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 John 893 babies =
2 William 548 babies =
3 Robert 437 babies =
4 James 416 babies =
5 David 327 babies 2
6 Brian 310 babies 3
7 Peter 309 babies 1
8 Donald 302 babies =
9 Ronald 301 babies 4
10 Raymond 275 babies =
11 Ian 271 babies =
12 George 226 babies =
13 Kenneth 198 babies 3
14 Colin 197 babies 1
15 Thomas 188 babies 1
16 Douglas 168 babies 2
17 Bruce 152 babies 5
18 Trevor 147 babies 10
19 Edward 143 babies 4
20 Alan 140 babies 6
21 Gordon 139 babies 2
22 Graham 135 babies 3
23 Arthur 134 babies 6
24 Charles 134 babies 6
25 Keith 133 babies 10
26 Barry 131 babies 9
27 Leslie 131 babies 6
28 Richard 130 babies 1
29 Allan 117 babies 5
30 Maurice 116 babies 10
31 Norman 114 babies 2
32 Albert 101 babies 4
33 Eric 101 babies 2
34 Ivan 98 babies =
35 Noel 95 babies 3
36 Desmond 94 babies 7
37 Graeme 93 babies 20
38 Rex 93 babies 18
39 Mervyn 89 babies 8
40 Francis 86 babies 3
41 Patrick 86 babies 1
42 Frederick 78 babies 2
43 Stanley 78 babies 2
44 Henry 76 babies 8
45 Murray 76 babies 4
46 Joseph 73 babies 4
47 Neil 73 babies 18
48 Michael 72 babies 7
49 Leonard 71 babies 11
50 Alfred 69 babies 8
51 Jack 69 babies 5
52 Roy 69 babies 9
53 Walter 68 babies 14
54 Ernest 66 babies 12
55 Bryan 64 babies 3
56 Malcolm 64 babies 7
57 Russell 63 babies 6
58 Kevin 62 babies 3
59 Bernard 61 babies 5
60 Terence 60 babies 8
61 Anthony 59 babies 6
62 Alexander 58 babies 17
63 Harold 58 babies 10
64 Neville 57 babies 8
65 Owen 57 babies 17
66 Lawrence 53 babies 4
67 Geoffrey 52 babies 3
68 Gerald 49 babies 19
69 Reginald 47 babies 9
70 Allen 46 babies 15
71 Paul 45 babies 2
72 Hugh 43 babies 1
73 Stuart 43 babies 11
74 Maxwell 41 babies 25
75 Robin 41 babies 2
76 Ross 39 babies =
77 Victor 39 babies 6
78 Clifford 36 babies 4
79 Dennis 36 babies 17
80 Frank 36 babies 21
81 Harry 36 babies 1
82 Andrew 35 babies 7
83 Cyril 35 babies 5
84 Ralph 35 babies 3
85 Denis 34 babies 10
86 Philip 34 babies 16
87 Samuel 34 babies 15
88 Roger 33 babies 14
89 Laurence 32 babies 10
90 Edwin 31 babies 4
91 Sydney 31 babies 17
92 Leo 30 babies 3
93 Clarence 28 babies 5
94 Derek 28 babies 3
95 Warwick 27 babies 22
96 Arnold 26 babies 9
97 Clive 26 babies 7
98 Herbert 26 babies 29
99 Lionel 26 babies 2
100 Cecil 25 babies 12
101 Lindsay 25 babies 9
102 Wiremu 25 babies 8
103 Basil 23 babies 3
104 Daniel 22 babies 2
105 Fredrick 21 babies 6
106 Martin 21 babies 17
107 Rodney 21 babies 6
108 Wallace 21 babies 8
109 Athol 20 babies 16
110 Selwyn 20 babies 16
111 Gilbert 19 babies 10
112 Vernon 19 babies 40
113 Alister 18 babies 5
114 Howard 18 babies 10
115 Warren 18 babies 10
116 Phillip 17 babies 7
117 Stewart 17 babies 14
