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 John 929 babies =
2 William 729 babies =
3 James 493 babies =
4 Robert 453 babies =
5 George 323 babies =
6 Thomas 279 babies =
7 Ronald 267 babies =
8 Raymond 251 babies =
9 Arthur 237 babies =
10 Donald 221 babies 2
11 Kenneth 203 babies 5
12 Douglas 202 babies 2
13 David 196 babies =
14 Charles 195 babies 3
15 Edward 194 babies 6
16 Peter 194 babies 9
17 Ian 188 babies =
18 Gordon 185 babies 3
19 Leslie 185 babies 1
20 Eric 181 babies 6
21 Colin 173 babies 2
22 Keith 173 babies 3
23 Richard 171 babies 4
24 Allan 163 babies 4
25 Norman 157 babies 4
26 Jack 151 babies 4
27 Francis 149 babies 4
28 Albert 148 babies 2
29 Desmond 145 babies 7
30 Alan 144 babies 2
31 Noel 137 babies 1
32 Walter 132 babies 1
33 Leonard 126 babies 8
34 Alexander 125 babies =
35 Brian 123 babies 13
36 Frederick 123 babies 12
37 Harold 122 babies 1
38 Stanley 121 babies 10
39 Bruce 118 babies 8
40 Maurice 118 babies 3
41 Trevor 116 babies 1
42 Frank 115 babies 4
43 Alfred 111 babies 6
44 Henry 110 babies 5
45 Ernest 105 babies 1
46 Ivan 104 babies 6
47 Patrick 99 babies 2
48 Joseph 93 babies 3
49 Reginald 77 babies 5
50 Bernard 76 babies 5
51 Roy 76 babies 16
52 Herbert 75 babies =
53 Owen 75 babies 2
54 Mervyn 70 babies 2
55 Clifford 68 babies 7
56 Harry 65 babies 3
57 Hugh 62 babies 10
58 Cyril 57 babies 5
59 Rex 57 babies 2
60 Victor 56 babies 2
61 Andrew 53 babies 3
62 Lawrence 52 babies 12
63 Ralph 52 babies 8
64 Graham 51 babies 7
65 Leo 51 babies 15
66 Philip 50 babies 1
67 Laurence 48 babies 7
68 Malcolm 48 babies 13
69 Neville 48 babies =
70 Sydney 48 babies 3
71 Kevin 47 babies 6
72 Edwin 45 babies 22
73 Maxwell 44 babies 18
74 Cecil 43 babies 11
75 Neil 43 babies 5
76 Murray 42 babies 4
77 Athol 41 babies 16
78 Geoffrey 40 babies 18
79 Ross 38 babies 9
80 Allen 37 babies 5
81 Lionel 37 babies 5
82 Terence 37 babies 7
83 Russell 35 babies 1
84 Basil 34 babies 16
85 Clarence 34 babies 19
86 Arnold 33 babies 2
87 Michael 33 babies 8
88 Gerald 32 babies 12
89 Stuart 31 babies 3
90 Howard 30 babies 21
91 Samuel 30 babies 8
92 Lindsay 29 babies 12
93 Wallace 29 babies 5
94 Wilfred 29 babies 16
95 Bryan 28 babies 7
96 Paul 28 babies 9
97 Gilbert 27 babies 7
98 Lewis 27 babies 3
99 Vincent 27 babies 15
100 Sidney 26 babies 12
101 Anthony 25 babies 8
102 Lloyd 25 babies 6
103 Vernon 25 babies 16
104 Percy 24 babies 4
105 Warren 24 babies 50
106 Daniel 23 babies 9
107 Hector 23 babies 22
108 Morris 23 babies 2
109 Selwyn 23 babies 26
110 Barry 22 babies new
111 Clive 22 babies 1
112 Dennis 22 babies 9
113 Duncan 22 babies 7
114 Gavin 21 babies new
115 Roger 21 babies 10
116 Archibald 19 babies 9
117 Graeme 19 babies 12
118 Max 19 babies 21
119 Phillip 19 babies 5
120 Stewart 19 babies 7
