New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1922

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 953 babies =
  2. 2 William 764 babies =
  3. 3 James 531 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 476 babies =
  5. 5 George 376 babies =
  6. 6 Raymond 271 babies 2
  7. 7 Ronald 271 babies =
  8. 8 Thomas 268 babies 2
  9. 9 Arthur 265 babies 5
  10. 10 Kenneth 225 babies =
  11. 11 Douglas 217 babies =
  12. 12 Eric 210 babies 7
  13. 13 Gordon 210 babies 1
  14. 14 Leslie 204 babies 1
  15. 15 Charles 199 babies 6
  16. 16 Donald 197 babies 1
  17. 17 David 195 babies =
  18. 18 Ian 193 babies 5
  19. 19 Jack 192 babies 8
  20. 20 Edward 184 babies 4
  21. 21 Colin 183 babies 8
  22. 22 Frederick 176 babies 2
  23. 23 Norman 173 babies 2
  24. 24 Allan 168 babies 1
  25. 25 Leonard 168 babies 12
  26. 26 Henry 165 babies =
  27. 27 Keith 165 babies 4
  28. 28 Peter 160 babies 12
  29. 29 Albert 159 babies 5
  30. 30 Frank 148 babies 9
  31. 31 Francis 146 babies 13
  32. 32 Richard 144 babies 4
  33. 33 Stanley 139 babies 1
  34. 34 Walter 139 babies 4
  35. 35 Alan 136 babies 1
  36. 36 Harold 133 babies 14
  37. 37 Maurice 132 babies 7
  38. 38 Trevor 121 babies 9
  39. 39 Joseph 120 babies 4
  40. 40 Alexander 119 babies 4
  41. 41 Ernest 119 babies 8
  42. 42 Desmond 114 babies 7
  43. 43 Alfred 112 babies 8
  44. 44 Ivan 108 babies 1
  45. 45 Noel 108 babies 4
  46. 46 Patrick 106 babies =
  47. 47 Bruce 102 babies 1
  48. 48 Reginald 101 babies 2
  49. 49 Roy 101 babies 7
  50. 50 Mervyn 90 babies 10
  51. 51 Brian 89 babies 6
  52. 52 Herbert 87 babies 8
  53. 53 Owen 87 babies 1
  54. 54 Cyril 82 babies 1
  55. 55 Bernard 80 babies 2
  56. 56 Harry 71 babies 2
  57. 57 Lawrence 69 babies 6
  58. 58 Clifford 68 babies 4
  59. 59 Philip 60 babies 11
  60. 60 Geoffrey 58 babies 4
  61. 61 Graham 58 babies 15
  62. 62 Hugh 55 babies 6
  63. 63 Andrew 52 babies 4
  64. 64 Victor 48 babies 3
  65. 65 Clarence 47 babies 3
  66. 66 Ross 47 babies 73
  67. 67 Kevin 46 babies 25
  68. 68 Laurence 46 babies 1
  69. 69 Malcolm 45 babies 18
  70. 70 Sydney 44 babies 5
  71. 71 Rex 43 babies 4
  72. 72 Vernon 43 babies 32
  73. 73 Edwin 42 babies 2
  74. 74 Russell 42 babies 11
  75. 75 Cecil 40 babies 9
  76. 76 Neil 40 babies 4
  77. 77 Lewis 38 babies 25
  78. 78 Neville 38 babies 10
  79. 79 Maxwell 37 babies 18
  80. 80 Ralph 37 babies 18
  81. 81 Basil 36 babies 3
  82. 82 Leo 36 babies =
  83. 83 Allen 35 babies 10
  84. 84 Athol 35 babies 15
  85. 85 Michael 35 babies 13
  86. 86 Wallace 35 babies 8
  87. 87 Wilfred 35 babies 3
  88. 88 Gilbert 34 babies 12
  89. 89 Samuel 34 babies 15
  90. 90 Lionel 33 babies 4
  91. 91 Murray 33 babies 12
  92. 92 Howard 32 babies 9
  93. 93 Lloyd 32 babies 12
  94. 94 Arnold 30 babies 11
  95. 95 Anthony 29 babies 4
  96. 96 Stuart 28 babies 19
  97. 97 Derek 27 babies 38
  98. 98 Paul 27 babies 9
  99. 99 Selwyn 27 babies 4
  100. 100 Sidney 27 babies 25

