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 John 860 babies =
2 William 518 babies =
3 Robert 405 babies =
4 Ronald 393 babies 5
5 James 388 babies 1
6 Peter 353 babies 1
7 Brian 325 babies 1
8 David 317 babies 3
9 Ian 258 babies 2
10 Donald 246 babies 2
11 Raymond 229 babies 1
12 George 220 babies =
13 Colin 197 babies 1
14 Thomas 193 babies 1
15 Kenneth 179 babies 2
16 Alan 159 babies 4
17 Charles 148 babies 7
18 Trevor 148 babies =
19 Richard 147 babies 9
20 Barry 146 babies 6
21 Graham 141 babies 1
22 Maurice 141 babies 8
23 Douglas 137 babies 7
24 Bruce 129 babies 7
25 Edward 128 babies 6
26 Keith 125 babies 1
27 Gordon 120 babies 6
28 Arthur 110 babies 5
29 Eric 107 babies 4
30 Michael 103 babies 18
31 Norman 102 babies =
32 Allan 101 babies 3
33 Noel 98 babies 2
34 Graeme 96 babies 3
35 Leslie 96 babies 8
36 Desmond 94 babies =
37 Murray 91 babies 8
38 Albert 90 babies 6
39 Rex 89 babies 1
40 Francis 84 babies =
41 Alexander 83 babies 21
42 Stanley 82 babies 1
43 Walter 82 babies 10
44 Frederick 80 babies 2
45 Joseph 79 babies 1
46 Patrick 78 babies 5
47 Neil 72 babies =
48 Russell 72 babies 9
49 Owen 71 babies 16
50 Malcolm 70 babies 6
51 Ivan 69 babies 17
52 Leonard 68 babies 3
53 Bryan 64 babies 2
54 Jack 64 babies 3
55 Kevin 63 babies 3
56 Bernard 62 babies 3
57 Terence 60 babies 3
58 Henry 56 babies 14
59 Harold 55 babies 4
60 Roy 55 babies 8
61 Mervyn 53 babies 22
62 Paul 52 babies 9
63 Alfred 51 babies 13
64 Ernest 51 babies 10
65 Lawrence 50 babies 1
66 Anthony 49 babies 5
67 Roger 49 babies 21
68 Reginald 45 babies 1
69 Gerald 44 babies 1
70 Neville 43 babies 6
71 Robin 43 babies 4
72 Laurence 42 babies 17
73 Geoffrey 41 babies 6
74 Frank 40 babies 6
75 Ross 40 babies 1
76 Allen 38 babies 6
77 Andrew 38 babies 5
78 Barrie 38 babies 44
79 Clive 38 babies 18
80 Edwin 38 babies 10
81 Hugh 33 babies 9
82 Leo 33 babies 10
83 Clifford 32 babies 5
84 Herbert 32 babies 14
85 Cyril 29 babies 2
86 Lewis 29 babies 42
87 Victor 29 babies 10
88 Arnold 28 babies 8
89 Dennis 28 babies 10
90 Lloyd 28 babies 39
91 Harry 27 babies 10
92 Lindsay 27 babies 9
93 Lionel 27 babies 6
94 Philip 27 babies 8
95 Ralph 27 babies 11
96 Rodney 27 babies 11
97 Basil 26 babies 6
98 Selwyn 26 babies 12
99 Stuart 26 babies 26
100 Warwick 26 babies 5
101 Daniel 25 babies 3
102 Derek 25 babies 8
103 Vincent 25 babies 18
104 Denis 24 babies 19
105 Kelvin 24 babies 33
106 Samuel 24 babies 19
107 Wiremu 24 babies 5
108 Cecil 23 babies 8
109 Gilbert 23 babies 2
110 Sydney 23 babies 19
111 Gary 22 babies
112 Stewart 22 babies 5
113 Lester 21 babies 11
114 Clarence 19 babies 21
115 Roland 18 babies 10
116 Sidney 18 babies 3
117 Warren 18 babies 2
118 Maxwell 17 babies 44
