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 John 911 babies =
2 William 616 babies =
3 James 436 babies =
4 Robert 434 babies =
5 Ronald 355 babies =
6 Raymond 315 babies 1
7 Peter 302 babies 1
8 David 274 babies 1
9 Donald 262 babies 2
10 Brian 261 babies 5
11 Ian 256 babies 1
12 George 255 babies 4
13 Colin 214 babies 1
14 Keith 211 babies 4
15 Thomas 211 babies 5
16 Kenneth 194 babies =
17 Douglas 176 babies =
18 Gordon 165 babies 5
19 Arthur 162 babies =
20 Alan 160 babies 7
21 Maurice 157 babies 4
22 Richard 154 babies =
23 Leslie 153 babies 2
24 Eric 148 babies 4
25 Trevor 148 babies 1
26 Bruce 146 babies 7
27 Allan 144 babies 3
28 Charles 144 babies =
29 Desmond 144 babies 6
30 Edward 135 babies 6
31 Francis 125 babies 4
32 Noel 124 babies 1
33 Graham 121 babies 16
34 Stanley 111 babies =
35 Norman 110 babies 6
36 Walter 105 babies 7
37 Albert 104 babies =
38 Jack 101 babies 2
39 Frederick 100 babies 1
40 Ivan 98 babies 8
41 Mervyn 98 babies =
42 Alexander 93 babies 3
43 Henry 92 babies 7
44 Patrick 85 babies 2
45 Alfred 83 babies 8
46 Leonard 80 babies 8
47 Roy 80 babies 4
48 Harold 74 babies 4
49 Joseph 74 babies 4
50 Frank 71 babies 5
51 Murray 71 babies 1
52 Rex 71 babies 4
53 Barry 67 babies 13
54 Ernest 66 babies 8
55 Russell 66 babies 7
56 Malcolm 64 babies 11
57 Reginald 64 babies 2
58 Kevin 62 babies 11
59 Owen 62 babies 2
60 Lawrence 59 babies 6
61 Michael 58 babies 3
62 Bernard 56 babies 6
63 Cyril 55 babies 2
64 Neil 54 babies 1
65 Clifford 53 babies 9
66 Geoffrey 53 babies 8
67 Graeme 47 babies 9
68 Herbert 47 babies 8
69 Ross 47 babies 17
70 Anthony 45 babies =
71 Andrew 42 babies 8
72 Harry 41 babies 4
73 Hugh 41 babies 21
74 Leo 41 babies 3
75 Sydney 41 babies 9
76 Philip 40 babies 12
77 Maxwell 39 babies 1
78 Ralph 39 babies 9
79 Terence 39 babies 10
80 Victor 39 babies 8
81 Paul 37 babies 31
82 Gerald 36 babies =
83 Neville 36 babies 4
84 Allen 35 babies 9
85 Dennis 34 babies 13
86 Laurence 33 babies 15
87 Lloyd 33 babies 21
88 Wallace 33 babies 9
89 Bryan 32 babies 8
90 Edwin 29 babies 2
91 Vernon 29 babies 11
92 Arnold 27 babies 4
93 Athol 27 babies 3
94 Derek 27 babies 1
95 Roger 27 babies 10
96 Samuel 27 babies 1
97 Selwyn 27 babies 9
98 Lindsay 26 babies 13
99 Robin 26 babies 1
100 Stuart 26 babies 20
101 Wilfred 26 babies =
102 Basil 25 babies 23
103 Lionel 25 babies 20
104 Clarence 23 babies 31
105 Warren 22 babies 16
106 Howard 21 babies 12
107 Rodney 21 babies 13
108 Denis 20 babies 2
109 Hector 20 babies 6
110 Vincent 20 babies 13
111 Gilbert 19 babies 8
112 Kelvin 19 babies 7
113 Ramon 19 babies
114 Errol 18 babies
115 Lewis 18 babies 11
116 Sidney 18 babies 9
117 Clive 17 babies 4
118 Louis 17 babies 19
119 Phillip 17 babies 28
120 Ashley 16 babies 3
121 Cecil 16 babies 30
122 Leon 16 babies
