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 John 914 babies =
2 William 692 babies =
3 James 479 babies =
4 Robert 467 babies =
5 Ronald 354 babies 1
6 George 314 babies 1
7 Raymond 304 babies =
8 Thomas 263 babies =
9 David 260 babies 4
10 Gordon 254 babies 1
11 Donald 244 babies =
12 Ian 225 babies 6
13 Colin 221 babies 1
14 Peter 216 babies 3
15 Kenneth 209 babies 1
16 Arthur 208 babies 6
17 Leslie 199 babies 3
18 Douglas 191 babies 3
19 Alan 190 babies 7
20 Charles 187 babies 4
21 Eric 184 babies =
22 Edward 175 babies 3
23 Keith 172 babies 8
24 Desmond 164 babies 1
25 Jack 158 babies 10
26 Richard 155 babies 4
27 Allan 154 babies 3
28 Trevor 151 babies 15
29 Brian 150 babies 5
30 Francis 150 babies 2
31 Norman 148 babies 4
32 Maurice 144 babies 5
33 Noel 139 babies 10
34 Albert 123 babies 2
35 Ivan 122 babies 12
36 Harold 117 babies 6
37 Stanley 115 babies 1
38 Henry 114 babies 2
39 Bruce 108 babies 2
40 Ernest 107 babies 10
41 Patrick 104 babies 4
42 Mervyn 103 babies 6
43 Alfred 102 babies 1
44 Leonard 102 babies 8
45 Frederick 98 babies 16
46 Frank 93 babies 5
47 Joseph 93 babies 1
48 Roy 92 babies 4
49 Walter 86 babies 16
50 Alexander 84 babies 11
51 Bernard 81 babies 2
52 Owen 80 babies 3
53 Reginald 80 babies 4
54 Graham 78 babies 2
55 Kevin 67 babies 25
56 Rex 63 babies 3
57 Geoffrey 61 babies 5
58 Malcolm 60 babies 15
59 Lawrence 59 babies 1
60 Herbert 58 babies 11
61 Andrew 57 babies 5
62 Russell 56 babies 3
63 Clifford 55 babies 2
64 Harry 55 babies 1
65 Cyril 52 babies 11
66 Hugh 50 babies 2
67 Neil 50 babies 2
68 Victor 49 babies 1
69 Allen 48 babies 15
70 Anthony 45 babies =
71 Murray 45 babies 11
72 Ross 45 babies 16
73 Sydney 44 babies 9
74 Clarence 43 babies 27
75 Laurence 43 babies 1
76 Leo 43 babies 2
77 Terence 43 babies =
78 Gerald 41 babies 2
79 Edwin 40 babies 13
80 Paul 40 babies 17
81 Ralph 40 babies =
82 Basil 38 babies 11
83 Michael 38 babies 8
84 Philip 38 babies 20
85 Cecil 37 babies 13
86 Barry 35 babies 38
87 Maxwell 35 babies 9
88 Lionel 34 babies 7
89 Bryan 32 babies 11
90 Vernon 32 babies 17
91 Wilfred 32 babies 6
92 Denis 30 babies 20
93 Dennis 30 babies 23
94 Neville 29 babies 11
95 Selwyn 29 babies 3
96 Wallace 29 babies 6
97 Athol 28 babies 6
98 Graeme 28 babies 29
99 Hector 28 babies 14
100 Stewart 28 babies 5
101 Stuart 28 babies 12
102 Phillip 27 babies 12
103 Sidney 27 babies 10
104 Stephen 26 babies 27
105 Vincent 26 babies 18
106 Samuel 25 babies 27
107 Fredrick 24 babies 1
108 Arnold 23 babies 5
109 Derek 22 babies 22
110 Howard 22 babies 24
111 Lloyd 22 babies 12
112 Morris 22 babies 13
113 Clive 21 babies 21
114 Lewis 21 babies 20
115 Wiremu 21 babies 13
116 Daniel 19 babies 7
117 Lindsay 19 babies 25
118 Duncan 18 babies new
119 Roderick 18 babies 4
120 Roland 18 babies 9
121 Archibald 17 babies 13