119 Alistair 16 babies
120 Athol 16 babies 11
121 Martin 16 babies 15
122 Phillip 16 babies 6
123 Wallace 16 babies 15
124 Fredrick 15 babies 19
125 Hone 15 babies 10
126 Terrence 15 babies =
127 Vernon 15 babies 15
128 Christopher 14 babies
129 Leon 14 babies
130 Morris 14 babies 17
131 Stephen 14 babies 11
132 Henare 13 babies 9
133 Max 13 babies
134 Alister 12 babies 21
135 Gavin 12 babies 17
136 Howard 12 babies 22
137 Wilfred 12 babies 1
138 Alastair 11 babies
139 Benjamin 11 babies
140 Duncan 11 babies
141 Edmund 11 babies
142 Garry 11 babies
143 Hector 11 babies 1
144 Nigel 11 babies
145 Ray 11 babies 6
146 Archibald 10 babies 4
147 Claude 10 babies 4
148 Evan 10 babies 14
149 Hohepa 10 babies
150 Louis 10 babies

Girl Names

1 Margaret 702 babies =
2 Patricia 363 babies 1
3 Mary 309 babies 2
4 Shirley 281 babies 2
5 Joan 280 babies 1
6 Dorothy 247 babies =
7 Barbara 230 babies =
8 Elizabeth 221 babies 1
9 Valerie 193 babies 2
10 Betty 192 babies 2
11 June 169 babies 1
12 Maureen 168 babies =
13 Doreen 157 babies 5
14 Jean 154 babies 1
15 Beverley 147 babies 1
16 Pamela 146 babies 8
17 Marie 144 babies 3
18 Joyce 138 babies 3
19 Kathleen 134 babies 2
20 Colleen 128 babies 5
21 Helen 127 babies 2
22 Judith 115 babies 6
23 Audrey 111 babies 3
24 Janet 110 babies 10
25 Lois 104 babies 10
26 Nancy 103 babies 5
27 Dawn 94 babies 1
28 Eileen 94 babies 6
29 Noeline 94 babies 4
30 Norma 87 babies 1
31 Heather 84 babies 13
32 Anne 82 babies 14
33 Daphne 82 babies 3
34 Yvonne 82 babies 24
35 Elaine 80 babies 3
36 Marion 80 babies 9
37 Ruth 80 babies =
38 Joy 78 babies 6
39 Pauline 77 babies 12
40 Ngaire 76 babies 17
41 Fay 75 babies 2
42 Catherine 74 babies 8
43 Phyllis 69 babies 3
44 Mavis 67 babies 7
45 Alison 62 babies 19
46 Frances 62 babies 5
47 Hazel 61 babies 5
48 Nola 60 babies 12
49 Beryl 59 babies 7
50 Lorna 57 babies 8
51 Marjorie 57 babies 22
52 Florence 56 babies 3
53 Irene 56 babies 4
54 Lorraine 56 babies 12
55 Thelma 54 babies 12
56 Evelyn 52 babies 7
57 Edith 49 babies 21
58 Doris 48 babies 4
59 Josephine 47 babies 9
60 Alice 46 babies 1
61 Gladys 46 babies 14
62 Jocelyn 46 babies 9
63 Diana 43 babies 18
64 Beverly 41 babies 13
65 Edna 41 babies 11
66 Sylvia 40 babies 7
67 Olive 39 babies 19
68 Annie 38 babies 6
69 Elsie 38 babies 6
70 Rosemary 38 babies 19
71 Agnes 37 babies 24
72 Peggy 37 babies =
73 Rita 37 babies =
74 Noelene 36 babies 19
75 Rona 36 babies 25
76 Ellen 35 babies 16
77 Iris 34 babies 12
78 Jennifer 34 babies 9
79 Jessie 34 babies 3
80 Valmai 33 babies 21
81 Winifred 33 babies 4
82 Ailsa 32 babies 14
83 Ann 32 babies 13
84 Isobel 32 babies 6
85 Rae 32 babies 42
86 Gloria 31 babies 11
87 Lesley 31 babies 4
88 Muriel 31 babies 17
