New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1934

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 855 babies =
  2. 2 William 520 babies =
  3. 3 Robert 440 babies =
  4. 4 James 373 babies 1
  5. 5 Brian 371 babies 2
  6. 6 Ronald 354 babies 2
  7. 7 Peter 347 babies 1
  8. 8 David 340 babies =
  9. 9 Donald 294 babies 1
  10. 10 Ian 282 babies 1
  11. 11 Raymond 209 babies =
  12. 12 George 205 babies =
  13. 13 Thomas 189 babies 1
  14. 14 Colin 185 babies 1
  15. 15 Kenneth 170 babies =
  16. 16 Graham 169 babies 5
  17. 17 Barry 166 babies 3
  18. 18 Alan 156 babies 2
  19. 19 Richard 148 babies =
  20. 20 Trevor 138 babies 2
  21. 21 Gordon 130 babies 6
  22. 22 Allan 129 babies 10
  23. 23 Leslie 129 babies 12
  24. 24 Bruce 127 babies =
  25. 25 Douglas 126 babies 2
  26. 26 Keith 123 babies =
  27. 27 Arthur 122 babies 1
  28. 28 Charles 121 babies 11
  29. 29 Edward 114 babies 4
  30. 30 Michael 110 babies =
  31. 31 Noel 107 babies 2
  32. 32 Graeme 102 babies 2
  33. 33 Ivan 99 babies 18
  34. 34 Francis 96 babies 6
  35. 35 Norman 96 babies 4
  36. 36 Patrick 89 babies 10
  37. 37 Desmond 86 babies 1
  38. 38 Walter 85 babies 5
  39. 39 Neil 81 babies 8
  40. 40 Rex 80 babies 1
  41. 41 Albert 79 babies 3
  42. 42 Eric 79 babies 13
  43. 43 Maurice 79 babies 21
  44. 44 Anthony 78 babies 22
  45. 45 Henry 78 babies 13
  46. 46 Alexander 75 babies 5
  47. 47 Frederick 75 babies 3
  48. 48 Mervyn 74 babies 13
  49. 49 Murray 72 babies 12
  50. 50 Roy 69 babies 10
  51. 51 Terence 69 babies 6
  52. 52 Leonard 68 babies =
  53. 53 Russell 65 babies 5
  54. 54 Harold 63 babies 5
  55. 55 Alfred 62 babies 8
  56. 56 Kevin 62 babies 1
  57. 57 Malcolm 62 babies 7
  58. 58 Jack 61 babies 4
  59. 59 Stanley 61 babies 17
  60. 60 Joseph 60 babies 15
  61. 61 Bryan 59 babies 8
  62. 62 Robin 59 babies 9
  63. 63 Lawrence 58 babies 2
  64. 64 Paul 57 babies 2
  65. 65 Reginald 56 babies 3
  66. 66 Frank 55 babies 8
  67. 67 Ross 54 babies 8
  68. 68 Dennis 52 babies 21
  69. 69 Roger 51 babies 2
  70. 70 Andrew 49 babies 7
  71. 71 Bernard 49 babies 15
  72. 72 Neville 49 babies 2
  73. 73 Owen 47 babies 24
  74. 74 Ernest 46 babies 10
  75. 75 Gerald 45 babies 6
  76. 76 Clive 43 babies 3
  77. 77 Edwin 37 babies 3
  78. 78 Barrie 36 babies =
  79. 79 Geoffrey 36 babies 6
  80. 80 Hugh 35 babies 1
  81. 81 Ralph 35 babies 14
  82. 82 Stuart 35 babies 17
  83. 83 Warren 35 babies 34
  84. 84 Lindsay 33 babies 8
  85. 85 Philip 32 babies 9
  86. 86 Cyril 31 babies 1
  87. 87 Basil 27 babies 10
  88. 88 Harry 27 babies 3
  89. 89 Laurence 27 babies 17
  90. 90 Lionel 27 babies 3
  91. 91 Rodney 27 babies 5
  92. 92 Sydney 27 babies 18
  93. 93 Denis 26 babies 11
  94. 94 Maxwell 26 babies 24
  95. 95 Selwyn 26 babies 3
  96. 96 Derek 25 babies 6
  97. 97 Herbert 25 babies 13
  98. 98 Samuel 25 babies 8
  99. 99 Clifford 24 babies 16
  100. 100 Daniel 24 babies 1