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 566 babies =
  2. 2 Mary 469 babies =
  3. 3 Joan 401 babies =
  4. 4 Joyce 391 babies =
  5. 5 Dorothy 361 babies =
  6. 6 Jean 323 babies =
  7. 7 Betty 277 babies 1
  8. 8 Patricia 247 babies 1
  9. 9 Kathleen 236 babies 2
  10. 10 Phyllis 200 babies =
  11. 11 Eileen 196 babies =
  12. 12 June 171 babies =
  13. 13 Edna 160 babies 6
  14. 14 Nancy 160 babies 1
  15. 15 Audrey 159 babies 7
  16. 16 Marjorie 159 babies =
  17. 17 Elizabeth 152 babies 3
  18. 18 Mavis 150 babies 3
  19. 19 Gladys 148 babies 1
  20. 20 Doreen 144 babies 6
  21. 21 Doris 144 babies 4
  22. 22 Elsie 136 babies 10
  23. 23 Thelma 136 babies 3
  24. 24 Olive 135 babies 3
  25. 25 Shirley 127 babies 6
  26. 26 Norma 124 babies 2
  27. 27 Florence 120 babies =
  28. 28 Hazel 111 babies 4
  29. 29 Marie 106 babies 1
  30. 30 Annie 102 babies 5
  31. 31 Alice 98 babies 2
  32. 32 Evelyn 97 babies 6
  33. 33 Helen 97 babies =
  34. 34 Iris 97 babies 16
  35. 35 Daphne 94 babies 1
  36. 36 Ethel 91 babies =
  37. 37 Frances 91 babies 2
  38. 38 Irene 90 babies 15
  39. 39 Beryl 89 babies 17
  40. 40 Muriel 89 babies 2
  41. 41 Edith 84 babies =
  42. 42 Nola 83 babies 6
  43. 43 Violet 81 babies 3
  44. 44 Winifred 80 babies 7
  45. 45 Ellen 79 babies 5
  46. 46 Ngaire 79 babies 11
  47. 47 Vera 78 babies 8
  48. 48 Agnes 76 babies 12
  49. 49 Lorna 76 babies 4
  50. 50 Ruth 72 babies 7
  51. 51 Barbara 71 babies =
  52. 52 Catherine 71 babies 5
  53. 53 Jessie 68 babies 9
  54. 54 Beatrice 65 babies 12
  55. 55 Alma 63 babies 14
  56. 56 Mabel 63 babies 22
  57. 57 Sylvia 63 babies 22
  58. 58 Rona 61 babies 4
  59. 59 Grace 60 babies 5
  60. 60 Ivy 59 babies 11
  61. 61 Peggy 59 babies 4
  62. 62 Marion 58 babies 10
  63. 63 Ruby 57 babies 2
  64. 64 Noeline 56 babies 13
  65. 65 Gwendoline 55 babies 1
  66. 66 Rita 54 babies 11
  67. 67 Joy 53 babies 6
  68. 68 Hilda 52 babies 10
  69. 69 Isabel 50 babies 2
  70. 70 Myrtle 50 babies 11
  71. 71 Constance 49 babies 18
  72. 72 Dulcie 49 babies 2
  73. 73 Lois 49 babies 1
  74. 74 Janet 47 babies 7
  75. 75 Enid 42 babies 3
  76. 76 Myra 42 babies 8
  77. 77 Eva 41 babies 8
  78. 78 Mona 40 babies 7
  79. 79 Pearl 40 babies 7
  80. 80 Lucy 39 babies 5
  81. 81 Valerie 39 babies 9
  82. 82 Eunice 38 babies 6
  83. 83 Lilian 38 babies 20
  84. 84 Olga 38 babies 14
  85. 85 Pauline 38 babies 3
  86. 86 Yvonne 38 babies 29
  87. 87 Alison 37 babies 46
  88. 88 Elaine 35 babies 53
  89. 89 Josephine 35 babies =
  90. 90 May 35 babies 6
  91. 91 Ailsa 34 babies 25
  92. 92 Elva 33 babies 2
  93. 93 Esther 33 babies 7
  94. 94 Lillian 33 babies 2
  95. 95 Monica 33 babies 34
  96. 96 Emily 32 babies 9
  97. 97 Sheila 32 babies 17
  98. 98 Una 32 babies 29
  99. 99 Aileen 31 babies 9
  100. 100 Freda 31 babies 17

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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