New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1933

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 860 babies =
  2. 2 William 518 babies =
  3. 3 Robert 405 babies =
  4. 4 Ronald 393 babies 5
  5. 5 James 388 babies 1
  6. 6 Peter 353 babies 1
  7. 7 Brian 325 babies 1
  8. 8 David 317 babies 3
  9. 9 Ian 258 babies 2
  10. 10 Donald 246 babies 2
  11. 11 Raymond 229 babies 1
  12. 12 George 220 babies =
  13. 13 Colin 197 babies 1
  14. 14 Thomas 193 babies 1
  15. 15 Kenneth 179 babies 2
  16. 16 Alan 159 babies 4
  17. 17 Charles 148 babies 7
  18. 18 Trevor 148 babies =
  19. 19 Richard 147 babies 9
  20. 20 Barry 146 babies 6
  21. 21 Graham 141 babies 1
  22. 22 Maurice 141 babies 8
  23. 23 Douglas 137 babies 7
  24. 24 Bruce 129 babies 7
  25. 25 Edward 128 babies 6
  26. 26 Keith 125 babies 1
  27. 27 Gordon 120 babies 6
  28. 28 Arthur 110 babies 5
  29. 29 Eric 107 babies 4
  30. 30 Michael 103 babies 18
  31. 31 Norman 102 babies =
  32. 32 Allan 101 babies 3
  33. 33 Noel 98 babies 2
  34. 34 Graeme 96 babies 3
  35. 35 Leslie 96 babies 8
  36. 36 Desmond 94 babies =
  37. 37 Murray 91 babies 8
  38. 38 Albert 90 babies 6
  39. 39 Rex 89 babies 1
  40. 40 Francis 84 babies =
  41. 41 Alexander 83 babies 21
  42. 42 Stanley 82 babies 1
  43. 43 Walter 82 babies 10
  44. 44 Frederick 80 babies 2
  45. 45 Joseph 79 babies 1
  46. 46 Patrick 78 babies 5
  47. 47 Neil 72 babies =
  48. 48 Russell 72 babies 9
  49. 49 Owen 71 babies 16
  50. 50 Malcolm 70 babies 6
  51. 51 Ivan 69 babies 17
  52. 52 Leonard 68 babies 3
  53. 53 Bryan 64 babies 2
  54. 54 Jack 64 babies 3
  55. 55 Kevin 63 babies 3
  56. 56 Bernard 62 babies 3
  57. 57 Terence 60 babies 3
  58. 58 Henry 56 babies 14
  59. 59 Harold 55 babies 4
  60. 60 Roy 55 babies 8
  61. 61 Mervyn 53 babies 22
  62. 62 Paul 52 babies 9
  63. 63 Alfred 51 babies 13
  64. 64 Ernest 51 babies 10
  65. 65 Lawrence 50 babies 1
  66. 66 Anthony 49 babies 5
  67. 67 Roger 49 babies 21
  68. 68 Reginald 45 babies 1
  69. 69 Gerald 44 babies 1
  70. 70 Neville 43 babies 6
  71. 71 Robin 43 babies 4
  72. 72 Laurence 42 babies 17
  73. 73 Geoffrey 41 babies 6
  74. 74 Frank 40 babies 6
  75. 75 Ross 40 babies 1
  76. 76 Allen 38 babies 6
  77. 77 Andrew 38 babies 5
  78. 78 Barrie 38 babies 44
  79. 79 Clive 38 babies 18
  80. 80 Edwin 38 babies 10
  81. 81 Hugh 33 babies 9
  82. 82 Leo 33 babies 10
  83. 83 Clifford 32 babies 5
  84. 84 Herbert 32 babies 14
  85. 85 Cyril 29 babies 2
  86. 86 Lewis 29 babies 42
  87. 87 Victor 29 babies 10
  88. 88 Arnold 28 babies 8
  89. 89 Dennis 28 babies 10
  90. 90 Lloyd 28 babies 39
  91. 91 Harry 27 babies 10
  92. 92 Lindsay 27 babies 9
  93. 93 Lionel 27 babies 6
  94. 94 Philip 27 babies 8
  95. 95 Ralph 27 babies 11
  96. 96 Rodney 27 babies 11
  97. 97 Basil 26 babies 6
  98. 98 Selwyn 26 babies 12
  99. 99 Stuart 26 babies 26
  100. 100 Warwick 26 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 702 babies =
