New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1925

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 955 babies =
  2. 2 William 725 babies =
  3. 3 James 522 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 444 babies =
  5. 5 George 345 babies =
  6. 6 Ronald 308 babies 1
  7. 7 Raymond 293 babies 1
  8. 8 Thomas 292 babies 2
  9. 9 Gordon 242 babies 9
  10. 10 Arthur 238 babies 1
  11. 11 Donald 225 babies 1
  12. 12 Colin 220 babies 9
  13. 13 David 218 babies =
  14. 14 Kenneth 216 babies 3
  15. 15 Douglas 213 babies 3
  16. 16 Charles 208 babies 2
  17. 17 Peter 201 babies 1
  18. 18 Ian 191 babies 1
  19. 19 Edward 189 babies 4
  20. 20 Leslie 188 babies 1
  21. 21 Eric 169 babies 1
  22. 22 Richard 161 babies 1
  23. 23 Noel 157 babies 8
  24. 24 Allan 156 babies =
  25. 25 Desmond 154 babies 4
  26. 26 Alan 153 babies 4
  27. 27 Norman 150 babies 2
  28. 28 Francis 146 babies 1
  29. 29 Frederick 143 babies 7
  30. 30 Harold 141 babies 7
  31. 31 Keith 135 babies 9
  32. 32 Albert 133 babies 4
  33. 33 Walter 132 babies 1
  34. 34 Brian 127 babies 1
  35. 35 Jack 127 babies 9
  36. 36 Leonard 126 babies 3
  37. 37 Maurice 126 babies 3
  38. 38 Stanley 126 babies =
  39. 39 Alexander 125 babies 5
  40. 40 Henry 124 babies 4
  41. 41 Bruce 119 babies 2
  42. 42 Alfred 118 babies 1
  43. 43 Trevor 118 babies 2
  44. 44 Roy 104 babies 7
  45. 45 Patrick 98 babies 2
  46. 46 Joseph 96 babies 2
  47. 47 Ivan 94 babies 1
  48. 48 Mervyn 91 babies 6
  49. 49 Herbert 84 babies 3
  50. 50 Ernest 83 babies 5
  51. 51 Frank 82 babies 9
  52. 52 Graham 82 babies 12
  53. 53 Bernard 80 babies 3
  54. 54 Cyril 76 babies 4
  55. 55 Owen 75 babies 2
  56. 56 Andrew 69 babies 5
  57. 57 Reginald 69 babies 8
  58. 58 Lawrence 61 babies 4
  59. 59 Rex 61 babies =
  60. 60 Murray 60 babies 16
  61. 61 Clifford 58 babies 6
  62. 62 Geoffrey 57 babies 16
  63. 63 Harry 57 babies 7
  64. 64 Philip 57 babies 2
  65. 65 Russell 55 babies 18
  66. 66 Edwin 50 babies 6
  67. 67 Victor 49 babies 7
  68. 68 Hugh 48 babies 11
  69. 69 Neil 48 babies 6
  70. 70 Anthony 47 babies 31
  71. 71 Basil 46 babies 13
  72. 72 Cecil 45 babies 2
  73. 73 Malcolm 45 babies 5
  74. 74 Laurence 43 babies 7
  75. 75 Michael 42 babies 12
  76. 76 Gerald 41 babies 12
  77. 77 Terence 41 babies 5
  78. 78 Leo 40 babies 13
  79. 79 Samuel 40 babies 12
  80. 80 Kevin 39 babies 9
  81. 81 Ralph 39 babies 18
  82. 82 Sydney 39 babies 12
  83. 83 Neville 38 babies 14
  84. 84 Allen 36 babies 4
  85. 85 Wilfred 35 babies 9
  86. 86 Howard 33 babies 4
  87. 87 Derek 32 babies 34
  88. 88 Ross 32 babies 9
  89. 89 Stuart 31 babies =
  90. 90 Wallace 30 babies 3
  91. 91 Athol 29 babies 14
  92. 92 Lindsay 28 babies =
  93. 93 Sidney 28 babies 7
  94. 94 Lewis 27 babies 4
  95. 95 Lionel 27 babies 14
  96. 96 Maxwell 27 babies 23
  97. 97 Paul 27 babies 1
  98. 98 Selwyn 27 babies 11
  99. 99 Lloyd 26 babies 3
