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 John 979 babies =
2 William 742 babies =
3 James 544 babies =
4 Robert 500 babies =
5 George 358 babies =
6 Thomas 333 babies =
7 Ronald 295 babies =
8 Raymond 242 babies 4
9 Charles 236 babies =
10 Kenneth 230 babies 4
11 Douglas 223 babies =
12 Gordon 218 babies 4
13 Leslie 218 babies =
14 Arthur 216 babies 6
15 Donald 213 babies 9
16 Edward 199 babies 6
17 David 192 babies =
18 Francis 192 babies =
19 Eric 186 babies 4
20 Frederick 181 babies =
21 Norman 181 babies 2
22 Harold 173 babies =
23 Ian 172 babies 10
24 Albert 171 babies 5
25 Allan 165 babies 4
26 Henry 165 babies =
27 Jack 164 babies 6
28 Richard 154 babies 2
29 Colin 150 babies 2
30 Maurice 150 babies 6
31 Keith 143 babies 9
32 Stanley 143 babies 7
33 Ernest 141 babies 1
34 Alan 139 babies 3
35 Alfred 138 babies 8
36 Alexander 135 babies 1
37 Leonard 128 babies 9
38 Walter 128 babies 6
39 Frank 123 babies 3
40 Peter 121 babies 5
41 Noel 119 babies 2
42 Roy 108 babies 4
43 Joseph 106 babies 4
44 Herbert 104 babies 6
45 Ivan 100 babies 8
46 Patrick 97 babies 5
47 Trevor 91 babies =
48 Bruce 87 babies 2
49 Desmond 87 babies 1
50 Reginald 84 babies 6
51 Lawrence 83 babies 4
52 Owen 79 babies 1
53 Bernard 72 babies 7
54 Clifford 68 babies 5
55 Cyril 68 babies 2
56 Hugh 67 babies 12
57 Brian 66 babies 2
58 Harry 66 babies 4
59 Andrew 63 babies 7
60 Mervyn 61 babies 2
61 Victor 61 babies 9
62 Clarence 58 babies 6
63 Russell 57 babies 13
64 Geoffrey 53 babies 1
65 Sydney 53 babies 7
66 Cecil 50 babies 5
67 Rex 50 babies 4
68 Gerald 49 babies 24
69 Laurence 49 babies 44
70 Philip 46 babies =
71 Edwin 45 babies 4
72 Michael 45 babies =
73 Allen 42 babies 9
74 Samuel 42 babies 1
75 Sidney 41 babies 4
76 Graham 40 babies 2
77 Stuart 40 babies 8
78 Claude 39 babies 23
79 Hector 39 babies 2
80 Neil 39 babies 4
81 Lloyd 38 babies 15
82 Leo 36 babies 5
83 Arnold 35 babies 6
84 Basil 34 babies 16
85 Daniel 34 babies 17
86 Lionel 34 babies 4
87 Malcolm 34 babies 12
88 Neville 34 babies 6
89 Percy 34 babies 26
90 Wilfred 34 babies 21
91 Anthony 31 babies 27
92 Kevin 31 babies 27
93 Terence 31 babies 6
94 Wallace 31 babies 6
95 Selwyn 30 babies 9
96 Horace 29 babies 16
97 Maxwell 29 babies 14
98 Ralph 29 babies 20
99 Athol 27 babies 9
100 Gilbert 27 babies 20
101 Howard 27 babies 8
102 Lewis 27 babies 7
103 Murray 27 babies 6
104 Vernon 27 babies =
105 Edgar 26 babies 14
106 Roland 26 babies 7
107 Paul 24 babies 7
108 Fredrick 23 babies 10
109 Duncan 22 babies 1
110 Morris 22 babies 25
111 Archibald 21 babies 5
112 Bryan 21 babies 26
113 Clive 21 babies 12
114 Nelson 21 babies 33
115 Phillip 20 babies 2
116 Dennis 19 babies 12
117 Stewart 19 babies 2
118 Stephen 18 babies 14
119 Wiremu 18 babies
120 Benjamin 17 babies 16
121 Lindsay 17 babies 9
