New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1932

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 893 babies =
  2. 2 William 548 babies =
  3. 3 Robert 437 babies =
  4. 4 James 416 babies =
  5. 5 David 327 babies 2
  6. 6 Brian 310 babies 3
  7. 7 Peter 309 babies 1
  8. 8 Donald 302 babies =
  9. 9 Ronald 301 babies 4
  10. 10 Raymond 275 babies =
  11. 11 Ian 271 babies =
  12. 12 George 226 babies =
  13. 13 Kenneth 198 babies 3
  14. 14 Colin 197 babies 1
  15. 15 Thomas 188 babies 1
  16. 16 Douglas 168 babies 2
  17. 17 Bruce 152 babies 5
  18. 18 Trevor 147 babies 10
  19. 19 Edward 143 babies 4
  20. 20 Alan 140 babies 6
  21. 21 Gordon 139 babies 2
  22. 22 Graham 135 babies 3
  23. 23 Arthur 134 babies 6
  24. 24 Charles 134 babies 6
  25. 25 Keith 133 babies 10
  26. 26 Barry 131 babies 9
  27. 27 Leslie 131 babies 6
  28. 28 Richard 130 babies 1
  29. 29 Allan 117 babies 5
  30. 30 Maurice 116 babies 10
  31. 31 Norman 114 babies 2
  32. 32 Albert 101 babies 4
  33. 33 Eric 101 babies 2
  34. 34 Ivan 98 babies =
  35. 35 Noel 95 babies 3
  36. 36 Desmond 94 babies 7
  37. 37 Graeme 93 babies 20
  38. 38 Rex 93 babies 18
  39. 39 Mervyn 89 babies 8
  40. 40 Francis 86 babies 3
  41. 41 Patrick 86 babies 1
  42. 42 Frederick 78 babies 2
  43. 43 Stanley 78 babies 2
  44. 44 Henry 76 babies 8
  45. 45 Murray 76 babies 4
  46. 46 Joseph 73 babies 4
  47. 47 Neil 73 babies 18
  48. 48 Michael 72 babies 7
  49. 49 Leonard 71 babies 11
  50. 50 Alfred 69 babies 8
  51. 51 Jack 69 babies 5
  52. 52 Roy 69 babies 9
  53. 53 Walter 68 babies 14
  54. 54 Ernest 66 babies 12
  55. 55 Bryan 64 babies 3
  56. 56 Malcolm 64 babies 7
  57. 57 Russell 63 babies 6
  58. 58 Kevin 62 babies 3
  59. 59 Bernard 61 babies 5
  60. 60 Terence 60 babies 8
  61. 61 Anthony 59 babies 6
  62. 62 Alexander 58 babies 17
  63. 63 Harold 58 babies 10
  64. 64 Neville 57 babies 8
  65. 65 Owen 57 babies 17
  66. 66 Lawrence 53 babies 4
  67. 67 Geoffrey 52 babies 3
  68. 68 Gerald 49 babies 19
  69. 69 Reginald 47 babies 9
  70. 70 Allen 46 babies 15
  71. 71 Paul 45 babies 2
  72. 72 Hugh 43 babies 1
  73. 73 Stuart 43 babies 11
  74. 74 Maxwell 41 babies 25
  75. 75 Robin 41 babies 2
  76. 76 Ross 39 babies =
  77. 77 Victor 39 babies 6
  78. 78 Clifford 36 babies 4
  79. 79 Dennis 36 babies 17
  80. 80 Frank 36 babies 21
  81. 81 Harry 36 babies 1
  82. 82 Andrew 35 babies 7
  83. 83 Cyril 35 babies 5
  84. 84 Ralph 35 babies 3
  85. 85 Denis 34 babies 10
  86. 86 Philip 34 babies 16
  87. 87 Samuel 34 babies 15
  88. 88 Roger 33 babies 14
  89. 89 Laurence 32 babies 10
  90. 90 Edwin 31 babies 4
  91. 91 Sydney 31 babies 17
  92. 92 Leo 30 babies 3
  93. 93 Clarence 28 babies 5
  94. 94 Derek 28 babies 3
  95. 95 Warwick 27 babies 22
  96. 96 Arnold 26 babies 9
  97. 97 Clive 26 babies 7
  98. 98 Herbert 26 babies 29
  99. 99 Lionel 26 babies 2
  100. 100 Cecil 25 babies 12