123 Martin 16 babies 11
124 Morris 16 babies 5
125 Christopher 15 babies
126 Duncan 15 babies 13
127 Lester 15 babies 1
128 Ray 15 babies 2
129 Barrie 14 babies 4
130 Edgar 14 babies
131 Evan 14 babies 19
132 Milton 14 babies 8
133 Percy 14 babies 11
134 Roland 14 babies 29
135 Stewart 14 babies 19
136 Alister 13 babies 1
137 Benjamin 13 babies
138 Cedric 13 babies 12
139 Daniel 13 babies 30
140 Eugene 13 babies 3
141 Garth 13 babies 14
142 Grahame 13 babies
143 Hone 13 babies 10
144 Roderick 13 babies
145 Stephen 13 babies 14
146 Vivian 13 babies
147 Clement 12 babies
148 Fredrick 12 babies 34
149 Hori 12 babies
150 Lance 12 babies 15
151 Nigel 12 babies
152 Wiremu 12 babies 28
153 Alistair 11 babies
154 Ewen 11 babies
155 Matthew 11 babies 9
156 Carl 10 babies
157 Dudley 10 babies
158 Gavin 10 babies
159 Tame 10 babies
160 Warwick 10 babies 19

Girl Names

1 Margaret 521 babies =
2 Shirley 406 babies =
3 Mary 365 babies 2
4 Patricia 351 babies =
5 Betty 316 babies 2
6 Joan 302 babies =
7 Dorothy 263 babies =
8 June 249 babies 2
9 Joyce 226 babies 1
10 Elizabeth 206 babies 1
11 Kathleen 193 babies 3
12 Jean 188 babies 1
13 Valerie 185 babies =
14 Doreen 175 babies 1
15 Barbara 163 babies 2
16 Ngaire 157 babies 3
17 Audrey 149 babies 5
18 Marie 147 babies 2
19 Eileen 141 babies 3
20 Nola 132 babies 14
21 Helen 110 babies 4
22 Norma 110 babies 1
23 Phyllis 110 babies 2
24 Maureen 107 babies 9
25 Nancy 103 babies 1
26 Colleen 102 babies 5
27 Daphne 97 babies 9
28 Mavis 97 babies 8
29 Beverley 96 babies 15
30 Marjorie 94 babies =
31 Lorna 93 babies 4
32 Noeline 92 babies 3
33 Pamela 91 babies 15
34 Thelma 87 babies 6
35 Irene 81 babies 9
36 Beryl 79 babies 1
37 Dawn 78 babies 5
38 Doris 75 babies 13
39 Elsie 74 babies 14
40 Joy 74 babies 2
41 Gladys 73 babies 5
42 Lois 72 babies 1
43 Ruth 72 babies 4
44 Edna 70 babies 8
45 Florence 70 babies 4
46 Alison 68 babies 21
47 Frances 67 babies 12
48 Yvonne 67 babies 5
49 Fay 66 babies 9
50 Pauline 62 babies 5
51 Sylvia 62 babies 10
52 Alice 60 babies 10
53 Marion 60 babies 11
54 Evelyn 59 babies 2
55 Heather 59 babies 22
56 Annie 58 babies 6
57 Hazel 57 babies 17
58 Edith 55 babies 2
59 Ellen 55 babies 5
60 Muriel 55 babies 1
61 Iris 53 babies 4
62 Josephine 51 babies 12
63 Catherine 50 babies 11
64 Ethel 48 babies 28
65 Gwendoline 48 babies 19
66 Peggy 48 babies 2
67 Winifred 48 babies 1
68 Jessie 46 babies 1
69 Jocelyn 46 babies 24
70 Elaine 45 babies 15
71 Olive 45 babies 24
72 Rita 44 babies 3
73 Valmai 43 babies 10
74 Lorraine 42 babies 14
75 Violet 42 babies 18
76 Agnes 41 babies 12
77 Eunice 40 babies 4
78 Janet 40 babies 15
79 Aileen 39 babies 3
80 Rona 39 babies 10
81 Alma 38 babies 17
82 Ivy 38 babies 10
83 Dulcie 37 babies 13
84 Elva 35 babies 7
85 Lesley 35 babies 46
86 Merle 35 babies 3
87 Ailsa 33 babies 11