122 Hone 16 babies 24
123 Martin 16 babies 7
124 Dudley 15 babies 17
125 Rodney 15 babies
126 Evan 14 babies
127 Louis 14 babies 24
128 Matthew 14 babies
129 Ray 14 babies 19
130 Vincent 14 babies 25
131 Warwick 14 babies
132 Ashley 13 babies
133 Cedric 13 babies 13
134 Clyde 13 babies
135 Derek 12 babies 13
136 Graeme 12 babies
137 Robin 12 babies
138 Roger 12 babies 17
139 Ross 12 babies 29
140 Archie 11 babies
141 Austin 11 babies
142 Earle 11 babies
143 Harvey 11 babies
144 Lancelot 11 babies
145 Warren 11 babies =
146 Aubrey 10 babies 19
147 Edmund 10 babies 18
148 Fred 10 babies
149 Gavin 10 babies 9
150 Jeffrey 10 babies
151 Leon 10 babies 10
152 Lester 10 babies 26
153 Max 10 babies
154 Melville 10 babies
155 Percival 10 babies
156 Roderick 10 babies 47
157 Royce 10 babies

Girl Names

1 Margaret 570 babies =
2 Mary 454 babies =
3 Joan 438 babies =
4 Joyce 392 babies 1
5 Dorothy 381 babies 1
6 Jean 305 babies =
7 Kathleen 248 babies 1
8 Betty 225 babies 1
9 Patricia 210 babies 2
10 Phyllis 190 babies 1
11 Eileen 181 babies 1
12 June 180 babies 12
13 Nancy 167 babies 3
14 Elizabeth 164 babies 1
15 Mavis 161 babies 1
16 Marjorie 159 babies 2
17 Doris 153 babies 5
18 Gladys 151 babies 1
19 Edna 148 babies 4
20 Thelma 148 babies 1
21 Olive 144 babies 1
22 Audrey 132 babies 8
23 Irene 128 babies 10
24 Hazel 123 babies 7
25 Annie 120 babies 4
26 Doreen 118 babies 3
27 Florence 115 babies 7
28 Norma 114 babies 8
29 Alice 113 babies 4
30 Marie 111 babies 7
31 Shirley 111 babies 25
32 Elsie 109 babies 6
33 Helen 108 babies 5
34 Daphne 107 babies 8
35 Frances 96 babies 9
36 Ethel 95 babies 5
37 Winifred 94 babies 10
38 Evelyn 93 babies =
39 Vera 93 babies 12
40 Ellen 91 babies 7
41 Edith 85 babies 9
42 Muriel 83 babies 1
43 Ruth 83 babies 3
44 Jessie 81 babies 9
45 Lorna 80 babies =
46 Violet 79 babies 12
47 Catherine 78 babies 18
48 Nola 77 babies 2
49 Ivy 74 babies 3
50 Iris 73 babies 11
51 Barbara 70 babies 12
52 Marion 70 babies 1
53 Constance 68 babies 8
54 Grace 68 babies 5
55 Rita 68 babies 2
56 Beryl 66 babies 4
57 Ngaire 66 babies 2
58 Hilda 65 babies 7
59 Myrtle 65 babies 10
60 Agnes 62 babies 12
61 Ruby 62 babies 8
62 Rona 61 babies 2
63 Lilian 58 babies 15
64 Gwendoline 57 babies 2
65 Peggy 55 babies 9
66 Beatrice 54 babies 1
67 Isabel 54 babies 12
68 Myra 54 babies 51
69 Alma 51 babies 11
70 Dulcie 49 babies 2
71 Mona 48 babies 2
72 Enid 47 babies 8
73 Joy 47 babies 22
74 Lois 47 babies 16
75 Lucy 47 babies 13
76 Marjory 47 babies 20
77 Noeline 47 babies 23
78 Mabel 45 babies 7
79 Sylvia 42 babies 25
80 Molly 41 babies =
81 Janet 40 babies 2
82 Pauline 40 babies 26
83 Freda 39 babies 13
84 May 39 babies 8
85 Eva 38 babies 13
86 Pearl 38 babies 2
87 Emily 37 babies 12
88 Eunice 37 babies 11
89 Josephine 37 babies 3
