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 John 904 babies =
2 William 636 babies =
3 James 458 babies 1
4 Robert 424 babies 1
5 Ronald 325 babies 1
6 Peter 312 babies 5
7 Raymond 295 babies =
8 George 292 babies 3
9 David 261 babies 1
10 Thomas 254 babies =
11 Donald 253 babies 1
12 Ian 248 babies 3
13 Gordon 213 babies 1
14 Colin 208 babies 1
15 Brian 207 babies 10
16 Kenneth 200 babies 3
17 Douglas 199 babies 1
18 Keith 199 babies 11
19 Arthur 166 babies 2
20 Eric 165 babies 1
21 Leslie 161 babies 1
22 Richard 160 babies 6
23 Desmond 158 babies 1
24 Edward 152 babies 1
25 Maurice 147 babies 5
26 Trevor 147 babies 5
27 Alan 146 babies 6
28 Charles 146 babies 12
29 Norman 144 babies 3
30 Allan 138 babies 6
31 Noel 137 babies 4
32 Ivan 131 babies 16
33 Bruce 130 babies =
34 Stanley 120 babies 9
35 Francis 117 babies 9
36 Jack 112 babies 1
37 Albert 111 babies 3
38 Leonard 108 babies 3
39 Alexander 107 babies 8
40 Frederick 105 babies 4
41 Mervyn 105 babies 1
42 Patrick 103 babies 3
43 Walter 98 babies 3
44 Harold 96 babies 7
45 Joseph 92 babies 4
46 Ernest 88 babies 2
47 Kevin 86 babies 16
48 Rex 86 babies 2
49 Graham 85 babies 3
50 Henry 84 babies 11
51 Roy 84 babies 5
52 Murray 82 babies 3
53 Alfred 77 babies 2
54 Lawrence 74 babies =
55 Frank 73 babies 17
56 Bernard 71 babies 3
57 Owen 66 babies 1
58 Geoffrey 64 babies 7
59 Reginald 64 babies 2
60 Herbert 63 babies 1
61 Cyril 61 babies =
62 Russell 59 babies 4
63 Andrew 56 babies 8
64 Michael 56 babies 5
65 Neil 56 babies 5
66 Barry 52 babies 11
67 Malcolm 52 babies 3
68 Harry 50 babies =
69 Ralph 45 babies 12
70 Anthony 42 babies 8
71 Laurence 42 babies 4
72 Victor 41 babies 5
73 Clarence 40 babies 6
74 Clifford 40 babies 8
75 Allen 39 babies 7
76 Graeme 39 babies 28
77 Leo 38 babies 8
78 Maxwell 38 babies 19
79 Basil 37 babies 12
80 Stuart 37 babies 8
81 Bryan 36 babies 15
82 Gerald 36 babies 10
83 Lionel 36 babies 4
84 Sydney 36 babies 10
85 Roger 35 babies 1
86 Ross 35 babies =
87 Neville 34 babies 14
88 Philip 34 babies 5
89 Terence 33 babies 25
90 Athol 32 babies 5
91 Cecil 31 babies 11
92 Edwin 31 babies 16
93 Derek 30 babies 19
94 Hugh 30 babies 32
95 Samuel 30 babies 2
96 Arnold 27 babies 2
97 Wallace 27 babies 5
98 Dennis 26 babies 13
99 Louis 26 babies 28
100 Robin 26 babies 16
101 Wilfred 26 babies 19
102 Vernon 25 babies 21
103 Gilbert 24 babies 5
104 Lewis 24 babies 1
105 Roland 24 babies 12
106 Selwyn 24 babies 16
107 Sidney 24 babies 8
108 Lloyd 23 babies 19
109 Daniel 22 babies 1
110 Denis 22 babies 11
111 Lindsay 21 babies 2
112 Paul 21 babies 20
113 Clive 20 babies 11
114 Fredrick 20 babies 1
115 Hector 20 babies 1
116 Stewart 20 babies 10
117 Ashley 19 babies 13
118 Howard 18 babies 8
119 Kelvin 18 babies 19
120 Rodney 18 babies 19
