 Noel 119 babies 2
  42. 42 Roy 108 babies 4
  43. 43 Joseph 106 babies 4
  44. 44 Herbert 104 babies 6
  45. 45 Ivan 100 babies 8
  46. 46 Patrick 97 babies 5
  47. 47 Trevor 91 babies =
  48. 48 Bruce 87 babies 2
  49. 49 Desmond 87 babies 1
  50. 50 Reginald 84 babies 6
  51. 51 Lawrence 83 babies 4
  52. 52 Owen 79 babies 1
  53. 53 Bernard 72 babies 7
  54. 54 Clifford 68 babies 5
  55. 55 Cyril 68 babies 2
  56. 56 Hugh 67 babies 12
  57. 57 Brian 66 babies 2
  58. 58 Harry 66 babies 4
  59. 59 Andrew 63 babies 7
  60. 60 Mervyn 61 babies 2
  61. 61 Victor 61 babies 9
  62. 62 Clarence 58 babies 6
  63. 63 Russell 57 babies 13
  64. 64 Geoffrey 53 babies 1
  65. 65 Sydney 53 babies 7
  66. 66 Cecil 50 babies 5
  67. 67 Rex 50 babies 4
  68. 68 Gerald 49 babies 24
  69. 69 Laurence 49 babies 44
  70. 70 Philip 46 babies =
  71. 71 Edwin 45 babies 4
  72. 72 Michael 45 babies =
  73. 73 Allen 42 babies 9
  74. 74 Samuel 42 babies 1
  75. 75 Sidney 41 babies 4
  76. 76 Graham 40 babies 2
  77. 77 Stuart 40 babies 8
  78. 78 Claude 39 babies 23
  79. 79 Hector 39 babies 2
  80. 80 Neil 39 babies 4
  81. 81 Lloyd 38 babies 15
  82. 82 Leo 36 babies 5
  83. 83 Arnold 35 babies 6
  84. 84 Basil 34 babies 16
  85. 85 Daniel 34 babies 17
  86. 86 Lionel 34 babies 4
  87. 87 Malcolm 34 babies 12
  88. 88 Neville 34 babies 6
  89. 89 Percy 34 babies 26
  90. 90 Wilfred 34 babies 21
  91. 91 Anthony 31 babies 27
  92. 92 Kevin 31 babies 27
  93. 93 Terence 31 babies 6
  94. 94 Wallace 31 babies 6
  95. 95 Selwyn 30 babies 9
  96. 96 Horace 29 babies 16
  97. 97 Maxwell 29 babies 14
  98. 98 Ralph 29 babies 20
  99. 99 Athol 27 babies 9
  100. 100 Gilbert 27 babies 20

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 570 babies =
  2. 2 Mary 454 babies =
  3. 3 Joan 438 babies =
  4. 4 Joyce 392 babies 1
  5. 5 Dorothy 381 babies 1
  6. 6 Jean 305 babies =
  7. 7 Kathleen 248 babies 1
  8. 8 Betty 225 babies 1
  9. 9 Patricia 210 babies 2
  10. 10 Phyllis 190 babies 1
  11. 11 Eileen 181 babies 1
  12. 12 June 180 babies 12
  13. 13 Nancy 167 babies 3
  14. 14 Elizabeth 164 babies 1
  15. 15 Mavis 161 babies 1
  16. 16 Marjorie 159 babies 2
  17. 17 Doris 153 babies 5
  18. 18 Gladys 151 babies 1
  19. 19 Edna 148 babies 4
  20. 20 Thelma 148 babies 1
  21. 21 Olive 144 babies 1
  22. 22 Audrey 132 babies 8
  23. 23 Irene 128 babies 10
  24. 24 Hazel 123 babies 7
  25. 25 Annie 120 babies 4
  26. 26 Doreen 118 babies 3
  27. 27 Florence 115 babies 7
  28. 28 Norma 114 babies 8
  29. 29 Alice 113 babies 4
  30. 30 Marie 111 babies 7
  31. 31 Shirley 111 babies 25
  32. 32 Elsie 109 babies 6
  33. 33 Helen 108 babies 5
  34. 34 Daphne 107 babies 8
  35. 35 Frances 96 babies 9
  36. 36 Ethel 95 babies 5
  37. 37 Winifred 94 babies 10
  38. 38 Evelyn 93 babies =
  39. 39 Vera 93 babies 12
  40. 40 Ellen 91 babies 7
  41. 41 Edith 85 babies 9
  42. 42 Muriel 83 babies 1
  43. 43 Ruth 83 babies 3
  44. 44 Jessie 81 babies 9
  45. 45 Lorna 80 babies =
  46. 46 Violet 79 babies 12
  47. 47 Catherine 78 babies 18
  48. 48 Nola 77 babies 2
  49. 49 Ivy 74 babies 3
  50. 50 Iris 73 babies 11
  51. 51 Barbara 70 babies 12
  52. 52 Marion 70 babies 1
  53. 53 Constance 68 babies 8
  54. 54 Grace 68 babies 5
  55. 55 Rita 68 babies 2
  56. 56 Beryl 66 babies 4
  57. 57 Ngaire 66 babies 2
  58. 58 Hilda 65 babies 7
  59. 59 Myrtle 65 babies 10
  60. 60 Agnes 62 babies 12
  61. 61 Ruby 62 babies 8
  62. 62 Rona 61 babies 2
  63. 63 Lilian 58 babies 15
  64. 64 Gwendoline 57 babies 2
  65. 65 Peggy 55 babies 9
  66. 66 Beatrice 54 babies 1
  67. 67 Isabel 54 babies 12
  68. 68 Myra 54 babies 51
  69. 69 Alma 51 babies 11
  70. 70 Dulcie 49 babies 2
  71. 71 Mona 48 babies 2
  72. 72 Enid 47 babies 8
  73. 73 Joy 47 babies 22
  74. 74 Lois 47 babies 16
  75. 75 Lucy 47 babies 13
  76. 76 Marjory 47 babies 20
  77. 77 Noeline 47 babies 23
  78. 78 Mabel 45 babies 7
  79. 79 Sylvia 42 babies 25
  80. 80 Molly 41 babies =
  81. 81 Janet 40 babies 2
  82. 82 Pauline 40 babies 26
  83. 83 Freda 39 babies 13
  84. 84 May 39 babies 8
  85. 85 Eva 38 babies 13
  86. 86 Pearl 38 babies 2
  87. 87 Emily 37 babies 12
  88. 88 Eunice 37 babies 11
  89. 89 Josephine 37 babies 3
  90. 90 Valerie 36 babies 8
  91. 91 Ida 34 babies 2
  92. 92 Lillian 33 babies 5
  93. 93 Christina 32 babies 8
  94. 94 Elva 32 babies 21
  95. 95 Ada 31 babies 14
  96. 96 Rose 31 babies 2
  97. 97 Gloria 30 babies 41
  98. 98 Olga 30 babies 32
  99. 99 Ella 28 babies 12
  100. 100 Esther 28 babies 6

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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