New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1931

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 869 babies =
  2. 2 William 618 babies =
  3. 3 Robert 430 babies 1
  4. 4 James 428 babies 1
  5. 5 Ronald 389 babies =
  6. 6 Peter 346 babies =
  7. 7 David 318 babies =
  8. 8 Donald 312 babies 1
  9. 9 Brian 307 babies 1
  10. 10 Raymond 305 babies =
  11. 11 Ian 300 babies =
  12. 12 George 210 babies 1
  13. 13 Colin 208 babies 2
  14. 14 Thomas 208 babies 2
  15. 15 Keith 175 babies 2
  16. 16 Kenneth 173 babies 2
  17. 17 Arthur 167 babies 9
  18. 18 Douglas 163 babies 3
  19. 19 Gordon 157 babies 3
  20. 20 Maurice 157 babies 3
  21. 21 Leslie 155 babies 3
  22. 22 Bruce 152 babies 3
  23. 23 Edward 152 babies 3
  24. 24 Allan 148 babies 1
  25. 25 Graham 148 babies 7
  26. 26 Alan 147 babies 4
  27. 27 Richard 146 babies 2
  28. 28 Trevor 145 babies =
  29. 29 Desmond 140 babies 1
  30. 30 Charles 136 babies 6
  31. 31 Eric 131 babies 2
  32. 32 Noel 125 babies 5
  33. 33 Norman 122 babies 2
  34. 34 Ivan 113 babies 8
  35. 35 Barry 105 babies 11
  36. 36 Albert 99 babies 2
  37. 37 Francis 97 babies 3
  38. 38 Leonard 97 babies 2
  39. 39 Walter 94 babies 3
  40. 40 Patrick 92 babies 7
  41. 41 Stanley 92 babies 4
  42. 42 Alfred 87 babies 1
  43. 43 Roy 87 babies 9
  44. 44 Frederick 86 babies 3
  45. 45 Alexander 84 babies 1
  46. 46 Jack 84 babies 11
  47. 47 Mervyn 84 babies 6
  48. 48 Owen 83 babies 8
  49. 49 Murray 80 babies 10
  50. 50 Joseph 77 babies =
  51. 51 Russell 77 babies 11
  52. 52 Henry 76 babies 1
  53. 53 Harold 72 babies 8
  54. 54 Bernard 71 babies 5
  55. 55 Michael 70 babies 1
  56. 56 Rex 70 babies 5
  57. 57 Graeme 69 babies 3
  58. 58 Bryan 66 babies 14
  59. 59 Frank 61 babies =
  60. 60 Reginald 61 babies 2
  61. 61 Kevin 60 babies 6
  62. 62 Lawrence 60 babies 5
  63. 63 Malcolm 60 babies =
  64. 64 Geoffrey 59 babies 2
  65. 65 Neil 59 babies 1
  66. 66 Ernest 58 babies 18
  67. 67 Anthony 55 babies 2
  68. 68 Terence 53 babies 3
  69. 69 Herbert 50 babies 2
  70. 70 Philip 49 babies 10
  71. 71 Hugh 48 babies 2
  72. 72 Neville 48 babies 2
  73. 73 Paul 48 babies =
  74. 74 Roger 46 babies 18
  75. 75 Andrew 45 babies 6
  76. 76 Ross 43 babies 8
  77. 77 Robin 42 babies 14
  78. 78 Cyril 41 babies 1
  79. 79 Laurence 41 babies 4
  80. 80 Harry 39 babies 5
  81. 81 Ralph 39 babies 27
  82. 82 Clifford 38 babies 12
  83. 83 Victor 36 babies 7
  84. 84 Stuart 35 babies 20
  85. 85 Allen 34 babies 10
  86. 86 Edwin 34 babies 4
  87. 87 Gerald 34 babies 9
  88. 88 Cecil 31 babies 13
  89. 89 Leo 31 babies 3
  90. 90 Clive 30 babies 7
  91. 91 Derek 30 babies 12
  92. 92 Lindsay 28 babies 21
  93. 93 Athol 27 babies 24
  94. 94 Selwyn 27 babies 6
  95. 95 Denis 26 babies 1
  96. 96 Dennis 26 babies 12
  97. 97 Lionel 26 babies 10
  98. 98 Clarence 24 babies 8
  99. 99 Maxwell 23 babies 12
  100. 100 Basil 22 babies 10

