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 John 881 babies =
2 William 591 babies =
3 James 480 babies =
4 Robert 473 babies =
5 Ronald 354 babies =
6 Peter 297 babies 1
7 David 285 babies 1
8 Brian 282 babies 2
9 Donald 281 babies =
10 Raymond 275 babies 4
11 Ian 271 babies =
12 Thomas 262 babies 3
13 George 236 babies 1
14 Kenneth 220 babies 2
15 Colin 209 babies 2
16 Gordon 173 babies 2
17 Keith 171 babies 3
18 Leslie 170 babies 5
19 Bruce 165 babies 7
20 Edward 163 babies 10
21 Douglas 162 babies 4
22 Alan 161 babies 2
23 Maurice 160 babies 2
24 Charles 158 babies 4
25 Allan 154 babies 2
26 Arthur 146 babies 7
27 Noel 146 babies 5
28 Trevor 144 babies 3
29 Richard 136 babies 7
30 Desmond 132 babies 1
31 Norman 125 babies 4
32 Graham 124 babies 1
33 Eric 122 babies 9
34 Francis 115 babies 3
35 Jack 104 babies 3
36 Walter 104 babies =
37 Stanley 103 babies 3
38 Albert 97 babies 1
39 Murray 91 babies 12
40 Leonard 89 babies 6
41 Frederick 87 babies 2
42 Ivan 85 babies 2
43 Alfred 84 babies 2
44 Alexander 83 babies 2
45 Harold 83 babies 3
46 Barry 82 babies 7
47 Patrick 81 babies 3
48 Ernest 78 babies 6
49 Bernard 77 babies 13
50 Joseph 76 babies 1
51 Henry 75 babies 8
52 Roy 75 babies 5
53 Mervyn 73 babies 12
54 Michael 72 babies 7
55 Kevin 69 babies 3
56 Owen 68 babies 3
57 Lawrence 66 babies 3
58 Reginald 65 babies 1
59 Frank 64 babies 9
60 Graeme 63 babies 7
61 Rex 63 babies 9
62 Russell 60 babies 7
63 Malcolm 59 babies 7
64 Neil 59 babies =
65 Anthony 56 babies 5
66 Geoffrey 55 babies =
67 Herbert 54 babies 1
68 Ross 51 babies 1
69 Hugh 49 babies 4
70 Clifford 45 babies 5
71 Terence 45 babies 8
72 Bryan 44 babies 17
73 Paul 44 babies 8
74 Neville 43 babies 9
75 Allen 42 babies 9
76 Victor 42 babies 4
77 Cyril 39 babies 14
78 Gerald 39 babies 4
79 Derek 38 babies 15
80 Philip 38 babies 4
81 Andrew 36 babies 10
82 Edwin 36 babies 8
83 Laurence 36 babies 3
84 Dennis 35 babies 1
85 Harry 34 babies 13
86 Leo 34 babies 12
87 Maxwell 34 babies 10
88 Selwyn 34 babies 9
89 Arnold 32 babies 3
90 Basil 32 babies 12
91 Robin 32 babies 8
92 Roger 31 babies 3
93 Daniel 26 babies 46
94 Denis 26 babies 14
95 Gilbert 26 babies 16
96 Kelvin 26 babies 16
97 Clive 25 babies 20
98 Sydney 25 babies 23
99 Samuel 24 babies 3
100 Wallace 24 babies 12
101 Cecil 23 babies 20
102 Fredrick 23 babies 46
103 Stewart 23 babies 32
104 Stuart 23 babies 4
105 Vernon 23 babies 14
106 Clarence 22 babies 2
107 Lionel 22 babies 4
108 Ralph 21 babies 30
109 Roland 21 babies 25
110 Vincent 21 babies =
111 Wiremu 21 babies 41
112 Barrie 19 babies 17
113 Lindsay 19 babies 15
114 Lloyd 19 babies 27
115 Stephen 19 babies 30
116 Wilfred 19 babies 15
117 Athol 18 babies 24
118 Gavin 18 babies 40
119 Louis 18 babies 1
120 Max 18 babies new
121 Ray 18 babies 7
