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 John 855 babies =
2 William 520 babies =
3 Robert 440 babies =
4 James 373 babies 1
5 Brian 371 babies 2
6 Ronald 354 babies 2
7 Peter 347 babies 1
8 David 340 babies =
9 Donald 294 babies 1
10 Ian 282 babies 1
11 Raymond 209 babies =
12 George 205 babies =
13 Thomas 189 babies 1
14 Colin 185 babies 1
15 Kenneth 170 babies =
16 Graham 169 babies 5
17 Barry 166 babies 3
18 Alan 156 babies 2
19 Richard 148 babies =
20 Trevor 138 babies 2
21 Gordon 130 babies 6
22 Allan 129 babies 10
23 Leslie 129 babies 12
24 Bruce 127 babies =
25 Douglas 126 babies 2
26 Keith 123 babies =
27 Arthur 122 babies 1
28 Charles 121 babies 11
29 Edward 114 babies 4
30 Michael 110 babies =
31 Noel 107 babies 2
32 Graeme 102 babies 2
33 Ivan 99 babies 18
34 Francis 96 babies 6
35 Norman 96 babies 4
36 Patrick 89 babies 10
37 Desmond 86 babies 1
38 Walter 85 babies 5
39 Neil 81 babies 8
40 Rex 80 babies 1
41 Albert 79 babies 3
42 Eric 79 babies 13
43 Maurice 79 babies 21
44 Anthony 78 babies 22
45 Henry 78 babies 13
46 Alexander 75 babies 5
47 Frederick 75 babies 3
48 Mervyn 74 babies 13
49 Murray 72 babies 12
50 Roy 69 babies 10
51 Terence 69 babies 6
52 Leonard 68 babies =
53 Russell 65 babies 5
54 Harold 63 babies 5
55 Alfred 62 babies 8
56 Kevin 62 babies 1
57 Malcolm 62 babies 7
58 Jack 61 babies 4
59 Stanley 61 babies 17
60 Joseph 60 babies 15
61 Bryan 59 babies 8
62 Robin 59 babies 9
63 Lawrence 58 babies 2
64 Paul 57 babies 2
65 Reginald 56 babies 3
66 Frank 55 babies 8
67 Ross 54 babies 8
68 Dennis 52 babies 21
69 Roger 51 babies 2
70 Andrew 49 babies 7
71 Bernard 49 babies 15
72 Neville 49 babies 2
73 Owen 47 babies 24
74 Ernest 46 babies 10
75 Gerald 45 babies 6
76 Clive 43 babies 3
77 Edwin 37 babies 3
78 Barrie 36 babies =
79 Geoffrey 36 babies 6
80 Hugh 35 babies 1
81 Ralph 35 babies 14
82 Stuart 35 babies 17
83 Warren 35 babies 34
84 Lindsay 33 babies 8
85 Philip 32 babies 9
86 Cyril 31 babies 1
87 Basil 27 babies 10
88 Harry 27 babies 3
89 Laurence 27 babies 17
90 Lionel 27 babies 3
91 Rodney 27 babies 5
92 Sydney 27 babies 18
93 Denis 26 babies 11
94 Maxwell 26 babies 24
95 Selwyn 26 babies 3
96 Derek 25 babies 6
97 Herbert 25 babies 13
98 Samuel 25 babies 8
99 Clifford 24 babies 16
100 Daniel 24 babies 1
101 Stewart 24 babies 11
102 Terrence 24 babies 24
103 Victor 24 babies 16
104 Kelvin 23 babies 1
105 Warwick 23 babies 5
106 Clarence 22 babies 8
107 Gary 22 babies 4
108 Vincent 21 babies 5
109 Leo 20 babies 27
110 Wiremu 20 babies 3
111 Bevan 19 babies
112 Cecil 19 babies 4
113 Claude 19 babies 34
114 Garry 19 babies 28
115 Gavin 19 babies 20
116 Fredrick 18 babies 8
117 Lewis 18 babies 31
118 Arnold 17 babies 30
119 Christopher 17 babies 9
120 Garth 17 babies