90 Valerie 36 babies 8
91 Ida 34 babies 2
92 Lillian 33 babies 5
93 Christina 32 babies 8
94 Elva 32 babies 21
95 Ada 31 babies 14
96 Rose 31 babies 2
97 Gloria 30 babies 41
98 Olga 30 babies 32
99 Ella 28 babies 12
100 Esther 28 babies 6
101 Flora 27 babies 43
102 Isabella 27 babies 5
103 Maureen 27 babies 21
104 Mildred 27 babies 9
105 Nellie 27 babies 14
106 Esme 26 babies 31
107 Isobel 26 babies 11
108 Aileen 25 babies 9
109 Laura 25 babies 3
110 Melva 25 babies 40
111 Sarah 25 babies 3
112 Bessie 24 babies 8
113 Nora 24 babies 6
114 Sheila 24 babies 13
115 Yvonne 24 babies 10
116 Ailsa 23 babies 17
117 Amy 23 babies 15
118 Gertrude 23 babies 14
119 Bertha 22 babies 23
120 Charlotte 22 babies 71
121 Norah 22 babies 18
122 Pamela 22 babies 29
123 Dora 21 babies 12
124 Jane 21 babies 1
125 Lily 21 babies 36
126 Minnie 21 babies 60
127 Una 21 babies 35
128 Moira 20 babies 5
129 Monica 20 babies 13
130 Rhoda 20 babies 40
131 Stella 20 babies 22
132 Thora 20 babies 65
133 Alison 19 babies 40
134 Clara 19 babies 33
135 Daisy 19 babies 13
136 Gwenda 19 babies 22
137 Louisa 19 babies 25
138 Avis 18 babies 32
139 Ina 18 babies 8
140 Nita 18 babies 24
141 Elaine 17 babies 11
142 Eleanor 17 babies 39
143 Judith 17 babies 17
144 Lola 17 babies 17
145 Madge 17 babies 18
146 Margery 17 babies 3
147 Phillis 17 babies 5
148 Coral 16 babies
149 Cynthia 16 babies
150 Heather 16 babies
151 Nina 16 babies
152 Noreen 16 babies
153 Diana 15 babies 19
154 Linda 15 babies 41
155 Marguerite 15 babies 8
156 Martha 15 babies 13
157 Zena 15 babies 9
158 Dorothea 14 babies 3
159 Georgina 14 babies
160 Gwen 14 babies 15
161 Gwendolyn 14 babies 15
162 Inez 14 babies 20
163 Merle 14 babies 22
164 Mollie 14 babies 13
165 Natalie 14 babies 22
166 Rachel 14 babies 30
167 Tui 14 babies
168 Veronica 14 babies 40
169 Amelia 13 babies
170 Clarice 13 babies 41
171 Esma 13 babies 61
172 Jocelyn 13 babies
173 Julia 13 babies 20
174 Lena 13 babies
175 Maisie 13 babies 52
176 Sybil 13 babies 42
177 Velma 13 babies 3
178 Verna 13 babies 7
179 Anita 12 babies
180 Brenda 12 babies 26
181 Elma 12 babies 45
182 Maud 12 babies
183 Phoebe 12 babies 30
184 Reta 12 babies
185 Vivienne 12 babies
186 Beverley 11 babies 20
187 Caroline 11 babies
188 Cora 11 babies
189 Dawn 11 babies
190 Naomi 11 babies
191 Noelene 11 babies
192 Rosa 11 babies
193 Adeline 10 babies
194 Bernice 10 babies 29
195 Effie 10 babies
196 Eliza 10 babies
197 Faith 10 babies
198 Gweneth 10 babies 23
199 Katherine 10 babies 73
200 Lesley 10 babies
201 Lorraine 10 babies 18
202 Meryl 10 babies
203 Miriam 10 babies 27
204 Phylis 10 babies 26
205 Rae 10 babies
206 Rosina 10 babies 27
207 Valma 10 babies
208 Zita 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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