122 Roderick 18 babies 22
123 Phillip 17 babies 4
124 Alister 16 babies 12
125 Lester 16 babies 2
126 Lewis 16 babies 11
127 Rodney 16 babies 20
128 Ramon 15 babies 15
129 Duncan 14 babies 3
130 Errol 14 babies 16
131 Evan 14 babies =
132 Morris 14 babies 8
133 Percy 14 babies =
134 Archibald 13 babies new
135 Howard 13 babies 29
136 Cedric 12 babies 2
137 Edgar 12 babies 7
138 Garth 12 babies 3
139 Ivor 12 babies new
140 Vivian 12 babies 6
141 Warwick 12 babies 19
142 Horace 11 babies new
143 Matthew 11 babies 12
144 Nelson 11 babies new
145 Sidney 11 babies 29
146 Adrian 10 babies new
147 Benjamin 10 babies 10
148 Hector 10 babies 39
149 Hone 10 babies 6
150 Martin 10 babies 27
151 Warren 10 babies 46

Girl Names

1 Margaret 664 babies =
2 Shirley 391 babies =
3 Patricia 382 babies 1
4 Mary 348 babies 1
5 Betty 292 babies =
6 Joan 270 babies =
7 Dorothy 256 babies =
8 June 224 babies =
9 Elizabeth 220 babies 1
10 Joyce 207 babies 1
11 Valerie 193 babies 2
12 Jean 190 babies =
13 Barbara 181 babies 2
14 Marie 166 babies 4
15 Doreen 165 babies 1
16 Kathleen 160 babies 5
17 Audrey 146 babies =
18 Ngaire 145 babies 2
19 Nancy 127 babies 6
20 Eileen 125 babies 1
21 Helen 122 babies =
22 Daphne 118 babies 5
23 Beverley 115 babies 6
24 Maureen 115 babies =
25 Norma 115 babies 3
26 Noeline 111 babies 6
27 Phyllis 109 babies 4
28 Colleen 106 babies 2
29 Marjorie 101 babies 1
30 Dawn 100 babies 7
31 Mavis 100 babies 3
32 Pauline 93 babies 18
33 Lois 92 babies 9
34 Pamela 88 babies 1
35 Irene 82 babies =
36 Lorna 75 babies 5
37 Ruth 75 babies 6
38 Fay 74 babies 11
39 Nola 73 babies 19
40 Thelma 73 babies 6
41 Catherine 69 babies 22
42 Edna 69 babies 2
43 Frances 69 babies 4
44 Joy 69 babies 4
45 Hazel 67 babies 12
46 Heather 67 babies 9
47 Olive 65 babies 24
48 Doris 64 babies 10
49 Elaine 64 babies 21
50 Jocelyn 64 babies 19
51 Gladys 63 babies 10
52 Marion 62 babies 1
53 Florence 61 babies 8
54 Beryl 57 babies 18
55 Sylvia 57 babies 4
56 Alice 54 babies 4
57 Elsie 53 babies 18
58 Edith 52 babies =
59 Evelyn 52 babies 5
60 Janet 52 babies 18
61 Alison 51 babies 15
62 Annie 51 babies 6
63 Iris 50 babies 2
64 Muriel 50 babies 4
65 Rita 50 babies 7
66 Dulcie 48 babies 17
67 Yvonne 48 babies 19
68 Ellen 47 babies 9
69 Jessie 47 babies 1
70 Judith 46 babies 18
71 Violet 44 babies 4
72 Ivy 43 babies 10
73 Winifred 43 babies 6
74 Aileen 42 babies 5
75 Josephine 42 babies 13
76 Rona 41 babies 4
77 Gwendoline 40 babies 12
78 Anne 39 babies 15
79 Gloria 39 babies 31
80 Lorraine 39 babies 6
81 Peggy 38 babies 15
82 Melva 37 babies 21
83 Alma 36 babies 2
84 Grace 36 babies 7
85 Vera 36 babies 12
86 Ailsa 35 babies 1
87 Agnes 33 babies 11
88 Avis 33 babies 20
89 Bernice 33 babies 20
90 Ethel 33 babies 26
91 Eunice 33 babies 14
92 Isobel 33 babies =
