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 John 955 babies =
2 William 725 babies =
3 James 522 babies =
4 Robert 444 babies =
5 George 345 babies =
6 Ronald 308 babies 1
7 Raymond 293 babies 1
8 Thomas 292 babies 2
9 Gordon 242 babies 9
10 Arthur 238 babies 1
11 Donald 225 babies 1
12 Colin 220 babies 9
13 David 218 babies =
14 Kenneth 216 babies 3
15 Douglas 213 babies 3
16 Charles 208 babies 2
17 Peter 201 babies 1
18 Ian 191 babies 1
19 Edward 189 babies 4
20 Leslie 188 babies 1
21 Eric 169 babies 1
22 Richard 161 babies 1
23 Noel 157 babies 8
24 Allan 156 babies =
25 Desmond 154 babies 4
26 Alan 153 babies 4
27 Norman 150 babies 2
28 Francis 146 babies 1
29 Frederick 143 babies 7
30 Harold 141 babies 7
31 Keith 135 babies 9
32 Albert 133 babies 4
33 Walter 132 babies 1
34 Brian 127 babies 1
35 Jack 127 babies 9
36 Leonard 126 babies 3
37 Maurice 126 babies 3
38 Stanley 126 babies =
39 Alexander 125 babies 5
40 Henry 124 babies 4
41 Bruce 119 babies 2
42 Alfred 118 babies 1
43 Trevor 118 babies 2
44 Roy 104 babies 7
45 Patrick 98 babies 2
46 Joseph 96 babies 2
47 Ivan 94 babies 1
48 Mervyn 91 babies 6
49 Herbert 84 babies 3
50 Ernest 83 babies 5
51 Frank 82 babies 9
52 Graham 82 babies 12
53 Bernard 80 babies 3
54 Cyril 76 babies 4
55 Owen 75 babies 2
56 Andrew 69 babies 5
57 Reginald 69 babies 8
58 Lawrence 61 babies 4
59 Rex 61 babies =
60 Murray 60 babies 16
61 Clifford 58 babies 6
62 Geoffrey 57 babies 16
63 Harry 57 babies 7
64 Philip 57 babies 2
65 Russell 55 babies 18
66 Edwin 50 babies 6
67 Victor 49 babies 7
68 Hugh 48 babies 11
69 Neil 48 babies 6
70 Anthony 47 babies 31
71 Basil 46 babies 13
72 Cecil 45 babies 2
73 Malcolm 45 babies 5
74 Laurence 43 babies 7
75 Michael 42 babies 12
76 Gerald 41 babies 12
77 Terence 41 babies 5
78 Leo 40 babies 13
79 Samuel 40 babies 12
80 Kevin 39 babies 9
81 Ralph 39 babies 18
82 Sydney 39 babies 12
83 Neville 38 babies 14
84 Allen 36 babies 4
85 Wilfred 35 babies 9
86 Howard 33 babies 4
87 Derek 32 babies 34
88 Ross 32 babies 9
89 Stuart 31 babies =
90 Wallace 30 babies 3
91 Athol 29 babies 14
92 Lindsay 28 babies =
93 Sidney 28 babies 7
94 Lewis 27 babies 4
95 Lionel 27 babies 14
96 Maxwell 27 babies 23
97 Paul 27 babies 1
98 Selwyn 27 babies 11
99 Lloyd 26 babies 3
100 Bryan 25 babies 5
101 Clarence 25 babies 16
102 Wiremu 25 babies 26
103 Arnold 24 babies 17
104 Roger 24 babies 11
105 Stewart 24 babies 15
106 Fredrick 23 babies 41
107 Vernon 23 babies 4
108 Archibald 22 babies 8
109 Daniel 22 babies 3
110 Rodney 22 babies 45
111 Roland 22 babies 16
112 Denis 21 babies 13
113 Hector 21 babies 6
114 Phillip 21 babies 5
115 Roderick 21 babies 8
116 Dennis 20 babies 4
117 Robin 20 babies 12
118 Ashley 18 babies 12
119 Claude 18 babies 14
120 Gilbert 18 babies 23
121 Louis 18 babies 1
122 Percy 18 babies 18
123 Vincent 18 babies 24
