New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1923

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 892 babies =
  2. 2 William 758 babies =
  3. 3 James 505 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 500 babies =
  5. 5 George 370 babies =
  6. 6 Thomas 302 babies 2
  7. 7 Ronald 273 babies =
  8. 8 Raymond 250 babies 2
  9. 9 Arthur 247 babies =
  10. 10 Douglas 223 babies 1
  11. 11 Charles 221 babies 4
  12. 12 Donald 221 babies 4
  13. 13 David 216 babies 4
  14. 14 Eric 198 babies 2
  15. 15 Gordon 198 babies 2
  16. 16 Kenneth 195 babies 6
  17. 17 Ian 186 babies 1
  18. 18 Leslie 186 babies 4
  19. 19 Keith 182 babies 8
  20. 20 Allan 181 babies 4
  21. 21 Edward 180 babies 1
  22. 22 Jack 176 babies 3
  23. 23 Colin 164 babies 2
  24. 24 Frederick 162 babies 2
  25. 25 Peter 161 babies 3
  26. 26 Albert 159 babies 3
  27. 27 Richard 157 babies 5
  28. 28 Stanley 153 babies 5
  29. 29 Norman 141 babies 6
  30. 30 Noel 135 babies 15
  31. 31 Francis 131 babies =
  32. 32 Alan 130 babies 3
  33. 33 Walter 130 babies 1
  34. 34 Alexander 128 babies 6
  35. 35 Roy 126 babies 14
  36. 36 Desmond 125 babies 6
  37. 37 Alfred 122 babies 6
  38. 38 Harold 122 babies 2
  39. 39 Henry 121 babies 13
  40. 40 Ivan 120 babies 4
  41. 41 Leonard 118 babies 16
  42. 42 Trevor 118 babies 4
  43. 43 Maurice 117 babies 6
  44. 44 Ernest 110 babies 3
  45. 45 Joseph 109 babies 6
  46. 46 Frank 108 babies 16
  47. 47 Bruce 107 babies =
  48. 48 Brian 100 babies 3
  49. 49 Patrick 100 babies 3
  50. 50 Lawrence 95 babies 7
  51. 51 Owen 86 babies 2
  52. 52 Herbert 85 babies =
  53. 53 Cyril 80 babies 1
  54. 54 Reginald 79 babies 6
  55. 55 Bernard 74 babies =
  56. 56 Mervyn 68 babies 6
  57. 57 Graham 67 babies 4
  58. 58 Victor 60 babies 6
  59. 59 Harry 58 babies 3
  60. 60 Geoffrey 57 babies =
  61. 61 Rex 57 babies 10
  62. 62 Clifford 55 babies 4
  63. 63 Cecil 54 babies 12
  64. 64 Andrew 50 babies 1
  65. 65 Philip 50 babies 6
  66. 66 Clarence 48 babies 1
  67. 67 Hugh 46 babies 5
  68. 68 Basil 45 babies 13
  69. 69 Neville 45 babies 9
  70. 70 Neil 44 babies 6
  71. 71 Ralph 44 babies 9
  72. 72 Murray 43 babies 19
  73. 73 Sydney 43 babies 3
  74. 74 Laurence 40 babies 6
  75. 75 Allen 39 babies 8
  76. 76 Gerald 39 babies 36
  77. 77 Kevin 39 babies 10
  78. 78 Wilfred 39 babies 9
  79. 79 Michael 38 babies 6
  80. 80 Leo 37 babies 2
  81. 81 Malcolm 35 babies 12
  82. 82 Russell 35 babies 8
  83. 83 Samuel 35 babies 6
  84. 84 Arnold 33 babies 10
  85. 85 Hector 33 babies 18
  86. 86 Lionel 33 babies 4
  87. 87 Vernon 33 babies 15
  88. 88 Ross 32 babies 22
  89. 89 Terence 32 babies 12
  90. 90 Gilbert 31 babies 2
  91. 91 Maxwell 31 babies 12
  92. 92 Stuart 31 babies 4
  93. 93 Athol 30 babies 9
  94. 94 Edwin 30 babies 21
  95. 95 Lewis 30 babies 18
  96. 96 Lloyd 30 babies 3
  97. 97 Daniel 29 babies 11
  98. 98 Wallace 29 babies 12
  99. 99 Roland 28 babies 8
  100. 100 Claude 27 babies 6