121 Howard 17 babies 15
122 Stephen 17 babies 9
123 Wallace 17 babies =
124 Martin 16 babies 3
125 Evan 15 babies 23
126 Gilbert 15 babies 17
127 Vernon 15 babies =
128 Alister 14 babies 6
129 Henare 14 babies 3
130 Lester 14 babies 17
131 Roderick 14 babies
132 Allen 13 babies 56
133 Hori 13 babies
134 Louis 13 babies 16
135 Max 13 babies 2
136 Ramon 13 babies
137 Grahame 12 babies
138 Lloyd 12 babies 48
139 Wilfred 12 babies 2
140 Archibald 11 babies 6
141 Athol 11 babies 21
142 Carl 11 babies
143 Duncan 11 babies 3
144 Morris 11 babies 14
145 Sidney 11 babies 29
146 Hector 10 babies 3
147 Hoani 10 babies
148 Hohepa 10 babies 1
149 Hone 10 babies 24
150 Leon 10 babies 21
151 Phillip 10 babies 29
152 Vivian 10 babies

Girl Names

1 Margaret 733 babies =
2 Shirley 349 babies 2
3 Patricia 323 babies 1
4 Mary 287 babies 1
5 Joan 241 babies =
6 Barbara 221 babies 1
7 Elizabeth 216 babies 1
8 Dorothy 192 babies 2
9 Valerie 188 babies =
10 Jean 175 babies 4
11 Maureen 171 babies 1
12 June 169 babies 1
13 Beverley 163 babies 2
14 Betty 158 babies 4
15 Helen 142 babies 6
16 Judith 142 babies 6
17 Kathleen 136 babies 2
18 Marie 126 babies 1
19 Joyce 125 babies 1
20 Pamela 125 babies 4
21 Doreen 118 babies 8
22 Colleen 116 babies 2
23 Janet 101 babies 1
24 Heather 96 babies 7
25 Dawn 93 babies 2
26 Lois 93 babies 1
27 Eileen 88 babies 1
28 Audrey 87 babies 5
29 Nancy 82 babies 3
30 Nola 79 babies 18
31 Phyllis 79 babies 12
32 Ngaire 78 babies 8
33 Norma 77 babies 3
34 Alison 75 babies 11
35 Ruth 75 babies 2
36 Noeline 74 babies 7
37 Marion 73 babies 1
38 Pauline 73 babies 1
39 Anne 71 babies 7
40 Frances 71 babies 6
41 Yvonne 69 babies 7
42 Marjorie 68 babies 9
43 Elaine 66 babies 8
44 Fay 65 babies 3
45 Jocelyn 64 babies 17
46 Daphne 61 babies 13
47 Janice 60 babies 48
48 Joy 60 babies 10
49 Ann 56 babies 34
50 Jennifer 56 babies 28
51 Lorraine 56 babies 3
52 Mavis 55 babies 8
53 Catherine 52 babies 11
54 Evelyn 52 babies 2
55 Thelma 51 babies =
56 Beryl 50 babies 7
57 Edna 50 babies 8
58 Irene 50 babies 5
59 Beverly 49 babies 5
60 Winifred 49 babies 21
61 Gladys 45 babies =
62 Noelene 45 babies 12
63 Lorna 44 babies 13
64 Hazel 43 babies 17
65 Lesley 43 babies 22
66 Sylvia 43 babies =
67 Ailsa 39 babies 15
68 Florence 39 babies 16
69 Violet 39 babies 31
70 Alice 37 babies 10
71 Ellen 37 babies 5
72 Diana 36 babies 9
73 Josephine 36 babies 14
74 Olive 36 babies 7
75 Rosemary 36 babies 5
76 Marlene 35 babies 20
77 Annie 34 babies 9
78 Isobel 34 babies 6
79 Doris 32 babies 21
80 Elsie 32 babies 11
81 Gloria 32 babies 5
82 Gwendoline 32 babies 26
83 Eleanor 31 babies 9
84 Agnes 30 babies 13
85 Constance 30 babies 46
86 Iris 30 babies 9
87 Rae 30 babies 2
88 Vera 30 babies 41
89 Edith 29 babies 32
