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 John 892 babies =
2 William 758 babies =
3 James 505 babies =
4 Robert 500 babies =
5 George 370 babies =
6 Thomas 302 babies 2
7 Ronald 273 babies =
8 Raymond 250 babies 2
9 Arthur 247 babies =
10 Douglas 223 babies 1
11 Charles 221 babies 4
12 Donald 221 babies 4
13 David 216 babies 4
14 Eric 198 babies 2
15 Gordon 198 babies 2
16 Kenneth 195 babies 6
17 Ian 186 babies 1
18 Leslie 186 babies 4
19 Keith 182 babies 8
20 Allan 181 babies 4
21 Edward 180 babies 1
22 Jack 176 babies 3
23 Colin 164 babies 2
24 Frederick 162 babies 2
25 Peter 161 babies 3
26 Albert 159 babies 3
27 Richard 157 babies 5
28 Stanley 153 babies 5
29 Norman 141 babies 6
30 Noel 135 babies 15
31 Francis 131 babies =
32 Alan 130 babies 3
33 Walter 130 babies 1
34 Alexander 128 babies 6
35 Roy 126 babies 14
36 Desmond 125 babies 6
37 Alfred 122 babies 6
38 Harold 122 babies 2
39 Henry 121 babies 13
40 Ivan 120 babies 4
41 Leonard 118 babies 16
42 Trevor 118 babies 4
43 Maurice 117 babies 6
44 Ernest 110 babies 3
45 Joseph 109 babies 6
46 Frank 108 babies 16
47 Bruce 107 babies =
48 Brian 100 babies 3
49 Patrick 100 babies 3
50 Lawrence 95 babies 7
51 Owen 86 babies 2
52 Herbert 85 babies =
53 Cyril 80 babies 1
54 Reginald 79 babies 6
55 Bernard 74 babies =
56 Mervyn 68 babies 6
57 Graham 67 babies 4
58 Victor 60 babies 6
59 Harry 58 babies 3
60 Geoffrey 57 babies =
61 Rex 57 babies 10
62 Clifford 55 babies 4
63 Cecil 54 babies 12
64 Andrew 50 babies 1
65 Philip 50 babies 6
66 Clarence 48 babies 1
67 Hugh 46 babies 5
68 Basil 45 babies 13
69 Neville 45 babies 9
70 Neil 44 babies 6
71 Ralph 44 babies 9
72 Murray 43 babies 19
73 Sydney 43 babies 3
74 Laurence 40 babies 6
75 Allen 39 babies 8
76 Gerald 39 babies 36
77 Kevin 39 babies 10
78 Wilfred 39 babies 9
79 Michael 38 babies 6
80 Leo 37 babies 2
81 Malcolm 35 babies 12
82 Russell 35 babies 8
83 Samuel 35 babies 6
84 Arnold 33 babies 10
85 Hector 33 babies 18
86 Lionel 33 babies 4
87 Vernon 33 babies 15
88 Ross 32 babies 22
89 Terence 32 babies 12
90 Gilbert 31 babies 2
91 Maxwell 31 babies 12
92 Stuart 31 babies 4
93 Athol 30 babies 9
94 Edwin 30 babies 21
95 Lewis 30 babies 18
96 Lloyd 30 babies 3
97 Daniel 29 babies 11
98 Wallace 29 babies 12
99 Roland 28 babies 8
100 Claude 27 babies 6
101 Horace 27 babies 23
102 Bryan 26 babies 11
103 Dennis 25 babies 14
104 Lindsay 25 babies 23
105 Paul 25 babies 7
106 Morris 23 babies 2
107 Archibald 22 babies 14
108 Percy 22 babies 3
109 Anthony 21 babies 14
110 Clive 19 babies 16
111 Howard 19 babies 19
112 Sidney 19 babies 12
113 Stewart 19 babies 2
114 Vincent 19 babies =
115 Derek 18 babies 18
116 Fredrick 18 babies 2
117 Louis 17 babies 8
118 Martin 17 babies 1
119 Denis 16 babies 20
120 Duncan 16 babies 20
121 Benjamin 15 babies 11
122 Cedric 15 babies 31