118 Gavin 16 babies 18
119 Sidney 16 babies 4
120 Stephen 16 babies 13
121 Vincent 16 babies 13
122 Barrie 15 babies 3
123 Henare 15 babies new
124 Lester 15 babies 17
125 Roland 15 babies 11
126 Terrence 15 babies new
127 Bevan 14 babies new
128 Lewis 14 babies 16
129 Lloyd 14 babies 3
130 Cedric 13 babies 11
131 Garth 13 babies new
132 Hori 13 babies new
133 Ramon 13 babies 5
134 Evan 12 babies 10
135 Hone 12 babies 12
136 Wilfred 12 babies 9
137 Gerard 11 babies =
138 Kelvin 11 babies new
139 Ray 11 babies new
140 Roderick 11 babies 16
141 Angus 10 babies 2
142 Archibald 10 babies new
143 Claude 10 babies 23
144 Hector 10 babies 2
145 Horace 10 babies new
146 Matthew 10 babies 2
147 Morris 10 babies 34
148 Rangi 10 babies new

Girl Names

1 Margaret 775 babies =
2 Shirley 333 babies 1
3 Patricia 327 babies 1
4 Joan 287 babies 1
5 Mary 282 babies 1
6 Dorothy 227 babies 1
7 Barbara 222 babies 4
8 Betty 214 babies 2
9 Elizabeth 204 babies 1
10 June 183 babies 1
11 Valerie 173 babies 1
12 Maureen 166 babies 6
13 Jean 160 babies =
14 Marie 160 babies 2
15 Joyce 150 babies =
16 Beverley 146 babies 5
17 Kathleen 138 babies =
18 Doreen 134 babies 6
19 Helen 129 babies =
20 Audrey 124 babies 6
21 Nancy 112 babies 1
22 Eileen 111 babies 1
23 Ngaire 111 babies 3
24 Pamela 110 babies =
25 Colleen 109 babies 1
26 Dawn 96 babies 3
27 Pauline 91 babies 5
28 Judith 86 babies 9
29 Marjorie 86 babies 4
30 Daphne 85 babies 3
31 Norma 81 babies 3
32 Joy 79 babies 11
33 Noeline 77 babies 8
34 Janet 76 babies 12
35 Lois 73 babies 4
36 Nola 72 babies =
37 Ruth 72 babies 4
38 Elaine 71 babies =
39 Fay 71 babies 5
40 Phyllis 71 babies 10
41 Frances 70 babies 2
42 Lorna 69 babies 2
43 Thelma 66 babies 4
44 Heather 65 babies 8
45 Marion 65 babies =
46 Anne 60 babies 15
47 Gladys 58 babies 11
48 Olive 58 babies 17
49 Evelyn 57 babies 2
50 Catherine 56 babies 8
51 Mavis 56 babies 16
52 Hazel 55 babies 11
53 Jocelyn 55 babies 3
54 Edna 54 babies 6
55 Florence 53 babies 1
56 Beryl 52 babies 3
57 Irene 52 babies 17
58 Yvonne 52 babies 9
59 Sylvia 49 babies 1
60 Ellen 48 babies 10
61 Alice 47 babies 8
62 Doris 47 babies 12
63 Elsie 47 babies 1
64 Alison 46 babies 7
65 Iris 45 babies 4
66 Lorraine 45 babies 1
67 Grace 42 babies 30
68 Josephine 42 babies 13
69 Jennifer 40 babies 81
70 Ann 39 babies 26
71 Muriel 39 babies 2
72 Peggy 38 babies 21
73 Rita 38 babies 7
74 Annie 37 babies 6
75 Gloria 37 babies 3
76 Jessie 37 babies 4
77 Beverly 36 babies 24
78 Edith 36 babies 8
79 Isabel 36 babies 19
80 Violet 36 babies 11
81 Diana 35 babies 5
82 Constance 34 babies 21
83 Lesley 34 babies 2
84 Melva 33 babies 47
85 Winifred 33 babies 9
86 Aileen 32 babies 13
87 Ethel 32 babies =
