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 John 953 babies =
2 William 764 babies =
3 James 531 babies =
4 Robert 476 babies =
5 George 376 babies =
6 Raymond 271 babies 2
7 Ronald 271 babies =
8 Thomas 268 babies 2
9 Arthur 265 babies 5
10 Kenneth 225 babies =
11 Douglas 217 babies =
12 Eric 210 babies 7
13 Gordon 210 babies 1
14 Leslie 204 babies 1
15 Charles 199 babies 6
16 Donald 197 babies 1
17 David 195 babies =
18 Ian 193 babies 5
19 Jack 192 babies 8
20 Edward 184 babies 4
21 Colin 183 babies 8
22 Frederick 176 babies 2
23 Norman 173 babies 2
24 Allan 168 babies 1
25 Leonard 168 babies 12
26 Henry 165 babies =
27 Keith 165 babies 4
28 Peter 160 babies 12
29 Albert 159 babies 5
30 Frank 148 babies 9
31 Francis 146 babies 13
32 Richard 144 babies 4
33 Stanley 139 babies 1
34 Walter 139 babies 4
35 Alan 136 babies 1
36 Harold 133 babies 14
37 Maurice 132 babies 7
38 Trevor 121 babies 9
39 Joseph 120 babies 4
40 Alexander 119 babies 4
41 Ernest 119 babies 8
42 Desmond 114 babies 7
43 Alfred 112 babies 8
44 Ivan 108 babies 1
45 Noel 108 babies 4
46 Patrick 106 babies =
47 Bruce 102 babies 1
48 Reginald 101 babies 2
49 Roy 101 babies 7
50 Mervyn 90 babies 10
51 Brian 89 babies 6
52 Herbert 87 babies 8
53 Owen 87 babies 1
54 Cyril 82 babies 1
55 Bernard 80 babies 2
56 Harry 71 babies 2
57 Lawrence 69 babies 6
58 Clifford 68 babies 4
59 Philip 60 babies 11
60 Geoffrey 58 babies 4
61 Graham 58 babies 15
62 Hugh 55 babies 6
63 Andrew 52 babies 4
64 Victor 48 babies 3
65 Clarence 47 babies 3
66 Ross 47 babies 73
67 Kevin 46 babies 25
68 Laurence 46 babies 1
69 Malcolm 45 babies 18
70 Sydney 44 babies 5
71 Rex 43 babies 4
72 Vernon 43 babies 32
73 Edwin 42 babies 2
74 Russell 42 babies 11
75 Cecil 40 babies 9
76 Neil 40 babies 4
77 Lewis 38 babies 25
78 Neville 38 babies 10
79 Maxwell 37 babies 18
80 Ralph 37 babies 18
81 Basil 36 babies 3
82 Leo 36 babies =
83 Allen 35 babies 10
84 Athol 35 babies 15
85 Michael 35 babies 13
86 Wallace 35 babies 8
87 Wilfred 35 babies 3
88 Gilbert 34 babies 12
89 Samuel 34 babies 15
90 Lionel 33 babies 4
91 Murray 33 babies 12
92 Howard 32 babies 9
93 Lloyd 32 babies 12
94 Arnold 30 babies 11
95 Anthony 29 babies 4
96 Stuart 28 babies 19
97 Derek 27 babies 38
98 Paul 27 babies 9
99 Selwyn 27 babies 4
100 Sidney 27 babies 25
101 Terence 27 babies 8
102 Edgar 25 babies 3
103 Hector 25 babies 24
104 Morris 25 babies 6
105 Percy 25 babies 16
106 Claude 24 babies 28
107 Roland 24 babies 1
108 Daniel 23 babies 23
109 Louis 23 babies 18
110 Phillip 23 babies 5
111 Stewart 23 babies 6
112 Gerald 22 babies 44
113 Bryan 21 babies 1
114 Vincent 21 babies 16
115 Warren 21 babies 30
116 Vivian 20 babies new
117 Dennis 19 babies 1
118 Fredrick 19 babies 10
119 Martin 18 babies 4
120 Roderick 18 babies 36
121 Archibald 17 babies 10
122 Ashley 17 babies 10