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 733 babies =
  2. 2 Shirley 349 babies 2
  3. 3 Patricia 323 babies 1
  4. 4 Mary 287 babies 1
  5. 5 Joan 241 babies =
  6. 6 Barbara 221 babies 1
  7. 7 Elizabeth 216 babies 1
  8. 8 Dorothy 192 babies 2
  9. 9 Valerie 188 babies =
  10. 10 Jean 175 babies 4
  11. 11 Maureen 171 babies 1
  12. 12 June 169 babies 1
  13. 13 Beverley 163 babies 2
  14. 14 Betty 158 babies 4
  15. 15 Helen 142 babies 6
  16. 16 Judith 142 babies 6
  17. 17 Kathleen 136 babies 2
  18. 18 Marie 126 babies 1
  19. 19 Joyce 125 babies 1
  20. 20 Pamela 125 babies 4
  21. 21 Doreen 118 babies 8
  22. 22 Colleen 116 babies 2
  23. 23 Janet 101 babies 1
  24. 24 Heather 96 babies 7
  25. 25 Dawn 93 babies 2
  26. 26 Lois 93 babies 1
  27. 27 Eileen 88 babies 1
  28. 28 Audrey 87 babies 5
  29. 29 Nancy 82 babies 3
  30. 30 Nola 79 babies 18
  31. 31 Phyllis 79 babies 12
  32. 32 Ngaire 78 babies 8
  33. 33 Norma 77 babies 3
  34. 34 Alison 75 babies 11
  35. 35 Ruth 75 babies 2
  36. 36 Noeline 74 babies 7
  37. 37 Marion 73 babies 1
  38. 38 Pauline 73 babies 1
  39. 39 Anne 71 babies 7
  40. 40 Frances 71 babies 6
  41. 41 Yvonne 69 babies 7
  42. 42 Marjorie 68 babies 9
  43. 43 Elaine 66 babies 8
  44. 44 Fay 65 babies 3
  45. 45 Jocelyn 64 babies 17
  46. 46 Daphne 61 babies 13
  47. 47 Janice 60 babies 48
  48. 48 Joy 60 babies 10
  49. 49 Ann 56 babies 34
  50. 50 Jennifer 56 babies 28
  51. 51 Lorraine 56 babies 3
  52. 52 Mavis 55 babies 8
  53. 53 Catherine 52 babies 11
  54. 54 Evelyn 52 babies 2
  55. 55 Thelma 51 babies =
  56. 56 Beryl 50 babies 7
  57. 57 Edna 50 babies 8
  58. 58 Irene 50 babies 5
  59. 59 Beverly 49 babies 5
  60. 60 Winifred 49 babies 21
  61. 61 Gladys 45 babies =
  62. 62 Noelene 45 babies 12
  63. 63 Lorna 44 babies 13
  64. 64 Hazel 43 babies 17
  65. 65 Lesley 43 babies 22
  66. 66 Sylvia 43 babies =
  67. 67 Ailsa 39 babies 15
  68. 68 Florence 39 babies 16
  69. 69 Violet 39 babies 31
  70. 70 Alice 37 babies 10
  71. 71 Ellen 37 babies 5
  72. 72 Diana 36 babies 9
  73. 73 Josephine 36 babies 14
  74. 74 Olive 36 babies 7
  75. 75 Rosemary 36 babies 5
  76. 76 Marlene 35 babies 20
  77. 77 Annie 34 babies 9
  78. 78 Isobel 34 babies 6
  79. 79 Doris 32 babies 21
  80. 80 Elsie 32 babies 11
  81. 81 Gloria 32 babies 5
  82. 82 Gwendoline 32 babies 26
  83. 83 Eleanor 31 babies 9
  84. 84 Agnes 30 babies 13
  85. 85 Constance 30 babies 46
  86. 86 Iris 30 babies 9
  87. 87 Rae 30 babies 2
  88. 88 Vera 30 babies 41
  89. 89 Edith 29 babies 32
  90. 90 Eunice 29 babies =
  91. 91 Muriel 29 babies 3
  92. 92 Annette 28 babies 14
  93. 93 Jill 27 babies 30
  94. 94 Rita 26 babies 21
  95. 95 Claire 25 babies 20
  96. 96 Jeanette 25 babies 25
  97. 97 May 25 babies 37
  98. 98 Aileen 24 babies 3
  99. 99 Jessie 24 babies 20
  100. 100 Peggy 24 babies 28

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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