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 815 babies =
  2. 2 Patricia 375 babies 1
  3. 3 Shirley 338 babies 1
  4. 4 Mary 311 babies =
  5. 5 Joan 278 babies 1
  6. 6 Betty 263 babies 1
  7. 7 Dorothy 233 babies =
  8. 8 Elizabeth 222 babies 1
  9. 9 June 207 babies 1
  10. 10 Valerie 197 babies 1
  11. 11 Barbara 192 babies 2
  12. 12 Doreen 178 babies 3
  13. 13 Jean 176 babies 1
  14. 14 Audrey 173 babies 3
  15. 15 Joyce 170 babies 5
  16. 16 Marie 162 babies 2
  17. 17 Kathleen 161 babies 1
  18. 18 Maureen 149 babies 6
  19. 19 Helen 137 babies 2
  20. 20 Ngaire 132 babies 2
  21. 21 Beverley 129 babies 2
  22. 22 Nancy 126 babies 3
  23. 23 Eileen 116 babies 3
  24. 24 Pamela 114 babies 10
  25. 25 Noeline 108 babies 1
  26. 26 Colleen 107 babies 2
  27. 27 Daphne 103 babies 5
  28. 28 Norma 102 babies 3
  29. 29 Dawn 96 babies 1
  30. 30 Phyllis 93 babies 3
  31. 31 Lois 92 babies 2
  32. 32 Pauline 88 babies =
  33. 33 Marjorie 79 babies 4
  34. 34 Fay 75 babies 4
  35. 35 Mavis 75 babies 4
  36. 36 Nola 75 babies 3
  37. 37 Judith 73 babies 33
  38. 38 Elaine 72 babies 11
  39. 39 Frances 72 babies 4
  40. 40 Irene 72 babies 5
  41. 41 Ruth 72 babies 4
  42. 42 Catherine 69 babies 1
  43. 43 Joy 69 babies 1
  44. 44 Lorna 69 babies 8
  45. 45 Marion 66 babies 7
  46. 46 Janet 65 babies 14
  47. 47 Thelma 65 babies 7
  48. 48 Edna 64 babies 6
  49. 49 Yvonne 64 babies 18
  50. 50 Doris 63 babies 2
  51. 51 Evelyn 63 babies 8
  52. 52 Heather 60 babies 6
  53. 53 Alice 57 babies 3
  54. 54 Florence 56 babies 1
  55. 55 Josephine 56 babies 20
  56. 56 Jocelyn 55 babies 6
  57. 57 Alison 54 babies 4
  58. 58 Gladys 54 babies 7
  59. 59 Beryl 53 babies 5
  60. 60 Sylvia 52 babies 5
  61. 61 Anne 50 babies 17
  62. 62 Elsie 49 babies 5
  63. 63 Hazel 48 babies 18
  64. 64 Agnes 47 babies 23
  65. 65 Olive 47 babies 18
  66. 66 Rita 46 babies 1
  67. 67 Lorraine 45 babies 13
  68. 68 Annie 41 babies 6
  69. 69 Iris 41 babies 6
  70. 70 Ellen 40 babies 2
  71. 71 Gwendoline 39 babies 6
  72. 72 Alma 38 babies 11
  73. 73 Muriel 38 babies 9
  74. 74 Beatrice 37 babies 19
  75. 75 Bernice 36 babies 14
  76. 76 Diana 36 babies 20
  77. 77 Eleanor 36 babies 44
  78. 78 Gloria 36 babies 1
  79. 79 Dulcie 35 babies 13
  80. 80 Jessie 35 babies 11
  81. 81 Lesley 35 babies 33
  82. 82 Valda 35 babies 23
  83. 83 Rona 34 babies 7
  84. 84 Vera 34 babies 1
  85. 85 Ailsa 33 babies 1
  86. 86 Edith 33 babies 28
  87. 87 Ethel 32 babies 3
  88. 88 Ivy 32 babies 16
  89. 89 Rae 32 babies 10
  90. 90 Rosemary 32 babies 7
  91. 91 Violet 32 babies 20
  92. 92 Jacqueline 31 babies 62
  93. 93 Peggy 31 babies 12
  94. 94 Winifred 31 babies 21
  95. 95 Eunice 30 babies 4
  96. 96 Ann 29 babies 14
  97. 97 Grace 29 babies 13
  98. 98 Isabel 29 babies 55
  99. 99 Aileen 28 babies 25
  100. 100 Molly 28 babies 22

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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