90 Eunice 29 babies =
91 Muriel 29 babies 3
92 Annette 28 babies 14
93 Jill 27 babies 30
94 Rita 26 babies 21
95 Claire 25 babies 20
96 Jeanette 25 babies 25
97 May 25 babies 37
98 Aileen 24 babies 3
99 Jessie 24 babies 20
100 Peggy 24 babies 28
101 Alma 23 babies 4
102 Dulcie 23 babies =
103 Elva 23 babies 61
104 Grace 23 babies 1
105 Jane 23 babies 27
106 Rona 23 babies 31
107 Diane 22 babies 36
108 Ethel 22 babies 15
109 Ivy 22 babies =
110 Noeleen 22 babies 16
111 Valmai 22 babies 31
112 Carol 21 babies 2
113 Cynthia 21 babies 4
114 Isabel 21 babies 20
115 Jacqueline 21 babies 24
116 Lillian 21 babies 8
117 Marina 21 babies
118 Merle 21 babies 14
119 Rose 21 babies 17
120 Suzanne 21 babies
121 Valda 21 babies 7
122 Verna 21 babies 25
123 Enid 20 babies 16
124 Shona 20 babies 22
125 Bernice 19 babies 7
126 Lilian 19 babies 66
127 Moira 19 babies 11
128 Myrtle 19 babies 7
129 Valma 19 babies 45
130 Hilda 18 babies 33
131 Marian 18 babies 26
132 Adrienne 17 babies 9
133 Mere 17 babies 38
134 Miriam 17 babies 48
135 Natalie 17 babies 37
136 Ruby 17 babies 37
137 Wendy 17 babies 38
138 Anita 16 babies
139 Gillian 16 babies
140 Katherine 16 babies 51
141 Lucy 16 babies 7
142 Mereana 16 babies
143 Molly 16 babies 30
144 Rosalie 16 babies 16
145 Brenda 15 babies 15
146 Freda 15 babies 20
147 Julia 15 babies 21
148 Julie 15 babies
149 Lynette 15 babies 31
150 Mabel 15 babies 25
151 Marilyn 15 babies 30
152 Myra 15 babies 63
153 Robin 15 babies 26
154 Caroline 14 babies 22
155 Emily 14 babies
156 Linda 14 babies
157 Mona 14 babies 13
158 Raewyn 14 babies
159 Susan 14 babies
160 Una 14 babies 13
161 Vivienne 14 babies 37
162 Avis 13 babies 48
163 Beatrice 13 babies 13
164 Christina 13 babies 53
165 Coral 13 babies 23
166 Esther 13 babies 1
167 Gaynor 13 babies 48
168 Hine 13 babies
169 Ida 13 babies
170 Maria 13 babies 58
171 Monica 13 babies 49
172 Sheila 13 babies 12
173 Veronica 13 babies
174 Ani 12 babies
175 Eva 12 babies 38
176 Faith 12 babies
177 Flora 12 babies 1
178 Ina 12 babies
179 Laurel 12 babies 25
180 Leone 12 babies
181 Lola 12 babies 25
182 Melva 12 babies 66
183 Noreen 12 babies 24
184 Olga 12 babies 11
185 Stella 12 babies 24
186 Amy 11 babies 24
187 Coleen 11 babies 24
188 Emma 11 babies
189 Greta 11 babies
190 Gwenda 11 babies 38
191 Isabella 11 babies 24
192 Janette 11 babies 39
193 Maraea 11 babies
194 Nellie 11 babies 36
195 Pearl 11 babies 50
196 Sybil 11 babies
197 Valarie 11 babies
198 Velma 11 babies
199 Averil 10 babies
200 Clara 10 babies
201 Georgina 10 babies 81
202 Leonie 10 babies 47
203 Marjory 10 babies 70
204 Mihi 10 babies
205 Nita 10 babies 11
206 Tui 10 babies 67

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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