124 Barry 17 babies 14
125 Morris 17 babies 17
126 Cedric 16 babies
127 Graeme 16 babies 10
128 Alister 15 babies 8
129 Martin 15 babies
130 Percival 15 babies
131 Stephen 15 babies 12
132 Warren 15 babies 27
133 Aubrey 14 babies 12
134 Clive 14 babies 23
135 Edmund 14 babies 4
136 Lester 14 babies 2
137 Nelson 14 babies
138 Alex 13 babies
139 Angus 13 babies
140 Christopher 13 babies 3
141 Benjamin 12 babies 17
142 Charlie 12 babies
143 Errol 12 babies 3
144 Evan 12 babies 12
145 Garth 12 babies
146 Warwick 12 babies
147 Hubert 11 babies 5
148 Laurie 11 babies
149 Vivian 11 babies 5
150 Clyde 10 babies
151 Darcy 10 babies
152 Dudley 10 babies 14
153 Earle 10 babies
154 Edgar 10 babies 28
155 Gavin 10 babies 41
156 Horace 10 babies 5
157 Kelvin 10 babies 18
158 Melville 10 babies
159 Theodore 10 babies

Girl Names

1 Margaret 568 babies =
2 Mary 435 babies =
3 Joan 399 babies =
4 Betty 343 babies 3
5 Patricia 311 babies 1
6 Joyce 308 babies 1
7 Dorothy 306 babies 3
8 Shirley 295 babies 1
9 Jean 245 babies 1
10 Kathleen 224 babies =
11 June 218 babies =
12 Eileen 187 babies 3
13 Audrey 165 babies 1
14 Phyllis 157 babies 1
15 Elizabeth 151 babies 1
16 Nancy 140 babies 1
17 Doreen 139 babies 1
18 Marjorie 127 babies 2
19 Mavis 122 babies 5
20 Daphne 121 babies 6
21 Marie 111 babies 6
22 Ngaire 111 babies 16
23 Edna 110 babies 5
24 Norma 110 babies 5
25 Thelma 107 babies 3
26 Barbara 105 babies 9
27 Nola 105 babies 3
28 Helen 104 babies 7
29 Olive 103 babies 4
30 Elsie 96 babies 2
31 Lorna 95 babies 6
32 Valerie 94 babies 10
33 Irene 92 babies 8
34 Doris 91 babies 11
35 Gladys 89 babies 6
36 Alice 88 babies 4
37 Beryl 87 babies 2
38 Noeline 85 babies 10
39 Annie 80 babies 8
40 Florence 80 babies 12
41 Lois 80 babies 21
42 Evelyn 79 babies 1
43 Hazel 78 babies 9
44 Winifred 76 babies 5
45 Frances 75 babies 9
46 Edith 72 babies =
47 Iris 72 babies 9
48 Ruth 67 babies 5
49 Jessie 66 babies 6
50 Muriel 65 babies 3
51 Agnes 64 babies 1
52 Ellen 64 babies 8
53 Maureen 64 babies 4
54 Catherine 63 babies 9
55 Pauline 62 babies 13
56 Sylvia 62 babies 3
57 Ethel 60 babies 4
58 Peggy 60 babies =
59 Violet 59 babies 15
60 Grace 58 babies 11
61 Gwendoline 58 babies 9
62 Joy 58 babies 4
63 Vera 57 babies 13
64 Myrtle 56 babies 1
65 Alma 54 babies 1
66 Marion 54 babies 13
67 Hilda 53 babies 14
68 Rita 53 babies 14
69 Gloria 52 babies 21
70 Heather 48 babies 25
71 Josephine 45 babies 1
72 Ivy 42 babies 9
73 Enid 41 babies 3
74 Myra 41 babies 22
75 Constance 39 babies 4
76 Dawn 39 babies 15
77 Aileen 38 babies 39
78 Eunice 38 babies 4
79 May 38 babies 24
80 Merle 38 babies 2
81 Dulcie 37 babies 30
82 Melva 37 babies 3
83 Rona 37 babies 16
84 Elaine 36 babies 4
85 Mabel 36 babies 17
86 Pamela 36 babies 6
87 Fay 35 babies 53
88 Colleen 34 babies 19
89 Elva 34 babies 9
90 Eva 34 babies 6
91 Yvonne 34 babies 8