123 Hone 15 babies 28
124 Phillip 15 babies 14
125 Roger 15 babies 27
126 Angus 14 babies 2
127 Edgar 14 babies 25
128 Edmund 14 babies 3
129 Graeme 14 babies 12
130 Kelvin 14 babies
131 Lester 14 babies 4
132 Milton 14 babies
133 Oliver 14 babies
134 Ray 14 babies 10
135 Selwyn 14 babies 36
136 Ashley 13 babies 14
137 Errol 13 babies 18
138 Leon 13 babies 4
139 Max 13 babies
140 Vivian 13 babies 24
141 Aubrey 12 babies 5
142 Darcy 12 babies
143 Evan 12 babies
144 Matthew 12 babies 8
145 Robin 12 babies
146 Roderick 12 babies 26
147 Wiremu 12 babies 16
148 Alister 11 babies
149 Clement 11 babies 11
150 Dudley 11 babies 2
151 Eugene 11 babies 2
152 Mark 11 babies
153 Nelson 11 babies 11
154 Stephen 11 babies 24
155 Warren 11 babies 40
156 Clyde 10 babies
157 Fred 10 babies 1
158 Hubert 10 babies
159 Melville 10 babies 2

Girl Names

1 Margaret 516 babies =
2 Joan 420 babies 1
3 Mary 411 babies 1
4 Dorothy 357 babies 1
5 Joyce 309 babies 1
6 Jean 288 babies =
7 Betty 276 babies =
8 Kathleen 234 babies 1
9 Patricia 229 babies 1
10 June 187 babies 2
11 Eileen 181 babies =
12 Shirley 163 babies 13
13 Phyllis 160 babies 3
14 Audrey 158 babies 1
15 Doreen 156 babies 5
16 Mavis 155 babies 2
17 Marjorie 150 babies 1
18 Elizabeth 141 babies 1
19 Nancy 140 babies 5
20 Gladys 130 babies 1
21 Edna 127 babies 8
22 Doris 122 babies 1
23 Marie 122 babies 6
24 Thelma 121 babies 1
25 Norma 117 babies 1
26 Daphne 113 babies 9
27 Annie 110 babies 3
28 Olive 107 babies 4
29 Hazel 106 babies 1
30 Alice 103 babies 1
31 Florence 103 babies 4
32 Lorna 101 babies 17
33 Helen 98 babies =
34 Irene 98 babies 4
35 Frances 97 babies 2
36 Ngaire 91 babies 10
37 Barbara 86 babies 14
38 Edith 85 babies 3
39 Muriel 84 babies 1
40 Ruth 83 babies 10
41 Winifred 83 babies 3
42 Ellen 82 babies 3
43 Nola 81 babies 1
44 Beryl 80 babies 5
45 Elsie 79 babies 23
46 Evelyn 77 babies 14
47 Jessie 74 babies 6
48 Iris 73 babies 14
49 Agnes 72 babies 1
50 Dulcie 71 babies 22
51 Catherine 68 babies 1
52 Rita 68 babies 14
53 Marion 65 babies 9
54 Grace 63 babies 5
55 Noeline 62 babies 9
56 Rona 62 babies 2
57 Violet 62 babies 14
58 Ethel 60 babies 22
59 Sylvia 60 babies 2
60 Peggy 58 babies 1
61 Gwendoline 56 babies 4
62 Joy 53 babies 5
63 Valerie 53 babies 18
64 Alma 52 babies 9
65 Pauline 52 babies 20
66 Aileen 50 babies 33
67 Lois 50 babies 6
68 Eunice 49 babies 14
69 Beatrice 47 babies 15
70 Eva 47 babies 7
71 Ivy 47 babies 11
72 Vera 47 babies 25
73 Mabel 46 babies 17
74 Janet 45 babies =
75 Maureen 43 babies 32
76 Hilda 41 babies 8
77 Ruby 41 babies 14
78 Myra 40 babies 2
79 Constance 39 babies 8
80 Gloria 39 babies 21
81 Isabel 38 babies 12
82 Myrtle 38 babies 12
83 Mona 36 babies 5
84 Freda 35 babies 16
85 Alison 34 babies 2
86 May 34 babies 4
87 Ada 33 babies 21
88 Isobel 33 babies 18
89 Josephine 33 babies =