121 Warren 18 babies 2
122 Percy 17 babies 7
123 Vincent 16 babies 5
124 Wiremu 16 babies 18
125 Barrie 15 babies
126 Cedric 15 babies 23
127 Garth 15 babies
128 Lester 15 babies 20
129 Morris 15 babies
130 Ray 15 babies 11
131 Stephen 15 babies 6
132 Henare 14 babies
133 Hone 14 babies
134 Martin 14 babies 12
135 Lance 13 babies
136 Nelson 13 babies
137 Alister 12 babies
138 Claude 12 babies 2
139 Duncan 12 babies 7
140 Milton 12 babies 40
141 Warwick 12 babies 6
142 Archibald 11 babies 13
143 Eugene 11 babies
144 Laurie 11 babies
145 Mark 11 babies
146 Matthew 11 babies 6
147 Phillip 11 babies 13
148 Bert 10 babies
149 Edmund 10 babies 6
150 Evan 10 babies 1
151 Godfrey 10 babies

Girl Names

1 Margaret 500 babies =
2 Shirley 398 babies =
3 Betty 364 babies 2
4 Patricia 354 babies 1
5 Mary 326 babies 1
6 Joan 262 babies =
7 Dorothy 260 babies =
8 Joyce 246 babies =
9 Elizabeth 245 babies =
10 June 214 babies =
11 Jean 203 babies =
12 Audrey 189 babies 1
13 Valerie 186 babies 6
14 Kathleen 169 babies =
15 Doreen 162 babies 3
16 Marie 152 babies 1
17 Barbara 132 babies 1
18 Daphne 130 babies 10
19 Ngaire 130 babies 3
20 Mavis 129 babies 6
21 Phyllis 124 babies 5
22 Eileen 122 babies 7
23 Norma 117 babies 1
24 Nancy 116 babies 1
25 Helen 106 babies =
26 Irene 101 babies 12
27 Lorna 101 babies 8
28 Thelma 101 babies 1
29 Noeline 100 babies 3
30 Marjorie 98 babies 9
31 Colleen 97 babies 17
32 Dawn 95 babies 8
33 Maureen 89 babies 20
34 Nola 89 babies 14
35 Frances 88 babies 4
36 Edna 86 babies 3
37 Beryl 85 babies 8
38 Joy 82 babies 7
39 Ruth 81 babies 3
40 Hazel 77 babies 7
41 Lois 73 babies 2
42 Marion 73 babies 21
43 Yvonne 73 babies 21
44 Beverley 72 babies 7
45 Pauline 72 babies 21
46 Gladys 71 babies 4
47 Olive 70 babies 14
48 Pamela 70 babies 11
49 Florence 68 babies 19
50 Annie 67 babies =
51 Doris 67 babies 17
52 Catherine 66 babies =
53 Elsie 66 babies 7
54 Ellen 63 babies =
55 Elaine 61 babies 23
56 Evelyn 61 babies 15
57 Violet 60 babies 2
58 Fay 58 babies 9
59 Muriel 57 babies 1
60 Edith 56 babies 3
61 Sylvia 54 babies 24
62 Alice 53 babies 13
63 Janet 53 babies 18
64 Agnes 51 babies 8
65 Iris 51 babies 21
66 Winifred 51 babies 5
67 Alison 49 babies 8
68 Peggy 48 babies 2
69 Jessie 47 babies 11
70 Dulcie 43 babies 5
71 Gloria 43 babies 2
72 Ivy 43 babies 12
73 Eunice 42 babies 3
74 Josephine 41 babies 3
75 Rita 41 babies 7
76 Ailsa 39 babies 3
77 Heather 39 babies 4
78 Isabel 38 babies 2
79 Vera 37 babies 6
80 Isobel 35 babies 6
81 Judith 35 babies 23
82 Aileen 34 babies 5
83 Valmai 33 babies 49
84 Gwendoline 32 babies 1
85 Beatrice 31 babies 11
86 Diana 31 babies 56
87 Lillian 31 babies 35
88 Lorraine 31 babies 31
89 Merle 31 babies 12
90 Rona 31 babies 18
91 Elva 30 babies =