92 Alison 33 babies 1
93 Pearl 32 babies 28
94 Janet 31 babies 4
95 Ruby 31 babies 9
96 Sheila 31 babies 7
97 Ailsa 30 babies =
98 Avis 30 babies 41
99 Beatrice 30 babies 26
100 Isobel 30 babies 11
101 Olga 30 babies 3
102 Isabel 29 babies 27
103 Lola 29 babies 34
104 Mona 29 babies 22
105 Beverley 28 babies 3
106 Christina 28 babies 19
107 Isabella 28 babies 17
108 Lucy 27 babies 1
109 Monica 27 babies 8
110 Rose 27 babies 4
111 Cynthia 26 babies
112 Freda 26 babies 12
113 Jocelyn 25 babies 12
114 Judith 25 babies 21
115 Lilian 25 babies 38
116 Lillian 25 babies 4
117 Lorraine 25 babies 25
118 Ada 23 babies 8
119 Amy 23 babies 4
120 Anne 23 babies 46
121 Clara 23 babies
122 Moira 23 babies 24
123 Una 23 babies 1
124 Valda 23 babies 8
125 Ida 22 babies 19
126 Marjory 22 babies 27
127 Molly 22 babies 2
128 Nellie 22 babies 15
129 Esme 21 babies 10
130 Laura 21 babies 39
131 Noreen 21 babies 25
132 Verna 21 babies 41
133 Brenda 20 babies 14
134 Ina 20 babies 5
135 Nora 20 babies 8
136 Teresa 20 babies 21
137 Dorothea 19 babies 23
138 Emily 19 babies 29
139 Jane 19 babies 10
140 Stella 19 babies 22
141 Clarice 18 babies
142 Flora 18 babies 1
143 Louisa 18 babies 18
144 Minnie 18 babies 52
145 Sarah 18 babies 40
146 Ella 17 babies 5
147 Esther 17 babies 42
148 Gertrude 17 babies 31
149 Lena 17 babies
150 Mollie 17 babies 13
151 Vivienne 17 babies
152 Diana 16 babies 7
153 Katherine 16 babies 33
154 Margery 16 babies 16
155 Noeleen 16 babies 28
156 Anita 15 babies
157 Daisy 15 babies 35
158 Lesley 15 babies 28
159 Rae 15 babies 5
160 Sybil 15 babies 12
161 Valmai 15 babies 3
162 Veronica 15 babies 47
163 Eleanor 14 babies 69
164 Gwenda 14 babies 54
165 Velma 14 babies
166 Annette 13 babies 38
167 Bessie 13 babies 21
168 Claire 13 babies
169 Coral 13 babies 22
170 Dora 13 babies 7
171 Gwendolyn 13 babies 4
172 Gwenyth 13 babies 19
173 Norah 13 babies 18
174 Reta 13 babies
175 Sadie 13 babies
176 Beth 12 babies
177 Emma 12 babies 1
178 Esma 12 babies 30
179 Inez 12 babies 15
180 Maria 12 babies 18
181 Mere 12 babies
182 Mildred 12 babies
183 Natalie 12 babies 52
184 Nina 12 babies
185 Rhoda 12 babies
186 Tui 12 babies 13
187 Bertha 11 babies 53
188 Charlotte 11 babies
189 Christine 11 babies
190 Georgina 11 babies 47
191 Maisie 11 babies
192 Meryl 11 babies
193 Miriam 11 babies 48
194 Olwyn 11 babies
195 Rachel 11 babies
196 Rosalie 11 babies
197 Zita 11 babies
198 Zoe 11 babies 65
199 Anna 10 babies
200 Bernice 10 babies 50
201 Beulah 10 babies
202 Elsa 10 babies
203 Geraldine 10 babies
204 Gwyneth 10 babies
205 Laurel 10 babies
206 Lila 10 babies
207 Lily 10 babies 63
208 Madge 10 babies 13
209 Maraea 10 babies
210 Marguerite 10 babies 56
211 Thora 10 babies 13
212 Zelda 10 babies 25

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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