New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1926

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 914 babies =
  2. 2 William 692 babies =
  3. 3 James 479 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 467 babies =
  5. 5 Ronald 354 babies 1
  6. 6 George 314 babies 1
  7. 7 Raymond 304 babies =
  8. 8 Thomas 263 babies =
  9. 9 David 260 babies 4
  10. 10 Gordon 254 babies 1
  11. 11 Donald 244 babies =
  12. 12 Ian 225 babies 6
  13. 13 Colin 221 babies 1
  14. 14 Peter 216 babies 3
  15. 15 Kenneth 209 babies 1
  16. 16 Arthur 208 babies 6
  17. 17 Leslie 199 babies 3
  18. 18 Douglas 191 babies 3
  19. 19 Alan 190 babies 7
  20. 20 Charles 187 babies 4
  21. 21 Eric 184 babies =
  22. 22 Edward 175 babies 3
  23. 23 Keith 172 babies 8
  24. 24 Desmond 164 babies 1
  25. 25 Jack 158 babies 10
  26. 26 Richard 155 babies 4
  27. 27 Allan 154 babies 3
  28. 28 Trevor 151 babies 15
  29. 29 Brian 150 babies 5
  30. 30 Francis 150 babies 2
  31. 31 Norman 148 babies 4
  32. 32 Maurice 144 babies 5
  33. 33 Noel 139 babies 10
  34. 34 Albert 123 babies 2
  35. 35 Ivan 122 babies 12
  36. 36 Harold 117 babies 6
  37. 37 Stanley 115 babies 1
  38. 38 Henry 114 babies 2
  39. 39 Bruce 108 babies 2
  40. 40 Ernest 107 babies 10
  41. 41 Patrick 104 babies 4
  42. 42 Mervyn 103 babies 6
  43. 43 Alfred 102 babies 1
  44. 44 Leonard 102 babies 8
  45. 45 Frederick 98 babies 16
  46. 46 Frank 93 babies 5
  47. 47 Joseph 93 babies 1
  48. 48 Roy 92 babies 4
  49. 49 Walter 86 babies 16
  50. 50 Alexander 84 babies 11
  51. 51 Bernard 81 babies 2
  52. 52 Owen 80 babies 3
  53. 53 Reginald 80 babies 4
  54. 54 Graham 78 babies 2
  55. 55 Kevin 67 babies 25
  56. 56 Rex 63 babies 3
  57. 57 Geoffrey 61 babies 5
  58. 58 Malcolm 60 babies 15
  59. 59 Lawrence 59 babies 1
  60. 60 Herbert 58 babies 11
  61. 61 Andrew 57 babies 5
  62. 62 Russell 56 babies 3
  63. 63 Clifford 55 babies 2
  64. 64 Harry 55 babies 1
  65. 65 Cyril 52 babies 11
  66. 66 Hugh 50 babies 2
  67. 67 Neil 50 babies 2
  68. 68 Victor 49 babies 1
  69. 69 Allen 48 babies 15
  70. 70 Anthony 45 babies =
  71. 71 Murray 45 babies 11
  72. 72 Ross 45 babies 16
  73. 73 Sydney 44 babies 9
  74. 74 Clarence 43 babies 27
  75. 75 Laurence 43 babies 1
  76. 76 Leo 43 babies 2
  77. 77 Terence 43 babies =
  78. 78 Gerald 41 babies 2
  79. 79 Edwin 40 babies 13
  80. 80 Paul 40 babies 17
  81. 81 Ralph 40 babies =
  82. 82 Basil 38 babies 11
  83. 83 Michael 38 babies 8
  84. 84 Philip 38 babies 20
  85. 85 Cecil 37 babies 13
  86. 86 Barry 35 babies 38
  87. 87 Maxwell 35 babies 9
  88. 88 Lionel 34 babies 7
  89. 89 Bryan 32 babies 11
  90. 90 Vernon 32 babies 17
  91. 91 Wilfred 32 babies 6
  92. 92 Denis 30 babies 20
  93. 93 Dennis 30 babies 23
  94. 94 Neville 29 babies 11
  95. 95 Selwyn 29 babies 3
  96. 96 Wallace 29 babies 6
  97. 97 Athol 28 babies 6
  98. 98 Graeme 28 babies 29
  99. 99 Hector 28 babies 14