88 Jill 31 babies 28
89 Rosemary 31 babies 1
90 Isobel 30 babies 14
91 Gwendoline 29 babies 20
92 Ivy 29 babies 4
93 Noelene 29 babies 13
94 Vera 29 babies 10
95 Agnes 28 babies 31
96 Ailsa 27 babies 11
97 Mabel 27 babies 12
98 Janice 26 babies 39
99 Monica 26 babies
100 Rona 26 babies 17
101 Valmai 26 babies 25
102 Alma 25 babies 30
103 Jacqueline 25 babies 11
104 Dulcie 23 babies 25
105 Eunice 23 babies 10
106 Valma 23 babies 11
107 Myra 22 babies 25
108 Myrtle 22 babies 3
109 Natalie 22 babies 2
110 Avis 21 babies 8
111 Diane 21 babies 79
112 Valda 21 babies 30
113 Elva 20 babies 2
114 Jeanette 20 babies 24
115 Lilian 20 babies 15
116 Bernice 19 babies 41
117 Eleanor 19 babies 40
118 Enid 19 babies 4
119 Eva 19 babies 7
120 Miriam 19 babies 32
121 Annette 18 babies 14
122 Esther 18 babies 3
123 Gwenda 18 babies =
124 Hilda 18 babies 16
125 Lillian 18 babies 1
126 Noreen 18 babies 21
127 Rae 18 babies 38
128 Rose 18 babies 37
129 Ruby 18 babies 15
130 Veronica 18 babies 24
131 Cynthia 17 babies 55
132 Julia 17 babies 3
133 Mere 17 babies 7
134 Olga 17 babies 1
135 Susan 17 babies 32
136 Velma 17 babies 21
137 Freda 16 babies 17
138 Jane 16 babies 38
139 Lola 16 babies 26
140 Lucy 16 babies 11
141 Mona 16 babies 39
142 Rosalie 16 babies =
143 Adrienne 15 babies 16
144 Anita 15 babies 11
145 Christina 15 babies 43
146 Clara 15 babies
147 Coleen 15 babies
148 Ida 15 babies
149 Maria 15 babies 10
150 Marian 15 babies 12
151 Marjory 15 babies 41
152 May 15 babies 31
153 Merle 15 babies 28
154 Moira 15 babies 13
155 Molly 15 babies 55
156 Nellie 15 babies
157 Noeleen 15 babies 25
158 Sarah 15 babies 8
159 Stella 15 babies
160 Gaynor 14 babies
161 Leonie 14 babies
162 Robin 14 babies
163 Christine 13 babies 8
164 Claire 13 babies 15
165 Margery 13 babies
166 Marilyn 13 babies
167 Naomi 13 babies 14
168 Nita 13 babies 29
169 Tui 13 babies 16
170 Una 13 babies 14
171 Wilma 13 babies 13
172 Ada 12 babies 24
173 Allison 12 babies 13
174 Charlotte 12 babies 4
175 Gillian 12 babies
176 Julie 12 babies
177 Laura 12 babies =
178 Marguerite 12 babies 17
179 Marlene 12 babies
180 Pearl 12 babies 46
181 Beatrice 11 babies 107
182 Gertrude 11 babies
183 Hilary 11 babies
184 Ina 11 babies 11
185 Janette 11 babies
186 Nina 11 babies
187 Theresa 11 babies 31
188 Vivienne 11 babies 61
189 Zelda 11 babies
190 Brenda 10 babies 46
191 Carol 10 babies 84
192 Coral 10 babies 64
193 Hera 10 babies
194 Hine 10 babies
195 Isabella 10 babies 59
196 Loraine 10 babies
197 Maraea 10 babies
198 Mildred 10 babies
199 Rachel 10 babies
200 Teresa 10 babies 31

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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