New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1924

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 929 babies =
  2. 2 William 729 babies =
  3. 3 James 493 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 453 babies =
  5. 5 George 323 babies =
  6. 6 Thomas 279 babies =
  7. 7 Ronald 267 babies =
  8. 8 Raymond 251 babies =
  9. 9 Arthur 237 babies =
  10. 10 Donald 221 babies 2
  11. 11 Kenneth 203 babies 5
  12. 12 Douglas 202 babies 2
  13. 13 David 196 babies =
  14. 14 Charles 195 babies 3
  15. 15 Edward 194 babies 6
  16. 16 Peter 194 babies 9
  17. 17 Ian 188 babies =
  18. 18 Gordon 185 babies 3
  19. 19 Leslie 185 babies 1
  20. 20 Eric 181 babies 6
  21. 21 Colin 173 babies 2
  22. 22 Keith 173 babies 3
  23. 23 Richard 171 babies 4
  24. 24 Allan 163 babies 4
  25. 25 Norman 157 babies 4
  26. 26 Jack 151 babies 4
  27. 27 Francis 149 babies 4
  28. 28 Albert 148 babies 2
  29. 29 Desmond 145 babies 7
  30. 30 Alan 144 babies 2
  31. 31 Noel 137 babies 1
  32. 32 Walter 132 babies 1
  33. 33 Leonard 126 babies 8
  34. 34 Alexander 125 babies =
  35. 35 Brian 123 babies 13
  36. 36 Frederick 123 babies 12
  37. 37 Harold 122 babies 1
  38. 38 Stanley 121 babies 10
  39. 39 Bruce 118 babies 8
  40. 40 Maurice 118 babies 3
  41. 41 Trevor 116 babies 1
  42. 42 Frank 115 babies 4
  43. 43 Alfred 111 babies 6
  44. 44 Henry 110 babies 5
  45. 45 Ernest 105 babies 1
  46. 46 Ivan 104 babies 6
  47. 47 Patrick 99 babies 2
  48. 48 Joseph 93 babies 3
  49. 49 Reginald 77 babies 5
  50. 50 Bernard 76 babies 5
  51. 51 Roy 76 babies 16
  52. 52 Herbert 75 babies =
  53. 53 Owen 75 babies 2
  54. 54 Mervyn 70 babies 2
  55. 55 Clifford 68 babies 7
  56. 56 Harry 65 babies 3
  57. 57 Hugh 62 babies 10
  58. 58 Cyril 57 babies 5
  59. 59 Rex 57 babies 2
  60. 60 Victor 56 babies 2
  61. 61 Andrew 53 babies 3
  62. 62 Lawrence 52 babies 12
  63. 63 Ralph 52 babies 8
  64. 64 Graham 51 babies 7
  65. 65 Leo 51 babies 15
  66. 66 Philip 50 babies 1
  67. 67 Laurence 48 babies 7
  68. 68 Malcolm 48 babies 13
  69. 69 Neville 48 babies =
  70. 70 Sydney 48 babies 3
  71. 71 Kevin 47 babies 6
  72. 72 Edwin 45 babies 22
  73. 73 Maxwell 44 babies 18
  74. 74 Cecil 43 babies 11
  75. 75 Neil 43 babies 5
  76. 76 Murray 42 babies 4
  77. 77 Athol 41 babies 16
  78. 78 Geoffrey 40 babies 18
  79. 79 Ross 38 babies 9
  80. 80 Allen 37 babies 5
  81. 81 Lionel 37 babies 5
  82. 82 Terence 37 babies 7
  83. 83 Russell 35 babies 1
  84. 84 Basil 34 babies 16
  85. 85 Clarence 34 babies 19
  86. 86 Arnold 33 babies 2
  87. 87 Michael 33 babies 8
  88. 88 Gerald 32 babies 12
  89. 89 Stuart 31 babies 3
  90. 90 Howard 30 babies 21
  91. 91 Samuel 30 babies 8
  92. 92 Lindsay 29 babies 12
  93. 93 Wallace 29 babies 5
  94. 94 Wilfred 29 babies 16
  95. 95 Bryan 28 babies 7
  96. 96 Paul 28 babies 9
  97. 97 Gilbert 27 babies 7
  98. 98 Lewis 27 babies 3
  99. 99 Vincent 27 babies 15
  100. 100 Sidney 26 babies 12