  100. 100 Bryan 25 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 568 babies =
  2. 2 Mary 435 babies =
  3. 3 Joan 399 babies =
  4. 4 Betty 343 babies 3
  5. 5 Patricia 311 babies 1
  6. 6 Joyce 308 babies 1
  7. 7 Dorothy 306 babies 3
  8. 8 Shirley 295 babies 1
  9. 9 Jean 245 babies 1
  10. 10 Kathleen 224 babies =
  11. 11 June 218 babies =
  12. 12 Eileen 187 babies 3
  13. 13 Audrey 165 babies 1
  14. 14 Phyllis 157 babies 1
  15. 15 Elizabeth 151 babies 1
  16. 16 Nancy 140 babies 1
  17. 17 Doreen 139 babies 1
  18. 18 Marjorie 127 babies 2
  19. 19 Mavis 122 babies 5
  20. 20 Daphne 121 babies 6
  21. 21 Marie 111 babies 6
  22. 22 Ngaire 111 babies 16
  23. 23 Edna 110 babies 5
  24. 24 Norma 110 babies 5
  25. 25 Thelma 107 babies 3
  26. 26 Barbara 105 babies 9
  27. 27 Nola 105 babies 3
  28. 28 Helen 104 babies 7
  29. 29 Olive 103 babies 4
  30. 30 Elsie 96 babies 2
  31. 31 Lorna 95 babies 6
  32. 32 Valerie 94 babies 10
  33. 33 Irene 92 babies 8
  34. 34 Doris 91 babies 11
  35. 35 Gladys 89 babies 6
  36. 36 Alice 88 babies 4
  37. 37 Beryl 87 babies 2
  38. 38 Noeline 85 babies 10
  39. 39 Annie 80 babies 8
  40. 40 Florence 80 babies 12
  41. 41 Lois 80 babies 21
  42. 42 Evelyn 79 babies 1
  43. 43 Hazel 78 babies 9
  44. 44 Winifred 76 babies 5
  45. 45 Frances 75 babies 9
  46. 46 Edith 72 babies =
  47. 47 Iris 72 babies 9
  48. 48 Ruth 67 babies 5
  49. 49 Jessie 66 babies 6
  50. 50 Muriel 65 babies 3
  51. 51 Agnes 64 babies 1
  52. 52 Ellen 64 babies 8
  53. 53 Maureen 64 babies 4
  54. 54 Catherine 63 babies 9
  55. 55 Pauline 62 babies 13
  56. 56 Sylvia 62 babies 3
  57. 57 Ethel 60 babies 4
  58. 58 Peggy 60 babies =
  59. 59 Violet 59 babies 15
  60. 60 Grace 58 babies 11
  61. 61 Gwendoline 58 babies 9
  62. 62 Joy 58 babies 4
  63. 63 Vera 57 babies 13
  64. 64 Myrtle 56 babies 1
  65. 65 Alma 54 babies 1
  66. 66 Marion 54 babies 13
  67. 67 Hilda 53 babies 14
  68. 68 Rita 53 babies 14
  69. 69 Gloria 52 babies 21
  70. 70 Heather 48 babies 25
  71. 71 Josephine 45 babies 1
  72. 72 Ivy 42 babies 9
  73. 73 Enid 41 babies 3
  74. 74 Myra 41 babies 22
  75. 75 Constance 39 babies 4
  76. 76 Dawn 39 babies 15
  77. 77 Aileen 38 babies 39
  78. 78 Eunice 38 babies 4
  79. 79 May 38 babies 24
  80. 80 Merle 38 babies 2
  81. 81 Dulcie 37 babies 30
  82. 82 Melva 37 babies 3
  83. 83 Rona 37 babies 16
  84. 84 Elaine 36 babies 4
  85. 85 Mabel 36 babies 17
  86. 86 Pamela 36 babies 6
  87. 87 Fay 35 babies 53
  88. 88 Colleen 34 babies 19
  89. 89 Elva 34 babies 9
  90. 90 Eva 34 babies 6
  91. 91 Yvonne 34 babies 8
  92. 92 Alison 33 babies 1
  93. 93 Pearl 32 babies 28
  94. 94 Janet 31 babies 4
  95. 95 Ruby 31 babies 9
  96. 96 Sheila 31 babies 7
  97. 97 Ailsa 30 babies =
  98. 98 Avis 30 babies 41
  99. 99 Beatrice 30 babies 26
  100. 100 Isobel 30 babies 11

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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