New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1927

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 938 babies =
  2. 2 William 656 babies =
  3. 3 Robert 490 babies 1
  4. 4 James 479 babies 1
  5. 5 George 331 babies 1
  6. 6 Ronald 303 babies 1
  7. 7 Raymond 280 babies =
  8. 8 David 276 babies 1
  9. 9 Ian 273 babies 3
  10. 10 Thomas 268 babies 2
  11. 11 Peter 262 babies 3
  12. 12 Donald 241 babies 1
  13. 13 Kenneth 232 babies 2
  14. 14 Gordon 205 babies 4
  15. 15 Colin 203 babies 2
  16. 16 Charles 199 babies 4
  17. 17 Arthur 196 babies 1
  18. 18 Douglas 188 babies =
  19. 19 Eric 180 babies 2
  20. 20 Leslie 171 babies 3
  21. 21 Alan 170 babies 2
  22. 22 Desmond 163 babies 2
  23. 23 Edward 160 babies 1
  24. 24 Allan 148 babies 3
  25. 25 Brian 146 babies 4
  26. 26 Francis 146 babies 4
  27. 27 Noel 143 babies 6
  28. 28 Richard 142 babies 2
  29. 29 Keith 139 babies 6
  30. 30 Maurice 135 babies 2
  31. 31 Trevor 135 babies 3
  32. 32 Norman 134 babies 1
  33. 33 Bruce 124 babies 6
  34. 34 Albert 120 babies =
  35. 35 Jack 120 babies 10
  36. 36 Frederick 118 babies 9
  37. 37 Harold 117 babies 1
  38. 38 Frank 115 babies 8
  39. 39 Henry 113 babies 1
  40. 40 Walter 110 babies 9
  41. 41 Leonard 108 babies 3
  42. 42 Mervyn 107 babies =
  43. 43 Stanley 102 babies 6
  44. 44 Ernest 97 babies 4
  45. 45 Patrick 97 babies 4
  46. 46 Roy 95 babies 2
  47. 47 Alexander 91 babies 3
  48. 48 Ivan 86 babies 13
  49. 49 Joseph 85 babies 2
  50. 50 Rex 84 babies 6
  51. 51 Alfred 78 babies 8
  52. 52 Graham 77 babies 2
  53. 53 Bernard 76 babies 2
  54. 54 Lawrence 75 babies 5
  55. 55 Murray 71 babies 16
  56. 56 Owen 71 babies 4
  57. 57 Reginald 68 babies 4
  58. 58 Russell 63 babies 4
  59. 59 Herbert 62 babies 1
  60. 60 Neil 61 babies 7
  61. 61 Cyril 60 babies 4
  62. 62 Hugh 58 babies 4
  63. 63 Kevin 58 babies 8
  64. 64 Terence 55 babies 13
  65. 65 Geoffrey 54 babies 8
  66. 66 Clifford 52 babies 3
  67. 67 Victor 52 babies 1
  68. 68 Harry 50 babies 4
  69. 69 Michael 49 babies 14
  70. 70 Malcolm 47 babies 12
  71. 71 Andrew 46 babies 10
  72. 72 Gerald 43 babies 6
  73. 73 Neville 43 babies 21
  74. 74 Sydney 42 babies 1
  75. 75 Laurence 40 babies =
  76. 76 Edwin 39 babies 3
  77. 77 Barry 38 babies 9
  78. 78 Anthony 37 babies 8
  79. 79 Clarence 37 babies 5
  80. 80 Cecil 36 babies 5
  81. 81 Ralph 35 babies =
  82. 82 Allen 34 babies 13
  83. 83 Philip 34 babies 1
  84. 84 Roger 34 babies 46
  85. 85 Leo 33 babies 9
  86. 86 Ross 32 babies 14
  87. 87 Lionel 31 babies 1
  88. 88 Stuart 31 babies 13
  89. 89 Lloyd 30 babies 22
  90. 90 Selwyn 30 babies 5
  91. 91 Basil 29 babies 9
  92. 92 Paul 29 babies 12
  93. 93 Samuel 29 babies 13
  94. 94 Arnold 28 babies 14
  95. 95 Athol 28 babies 2
  96. 96 Bryan 28 babies 7
  97. 97 Maxwell 28 babies 10
  98. 98 Gilbert 26 babies 25
  99. 99 Sidney 26 babies 4
  100. 100 Milton 25 babies 52