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 536 babies =
  2. 2 Mary 410 babies 1
  3. 3 Joan 372 babies 1
  4. 4 Dorothy 348 babies =
  5. 5 Joyce 329 babies =
  6. 6 Patricia 295 babies 3
  7. 7 Betty 292 babies =
  8. 8 Jean 269 babies 2
  9. 9 Shirley 252 babies 3
  10. 10 Kathleen 221 babies 2
  11. 11 June 220 babies 1
  12. 12 Audrey 210 babies 2
  13. 13 Phyllis 203 babies =
  14. 14 Elizabeth 173 babies 4
  15. 15 Eileen 161 babies 4
  16. 16 Doreen 150 babies 1
  17. 17 Nancy 136 babies 2
  18. 18 Edna 129 babies 3
  19. 19 Norma 126 babies 6
  20. 20 Marjorie 124 babies 3
  21. 21 Helen 118 babies 12
  22. 22 Thelma 115 babies 2
  23. 23 Doris 114 babies 1
  24. 24 Mavis 114 babies 8
  25. 25 Irene 110 babies 9
  26. 26 Daphne 106 babies =
  27. 27 Marie 105 babies 4
  28. 28 Florence 100 babies 3
  29. 29 Gladys 97 babies 9
  30. 30 Nola 97 babies 13
  31. 31 Annie 96 babies 4
  32. 32 Elsie 96 babies 13
  33. 33 Olive 96 babies 5
  34. 34 Hazel 95 babies 5
  35. 35 Barbara 94 babies 2
  36. 36 Frances 92 babies 1
  37. 37 Lorna 91 babies 5
  38. 38 Ngaire 91 babies 2
  39. 39 Beryl 85 babies 5
  40. 40 Alice 84 babies 10
  41. 41 Evelyn 81 babies 5
  42. 42 Valerie 81 babies 21
  43. 43 Ruth 79 babies 3
  44. 44 Violet 77 babies 13
  45. 45 Catherine 74 babies 6
  46. 46 Edith 74 babies 8
  47. 47 Muriel 73 babies 8
  48. 48 Noeline 72 babies 7
  49. 49 Winifred 72 babies 8
  50. 50 Agnes 65 babies 1
  51. 51 Dulcie 64 babies 1
  52. 52 Gwendoline 64 babies 9
  53. 53 Marion 63 babies =
  54. 54 Rita 63 babies 2
  55. 55 Jessie 62 babies 8
  56. 56 Iris 61 babies 8
  57. 57 Maureen 60 babies 18
  58. 58 Peggy 60 babies 2
  59. 59 Sylvia 60 babies =
  60. 60 Ellen 57 babies 18
  61. 61 Ethel 57 babies 3
  62. 62 Lois 56 babies 5
  63. 63 Ivy 55 babies 8
  64. 64 Alma 54 babies =
  65. 65 Myrtle 53 babies 17
  66. 66 Joy 51 babies 4
  67. 67 Rona 50 babies 11
  68. 68 Pauline 49 babies 3
  69. 69 Colleen 47 babies 49
  70. 70 Enid 47 babies 25
  71. 71 Grace 47 babies 17
  72. 72 Josephine 47 babies 17
  73. 73 Beatrice 45 babies 4
  74. 74 Eunice 45 babies 6
  75. 75 Isabel 44 babies 6
  76. 76 Vera 44 babies 4
  77. 77 Lilian 43 babies 13
  78. 78 Merle 42 babies 27
  79. 79 Constance 41 babies =
  80. 80 Elva 41 babies 17
  81. 81 Hilda 40 babies 5
  82. 82 Mona 40 babies 1
  83. 83 Yvonne 40 babies 20
  84. 84 Eva 38 babies 14
  85. 85 Melva 37 babies 22
  86. 86 Ruby 37 babies 9
  87. 87 Christina 36 babies 27
  88. 88 Elaine 36 babies 3
  89. 89 Sheila 36 babies 20
  90. 90 Gloria 35 babies 10
  91. 91 Dawn 34 babies 58
  92. 92 Pamela 34 babies 38
  93. 93 Alison 33 babies 8
  94. 94 Eleanor 33 babies 6
  95. 95 Heather 33 babies 6
  96. 96 Myra 33 babies 18
  97. 97 Ailsa 32 babies 29
  98. 98 Janet 32 babies 24
  99. 99 Marjory 32 babies 5
  100. 100 Freda 30 babies 16

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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