121 Derek 18 babies 6
122 Louis 18 babies 5
123 Roderick 17 babies 23
124 Benjamin 16 babies 3
125 Denis 16 babies 6
126 Edgar 16 babies 1
127 Roland 16 babies 28
128 Wiremu 16 babies 19
129 Robin 15 babies 16
130 Ashley 14 babies 6
131 Edmund 14 babies 3
132 Evan 14 babies 11
133 Claude 13 babies 33
134 Lester 13 babies 3
135 Ray 13 babies 1
136 Alister 12 babies 12
137 Christopher 12 babies new
138 Dudley 12 babies 12
139 Kelvin 12 babies 9
140 Mark 12 babies 12
141 Matthew 12 babies 3
142 Mervin 12 babies new
143 Stephen 12 babies 11
144 Vivian 12 babies 4
145 Aubrey 11 babies 4
146 Errol 11 babies 9
147 Fredrick 11 babies 31
148 Royce 11 babies new
149 Collin 10 babies new
150 Harvey 10 babies new
151 Horace 10 babies 50
152 Hubert 10 babies 6
153 Milton 10 babies 21
154 Oliver 10 babies 21
155 Rodney 10 babies new

Girl Names

1 Margaret 536 babies =
2 Mary 410 babies 1
3 Joan 372 babies 1
4 Dorothy 348 babies =
5 Joyce 329 babies =
6 Patricia 295 babies 3
7 Betty 292 babies =
8 Jean 269 babies 2
9 Shirley 252 babies 3
10 Kathleen 221 babies 2
11 June 220 babies 1
12 Audrey 210 babies 2
13 Phyllis 203 babies =
14 Elizabeth 173 babies 4
15 Eileen 161 babies 4
16 Doreen 150 babies 1
17 Nancy 136 babies 2
18 Edna 129 babies 3
19 Norma 126 babies 6
20 Marjorie 124 babies 3
21 Helen 118 babies 12
22 Thelma 115 babies 2
23 Doris 114 babies 1
24 Mavis 114 babies 8
25 Irene 110 babies 9
26 Daphne 106 babies =
27 Marie 105 babies 4
28 Florence 100 babies 3
29 Gladys 97 babies 9
30 Nola 97 babies 13
31 Annie 96 babies 4
32 Elsie 96 babies 13
33 Olive 96 babies 5
34 Hazel 95 babies 5
35 Barbara 94 babies 2
36 Frances 92 babies 1
37 Lorna 91 babies 5
38 Ngaire 91 babies 2
39 Beryl 85 babies 5
40 Alice 84 babies 10
41 Evelyn 81 babies 5
42 Valerie 81 babies 21
43 Ruth 79 babies 3
44 Violet 77 babies 13
45 Catherine 74 babies 6
46 Edith 74 babies 8
47 Muriel 73 babies 8
48 Noeline 72 babies 7
49 Winifred 72 babies 8
50 Agnes 65 babies 1
51 Dulcie 64 babies 1
52 Gwendoline 64 babies 9
53 Marion 63 babies =
54 Rita 63 babies 2
55 Jessie 62 babies 8
56 Iris 61 babies 8
57 Maureen 60 babies 18
58 Peggy 60 babies 2
59 Sylvia 60 babies =
60 Ellen 57 babies 18
61 Ethel 57 babies 3
62 Lois 56 babies 5
63 Ivy 55 babies 8
64 Alma 54 babies =
65 Myrtle 53 babies 17
66 Joy 51 babies 4
67 Rona 50 babies 11
68 Pauline 49 babies 3
69 Colleen 47 babies 49
70 Enid 47 babies 25
71 Grace 47 babies 17
72 Josephine 47 babies 17
73 Beatrice 45 babies 4
74 Eunice 45 babies 6
75 Isabel 44 babies 6
76 Vera 44 babies 4
77 Lilian 43 babies 13
78 Merle 42 babies 27
79 Constance 41 babies =
80 Elva 41 babies 17
81 Hilda 40 babies 5
82 Mona 40 babies 1
83 Yvonne 40 babies 20
84 Eva 38 babies 14
85 Melva 37 babies 22
86 Ruby 37 babies 9