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 523 babies =
  2. 2 Shirley 387 babies 1
  3. 3 Patricia 372 babies 2
  4. 4 Mary 370 babies 2
  5. 5 Betty 336 babies 3
  6. 6 Joan 336 babies 2
  7. 7 Dorothy 302 babies =
  8. 8 Joyce 283 babies 2
  9. 9 Elizabeth 230 babies 3
  10. 10 June 228 babies 1
  11. 11 Jean 215 babies 1
  12. 12 Doreen 195 babies 1
  13. 13 Audrey 192 babies 1
  14. 14 Kathleen 171 babies 3
  15. 15 Eileen 159 babies =
  16. 16 Phyllis 153 babies =
  17. 17 Marie 149 babies 4
  18. 18 Barbara 146 babies 8
  19. 19 Valerie 133 babies 12
  20. 20 Nola 131 babies 5
  21. 21 Marjorie 128 babies 4
  22. 22 Ngaire 126 babies =
  23. 23 Nancy 123 babies 4
  24. 24 Norma 122 babies 4
  25. 25 Helen 117 babies 1
  26. 26 Mavis 112 babies 8
  27. 27 Thelma 112 babies 3
  28. 28 Daphne 107 babies 5
  29. 29 Beryl 101 babies 11
  30. 30 Florence 99 babies 15
  31. 31 Frances 94 babies 10
  32. 32 Noeline 92 babies 1
  33. 33 Olive 92 babies 5
  34. 34 Doris 85 babies =
  35. 35 Lorna 85 babies 8
  36. 36 Ruth 85 babies 10
  37. 37 Sylvia 83 babies 34
  38. 38 Irene 81 babies 6
  39. 39 Edna 80 babies 4
  40. 40 Dawn 79 babies 10
  41. 41 Evelyn 75 babies 7
  42. 42 Gladys 75 babies 13
  43. 43 Lois 75 babies 6
  44. 44 Iris 74 babies 2
  45. 45 Joy 74 babies 2
  46. 46 Elsie 73 babies 8
  47. 47 Hazel 72 babies =
  48. 48 Colleen 70 babies 28
  49. 49 Alice 67 babies 13
  50. 50 Annie 65 babies 6
  51. 51 Beverley 64 babies 48
  52. 52 Catherine 64 babies 13
  53. 53 Maureen 63 babies 5
  54. 54 Ellen 62 babies 10
  55. 55 Violet 60 babies 7
  56. 56 Agnes 58 babies 3
  57. 57 Edith 58 babies 3
  58. 58 Jessie 58 babies 5
  59. 59 Pamela 55 babies 4
  60. 60 Muriel 54 babies 11
  61. 61 Winifred 54 babies 9
  62. 62 Ethel 53 babies 15
  63. 63 Marion 53 babies 12
  64. 64 Yvonne 53 babies 1
  65. 65 Dulcie 50 babies 2
  66. 66 Pauline 50 babies 5
  67. 67 Fay 49 babies 5
  68. 68 Rita 48 babies 8
  69. 69 Gloria 47 babies 15
  70. 70 Peggy 47 babies 15
  71. 71 Josephine 46 babies 2
  72. 72 Rona 45 babies 8
  73. 73 Heather 43 babies 5
  74. 74 Isobel 43 babies 27
  75. 75 Alison 42 babies 7
  76. 76 Eunice 42 babies 3
  77. 77 Aileen 41 babies 8
  78. 78 Elaine 41 babies 3
  79. 79 Ailsa 40 babies 1
  80. 80 Isabel 40 babies 8
  81. 81 Janet 40 babies 10
  82. 82 Constance 39 babies 1
  83. 83 Gwendoline 38 babies 13
  84. 84 Ivy 38 babies 9
  85. 85 Vera 38 babies 19
  86. 86 Enid 36 babies 12
  87. 87 Hilda 36 babies =
  88. 88 Jocelyn 36 babies 16
  89. 89 Alma 35 babies 16
  90. 90 May 35 babies 2
  91. 91 Elva 34 babies 23
  92. 92 Myrtle 34 babies 6
  93. 93 Grace 33 babies 36
  94. 94 Monica 33 babies 4
  95. 95 Ruby 33 babies 7
  96. 96 Beatrice 32 babies 1
  97. 97 Eva 32 babies 3
  98. 98 Freda 32 babies 11
  99. 99 Lilian 32 babies 3
  100. 100 Marjory 31 babies 13

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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