New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1928

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 904 babies =
  2. 2 William 636 babies =
  3. 3 James 458 babies 1
  4. 4 Robert 424 babies 1
  5. 5 Ronald 325 babies 1
  6. 6 Peter 312 babies 5
  7. 7 Raymond 295 babies =
  8. 8 George 292 babies 3
  9. 9 David 261 babies 1
  10. 10 Thomas 254 babies =
  11. 11 Donald 253 babies 1
  12. 12 Ian 248 babies 3
  13. 13 Gordon 213 babies 1
  14. 14 Colin 208 babies 1
  15. 15 Brian 207 babies 10
  16. 16 Kenneth 200 babies 3
  17. 17 Douglas 199 babies 1
  18. 18 Keith 199 babies 11
  19. 19 Arthur 166 babies 2
  20. 20 Eric 165 babies 1
  21. 21 Leslie 161 babies 1
  22. 22 Richard 160 babies 6
  23. 23 Desmond 158 babies 1
  24. 24 Edward 152 babies 1
  25. 25 Maurice 147 babies 5
  26. 26 Trevor 147 babies 5
  27. 27 Alan 146 babies 6
  28. 28 Charles 146 babies 12
  29. 29 Norman 144 babies 3
  30. 30 Allan 138 babies 6
  31. 31 Noel 137 babies 4
  32. 32 Ivan 131 babies 16
  33. 33 Bruce 130 babies =
  34. 34 Stanley 120 babies 9
  35. 35 Francis 117 babies 9
  36. 36 Jack 112 babies 1
  37. 37 Albert 111 babies 3
  38. 38 Leonard 108 babies 3
  39. 39 Alexander 107 babies 8
  40. 40 Frederick 105 babies 4
  41. 41 Mervyn 105 babies 1
  42. 42 Patrick 103 babies 3
  43. 43 Walter 98 babies 3
  44. 44 Harold 96 babies 7
  45. 45 Joseph 92 babies 4
  46. 46 Ernest 88 babies 2
  47. 47 Kevin 86 babies 16
  48. 48 Rex 86 babies 2
  49. 49 Graham 85 babies 3
  50. 50 Henry 84 babies 11
  51. 51 Roy 84 babies 5
  52. 52 Murray 82 babies 3
  53. 53 Alfred 77 babies 2
  54. 54 Lawrence 74 babies =
  55. 55 Frank 73 babies 17
  56. 56 Bernard 71 babies 3
  57. 57 Owen 66 babies 1
  58. 58 Geoffrey 64 babies 7
  59. 59 Reginald 64 babies 2
  60. 60 Herbert 63 babies 1
  61. 61 Cyril 61 babies =
  62. 62 Russell 59 babies 4
  63. 63 Andrew 56 babies 8
  64. 64 Michael 56 babies 5
  65. 65 Neil 56 babies 5
  66. 66 Barry 52 babies 11
  67. 67 Malcolm 52 babies 3
  68. 68 Harry 50 babies =
  69. 69 Ralph 45 babies 12
  70. 70 Anthony 42 babies 8
  71. 71 Laurence 42 babies 4
  72. 72 Victor 41 babies 5
  73. 73 Clarence 40 babies 6
  74. 74 Clifford 40 babies 8
  75. 75 Allen 39 babies 7
  76. 76 Graeme 39 babies 28
  77. 77 Leo 38 babies 8
  78. 78 Maxwell 38 babies 19
  79. 79 Basil 37 babies 12
  80. 80 Stuart 37 babies 8
  81. 81 Bryan 36 babies 15
  82. 82 Gerald 36 babies 10
  83. 83 Lionel 36 babies 4
  84. 84 Sydney 36 babies 10
  85. 85 Roger 35 babies 1
  86. 86 Ross 35 babies =
  87. 87 Neville 34 babies 14
  88. 88 Philip 34 babies 5
  89. 89 Terence 33 babies 25
  90. 90 Athol 32 babies 5
  91. 91 Cecil 31 babies 11
  92. 92 Edwin 31 babies 16
  93. 93 Derek 30 babies 19
  94. 94 Hugh 30 babies 32
  95. 95 Samuel 30 babies 2
  96. 96 Arnold 27 babies 2
  97. 97 Wallace 27 babies 5
  98. 98 Dennis 26 babies 13
  99. 99 Louis 26 babies 28
  100. 100 Robin 26 babies 16