93 Beatrice 31 babies 3
94 Rose 30 babies 24
95 Merle 29 babies 9
96 Diana 28 babies 33
97 Rosemary 28 babies 27
98 Myra 27 babies 9
99 Rae 27 babies 31
100 Beverly 26 babies 31
101 Christina 26 babies 13
102 Elva 26 babies 18
103 Myrtle 26 babies 4
104 Pearl 25 babies 22
105 Valda 25 babies 14
106 Enid 24 babies 10
107 Eva 24 babies 3
108 Lillian 24 babies 38
109 Mabel 24 babies 14
110 Ann 23 babies 45
111 Lucy 23 babies 36
112 Noeleen 23 babies 24
113 Verna 23 babies 7
114 Lesley 22 babies 29
115 Valma 22 babies 16
116 Wilma 22 babies 77
117 Constance 21 babies 23
118 Hilda 21 babies 3
119 Lilian 21 babies 14
120 Moira 21 babies 14
121 Eleanor 20 babies 20
122 Molly 20 babies 22
123 Monica 20 babies 10
124 Noelene 20 babies 28
125 Ruby 20 babies 27
126 Ada 19 babies 68
127 Lola 19 babies 5
128 Jane 18 babies 31
129 Nellie 18 babies 62
130 Valmai 18 babies 57
131 Veronica 18 babies 10
132 Annette 17 babies 24
133 Cynthia 17 babies 5
134 Esther 17 babies 9
135 Isabella 17 babies =
136 Marjory 17 babies 25
137 May 17 babies 35
138 Brenda 16 babies 46
139 Ina 16 babies 27
140 Janice 16 babies new
141 Leone 16 babies 47
142 Miriam 16 babies 48
143 Nora 16 babies new
144 Vivienne 16 babies 5
145 Coral 15 babies 12
146 Esme 15 babies 12
147 Margery 15 babies 8
148 Teresa 15 babies new
149 Una 15 babies 22
150 Carol 14 babies 23
151 Clarice 14 babies 12
152 Ella 14 babies new
153 Isabel 14 babies 32
154 Jacqueline 14 babies 9
155 Maria 14 babies 24
156 Mona 14 babies 44
157 Christine 13 babies new
158 Freda 13 babies 63
159 Gwenda 13 babies 27
160 Natalie 13 babies 20
161 Noreen 13 babies 36
162 Olga 13 babies 45
163 Tui 13 babies 36
164 Valarie 13 babies new
165 Anita 12 babies 18
166 Diane 12 babies 19
167 Emily 12 babies new
168 Georgina 12 babies 10
169 Gwenyth 12 babies 18
170 Ida 12 babies 32
171 Jill 12 babies 28
172 Katherine 12 babies 4
173 Leonie 12 babies new
174 Mereana 12 babies new
175 Mildred 12 babies 25
176 Naomi 12 babies 28
177 Sheila 12 babies 7
178 Zita 12 babies new
179 Charlotte 11 babies new
180 Coleen 11 babies 23
181 Flora 11 babies 37
182 Isla 11 babies new
183 Jeanette 11 babies new
184 Jennifer 11 babies new
185 Laurel 11 babies new
186 Shona 11 babies 34
187 Sybil 11 babies 19
188 Zoe 11 babies 7
189 Allison 10 babies 7
190 Amy 10 babies 18
191 Caroline 10 babies new
192 Cecily 10 babies 3
193 Claire 10 babies 56
194 Gertrude 10 babies 8
195 Gwen 10 babies new
196 Gweneth 10 babies 2
197 Laura 10 babies 3
198 Leila 10 babies 21
199 Lily 10 babies 10
200 Louisa 10 babies 33
201 Marguerite 10 babies new
202 Mere 10 babies 42
203 Rosalie 10 babies 23
204 Susan 10 babies 1
205 Zelda 10 babies 51
206 Zelma 10 babies new

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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