90 Lilian 33 babies 7
91 Elaine 31 babies 3
92 Olga 31 babies 8
93 Rose 31 babies 37
94 Emily 30 babies 2
95 Enid 30 babies 20
96 Una 30 babies 2
97 Elva 29 babies 5
98 Ida 29 babies 30
99 Pearl 29 babies 20
100 Eleanor 28 babies 11
101 Heather 28 babies 12
102 Lucy 28 babies 22
103 Yvonne 28 babies 17
104 Marjory 27 babies 11
105 Merle 27 babies 16
106 Flora 26 babies 26
107 Melva 26 babies 27
108 Monica 26 babies 13
109 Sheila 26 babies 12
110 Stella 26 babies 38
111 Veronica 26 babies 12
112 Isabella 25 babies 10
113 Valda 25 babies 36
114 Christina 24 babies 4
115 Moira 24 babies 1
116 Molly 24 babies 11
117 Nora 24 babies =
118 Colleen 23 babies 50
119 Lillian 23 babies 25
120 Daisy 22 babies 32
121 Avis 21 babies 12
122 Diana 21 babies 67
123 Esther 21 babies 30
124 Nellie 21 babies 21
125 Verna 21 babies 31
126 Ailsa 20 babies 35
127 Beverley 20 babies 61
128 Mildred 20 babies 16
129 Norah 20 babies 36
130 Pamela 20 babies 12
131 Amy 19 babies 5
132 Fay 19 babies 38
133 Gertrude 19 babies 29
134 Sybil 19 babies 3
135 Brenda 18 babies 15
136 Clara 18 babies 31
137 Jocelyn 18 babies 3
138 Maisie 18 babies 15
139 Nita 18 babies 8
140 Noreen 18 babies 45
141 Rae 18 babies 35
142 Ina 17 babies 41
143 Laura 17 babies 29
144 Lesley 17 babies
145 Lola 17 babies 1
146 Phillis 17 babies 59
147 Zita 17 babies
148 Zoe 17 babies 14
149 Dawn 16 babies 29
150 Jane 16 babies 26
151 Katherine 16 babies
152 Lena 16 babies 39
153 Louisa 16 babies 12
154 Rachel 16 babies
155 Bernice 15 babies 2
156 Bessie 15 babies 18
157 Clarice 15 babies 18
158 Cynthia 15 babies 7
159 Dora 15 babies 10
160 Ella 15 babies 3
161 Judith 15 babies 13
162 Natalie 15 babies 40
163 Emma 14 babies 27
164 Esme 14 babies 38
165 Laurel 14 babies
166 Lily 14 babies 23
167 Margery 14 babies 22
168 Marguerite 14 babies 33
169 Theresa 14 babies
170 Tui 14 babies 35
171 Bertha 13 babies 34
172 Coral 13 babies
173 Gwen 13 babies 2
174 Leila 13 babies
175 Rhoda 13 babies 18
176 Sarah 13 babies 57
177 Valmai 13 babies 55
178 Velma 13 babies
179 Vivienne 13 babies 29
180 Anita 12 babies 14
181 Anne 12 babies
182 Lila 12 babies 18
183 Lorraine 12 babies 54
184 Naomi 12 babies =
185 Zena 12 babies 24
186 Zona 12 babies
187 Gwenda 11 babies 60
188 Hannah 11 babies
189 Inez 11 babies 16
190 Mollie 11 babies 15
191 Nona 11 babies
192 Phylis 11 babies
193 Rosemary 11 babies
194 Teresa 11 babies 52
195 Ani 10 babies
196 Caroline 10 babies
197 Christine 10 babies
198 Dorothea 10 babies 16
199 Ena 10 babies 35
200 Gweneth 10 babies 28
201 Gwenyth 10 babies
202 Leonie 10 babies
203 Madeline 10 babies
204 Madge 10 babies 71
205 Maria 10 babies
206 Mere 10 babies
207 Noeleen 10 babies 26
208 Noelene 10 babies 4
209 Winnifred 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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