123 Christopher 17 babies new
124 Horace 17 babies 28
125 Edmund 16 babies 22
126 Clive 15 babies 13
127 Lindsay 15 babies 6
128 Angus 14 babies new
129 Bertram 14 babies new
130 Stephen 14 babies 12
131 Wiremu 14 babies 12
132 Benjamin 13 babies 12
133 Laurie 13 babies new
134 Leon 13 babies 17
135 Lester 13 babies 17
136 Matthew 13 babies 8
137 Oswald 13 babies new
138 Clement 12 babies new
139 Denis 12 babies new
140 Duncan 12 babies 31
141 Graeme 12 babies 5
142 Nelson 12 babies 28
143 Percival 12 babies 12
144 Ray 12 babies 15
145 Rodney 12 babies 20
146 Aubrey 11 babies =
147 Barry 11 babies new
148 Dudley 11 babies 24
149 Eugene 11 babies new
150 Harvey 11 babies 7
151 Hone 11 babies 29
152 Roger 11 babies 14
153 Cedric 10 babies 20
154 Clifton 10 babies new
155 Errol 10 babies new
156 Fred 10 babies 8
157 Melville 10 babies 3

Girl Names

1 Margaret 566 babies =
2 Mary 469 babies =
3 Joan 401 babies =
4 Joyce 391 babies =
5 Dorothy 361 babies =
6 Jean 323 babies =
7 Betty 277 babies 1
8 Patricia 247 babies 1
9 Kathleen 236 babies 2
10 Phyllis 200 babies =
11 Eileen 196 babies =
12 June 171 babies =
13 Edna 160 babies 6
14 Nancy 160 babies 1
15 Audrey 159 babies 7
16 Marjorie 159 babies =
17 Elizabeth 152 babies 3
18 Mavis 150 babies 3
19 Gladys 148 babies 1
20 Doreen 144 babies 6
21 Doris 144 babies 4
22 Elsie 136 babies 10
23 Thelma 136 babies 3
24 Olive 135 babies 3
25 Shirley 127 babies 6
26 Norma 124 babies 2
27 Florence 120 babies =
28 Hazel 111 babies 4
29 Marie 106 babies 1
30 Annie 102 babies 5
31 Alice 98 babies 2
32 Evelyn 97 babies 6
33 Helen 97 babies =
34 Iris 97 babies 16
35 Daphne 94 babies 1
36 Ethel 91 babies =
37 Frances 91 babies 2
38 Irene 90 babies 15
39 Beryl 89 babies 17
40 Muriel 89 babies 2
41 Edith 84 babies =
42 Nola 83 babies 6
43 Violet 81 babies 3
44 Winifred 80 babies 7
45 Ellen 79 babies 5
46 Ngaire 79 babies 11
47 Vera 78 babies 8
48 Agnes 76 babies 12
49 Lorna 76 babies 4
50 Ruth 72 babies 7
51 Barbara 71 babies =
52 Catherine 71 babies 5
53 Jessie 68 babies 9
54 Beatrice 65 babies 12
55 Alma 63 babies 14
56 Mabel 63 babies 22
57 Sylvia 63 babies 22
58 Rona 61 babies 4
59 Grace 60 babies 5
60 Ivy 59 babies 11
61 Peggy 59 babies 4
62 Marion 58 babies 10
63 Ruby 57 babies 2
64 Noeline 56 babies 13
65 Gwendoline 55 babies 1
66 Rita 54 babies 11
67 Joy 53 babies 6
68 Hilda 52 babies 10
69 Isabel 50 babies 2
70 Myrtle 50 babies 11
71 Constance 49 babies 18
72 Dulcie 49 babies 2
73 Lois 49 babies 1
74 Janet 47 babies 7
75 Enid 42 babies 3
76 Myra 42 babies 8
77 Eva 41 babies 8
78 Mona 40 babies 7
79 Pearl 40 babies 7
80 Lucy 39 babies 5
81 Valerie 39 babies 9
82 Eunice 38 babies 6
83 Lilian 38 babies 20
84 Olga 38 babies 14
85 Pauline 38 babies 3
86 Yvonne 38 babies 29
87 Alison 37 babies 46
88 Elaine 35 babies 53
89 Josephine 35 babies =
90 May 35 babies 6
91 Ailsa 34 babies 25
