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 John 938 babies =
2 William 656 babies =
3 Robert 490 babies 1
4 James 479 babies 1
5 George 331 babies 1
6 Ronald 303 babies 1
7 Raymond 280 babies =
8 David 276 babies 1
9 Ian 273 babies 3
10 Thomas 268 babies 2
11 Peter 262 babies 3
12 Donald 241 babies 1
13 Kenneth 232 babies 2
14 Gordon 205 babies 4
15 Colin 203 babies 2
16 Charles 199 babies 4
17 Arthur 196 babies 1
18 Douglas 188 babies =
19 Eric 180 babies 2
20 Leslie 171 babies 3
21 Alan 170 babies 2
22 Desmond 163 babies 2
23 Edward 160 babies 1
24 Allan 148 babies 3
25 Brian 146 babies 4
26 Francis 146 babies 4
27 Noel 143 babies 6
28 Richard 142 babies 2
29 Keith 139 babies 6
30 Maurice 135 babies 2
31 Trevor 135 babies 3
32 Norman 134 babies 1
33 Bruce 124 babies 6
34 Albert 120 babies =
35 Jack 120 babies 10
36 Frederick 118 babies 9
37 Harold 117 babies 1
38 Frank 115 babies 8
39 Henry 113 babies 1
40 Walter 110 babies 9
41 Leonard 108 babies 3
42 Mervyn 107 babies =
43 Stanley 102 babies 6
44 Ernest 97 babies 4
45 Patrick 97 babies 4
46 Roy 95 babies 2
47 Alexander 91 babies 3
48 Ivan 86 babies 13
49 Joseph 85 babies 2
50 Rex 84 babies 6
51 Alfred 78 babies 8
52 Graham 77 babies 2
53 Bernard 76 babies 2
54 Lawrence 75 babies 5
55 Murray 71 babies 16
56 Owen 71 babies 4
57 Reginald 68 babies 4
58 Russell 63 babies 4
59 Herbert 62 babies 1
60 Neil 61 babies 7
61 Cyril 60 babies 4
62 Hugh 58 babies 4
63 Kevin 58 babies 8
64 Terence 55 babies 13
65 Geoffrey 54 babies 8
66 Clifford 52 babies 3
67 Victor 52 babies 1
68 Harry 50 babies 4
69 Michael 49 babies 14
70 Malcolm 47 babies 12
71 Andrew 46 babies 10
72 Gerald 43 babies 6
73 Neville 43 babies 21
74 Sydney 42 babies 1
75 Laurence 40 babies =
76 Edwin 39 babies 3
77 Barry 38 babies 9
78 Anthony 37 babies 8
79 Clarence 37 babies 5
80 Cecil 36 babies 5
81 Ralph 35 babies =
82 Allen 34 babies 13
83 Philip 34 babies 1
84 Roger 34 babies 46
85 Leo 33 babies 9
86 Ross 32 babies 14
87 Lionel 31 babies 1
88 Stuart 31 babies 13
89 Lloyd 30 babies 22
90 Selwyn 30 babies 5
91 Basil 29 babies 9
92 Paul 29 babies 12
93 Samuel 29 babies 13
94 Arnold 28 babies 14
95 Athol 28 babies 2
96 Bryan 28 babies 7
97 Maxwell 28 babies 10
98 Gilbert 26 babies 25
99 Sidney 26 babies 4
100 Milton 25 babies 52
101 Rodney 25 babies 34
102 Wallace 25 babies 6
103 Cedric 24 babies 38
104 Graeme 24 babies 6
105 Lewis 24 babies 9
106 Stewart 22 babies 6
107 Edgar 21 babies 18
108 Lester 21 babies 31
109 Lindsay 21 babies 8
110 Daniel 20 babies 6
111 Dennis 20 babies 18
112 Derek 20 babies 3
113 Fredrick 20 babies 6
114 Hector 20 babies 15
115 Percy 20 babies 9
116 Robin 20 babies 13
117 Roland 20 babies 3
118 Vincent 20 babies 13
119 Warren 20 babies 17
120 Wilfred 19 babies 29
121 Denis 18 babies 29