122 Errol 17 babies 21
123 Gilbert 17 babies 3
124 Percy 17 babies 2
125 Edgar 16 babies 29
126 Louis 16 babies 5
127 Ashley 15 babies 9
128 Claude 15 babies 9
129 Robin 15 babies 12
130 Roger 15 babies 26
131 Horace 14 babies 25
132 Kelvin 13 babies 25
133 Lyall 13 babies new
134 Martin 13 babies 5
135 Rodney 13 babies 25
136 Warren 13 babies 4
137 Warwick 13 babies 9
138 Hone 12 babies new
139 Lester 12 babies 3
140 Max 12 babies new
141 Cedric 11 babies 15
142 Clyde 11 babies 8
143 Dudley 11 babies 9
144 Alec 10 babies new
145 Alwyn 10 babies new
146 Charlie 10 babies 4
147 Edmund 10 babies 12
148 Henare 10 babies new
149 Jeffrey 10 babies new
150 Laurie 10 babies 2
151 Matthew 10 babies new
152 Milton 10 babies new
153 Nelson 10 babies 16
154 Vivian 10 babies 5

Girl Names

1 Margaret 533 babies =
2 Mary 376 babies =
3 Shirley 357 babies 5
4 Joan 353 babies 1
5 Patricia 323 babies =
6 Joyce 313 babies =
7 Dorothy 310 babies =
8 Betty 268 babies 4
9 June 263 babies 2
10 Jean 215 babies 1
11 Kathleen 183 babies 1
12 Elizabeth 182 babies 3
13 Doreen 174 babies 4
14 Audrey 168 babies 1
15 Eileen 157 babies 3
16 Phyllis 150 babies 2
17 Marjorie 145 babies 1
18 Mavis 144 babies 1
19 Nancy 143 babies 3
20 Norma 133 babies 4
21 Marie 127 babies =
22 Ngaire 126 babies =
23 Daphne 123 babies 3
24 Helen 117 babies 4
25 Nola 116 babies 2
26 Barbara 115 babies =
27 Lorna 112 babies 4
28 Olive 105 babies 1
29 Gladys 104 babies 6
30 Thelma 104 babies 5
31 Valerie 103 babies 1
32 Irene 101 babies 1
33 Noeline 99 babies 5
34 Doris 93 babies =
35 Edna 88 babies 12
36 Alice 83 babies =
37 Lois 83 babies 4
38 Elsie 81 babies 8
39 Catherine 79 babies 15
40 Beryl 78 babies 3
41 Frances 78 babies 4
42 Iris 78 babies 5
43 Joy 78 babies 19
44 Ellen 77 babies 8
45 Florence 75 babies 5
46 Ruth 74 babies 2
47 Hazel 71 babies 4
48 Evelyn 70 babies 6
49 Muriel 70 babies 1
50 Dawn 67 babies 26
51 Marion 67 babies 15
52 Winifred 67 babies 8
53 Jessie 65 babies 4
54 Edith 64 babies 8
55 Peggy 63 babies 3
56 Annie 62 babies 17
57 Grace 61 babies 3
58 Maureen 60 babies 5
59 Agnes 58 babies 8
60 Rita 57 babies 8
61 Pauline 56 babies 6
62 Violet 55 babies 3
63 Pamela 54 babies 23
64 Rona 54 babies 19
65 Yvonne 54 babies 26
66 Vera 53 babies 3
67 Dulcie 52 babies 14
68 Elva 51 babies 21
69 Josephine 51 babies 2
70 Gwendoline 50 babies 9
71 Sylvia 50 babies 15
72 Fay 49 babies 15
73 Alma 48 babies 8
74 Enid 48 babies 1
75 Ivy 48 babies 3
76 Colleen 47 babies 12
77 Ethel 47 babies 20
78 Heather 46 babies 8
79 Eunice 45 babies 1
80 Ailsa 44 babies 17
81 Elaine 43 babies 3
82 Alison 42 babies 10
83 Constance 42 babies 8
84 Gloria 42 babies 15
85 Aileen 38 babies 8
86 Myrtle 38 babies 22
87 Hilda 37 babies 20
88 Isabel 37 babies 14
89 Mona 36 babies 15
90 Myra 36 babies 16
91 Janet 34 babies 3
92 May 33 babies 13
