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 John 869 babies =
2 William 618 babies =
3 Robert 430 babies 1
4 James 428 babies 1
5 Ronald 389 babies =
6 Peter 346 babies =
7 David 318 babies =
8 Donald 312 babies 1
9 Brian 307 babies 1
10 Raymond 305 babies =
11 Ian 300 babies =
12 George 210 babies 1
13 Colin 208 babies 2
14 Thomas 208 babies 2
15 Keith 175 babies 2
16 Kenneth 173 babies 2
17 Arthur 167 babies 9
18 Douglas 163 babies 3
19 Gordon 157 babies 3
20 Maurice 157 babies 3
21 Leslie 155 babies 3
22 Bruce 152 babies 3
23 Edward 152 babies 3
24 Allan 148 babies 1
25 Graham 148 babies 7
26 Alan 147 babies 4
27 Richard 146 babies 2
28 Trevor 145 babies =
29 Desmond 140 babies 1
30 Charles 136 babies 6
31 Eric 131 babies 2
32 Noel 125 babies 5
33 Norman 122 babies 2
34 Ivan 113 babies 8
35 Barry 105 babies 11
36 Albert 99 babies 2
37 Francis 97 babies 3
38 Leonard 97 babies 2
39 Walter 94 babies 3
40 Patrick 92 babies 7
41 Stanley 92 babies 4
42 Alfred 87 babies 1
43 Roy 87 babies 9
44 Frederick 86 babies 3
45 Alexander 84 babies 1
46 Jack 84 babies 11
47 Mervyn 84 babies 6
48 Owen 83 babies 8
49 Murray 80 babies 10
50 Joseph 77 babies =
51 Russell 77 babies 11
52 Henry 76 babies 1
53 Harold 72 babies 8
54 Bernard 71 babies 5
55 Michael 70 babies 1
56 Rex 70 babies 5
57 Graeme 69 babies 3
58 Bryan 66 babies 14
59 Frank 61 babies =
60 Reginald 61 babies 2
61 Kevin 60 babies 6
62 Lawrence 60 babies 5
63 Malcolm 60 babies =
64 Geoffrey 59 babies 2
65 Neil 59 babies 1
66 Ernest 58 babies 18
67 Anthony 55 babies 2
68 Terence 53 babies 3
69 Herbert 50 babies 2
70 Philip 49 babies 10
71 Hugh 48 babies 2
72 Neville 48 babies 2
73 Paul 48 babies =
74 Roger 46 babies 18
75 Andrew 45 babies 6
76 Ross 43 babies 8
77 Robin 42 babies 14
78 Cyril 41 babies 1
79 Laurence 41 babies 4
80 Harry 39 babies 5
81 Ralph 39 babies 27
82 Clifford 38 babies 12
83 Victor 36 babies 7
84 Stuart 35 babies 20
85 Allen 34 babies 10
86 Edwin 34 babies 4
87 Gerald 34 babies 9
88 Cecil 31 babies 13
89 Leo 31 babies 3
90 Clive 30 babies 7
91 Derek 30 babies 12
92 Lindsay 28 babies 21
93 Athol 27 babies 24
94 Selwyn 27 babies 6
95 Denis 26 babies 1
96 Dennis 26 babies 12
97 Lionel 26 babies 10
98 Clarence 24 babies 8
99 Maxwell 23 babies 12
100 Basil 22 babies 10
101 Rodney 21 babies 26
102 Samuel 21 babies 3
103 Stewart 21 babies =
104 Howard 20 babies 31
105 Arnold 19 babies 16
106 Daniel 19 babies 13
107 Lester 19 babies 18
108 Sydney 19 babies 10
109 Phillip 18 babies 14
110 Wiremu 18 babies 1
111 Fredrick 17 babies 9
112 Lewis 17 babies 14
113 Morris 17 babies 19
114 Roland 17 babies 5
115 Sidney 17 babies 30
116 Wallace 17 babies 16
117 Warwick 17 babies 24
118 Alister 16 babies 6
119 Barrie 16 babies 7
