New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1930

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 881 babies =
  2. 2 William 591 babies =
  3. 3 James 480 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 473 babies =
  5. 5 Ronald 354 babies =
  6. 6 Peter 297 babies 1
  7. 7 David 285 babies 1
  8. 8 Brian 282 babies 2
  9. 9 Donald 281 babies =
  10. 10 Raymond 275 babies 4
  11. 11 Ian 271 babies =
  12. 12 Thomas 262 babies 3
  13. 13 George 236 babies 1
  14. 14 Kenneth 220 babies 2
  15. 15 Colin 209 babies 2
  16. 16 Gordon 173 babies 2
  17. 17 Keith 171 babies 3
  18. 18 Leslie 170 babies 5
  19. 19 Bruce 165 babies 7
  20. 20 Edward 163 babies 10
  21. 21 Douglas 162 babies 4
  22. 22 Alan 161 babies 2
  23. 23 Maurice 160 babies 2
  24. 24 Charles 158 babies 4
  25. 25 Allan 154 babies 2
  26. 26 Arthur 146 babies 7
  27. 27 Noel 146 babies 5
  28. 28 Trevor 144 babies 3
  29. 29 Richard 136 babies 7
  30. 30 Desmond 132 babies 1
  31. 31 Norman 125 babies 4
  32. 32 Graham 124 babies 1
  33. 33 Eric 122 babies 9
  34. 34 Francis 115 babies 3
  35. 35 Jack 104 babies 3
  36. 36 Walter 104 babies =
  37. 37 Stanley 103 babies 3
  38. 38 Albert 97 babies 1
  39. 39 Murray 91 babies 12
  40. 40 Leonard 89 babies 6
  41. 41 Frederick 87 babies 2
  42. 42 Ivan 85 babies 2
  43. 43 Alfred 84 babies 2
  44. 44 Alexander 83 babies 2
  45. 45 Harold 83 babies 3
  46. 46 Barry 82 babies 7
  47. 47 Patrick 81 babies 3
  48. 48 Ernest 78 babies 6
  49. 49 Bernard 77 babies 13
  50. 50 Joseph 76 babies 1
  51. 51 Henry 75 babies 8
  52. 52 Roy 75 babies 5
  53. 53 Mervyn 73 babies 12
  54. 54 Michael 72 babies 7
  55. 55 Kevin 69 babies 3
  56. 56 Owen 68 babies 3
  57. 57 Lawrence 66 babies 3
  58. 58 Reginald 65 babies 1
  59. 59 Frank 64 babies 9
  60. 60 Graeme 63 babies 7
  61. 61 Rex 63 babies 9
  62. 62 Russell 60 babies 7
  63. 63 Malcolm 59 babies 7
  64. 64 Neil 59 babies =
  65. 65 Anthony 56 babies 5
  66. 66 Geoffrey 55 babies =
  67. 67 Herbert 54 babies 1
  68. 68 Ross 51 babies 1
  69. 69 Hugh 49 babies 4
  70. 70 Clifford 45 babies 5
  71. 71 Terence 45 babies 8
  72. 72 Bryan 44 babies 17
  73. 73 Paul 44 babies 8
  74. 74 Neville 43 babies 9
  75. 75 Allen 42 babies 9
  76. 76 Victor 42 babies 4
  77. 77 Cyril 39 babies 14
  78. 78 Gerald 39 babies 4
  79. 79 Derek 38 babies 15
  80. 80 Philip 38 babies 4
  81. 81 Andrew 36 babies 10
  82. 82 Edwin 36 babies 8
  83. 83 Laurence 36 babies 3
  84. 84 Dennis 35 babies 1
  85. 85 Harry 34 babies 13
  86. 86 Leo 34 babies 12
  87. 87 Maxwell 34 babies 10
  88. 88 Selwyn 34 babies 9
  89. 89 Arnold 32 babies 3
  90. 90 Basil 32 babies 12
  91. 91 Robin 32 babies 8
  92. 92 Roger 31 babies 3
  93. 93 Daniel 26 babies 46
  94. 94 Denis 26 babies 14
  95. 95 Gilbert 26 babies 16
  96. 96 Kelvin 26 babies 16
  97. 97 Clive 25 babies 20
  98. 98 Sydney 25 babies 23
  99. 99 Samuel 24 babies 3
  100. 100 Wallace 24 babies 12

