New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1929

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 911 babies =
  2. 2 William 616 babies =
  3. 3 James 436 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 434 babies =
  5. 5 Ronald 355 babies =
  6. 6 Raymond 315 babies 1
  7. 7 Peter 302 babies 1
  8. 8 David 274 babies 1
  9. 9 Donald 262 babies 2
  10. 10 Brian 261 babies 5
  11. 11 Ian 256 babies 1
  12. 12 George 255 babies 4
  13. 13 Colin 214 babies 1
  14. 14 Keith 211 babies 4
  15. 15 Thomas 211 babies 5
  16. 16 Kenneth 194 babies =
  17. 17 Douglas 176 babies =
  18. 18 Gordon 165 babies 5
  19. 19 Arthur 162 babies =
  20. 20 Alan 160 babies 7
  21. 21 Maurice 157 babies 4
  22. 22 Richard 154 babies =
  23. 23 Leslie 153 babies 2
  24. 24 Eric 148 babies 4
  25. 25 Trevor 148 babies 1
  26. 26 Bruce 146 babies 7
  27. 27 Allan 144 babies 3
  28. 28 Charles 144 babies =
  29. 29 Desmond 144 babies 6
  30. 30 Edward 135 babies 6
  31. 31 Francis 125 babies 4
  32. 32 Noel 124 babies 1
  33. 33 Graham 121 babies 16
  34. 34 Stanley 111 babies =
  35. 35 Norman 110 babies 6
  36. 36 Walter 105 babies 7
  37. 37 Albert 104 babies =
  38. 38 Jack 101 babies 2
  39. 39 Frederick 100 babies 1
  40. 40 Ivan 98 babies 8
  41. 41 Mervyn 98 babies =
  42. 42 Alexander 93 babies 3
  43. 43 Henry 92 babies 7
  44. 44 Patrick 85 babies 2
  45. 45 Alfred 83 babies 8
  46. 46 Leonard 80 babies 8
  47. 47 Roy 80 babies 4
  48. 48 Harold 74 babies 4
  49. 49 Joseph 74 babies 4
  50. 50 Frank 71 babies 5
  51. 51 Murray 71 babies 1
  52. 52 Rex 71 babies 4
  53. 53 Barry 67 babies 13
  54. 54 Ernest 66 babies 8
  55. 55 Russell 66 babies 7
  56. 56 Malcolm 64 babies 11
  57. 57 Reginald 64 babies 2
  58. 58 Kevin 62 babies 11
  59. 59 Owen 62 babies 2
  60. 60 Lawrence 59 babies 6
  61. 61 Michael 58 babies 3
  62. 62 Bernard 56 babies 6
  63. 63 Cyril 55 babies 2
  64. 64 Neil 54 babies 1
  65. 65 Clifford 53 babies 9
  66. 66 Geoffrey 53 babies 8
  67. 67 Graeme 47 babies 9
  68. 68 Herbert 47 babies 8
  69. 69 Ross 47 babies 17
  70. 70 Anthony 45 babies =
  71. 71 Andrew 42 babies 8
  72. 72 Harry 41 babies 4
  73. 73 Hugh 41 babies 21
  74. 74 Leo 41 babies 3
  75. 75 Sydney 41 babies 9
  76. 76 Philip 40 babies 12
  77. 77 Maxwell 39 babies 1
  78. 78 Ralph 39 babies 9
  79. 79 Terence 39 babies 10
  80. 80 Victor 39 babies 8
  81. 81 Paul 37 babies 31
  82. 82 Gerald 36 babies =
  83. 83 Neville 36 babies 4
  84. 84 Allen 35 babies 9
  85. 85 Dennis 34 babies 13
  86. 86 Laurence 33 babies 15
  87. 87 Lloyd 33 babies 21
  88. 88 Wallace 33 babies 9
  89. 89 Bryan 32 babies 8
  90. 90 Edwin 29 babies 2
  91. 91 Vernon 29 babies 11
  92. 92 Arnold 27 babies 4
  93. 93 Athol 27 babies 3
  94. 94 Derek 27 babies 1
  95. 95 Roger 27 babies 10
  96. 96 Samuel 27 babies 1
  97. 97 Selwyn 27 babies 9
  98. 98 Lindsay 26 babies 13
  99. 99 Robin 26 babies 1
  100. 100 Stuart 26 babies 20