92 Ethel 30 babies 30
93 Jocelyn 30 babies 5
94 Melva 30 babies 11
95 Ruby 30 babies =
96 Anne 29 babies 22
97 Eva 29 babies =
98 Alma 28 babies 9
99 Christina 28 babies 7
100 Grace 28 babies 7
101 Mabel 28 babies 2
102 Valda 28 babies 19
103 Esther 27 babies 8
104 Myra 27 babies 4
105 Hilda 26 babies 18
106 Monica 26 babies 12
107 Myrtle 26 babies 15
108 Avis 25 babies 6
109 May 25 babies 19
110 Bernice 24 babies 20
111 Noelene 24 babies 32
112 Veronica 24 babies 2
113 Vivienne 24 babies 94
114 Enid 23 babies 28
115 Isabella 23 babies 21
116 Lucy 23 babies 4
117 Moira 23 babies 48
118 Molly 23 babies 6
119 Mona 23 babies 17
120 Constance 22 babies 38
121 Emily 22 babies 23
122 Lilian 22 babies 23
123 Olga 22 babies =
124 Rosemary 22 babies 2
125 Valma 22 babies 13
126 Pearl 21 babies 10
127 Rose 21 babies 18
128 Gwenda 19 babies 18
129 Eleanor 18 babies 21
130 Jacqueline 18 babies 21
131 Lesley 18 babies 21
132 Lola 18 babies 25
133 Marjory 18 babies 33
134 Ann 17 babies 6
135 Annette 17 babies 13
136 Coral 17 babies 2
137 Cynthia 17 babies 64
138 Ida 17 babies 54
139 Maria 17 babies new
140 Nora 17 babies 34
141 Rae 17 babies 4
142 Sarah 17 babies 5
143 Teresa 17 babies 33
144 Vilma 17 babies 53
145 Beverly 16 babies 4
146 Freda 16 babies 48
147 Laurel 16 babies 14
148 Natalie 16 babies 35
149 Sheila 16 babies 22
150 Shona 16 babies new
151 Una 16 babies 31
152 Esma 15 babies 7
153 Esme 15 babies 5
154 Gwen 15 babies 28
155 Jill 15 babies 4
156 Laura 15 babies 4
157 Mildred 15 babies 7
158 Nellie 15 babies 33
159 Noeleen 15 babies 44
160 Stella 15 babies 32
161 Dorothea 14 babies 20
162 Gertrude 14 babies 28
163 Gwenyth 14 babies new
164 Velma 14 babies 25
165 Verna 14 babies 36
166 Zelda 14 babies 32
167 Bessie 13 babies 11
168 Caroline 13 babies new
169 Ina 13 babies 38
170 Martha 13 babies new
171 Miriam 13 babies 17
172 Mollie 13 babies 22
173 Nina 13 babies new
174 Rachel 13 babies 7
175 Rosalie 13 babies new
176 Sybil 13 babies 1
177 Wilma 13 babies new
178 Ani 12 babies new
179 Claire 12 babies 20
180 Clara 12 babies =
181 Georgina 12 babies new
182 Gweneth 12 babies 9
183 Jane 12 babies =
184 Maisie 12 babies 12
185 Nita 12 babies 19
186 Noleen 12 babies new
187 Phylis 12 babies new
188 Beth 11 babies 33
189 Faith 11 babies new
190 Julia 11 babies new
191 Margery 11 babies 38
192 Naomi 11 babies new
193 Noreen 11 babies 13
194 Zita 11 babies new
195 Dora 10 babies 7
196 Erica 10 babies new
197 Hine 10 babies new
198 Julie 10 babies new
199 Katherine 10 babies 15
200 Leone 10 babies new
201 Linda 10 babies 8
202 Mere 10 babies 39
203 Nancye 10 babies new
204 Rhoda 10 babies new
205 Tui 10 babies 37

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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