120 Claude 16 babies
121 Gilbert 16 babies 26
122 Louis 16 babies 3
123 Martin 16 babies 27
124 Roderick 16 babies 2
125 Warren 16 babies 26
126 Lloyd 15 babies 12
127 Wilfred 15 babies 11
128 Alistair 14 babies
129 Christopher 14 babies
130 Edgar 14 babies 7
131 Leon 14 babies
132 Mark 14 babies
133 Stephen 14 babies 18
134 Vincent 14 babies 24
135 Benjamin 13 babies 12
136 Gavin 13 babies 18
137 Gerard 13 babies
138 Ramon 13 babies 10
139 Angus 12 babies
140 Duncan 12 babies 11
141 Cedric 11 babies 5
142 Dudley 11 babies
143 Errol 11 babies 13
144 Evan 11 babies 13
145 Grahame 11 babies
146 Hector 11 babies 2
147 Hone 11 babies 2
148 Matthew 11 babies 5
149 Milton 11 babies
150 Percy 11 babies 17
151 Rodger 11 babies
152 Vernon 11 babies 47
153 Oliver 10 babies

Girl Names

1 Margaret 815 babies =
2 Patricia 375 babies 1
3 Shirley 338 babies 1
4 Mary 311 babies =
5 Joan 278 babies 1
6 Betty 263 babies 1
7 Dorothy 233 babies =
8 Elizabeth 222 babies 1
9 June 207 babies 1
10 Valerie 197 babies 1
11 Barbara 192 babies 2
12 Doreen 178 babies 3
13 Jean 176 babies 1
14 Audrey 173 babies 3
15 Joyce 170 babies 5
16 Marie 162 babies 2
17 Kathleen 161 babies 1
18 Maureen 149 babies 6
19 Helen 137 babies 2
20 Ngaire 132 babies 2
21 Beverley 129 babies 2
22 Nancy 126 babies 3
23 Eileen 116 babies 3
24 Pamela 114 babies 10
25 Noeline 108 babies 1
26 Colleen 107 babies 2
27 Daphne 103 babies 5
28 Norma 102 babies 3
29 Dawn 96 babies 1
30 Phyllis 93 babies 3
31 Lois 92 babies 2
32 Pauline 88 babies =
33 Marjorie 79 babies 4
34 Fay 75 babies 4
35 Mavis 75 babies 4
36 Nola 75 babies 3
37 Judith 73 babies 33
38 Elaine 72 babies 11
39 Frances 72 babies 4
40 Irene 72 babies 5
41 Ruth 72 babies 4
42 Catherine 69 babies 1
43 Joy 69 babies 1
44 Lorna 69 babies 8
45 Marion 66 babies 7
46 Janet 65 babies 14
47 Thelma 65 babies 7
48 Edna 64 babies 6
49 Yvonne 64 babies 18
50 Doris 63 babies 2
51 Evelyn 63 babies 8
52 Heather 60 babies 6
53 Alice 57 babies 3
54 Florence 56 babies 1
55 Josephine 56 babies 20
56 Jocelyn 55 babies 6
57 Alison 54 babies 4
58 Gladys 54 babies 7
59 Beryl 53 babies 5
60 Sylvia 52 babies 5
61 Anne 50 babies 17
62 Elsie 49 babies 5
63 Hazel 48 babies 18
64 Agnes 47 babies 23
65 Olive 47 babies 18
66 Rita 46 babies 1
67 Lorraine 45 babies 13
68 Annie 41 babies 6
69 Iris 41 babies 6
70 Ellen 40 babies 2
71 Gwendoline 39 babies 6
72 Alma 38 babies 11
73 Muriel 38 babies 9
74 Beatrice 37 babies 19
75 Bernice 36 babies 14
76 Diana 36 babies 20
77 Eleanor 36 babies 44
78 Gloria 36 babies 1
79 Dulcie 35 babies 13
80 Jessie 35 babies 11
81 Lesley 35 babies 33
82 Valda 35 babies 23
83 Rona 34 babies 7
84 Vera 34 babies 1
85 Ailsa 33 babies 1
86 Edith 33 babies 28
87 Ethel 32 babies 3