89 Myra 31 babies 18
90 Eunice 29 babies 15
91 Jacqueline 29 babies 12
92 Eleanor 28 babies 25
93 Ethel 28 babies 6
94 Isabel 28 babies 15
95 Janice 27 babies 3
96 Marlene 27 babies 83
97 Hilda 26 babies 27
98 Natalie 26 babies 11
99 Ruby 26 babies 30
100 Violet 26 babies 20
101 Aileen 25 babies 15
102 Dulcie 25 babies 2
103 Grace 25 babies 36
104 Merle 25 babies 49
105 Alma 24 babies 3
106 Annette 23 babies 15
107 Enid 23 babies 11
108 Gwendoline 23 babies 17
109 Ivy 23 babies 17
110 Carol 22 babies 81
111 Christina 22 babies 34
112 Maria 22 babies 37
113 Molly 22 babies 42
114 Avis 21 babies 4
115 Claire 21 babies 49
116 Melva 21 babies 32
117 Cynthia 20 babies 14
118 Bernice 19 babies 2
119 Gaynor 19 babies 41
120 Georgina 19 babies new
121 Jeanette 19 babies 7
122 Monica 19 babies 23
123 Jill 18 babies 35
124 Lillian 18 babies 1
125 Mabel 18 babies 28
126 Noeleen 18 babies 31
127 Robin 18 babies 35
128 Valda 18 babies 16
129 Vera 18 babies 35
130 Brenda 17 babies 60
131 Constance 17 babies 49
132 Jane 17 babies 6
133 Marjory 17 babies 18
134 May 17 babies 18
135 Myrtle 17 babies 27
136 Rose 17 babies 8
137 Eva 16 babies 18
138 Moira 16 babies 16
139 Tui 16 babies 30
140 Wilma 16 babies 31
141 Adrienne 15 babies 2
142 Coral 15 babies 50
143 Diane 15 babies 32
144 Mona 15 babies 3
145 Pearl 15 babies 35
146 Shona 15 babies new
147 Verna 15 babies new
148 Lucy 14 babies 8
149 Nora 14 babies new
150 Beatrice 13 babies 31
151 Dorothea 13 babies new
152 Gwenda 13 babies 29
153 Janette 13 babies 32
154 Laurel 13 babies new
155 Leonie 13 babies 6
156 Lola 13 babies 17
157 Marian 13 babies 7
158 Nellie 13 babies 2
159 Noreen 13 babies 33
160 Rosalie 13 babies 18
161 Stella 13 babies 2
162 Amy 12 babies new
163 Coleen 12 babies 16
164 Elva 12 babies 51
165 Esther 12 babies 43
166 Freda 12 babies 29
167 Isabella 12 babies 28
168 Julia 12 babies 36
169 Laura 12 babies 8
170 Marguerite 12 babies 8
171 Mere 12 babies 38
172 Mollie 12 babies new
173 Una 12 babies 3
174 Valma 12 babies 68
175 Wendy 12 babies new
176 Caroline 11 babies new
177 Esme 11 babies new
178 Flora 11 babies new
179 Lena 11 babies new
180 Lynette 11 babies new
181 Marilyn 11 babies 15
182 Miriam 11 babies 62
183 Naomi 11 babies 16
184 Sheila 11 babies new
185 Sonia 11 babies new
186 Zelda 11 babies 3
187 Bessie 10 babies new
188 Charlotte 10 babies 14
189 Christine 10 babies 26
190 Joycelyn 10 babies new
191 Katherine 10 babies new
192 Lilian 10 babies 77
193 Loma 10 babies new
194 Nita 10 babies 26
195 Olga 10 babies 61
196 Sarah 10 babies 38
197 Theresa 10 babies 10
198 Vivienne 10 babies 10

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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