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 516 babies =
  2. 2 Joan 420 babies 1
  3. 3 Mary 411 babies 1
  4. 4 Dorothy 357 babies 1
  5. 5 Joyce 309 babies 1
  6. 6 Jean 288 babies =
  7. 7 Betty 276 babies =
  8. 8 Kathleen 234 babies 1
  9. 9 Patricia 229 babies 1
  10. 10 June 187 babies 2
  11. 11 Eileen 181 babies =
  12. 12 Shirley 163 babies 13
  13. 13 Phyllis 160 babies 3
  14. 14 Audrey 158 babies 1
  15. 15 Doreen 156 babies 5
  16. 16 Mavis 155 babies 2
  17. 17 Marjorie 150 babies 1
  18. 18 Elizabeth 141 babies 1
  19. 19 Nancy 140 babies 5
  20. 20 Gladys 130 babies 1
  21. 21 Edna 127 babies 8
  22. 22 Doris 122 babies 1
  23. 23 Marie 122 babies 6
  24. 24 Thelma 121 babies 1
  25. 25 Norma 117 babies 1
  26. 26 Daphne 113 babies 9
  27. 27 Annie 110 babies 3
  28. 28 Olive 107 babies 4
  29. 29 Hazel 106 babies 1
  30. 30 Alice 103 babies 1
  31. 31 Florence 103 babies 4
  32. 32 Lorna 101 babies 17
  33. 33 Helen 98 babies =
  34. 34 Irene 98 babies 4
  35. 35 Frances 97 babies 2
  36. 36 Ngaire 91 babies 10
  37. 37 Barbara 86 babies 14
  38. 38 Edith 85 babies 3
  39. 39 Muriel 84 babies 1
  40. 40 Ruth 83 babies 10
  41. 41 Winifred 83 babies 3
  42. 42 Ellen 82 babies 3
  43. 43 Nola 81 babies 1
  44. 44 Beryl 80 babies 5
  45. 45 Elsie 79 babies 23
  46. 46 Evelyn 77 babies 14
  47. 47 Jessie 74 babies 6
  48. 48 Iris 73 babies 14
  49. 49 Agnes 72 babies 1
  50. 50 Dulcie 71 babies 22
  51. 51 Catherine 68 babies 1
  52. 52 Rita 68 babies 14
  53. 53 Marion 65 babies 9
  54. 54 Grace 63 babies 5
  55. 55 Noeline 62 babies 9
  56. 56 Rona 62 babies 2
  57. 57 Violet 62 babies 14
  58. 58 Ethel 60 babies 22
  59. 59 Sylvia 60 babies 2
  60. 60 Peggy 58 babies 1
  61. 61 Gwendoline 56 babies 4
  62. 62 Joy 53 babies 5
  63. 63 Valerie 53 babies 18
  64. 64 Alma 52 babies 9
  65. 65 Pauline 52 babies 20
  66. 66 Aileen 50 babies 33
  67. 67 Lois 50 babies 6
  68. 68 Eunice 49 babies 14
  69. 69 Beatrice 47 babies 15
  70. 70 Eva 47 babies 7
  71. 71 Ivy 47 babies 11
  72. 72 Vera 47 babies 25
  73. 73 Mabel 46 babies 17
  74. 74 Janet 45 babies =
  75. 75 Maureen 43 babies 32
  76. 76 Hilda 41 babies 8
  77. 77 Ruby 41 babies 14
  78. 78 Myra 40 babies 2
  79. 79 Constance 39 babies 8
  80. 80 Gloria 39 babies 21
  81. 81 Isabel 38 babies 12
  82. 82 Myrtle 38 babies 12
  83. 83 Mona 36 babies 5
  84. 84 Freda 35 babies 16
  85. 85 Alison 34 babies 2
  86. 86 May 34 babies 4
  87. 87 Ada 33 babies 21
  88. 88 Isobel 33 babies 18
  89. 89 Josephine 33 babies =
  90. 90 Lilian 33 babies 7
  91. 91 Elaine 31 babies 3
  92. 92 Olga 31 babies 8
  93. 93 Rose 31 babies 37
  94. 94 Emily 30 babies 2
  95. 95 Enid 30 babies 20
  96. 96 Una 30 babies 2
  97. 97 Elva 29 babies 5
  98. 98 Ida 29 babies 30
  99. 99 Pearl 29 babies 20
  100. 100 Eleanor 28 babies 11

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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