88 Ivy 32 babies 16
89 Rae 32 babies 10
90 Rosemary 32 babies 7
91 Violet 32 babies 20
92 Jacqueline 31 babies 62
93 Peggy 31 babies 12
94 Winifred 31 babies 21
95 Eunice 30 babies 4
96 Ann 29 babies 14
97 Grace 29 babies 13
98 Isabel 29 babies 55
99 Aileen 28 babies 25
100 Molly 28 babies 22
101 Beverly 27 babies 1
102 Christina 27 babies 1
103 Constance 26 babies 14
104 Isobel 26 babies 12
105 Myrtle 26 babies 2
106 Noelene 26 babies 18
107 Carol 24 babies 43
108 Hilda 24 babies 10
109 Mabel 24 babies =
110 Marjory 24 babies 26
111 Natalie 24 babies 49
112 Eva 23 babies 5
113 Lola 23 babies 14
114 Ruby 23 babies 11
115 Elva 22 babies 13
116 Jill 22 babies 55
117 Valma 22 babies 2
118 Avis 21 babies 30
119 Esther 21 babies 15
120 Freda 21 babies 38
121 May 21 babies 16
122 Enid 20 babies 16
123 Gwenda 20 babies 36
124 Lillian 20 babies 16
125 Merle 20 babies 30
126 Valmai 19 babies 4
127 Vivienne 19 babies 17
128 Coral 18 babies 17
129 Julia 18 babies new
130 Lilian 18 babies 11
131 Melva 18 babies 49
132 Myra 18 babies 34
133 Olga 18 babies 29
134 Pearl 18 babies 30
135 Annette 17 babies 3
136 Isabella 17 babies 1
137 Janice 17 babies 3
138 Jeanette 17 babies 45
139 Maria 17 babies 16
140 Mere 17 babies 62
141 Moira 17 babies 21
142 Rosalie 17 babies 61
143 Verna 17 babies 30
144 Brenda 16 babies 6
145 Katherine 16 babies 27
146 Martha 16 babies new
147 Noreen 16 babies 14
148 Ada 15 babies 22
149 Claire 15 babies 44
150 Jennifer 15 babies 34
151 Lucy 15 babies 40
152 Miriam 15 babies 10
153 Tui 15 babies 10
154 Veronica 15 babies 23
155 Anita 14 babies 10
156 Theresa 14 babies new
157 Velma 14 babies new
158 Wilma 14 babies 42
159 Adrienne 13 babies new
160 Allison 13 babies 29
161 Marguerite 13 babies 40
162 Marian 13 babies new
163 Noleen 13 babies new
164 Nora 13 babies 21
165 Rose 13 babies 71
166 Sarah 13 babies new
167 Susan 13 babies 37
168 Suzanne 13 babies new
169 Teresa 13 babies 21
170 Charlotte 12 babies 9
171 Christine 12 babies 14
172 Emily 12 babies 5
173 Esma 12 babies new
174 Esme 12 babies 28
175 Greta 12 babies new
176 Jane 12 babies 48
177 Laura 12 babies 20
178 Laurel 12 babies 7
179 Louise 12 babies new
180 Mona 12 babies 24
181 Naomi 12 babies 5
182 Noeleen 12 babies 70
183 Shona 12 babies 3
184 Una 12 babies 35
185 Ani 11 babies new
186 Cynthia 11 babies 53
187 Raiha 11 babies new
188 Sheila 11 babies 11
189 Betsy 10 babies new
190 Diane 10 babies 24
191 Elsa 10 babies new
192 Erica 10 babies new
193 Estelle 10 babies new
194 Geraldine 10 babies new
195 Ina 10 babies 56
196 Lila 10 babies new
197 Nita 10 babies new
198 Nolene 10 babies new

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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