88 Judith 33 babies 7
89 Myra 33 babies 15
90 Beatrice 32 babies 5
91 Grace 32 babies 9
92 Isobel 32 babies 12
93 Anne 31 babies 3
94 Constance 31 babies 26
95 Freda 31 babies 51
96 Noelene 30 babies 15
97 Vera 30 babies 18
98 Ruby 29 babies 3
99 Valma 29 babies 26
100 Molly 28 babies 18
101 Eleanor 27 babies 28
102 May 27 babies 7
103 Melva 27 babies 9
104 Eva 26 babies 7
105 Lilian 26 babies 17
106 Moira 26 babies 11
107 Myrtle 26 babies =
108 Avis 25 babies =
109 Bernice 25 babies 1
110 Gloria 25 babies 39
111 Marjory 25 babies 22
112 Mona 25 babies 7
113 Monica 25 babies 7
114 Christina 24 babies 15
115 Hilda 24 babies 10
116 Enid 23 babies 2
117 Olga 23 babies 6
118 Rose 23 babies 9
119 Valda 23 babies 17
120 Verna 23 babies 45
121 Isabel 22 babies 43
122 Lola 22 babies 10
123 Mabel 22 babies 22
124 Rosemary 22 babies =
125 Noreen 21 babies 68
126 Pearl 21 babies =
127 Tui 21 babies 78
128 Cynthia 20 babies 9
129 Diana 20 babies 43
130 Rae 20 babies 11
131 Beverly 19 babies 14
132 Gwenda 19 babies 4
133 Coral 18 babies 3
134 Esme 18 babies 19
135 Isabella 18 babies 20
136 Noeleen 18 babies 23
137 Claire 17 babies 42
138 Ida 17 babies =
139 Margery 17 babies 52
140 Natalie 17 babies 8
141 Veronica 17 babies 29
142 Anna 16 babies
143 Esther 16 babies 40
144 Flora 16 babies
145 Jacqueline 16 babies 15
146 Lillian 16 babies 59
147 Lucy 16 babies 31
148 Naomi 16 babies 44
149 Vivienne 16 babies 36
150 Mildred 15 babies 7
151 Noleen 15 babies 35
152 Shona 15 babies 2
153 Velma 15 babies 11
154 Zelda 15 babies 12
155 Ann 14 babies 21
156 Annette 14 babies 21
157 Coleen 14 babies
158 Georgina 14 babies 23
159 Jane 14 babies 24
160 Mere 14 babies 42
161 Olwyn 14 babies
162 Sarah 14 babies 20
163 Clarice 13 babies
164 Greta 13 babies
165 Hilary 13 babies
166 Ina 13 babies 3
167 Louisa 13 babies
168 Martha 13 babies 2
169 Rachel 13 babies 5
170 Sheila 13 babies 21
171 Una 13 babies 20
172 Amy 12 babies
173 Carol 12 babies
174 Clare 12 babies
175 Dorothea 12 babies 14
176 Katherine 12 babies 23
177 Leila 12 babies
178 Leslie 12 babies
179 Maria 12 babies 40
180 Rosalie 12 babies 5
181 Zoe 12 babies
182 Allison 11 babies
183 Anita 11 babies
184 Brenda 11 babies
185 Diane 11 babies
186 Gertrude 11 babies 24
187 Gwenyth 11 babies 24
188 Leone 11 babies 12
189 Lily 11 babies
190 Miriam 11 babies 19
191 Nellie 11 babies 33
192 Ramona 11 babies
193 Wilma 11 babies 16
194 Ada 10 babies
195 Cecily 10 babies
196 Emma 10 babies
197 Estelle 10 babies
198 Gweneth 10 babies 16
199 Jill 10 babies 44
200 Laura 10 babies 44
201 Linda 10 babies =
202 Maisie 10 babies 18
203 Nancye 10 babies =
204 Norah 10 babies
205 Susan 10 babies
206 Sybil 10 babies 30

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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