92 Elva 33 babies 2
93 Esther 33 babies 7
94 Lillian 33 babies 2
95 Monica 33 babies 34
96 Emily 32 babies 9
97 Sheila 32 babies 17
98 Una 32 babies 29
99 Aileen 31 babies 9
100 Freda 31 babies 17
101 Gloria 31 babies 4
102 Isabella 31 babies =
103 Nellie 31 babies 2
104 Gertrude 30 babies 14
105 Molly 30 babies 25
106 Isobel 28 babies 1
107 Maureen 28 babies 4
108 Ada 27 babies 13
109 Avis 27 babies 29
110 Christina 27 babies 17
111 Eleanor 27 babies 31
112 Mildred 27 babies 8
113 Heather 26 babies 37
114 Laura 26 babies 5
115 Marjory 26 babies 39
116 Moira 26 babies 12
117 Nora 25 babies 4
118 Pamela 25 babies 4
119 Sarah 25 babies 8
120 Dawn 24 babies 69
121 Merle 23 babies 42
122 Valmai 23 babies new
123 Veronica 23 babies 45
124 Jane 22 babies =
125 Esma 21 babies 46
126 Esme 21 babies 20
127 Gwenda 21 babies 9
128 Ida 21 babies 37
129 Lorraine 21 babies 72
130 Rose 21 babies 34
131 Sybil 21 babies 45
132 Flora 20 babies 31
133 Madge 20 babies 12
134 Melva 20 babies 24
135 Tui 20 babies 32
136 Amy 19 babies 19
137 Bertha 19 babies 18
138 Bessie 19 babies 26
139 Clarice 19 babies 31
140 Jocelyn 19 babies 32
141 Louisa 19 babies 4
142 Teresa 19 babies new
143 Lily 18 babies 18
144 Lola 18 babies =
145 Margery 18 babies 1
146 Miriam 18 babies 57
147 Nita 18 babies 7
148 Stella 18 babies 17
149 Valda 18 babies new
150 Brenda 17 babies 30
151 Cynthia 17 babies 2
152 Daisy 17 babies 17
153 Maisie 17 babies 22
154 Martha 17 babies 2
155 Minnie 17 babies 29
156 Verna 17 babies 22
157 Bernice 16 babies 37
158 Cecilia 16 babies new
159 Georgina 16 babies =
160 Linda 16 babies 6
161 Zena 16 babies 4
162 Zoe 16 babies new
163 Ella 15 babies 64
164 Ena 15 babies new
165 Norah 15 babies 44
166 Anita 14 babies 13
167 Clara 14 babies 33
168 Colleen 14 babies new
169 Dora 14 babies 46
170 Fay 14 babies new
171 Gwen 14 babies 11
172 Gweneth 14 babies 26
173 Inez 14 babies 11
174 Judith 14 babies 31
175 Mollie 14 babies 11
176 Rae 14 babies 29
177 Gwendolyn 13 babies 16
178 Marcia 13 babies new
179 Maud 13 babies 3
180 Nina 13 babies 29
181 Noeleen 13 babies new
182 Dorothea 12 babies 24
183 Ina 12 babies 44
184 Naomi 12 babies 6
185 Noreen 12 babies 33
186 Rosina 12 babies 20
187 Susan 12 babies new
188 Beverley 11 babies 2
189 Diana 11 babies 36
190 Emma 11 babies new
191 Lena 11 babies 17
192 Ray 11 babies new
193 Rhoda 11 babies 63
194 Roma 11 babies new
195 Thora 11 babies 63
196 Zelda 11 babies new
197 Charlotte 10 babies 77
198 Eliza 10 babies 2
199 Julia 10 babies 26
200 Lila 10 babies new
201 Marguerite 10 babies 46
202 Natalie 10 babies 37
203 Ngaere 10 babies new
204 Noelene 10 babies 13
205 Phillis 10 babies 58
206 Reta 10 babies 22
207 Ursula 10 babies new
208 Vivienne 10 babies 23

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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