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 664 babies =
  2. 2 Shirley 391 babies =
  3. 3 Patricia 382 babies 1
  4. 4 Mary 348 babies 1
  5. 5 Betty 292 babies =
  6. 6 Joan 270 babies =
  7. 7 Dorothy 256 babies =
  8. 8 June 224 babies =
  9. 9 Elizabeth 220 babies 1
  10. 10 Joyce 207 babies 1
  11. 11 Valerie 193 babies 2
  12. 12 Jean 190 babies =
  13. 13 Barbara 181 babies 2
  14. 14 Marie 166 babies 4
  15. 15 Doreen 165 babies 1
  16. 16 Kathleen 160 babies 5
  17. 17 Audrey 146 babies =
  18. 18 Ngaire 145 babies 2
  19. 19 Nancy 127 babies 6
  20. 20 Eileen 125 babies 1
  21. 21 Helen 122 babies =
  22. 22 Daphne 118 babies 5
  23. 23 Beverley 115 babies 6
  24. 24 Maureen 115 babies =
  25. 25 Norma 115 babies 3
  26. 26 Noeline 111 babies 6
  27. 27 Phyllis 109 babies 4
  28. 28 Colleen 106 babies 2
  29. 29 Marjorie 101 babies 1
  30. 30 Dawn 100 babies 7
  31. 31 Mavis 100 babies 3
  32. 32 Pauline 93 babies 18
  33. 33 Lois 92 babies 9
  34. 34 Pamela 88 babies 1
  35. 35 Irene 82 babies =
  36. 36 Lorna 75 babies 5
  37. 37 Ruth 75 babies 6
  38. 38 Fay 74 babies 11
  39. 39 Nola 73 babies 19
  40. 40 Thelma 73 babies 6
  41. 41 Catherine 69 babies 22
  42. 42 Edna 69 babies 2
  43. 43 Frances 69 babies 4
  44. 44 Joy 69 babies 4
  45. 45 Hazel 67 babies 12
  46. 46 Heather 67 babies 9
  47. 47 Olive 65 babies 24
  48. 48 Doris 64 babies 10
  49. 49 Elaine 64 babies 21
  50. 50 Jocelyn 64 babies 19
  51. 51 Gladys 63 babies 10
  52. 52 Marion 62 babies 1
  53. 53 Florence 61 babies 8
  54. 54 Beryl 57 babies 18
  55. 55 Sylvia 57 babies 4
  56. 56 Alice 54 babies 4
  57. 57 Elsie 53 babies 18
  58. 58 Edith 52 babies =
  59. 59 Evelyn 52 babies 5
  60. 60 Janet 52 babies 18
  61. 61 Alison 51 babies 15
  62. 62 Annie 51 babies 6
  63. 63 Iris 50 babies 2
  64. 64 Muriel 50 babies 4
  65. 65 Rita 50 babies 7
  66. 66 Dulcie 48 babies 17
  67. 67 Yvonne 48 babies 19
  68. 68 Ellen 47 babies 9
  69. 69 Jessie 47 babies 1
  70. 70 Judith 46 babies 18
  71. 71 Violet 44 babies 4
  72. 72 Ivy 43 babies 10
  73. 73 Winifred 43 babies 6
  74. 74 Aileen 42 babies 5
  75. 75 Josephine 42 babies 13
  76. 76 Rona 41 babies 4
  77. 77 Gwendoline 40 babies 12
  78. 78 Anne 39 babies 15
  79. 79 Gloria 39 babies 31
  80. 80 Lorraine 39 babies 6
  81. 81 Peggy 38 babies 15
  82. 82 Melva 37 babies 21
  83. 83 Alma 36 babies 2
  84. 84 Grace 36 babies 7
  85. 85 Vera 36 babies 12
  86. 86 Ailsa 35 babies 1
  87. 87 Agnes 33 babies 11
  88. 88 Avis 33 babies 20
  89. 89 Bernice 33 babies 20
  90. 90 Ethel 33 babies 26
  91. 91 Eunice 33 babies 14
  92. 92 Isobel 33 babies =
  93. 93 Beatrice 31 babies 3
  94. 94 Rose 30 babies 24
  95. 95 Merle 29 babies 9
  96. 96 Diana 28 babies 33
  97. 97 Rosemary 28 babies 27
  98. 98 Myra 27 babies 9
  99. 99 Rae 27 babies 31
  100. 100 Beverly 26 babies 31

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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