122 Martin 18 babies 12
123 Vernon 18 babies 33
124 Clive 17 babies 11
125 Stephen 17 babies 21
126 Howard 16 babies 16
127 Louis 16 babies 1
128 Vivian 16 babies 26
129 Archibald 15 babies 8
130 Ashley 15 babies 3
131 Christopher 15 babies new
132 Duncan 15 babies 14
133 Gavin 15 babies new
134 Phillip 15 babies 32
135 Benjamin 14 babies new
136 Claude 14 babies 8
137 Errol 14 babies 15
138 Kelvin 14 babies 6
139 Max 14 babies 1
140 Matthew 13 babies 11
141 Ray 13 babies new
142 Wiremu 12 babies 27
143 Edmund 11 babies 4
144 Horace 11 babies 13
145 Oliver 11 babies new
146 Roderick 11 babies 27
147 Warwick 11 babies 10
148 Alex 10 babies new
149 Evan 10 babies new

Girl Names

1 Margaret 523 babies =
2 Shirley 387 babies 1
3 Patricia 372 babies 2
4 Mary 370 babies 2
5 Betty 336 babies 3
6 Joan 336 babies 2
7 Dorothy 302 babies =
8 Joyce 283 babies 2
9 Elizabeth 230 babies 3
10 June 228 babies 1
11 Jean 215 babies 1
12 Doreen 195 babies 1
13 Audrey 192 babies 1
14 Kathleen 171 babies 3
15 Eileen 159 babies =
16 Phyllis 153 babies =
17 Marie 149 babies 4
18 Barbara 146 babies 8
19 Valerie 133 babies 12
20 Nola 131 babies 5
21 Marjorie 128 babies 4
22 Ngaire 126 babies =
23 Nancy 123 babies 4
24 Norma 122 babies 4
25 Helen 117 babies 1
26 Mavis 112 babies 8
27 Thelma 112 babies 3
28 Daphne 107 babies 5
29 Beryl 101 babies 11
30 Florence 99 babies 15
31 Frances 94 babies 10
32 Noeline 92 babies 1
33 Olive 92 babies 5
34 Doris 85 babies =
35 Lorna 85 babies 8
36 Ruth 85 babies 10
37 Sylvia 83 babies 34
38 Irene 81 babies 6
39 Edna 80 babies 4
40 Dawn 79 babies 10
41 Evelyn 75 babies 7
42 Gladys 75 babies 13
43 Lois 75 babies 6
44 Iris 74 babies 2
45 Joy 74 babies 2
46 Elsie 73 babies 8
47 Hazel 72 babies =
48 Colleen 70 babies 28
49 Alice 67 babies 13
50 Annie 65 babies 6
51 Beverley 64 babies 48
52 Catherine 64 babies 13
53 Maureen 63 babies 5
54 Ellen 62 babies 10
55 Violet 60 babies 7
56 Agnes 58 babies 3
57 Edith 58 babies 3
58 Jessie 58 babies 5
59 Pamela 55 babies 4
60 Muriel 54 babies 11
61 Winifred 54 babies 9
62 Ethel 53 babies 15
63 Marion 53 babies 12
64 Yvonne 53 babies 1
65 Dulcie 50 babies 2
66 Pauline 50 babies 5
67 Fay 49 babies 5
68 Rita 48 babies 8
69 Gloria 47 babies 15
70 Peggy 47 babies 15
71 Josephine 46 babies 2
72 Rona 45 babies 8
73 Heather 43 babies 5
74 Isobel 43 babies 27
75 Alison 42 babies 7
76 Eunice 42 babies 3
77 Aileen 41 babies 8
78 Elaine 41 babies 3
79 Ailsa 40 babies 1
80 Isabel 40 babies 8
81 Janet 40 babies 10
82 Constance 39 babies 1
83 Gwendoline 38 babies 13
84 Ivy 38 babies 9
85 Vera 38 babies 19
86 Enid 36 babies 12
87 Hilda 36 babies =
88 Jocelyn 36 babies 16
89 Alma 35 babies 16
90 May 35 babies 2
91 Elva 34 babies 23
92 Myrtle 34 babies 6
93 Grace 33 babies 36
94 Monica 33 babies 4