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 500 babies =
  2. 2 Shirley 398 babies =
  3. 3 Betty 364 babies 2
  4. 4 Patricia 354 babies 1
  5. 5 Mary 326 babies 1
  6. 6 Joan 262 babies =
  7. 7 Dorothy 260 babies =
  8. 8 Joyce 246 babies =
  9. 9 Elizabeth 245 babies =
  10. 10 June 214 babies =
  11. 11 Jean 203 babies =
  12. 12 Audrey 189 babies 1
  13. 13 Valerie 186 babies 6
  14. 14 Kathleen 169 babies =
  15. 15 Doreen 162 babies 3
  16. 16 Marie 152 babies 1
  17. 17 Barbara 132 babies 1
  18. 18 Daphne 130 babies 10
  19. 19 Ngaire 130 babies 3
  20. 20 Mavis 129 babies 6
  21. 21 Phyllis 124 babies 5
  22. 22 Eileen 122 babies 7
  23. 23 Norma 117 babies 1
  24. 24 Nancy 116 babies 1
  25. 25 Helen 106 babies =
  26. 26 Irene 101 babies 12
  27. 27 Lorna 101 babies 8
  28. 28 Thelma 101 babies 1
  29. 29 Noeline 100 babies 3
  30. 30 Marjorie 98 babies 9
  31. 31 Colleen 97 babies 17
  32. 32 Dawn 95 babies 8
  33. 33 Maureen 89 babies 20
  34. 34 Nola 89 babies 14
  35. 35 Frances 88 babies 4
  36. 36 Edna 86 babies 3
  37. 37 Beryl 85 babies 8
  38. 38 Joy 82 babies 7
  39. 39 Ruth 81 babies 3
  40. 40 Hazel 77 babies 7
  41. 41 Lois 73 babies 2
  42. 42 Marion 73 babies 21
  43. 43 Yvonne 73 babies 21
  44. 44 Beverley 72 babies 7
  45. 45 Pauline 72 babies 21
  46. 46 Gladys 71 babies 4
  47. 47 Olive 70 babies 14
  48. 48 Pamela 70 babies 11
  49. 49 Florence 68 babies 19
  50. 50 Annie 67 babies =
  51. 51 Doris 67 babies 17
  52. 52 Catherine 66 babies =
  53. 53 Elsie 66 babies 7
  54. 54 Ellen 63 babies =
  55. 55 Elaine 61 babies 23
  56. 56 Evelyn 61 babies 15
  57. 57 Violet 60 babies 2
  58. 58 Fay 58 babies 9
  59. 59 Muriel 57 babies 1
  60. 60 Edith 56 babies 3
  61. 61 Sylvia 54 babies 24
  62. 62 Alice 53 babies 13
  63. 63 Janet 53 babies 18
  64. 64 Agnes 51 babies 8
  65. 65 Iris 51 babies 21
  66. 66 Winifred 51 babies 5
  67. 67 Alison 49 babies 8
  68. 68 Peggy 48 babies 2
  69. 69 Jessie 47 babies 11
  70. 70 Dulcie 43 babies 5
  71. 71 Gloria 43 babies 2
  72. 72 Ivy 43 babies 12
  73. 73 Eunice 42 babies 3
  74. 74 Josephine 41 babies 3
  75. 75 Rita 41 babies 7
  76. 76 Ailsa 39 babies 3
  77. 77 Heather 39 babies 4
  78. 78 Isabel 38 babies 2
  79. 79 Vera 37 babies 6
  80. 80 Isobel 35 babies 6
  81. 81 Judith 35 babies 23
  82. 82 Aileen 34 babies 5
  83. 83 Valmai 33 babies 49
  84. 84 Gwendoline 32 babies 1
  85. 85 Beatrice 31 babies 11
  86. 86 Diana 31 babies 56
  87. 87 Lillian 31 babies 35
  88. 88 Lorraine 31 babies 31
  89. 89 Merle 31 babies 12
  90. 90 Rona 31 babies 18
  91. 91 Elva 30 babies =
  92. 92 Ethel 30 babies 30
  93. 93 Jocelyn 30 babies 5
  94. 94 Melva 30 babies 11
  95. 95 Ruby 30 babies =
  96. 96 Anne 29 babies 22
  97. 97 Eva 29 babies =
  98. 98 Alma 28 babies 9
  99. 99 Christina 28 babies 7
  100. 100 Grace 28 babies 7

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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