  2. 2 Patricia 363 babies 1
  3. 3 Mary 309 babies 2
  4. 4 Shirley 281 babies 2
  5. 5 Joan 280 babies 1
  6. 6 Dorothy 247 babies =
  7. 7 Barbara 230 babies =
  8. 8 Elizabeth 221 babies 1
  9. 9 Valerie 193 babies 2
  10. 10 Betty 192 babies 2
  11. 11 June 169 babies 1
  12. 12 Maureen 168 babies =
  13. 13 Doreen 157 babies 5
  14. 14 Jean 154 babies 1
  15. 15 Beverley 147 babies 1
  16. 16 Pamela 146 babies 8
  17. 17 Marie 144 babies 3
  18. 18 Joyce 138 babies 3
  19. 19 Kathleen 134 babies 2
  20. 20 Colleen 128 babies 5
  21. 21 Helen 127 babies 2
  22. 22 Judith 115 babies 6
  23. 23 Audrey 111 babies 3
  24. 24 Janet 110 babies 10
  25. 25 Lois 104 babies 10
  26. 26 Nancy 103 babies 5
  27. 27 Dawn 94 babies 1
  28. 28 Eileen 94 babies 6
  29. 29 Noeline 94 babies 4
  30. 30 Norma 87 babies 1
  31. 31 Heather 84 babies 13
  32. 32 Anne 82 babies 14
  33. 33 Daphne 82 babies 3
  34. 34 Yvonne 82 babies 24
  35. 35 Elaine 80 babies 3
  36. 36 Marion 80 babies 9
  37. 37 Ruth 80 babies =
  38. 38 Joy 78 babies 6
  39. 39 Pauline 77 babies 12
  40. 40 Ngaire 76 babies 17
  41. 41 Fay 75 babies 2
  42. 42 Catherine 74 babies 8
  43. 43 Phyllis 69 babies 3
  44. 44 Mavis 67 babies 7
  45. 45 Alison 62 babies 19
  46. 46 Frances 62 babies 5
  47. 47 Hazel 61 babies 5
  48. 48 Nola 60 babies 12
  49. 49 Beryl 59 babies 7
  50. 50 Lorna 57 babies 8
  51. 51 Marjorie 57 babies 22
  52. 52 Florence 56 babies 3
  53. 53 Irene 56 babies 4
  54. 54 Lorraine 56 babies 12
  55. 55 Thelma 54 babies 12
  56. 56 Evelyn 52 babies 7
  57. 57 Edith 49 babies 21
  58. 58 Doris 48 babies 4
  59. 59 Josephine 47 babies 9
  60. 60 Alice 46 babies 1
  61. 61 Gladys 46 babies 14
  62. 62 Jocelyn 46 babies 9
  63. 63 Diana 43 babies 18
  64. 64 Beverly 41 babies 13
  65. 65 Edna 41 babies 11
  66. 66 Sylvia 40 babies 7
  67. 67 Olive 39 babies 19
  68. 68 Annie 38 babies 6
  69. 69 Elsie 38 babies 6
  70. 70 Rosemary 38 babies 19
  71. 71 Agnes 37 babies 24
  72. 72 Peggy 37 babies =
  73. 73 Rita 37 babies =
  74. 74 Noelene 36 babies 19
  75. 75 Rona 36 babies 25
  76. 76 Ellen 35 babies 16
  77. 77 Iris 34 babies 12
  78. 78 Jennifer 34 babies 9
  79. 79 Jessie 34 babies 3
  80. 80 Valmai 33 babies 21
  81. 81 Winifred 33 babies 4
  82. 82 Ailsa 32 babies 14
  83. 83 Ann 32 babies 13
  84. 84 Isobel 32 babies 6
  85. 85 Rae 32 babies 42
  86. 86 Gloria 31 babies 11
  87. 87 Lesley 31 babies 4
  88. 88 Muriel 31 babies 17
  89. 89 Myra 31 babies 18
  90. 90 Eunice 29 babies 15
  91. 91 Jacqueline 29 babies 12
  92. 92 Eleanor 28 babies 25
  93. 93 Ethel 28 babies 6
  94. 94 Isabel 28 babies 15
  95. 95 Janice 27 babies 3
  96. 96 Marlene 27 babies 83
  97. 97 Hilda 26 babies 27
  98. 98 Natalie 26 babies 11
  99. 99 Ruby 26 babies 30
  100. 100 Violet 26 babies 20

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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