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 775 babies =
  2. 2 Shirley 333 babies 1
  3. 3 Patricia 327 babies 1
  4. 4 Joan 287 babies 1
  5. 5 Mary 282 babies 1
  6. 6 Dorothy 227 babies 1
  7. 7 Barbara 222 babies 4
  8. 8 Betty 214 babies 2
  9. 9 Elizabeth 204 babies 1
  10. 10 June 183 babies 1
  11. 11 Valerie 173 babies 1
  12. 12 Maureen 166 babies 6
  13. 13 Jean 160 babies =
  14. 14 Marie 160 babies 2
  15. 15 Joyce 150 babies =
  16. 16 Beverley 146 babies 5
  17. 17 Kathleen 138 babies =
  18. 18 Doreen 134 babies 6
  19. 19 Helen 129 babies =
  20. 20 Audrey 124 babies 6
  21. 21 Nancy 112 babies 1
  22. 22 Eileen 111 babies 1
  23. 23 Ngaire 111 babies 3
  24. 24 Pamela 110 babies =
  25. 25 Colleen 109 babies 1
  26. 26 Dawn 96 babies 3
  27. 27 Pauline 91 babies 5
  28. 28 Judith 86 babies 9
  29. 29 Marjorie 86 babies 4
  30. 30 Daphne 85 babies 3
  31. 31 Norma 81 babies 3
  32. 32 Joy 79 babies 11
  33. 33 Noeline 77 babies 8
  34. 34 Janet 76 babies 12
  35. 35 Lois 73 babies 4
  36. 36 Nola 72 babies =
  37. 37 Ruth 72 babies 4
  38. 38 Elaine 71 babies =
  39. 39 Fay 71 babies 5
  40. 40 Phyllis 71 babies 10
  41. 41 Frances 70 babies 2
  42. 42 Lorna 69 babies 2
  43. 43 Thelma 66 babies 4
  44. 44 Heather 65 babies 8
  45. 45 Marion 65 babies =
  46. 46 Anne 60 babies 15
  47. 47 Gladys 58 babies 11
  48. 48 Olive 58 babies 17
  49. 49 Evelyn 57 babies 2
  50. 50 Catherine 56 babies 8
  51. 51 Mavis 56 babies 16
  52. 52 Hazel 55 babies 11
  53. 53 Jocelyn 55 babies 3
  54. 54 Edna 54 babies 6
  55. 55 Florence 53 babies 1
  56. 56 Beryl 52 babies 3
  57. 57 Irene 52 babies 17
  58. 58 Yvonne 52 babies 9
  59. 59 Sylvia 49 babies 1
  60. 60 Ellen 48 babies 10
  61. 61 Alice 47 babies 8
  62. 62 Doris 47 babies 12
  63. 63 Elsie 47 babies 1
  64. 64 Alison 46 babies 7
  65. 65 Iris 45 babies 4
  66. 66 Lorraine 45 babies 1
  67. 67 Grace 42 babies 30
  68. 68 Josephine 42 babies 13
  69. 69 Jennifer 40 babies 81
  70. 70 Ann 39 babies 26
  71. 71 Muriel 39 babies 2
  72. 72 Peggy 38 babies 21
  73. 73 Rita 38 babies 7
  74. 74 Annie 37 babies 6
  75. 75 Gloria 37 babies 3
  76. 76 Jessie 37 babies 4
  77. 77 Beverly 36 babies 24
  78. 78 Edith 36 babies 8
  79. 79 Isabel 36 babies 19
  80. 80 Violet 36 babies 11
  81. 81 Diana 35 babies 5
  82. 82 Constance 34 babies 21
  83. 83 Lesley 34 babies 2
  84. 84 Melva 33 babies 47
  85. 85 Winifred 33 babies 9
  86. 86 Aileen 32 babies 13
  87. 87 Ethel 32 babies =
  88. 88 Jill 31 babies 28
  89. 89 Rosemary 31 babies 1
  90. 90 Isobel 30 babies 14
  91. 91 Gwendoline 29 babies 20
  92. 92 Ivy 29 babies 4
  93. 93 Noelene 29 babies 13
  94. 94 Vera 29 babies 10
  95. 95 Agnes 28 babies 31
  96. 96 Ailsa 27 babies 11
  97. 97 Mabel 27 babies 12
  98. 98 Janice 26 babies 39
  99. 99 Monica 26 babies
  100. 100 Rona 26 babies 17

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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