  100. 100 Stewart 28 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 533 babies =
  2. 2 Mary 376 babies =
  3. 3 Shirley 357 babies 5
  4. 4 Joan 353 babies 1
  5. 5 Patricia 323 babies =
  6. 6 Joyce 313 babies =
  7. 7 Dorothy 310 babies =
  8. 8 Betty 268 babies 4
  9. 9 June 263 babies 2
  10. 10 Jean 215 babies 1
  11. 11 Kathleen 183 babies 1
  12. 12 Elizabeth 182 babies 3
  13. 13 Doreen 174 babies 4
  14. 14 Audrey 168 babies 1
  15. 15 Eileen 157 babies 3
  16. 16 Phyllis 150 babies 2
  17. 17 Marjorie 145 babies 1
  18. 18 Mavis 144 babies 1
  19. 19 Nancy 143 babies 3
  20. 20 Norma 133 babies 4
  21. 21 Marie 127 babies =
  22. 22 Ngaire 126 babies =
  23. 23 Daphne 123 babies 3
  24. 24 Helen 117 babies 4
  25. 25 Nola 116 babies 2
  26. 26 Barbara 115 babies =
  27. 27 Lorna 112 babies 4
  28. 28 Olive 105 babies 1
  29. 29 Gladys 104 babies 6
  30. 30 Thelma 104 babies 5
  31. 31 Valerie 103 babies 1
  32. 32 Irene 101 babies 1
  33. 33 Noeline 99 babies 5
  34. 34 Doris 93 babies =
  35. 35 Edna 88 babies 12
  36. 36 Alice 83 babies =
  37. 37 Lois 83 babies 4
  38. 38 Elsie 81 babies 8
  39. 39 Catherine 79 babies 15
  40. 40 Beryl 78 babies 3
  41. 41 Frances 78 babies 4
  42. 42 Iris 78 babies 5
  43. 43 Joy 78 babies 19
  44. 44 Ellen 77 babies 8
  45. 45 Florence 75 babies 5
  46. 46 Ruth 74 babies 2
  47. 47 Hazel 71 babies 4
  48. 48 Evelyn 70 babies 6
  49. 49 Muriel 70 babies 1
  50. 50 Dawn 67 babies 26
  51. 51 Marion 67 babies 15
  52. 52 Winifred 67 babies 8
  53. 53 Jessie 65 babies 4
  54. 54 Edith 64 babies 8
  55. 55 Peggy 63 babies 3
  56. 56 Annie 62 babies 17
  57. 57 Grace 61 babies 3
  58. 58 Maureen 60 babies 5
  59. 59 Agnes 58 babies 8
  60. 60 Rita 57 babies 8
  61. 61 Pauline 56 babies 6
  62. 62 Violet 55 babies 3
  63. 63 Pamela 54 babies 23
  64. 64 Rona 54 babies 19
  65. 65 Yvonne 54 babies 26
  66. 66 Vera 53 babies 3
  67. 67 Dulcie 52 babies 14
  68. 68 Elva 51 babies 21
  69. 69 Josephine 51 babies 2
  70. 70 Gwendoline 50 babies 9
  71. 71 Sylvia 50 babies 15
  72. 72 Fay 49 babies 15
  73. 73 Alma 48 babies 8
  74. 74 Enid 48 babies 1
  75. 75 Ivy 48 babies 3
  76. 76 Colleen 47 babies 12
  77. 77 Ethel 47 babies 20
  78. 78 Heather 46 babies 8
  79. 79 Eunice 45 babies 1
  80. 80 Ailsa 44 babies 17
  81. 81 Elaine 43 babies 3
  82. 82 Alison 42 babies 10
  83. 83 Constance 42 babies 8
  84. 84 Gloria 42 babies 15
  85. 85 Aileen 38 babies 8
  86. 86 Myrtle 38 babies 22
  87. 87 Hilda 37 babies 20
  88. 88 Isabel 37 babies 14
  89. 89 Mona 36 babies 15
  90. 90 Myra 36 babies 16
  91. 91 Janet 34 babies 3
  92. 92 May 33 babies 13
  93. 93 Melva 33 babies 11
  94. 94 Olga 33 babies 7
  95. 95 Beatrice 32 babies 4
  96. 96 Lilian 32 babies 19
  97. 97 Mabel 32 babies 12
  98. 98 Monica 32 babies 11
  99. 99 Beverley 31 babies 6
  100. 100 Eva 31 babies 10

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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