87 Christina 36 babies 27
88 Elaine 36 babies 3
89 Sheila 36 babies 20
90 Gloria 35 babies 10
91 Dawn 34 babies 58
92 Pamela 34 babies 38
93 Alison 33 babies 8
94 Eleanor 33 babies 6
95 Heather 33 babies 6
96 Myra 33 babies 18
97 Ailsa 32 babies 29
98 Janet 32 babies 24
99 Marjory 32 babies 5
100 Freda 30 babies 16
101 Jocelyn 30 babies 36
102 Mabel 30 babies 29
103 May 30 babies 17
104 Olga 29 babies 12
105 Esther 26 babies 18
106 Ida 26 babies 8
107 Lucy 26 babies 5
108 Beverley 25 babies 19
109 Emily 25 babies 15
110 Gwenda 25 babies 77
111 Isobel 25 babies 23
112 Lillian 25 babies 7
113 Nellie 25 babies 11
114 Rose 25 babies 21
115 Veronica 25 babies 4
116 Aileen 24 babies 50
117 Monica 24 babies 9
118 Stella 24 babies 8
119 Esme 23 babies 45
120 Katherine 23 babies 31
121 Pearl 23 babies 22
122 Una 22 babies 26
123 Amy 21 babies 8
124 Isabella 21 babies 12
125 Molly 21 babies 9
126 Ada 20 babies 39
127 Nora 20 babies 10
128 Annette 19 babies new
129 Ina 19 babies 13
130 Lesley 19 babies 14
131 Natalie 19 babies 31
132 Valda 19 babies 19
133 Zoe 19 babies 15
134 Bertha 18 babies 37
135 Judith 18 babies 26
136 Linda 18 babies new
137 Lola 18 babies 8
138 Margery 18 babies 29
139 Avis 17 babies 18
140 Fay 17 babies 8
141 Flora 17 babies 35
142 Lorraine 17 babies 41
143 Georgina 16 babies new
144 Lily 16 babies 22
145 Miriam 16 babies new
146 Moira 16 babies 31
147 Brenda 15 babies 12
148 Esma 15 babies new
149 Jane 15 babies 1
150 Bernice 14 babies 5
151 Ella 14 babies 9
152 Gwen 14 babies 21
153 Gwenyth 14 babies 48
154 Marguerite 14 babies 14
155 Norah 14 babies 26
156 Noreen 14 babies 16
157 Teresa 14 babies 37
158 Valmai 14 babies 19
159 Diana 13 babies 37
160 Dorothea 13 babies 38
161 Louisa 13 babies 8
162 Maria 13 babies 43
163 Mollie 13 babies 27
164 Rae 13 babies 23
165 Rosemary 13 babies 28
166 Anne 12 babies 15
167 Gwendolyn 12 babies new
168 Jacqueline 12 babies new
169 Laura 12 babies 26
170 Nita 12 babies 31
171 Phillis 12 babies 25
172 Sybil 12 babies 38
173 Verna 12 babies 48
174 Zelma 12 babies new
175 Zena 12 babies 10
176 Althea 11 babies new
177 Dora 11 babies 18
178 Emma 11 babies 15
179 Gertrude 11 babies 46
180 Leila 11 babies 6
181 Martha 11 babies new
182 Naomi 11 babies 2
183 Noeleen 11 babies 24
184 Nona 11 babies 7
185 Sarah 11 babies 9
186 Vida 11 babies new
187 Zelda 11 babies new
188 Bessie 10 babies 32
189 Blanche 10 babies new
190 Clare 10 babies new
191 Coral 10 babies 19
192 Daisy 10 babies 72
193 Gweneth 10 babies 7
194 Inez 10 babies 5
195 Madge 10 babies 9
196 Minnie 10 babies new
197 Roma 10 babies new
198 Thora 10 babies new
199 Tui 10 babies 29
200 Valma 10 babies new

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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