95 Ruby 33 babies 7
96 Beatrice 32 babies 1
97 Eva 32 babies 3
98 Freda 32 babies 11
99 Lilian 32 babies 3
100 Marjory 31 babies 13
101 Merle 30 babies 32
102 Mona 30 babies 13
103 Mabel 28 babies 6
104 Judith 27 babies 6
105 Melva 27 babies 12
106 Christina 26 babies 8
107 Lola 25 babies 5
108 Myra 25 babies 18
109 Rose 25 babies 3
110 Veronica 25 babies 28
111 Esther 24 babies 65
112 Lucy 24 babies 24
113 Natalie 24 babies 69
114 Avis 23 babies 36
115 Noeleen 23 babies 22
116 Pearl 23 babies 9
117 Ada 22 babies 4
118 Anne 22 babies 1
119 Lorraine 22 babies 10
120 Una 22 babies =
121 Valda 22 babies 5
122 Lillian 21 babies 17
123 Olga 21 babies 29
124 Molly 20 babies 6
125 Nellie 20 babies 22
126 Rosemary 20 babies 5
127 Sheila 20 babies 24
128 Stella 20 babies 12
129 Verna 20 babies 27
130 Bernice 19 babies 8
131 Ina 19 babies 72
132 Valmai 19 babies 14
133 Brenda 18 babies 6
134 Coral 18 babies 40
135 Flora 18 babies 8
136 Isabella 18 babies 25
137 Rae 18 babies 22
138 Valma 18 babies 74
139 Velma 18 babies 44
140 Ann 17 babies new
141 Charlotte 17 babies 32
142 Diana 17 babies 21
143 Noelene 17 babies 3
144 Emily 16 babies 9
145 Esma 16 babies 19
146 Gwenda 16 babies 19
147 Sarah 16 babies 23
148 Annette 15 babies new
149 Beverly 15 babies 8
150 Eleanor 15 babies 42
151 Jacqueline 15 babies 42
152 Lesley 15 babies 28
153 Margery 15 babies 1
154 Miriam 15 babies 34
155 Beth 14 babies 44
156 Cecilia 14 babies 5
157 Ella 14 babies 18
158 Esme 14 babies 16
159 Jill 14 babies 45
160 Laura 14 babies 37
161 Laurel 14 babies 18
162 Lena 14 babies new
163 Mere 14 babies new
164 Mildred 14 babies 22
165 Moira 14 babies 40
166 Nita 14 babies 21
167 Rachel 14 babies new
168 Tui 14 babies 9
169 Clare 13 babies new
170 Elma 13 babies 29
171 Emma 13 babies 30
172 Maisie 13 babies 19
173 Moreen 13 babies 16
174 Nora 13 babies 55
175 Sybil 13 babies 26
176 Teresa 13 babies 42
177 Theresa 13 babies new
178 Bessie 12 babies 27
179 Christine 12 babies new
180 Clara 12 babies 11
181 Dorothea 12 babies 11
182 Gwen 12 babies 5
183 Jane 12 babies 65
184 Katherine 12 babies new
185 Madeline 12 babies 9
186 Amy 11 babies 26
187 Anita 11 babies 2
188 Anna 11 babies 17
189 Estelle 11 babies new
190 Gertrude 11 babies new
191 Gweneth 11 babies 33
192 Ida 11 babies 48
193 Linda 11 babies 26
194 Mollie 11 babies 3
195 Norah 11 babies 26
196 Olwyn 11 babies 41
197 Vilma 11 babies new
198 Zelda 11 babies new
199 Claire 10 babies 37
200 Clarice 10 babies 68
201 Cynthia 10 babies 74
202 Dora 10 babies new
203 Hilary 10 babies new
204 Leila 10 babies new
205 Leonie 10 babies =
206 Noreen 10 babies 4
207 Vivienne 10 babies new
208 Winsome 10 babies new

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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