93 Melva 33 babies 11
94 Olga 33 babies 7
95 Beatrice 32 babies 4
96 Lilian 32 babies 19
97 Mabel 32 babies 12
98 Monica 32 babies 11
99 Beverley 31 babies 6
100 Eva 31 babies 10
101 Isobel 31 babies 1
102 Ruby 31 babies 7
103 Sheila 31 babies 7
104 Jocelyn 30 babies 9
105 Lillian 30 babies 11
106 Rose 29 babies 4
107 Pearl 28 babies 14
108 Eleanor 27 babies 55
109 Freda 27 babies 3
110 Judith 27 babies 4
111 Isabella 26 babies 4
112 Lola 26 babies 9
113 Marjory 26 babies 13
114 Christina 25 babies 8
115 Rae 25 babies 44
116 Stella 25 babies 24
117 Anne 24 babies 3
118 Jane 24 babies 21
119 Nora 24 babies 16
120 Una 24 babies 3
121 Ada 23 babies 3
122 Bernice 23 babies 78
123 Laura 23 babies 7
124 Lesley 23 babies 34
125 Moira 23 babies 3
126 Valda 23 babies 2
127 Cynthia 22 babies 16
128 Julia 22 babies
129 Lorraine 22 babies 12
130 Molly 22 babies 3
131 Rosemary 22 babies
132 Clarice 21 babies 9
133 Merle 21 babies 53
134 Teresa 21 babies 2
135 Emily 20 babies 3
136 Lucy 20 babies 28
137 Noeleen 20 babies 18
138 Veronica 20 babies 24
139 Brenda 19 babies 6
140 Noelene 19 babies
141 Elma 18 babies
142 Esme 18 babies 13
143 Flora 18 babies 1
144 Ida 18 babies 19
145 Nita 18 babies
146 Valmai 18 babies 15
147 Nellie 17 babies 19
148 Shona 17 babies
149 Sybil 17 babies 11
150 Avis 16 babies 52
151 Bessie 16 babies 16
152 Ena 16 babies
153 Maisie 16 babies 38
154 Margery 16 babies =
155 Olwyn 16 babies 39
156 Verna 16 babies 24
157 Beverly 15 babies
158 Gweneth 15 babies
159 Tui 15 babies 27
160 Amy 14 babies 41
161 Cecilia 14 babies
162 Claire 14 babies 6
163 Diana 14 babies 11
164 Esma 14 babies 14
165 Gwenda 14 babies 1
166 Gwenyth 14 babies 6
167 Linda 14 babies
168 Nona 14 babies
169 Norah 14 babies 4
170 Sarah 14 babies 25
171 Anna 13 babies 28
172 Bertha 13 babies 15
173 Charlotte 13 babies 15
174 Coral 13 babies 5
175 Ella 13 babies 29
176 Esther 13 babies 29
177 Gwen 13 babies
178 Inez 13 babies 1
179 Laurel 13 babies 26
180 Lily 13 babies 27
181 Naomi 13 babies
182 Natalie 13 babies 1
183 Velma 13 babies 18
184 Amelia 12 babies
185 Anita 12 babies 29
186 Mildred 12 babies 4
187 Minnie 12 babies 43
188 Miriam 12 babies 5
189 Moreen 12 babies
190 Zoe 12 babies 8
191 Clara 11 babies 70
192 Dorothea 11 babies 55
193 Jacqueline 11 babies
194 Madeline 11 babies
195 Madge 11 babies 13
196 Marguerite 11 babies 14
197 Mollie 11 babies 47
198 Rosa 11 babies
199 Beth 10 babies 23
200 Cora 10 babies
201 Emma 10 babies 24
202 Gwendolyn 10 babies 31
203 Ina 10 babies 69
204 Jill 10 babies
205 Leonie 10 babies
206 Loma 10 babies
207 Maria 10 babies 27
208 Maude 10 babies
209 Meryl 10 babies 17
210 Noreen 10 babies 79
211 Reta 10 babies 37
212 Valma 10 babies
213 Winnifred 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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