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 521 babies =
  2. 2 Shirley 406 babies =
  3. 3 Mary 365 babies 2
  4. 4 Patricia 351 babies =
  5. 5 Betty 316 babies 2
  6. 6 Joan 302 babies =
  7. 7 Dorothy 263 babies =
  8. 8 June 249 babies 2
  9. 9 Joyce 226 babies 1
  10. 10 Elizabeth 206 babies 1
  11. 11 Kathleen 193 babies 3
  12. 12 Jean 188 babies 1
  13. 13 Valerie 185 babies =
  14. 14 Doreen 175 babies 1
  15. 15 Barbara 163 babies 2
  16. 16 Ngaire 157 babies 3
  17. 17 Audrey 149 babies 5
  18. 18 Marie 147 babies 2
  19. 19 Eileen 141 babies 3
  20. 20 Nola 132 babies 14
  21. 21 Helen 110 babies 4
  22. 22 Norma 110 babies 1
  23. 23 Phyllis 110 babies 2
  24. 24 Maureen 107 babies 9
  25. 25 Nancy 103 babies 1
  26. 26 Colleen 102 babies 5
  27. 27 Daphne 97 babies 9
  28. 28 Mavis 97 babies 8
  29. 29 Beverley 96 babies 15
  30. 30 Marjorie 94 babies =
  31. 31 Lorna 93 babies 4
  32. 32 Noeline 92 babies 3
  33. 33 Pamela 91 babies 15
  34. 34 Thelma 87 babies 6
  35. 35 Irene 81 babies 9
  36. 36 Beryl 79 babies 1
  37. 37 Dawn 78 babies 5
  38. 38 Doris 75 babies 13
  39. 39 Elsie 74 babies 14
  40. 40 Joy 74 babies 2
  41. 41 Gladys 73 babies 5
  42. 42 Lois 72 babies 1
  43. 43 Ruth 72 babies 4
  44. 44 Edna 70 babies 8
  45. 45 Florence 70 babies 4
  46. 46 Alison 68 babies 21
  47. 47 Frances 67 babies 12
  48. 48 Yvonne 67 babies 5
  49. 49 Fay 66 babies 9
  50. 50 Pauline 62 babies 5
  51. 51 Sylvia 62 babies 10
  52. 52 Alice 60 babies 10
  53. 53 Marion 60 babies 11
  54. 54 Evelyn 59 babies 2
  55. 55 Heather 59 babies 22
  56. 56 Annie 58 babies 6
  57. 57 Hazel 57 babies 17
  58. 58 Edith 55 babies 2
  59. 59 Ellen 55 babies 5
  60. 60 Muriel 55 babies 1
  61. 61 Iris 53 babies 4
  62. 62 Josephine 51 babies 12
  63. 63 Catherine 50 babies 11
  64. 64 Ethel 48 babies 28
  65. 65 Gwendoline 48 babies 19
  66. 66 Peggy 48 babies 2
  67. 67 Winifred 48 babies 1
  68. 68 Jessie 46 babies 1
  69. 69 Jocelyn 46 babies 24
  70. 70 Elaine 45 babies 15
  71. 71 Olive 45 babies 24
  72. 72 Rita 44 babies 3
  73. 73 Valmai 43 babies 10
  74. 74 Lorraine 42 babies 14
  75. 75 Violet 42 babies 18
  76. 76 Agnes 41 babies 12
  77. 77 Eunice 40 babies 4
  78. 78 Janet 40 babies 15
  79. 79 Aileen 39 babies 3
  80. 80 Rona 39 babies 10
  81. 81 Alma 38 babies 17
  82. 82 Ivy 38 babies 10
  83. 83 Dulcie 37 babies 13
  84. 84 Elva 35 babies 7
  85. 85 Lesley 35 babies 46
  86. 86 Merle 35 babies 3
  87. 87 Ailsa 33 babies 11
  88. 88 Judith 33 babies 7
  89. 89 Myra 33 babies 15
  90. 90 Beatrice 32 babies 5
  91. 91 Grace 32 babies 9
  92. 92 Isobel 32 babies 12
  93. 93 Anne 31 babies 3
  94. 94 Constance 31 babies 26
  95. 95 Freda 31 babies 51
  96. 96 Noelene 30 babies 15
  97. 97 Vera 30 babies 18
  98. 98 Ruby 29 babies 3
  99. 99 Valma 29 babies 26
  100. 100 Molly 28 babies 18

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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