New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1935

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 859 babies =
  2. 2 William 476 babies =
  3. 3 Peter 423 babies 4
  4. 4 David 399 babies 4
  5. 5 Robert 384 babies 2
  6. 6 James 372 babies 2
  7. 7 Brian 335 babies 2
  8. 8 Ronald 311 babies 2
  9. 9 Donald 292 babies =
  10. 10 Ian 245 babies =
  11. 11 Barry 226 babies 6
  12. 12 Raymond 222 babies 1
  13. 13 Graham 205 babies 3
  14. 14 Colin 193 babies =
  15. 15 George 184 babies 3
  16. 16 Thomas 176 babies 3
  17. 17 Kenneth 170 babies 2
  18. 18 Bruce 167 babies 6
  19. 19 Alan 166 babies 1
  20. 20 Richard 156 babies 1
  21. 21 Trevor 153 babies 1
  22. 22 Michael 140 babies 8
  23. 23 Leslie 131 babies =
  24. 24 Charles 125 babies 4
  25. 25 Graeme 123 babies 7
  26. 26 Gordon 121 babies 5
  27. 27 Keith 119 babies 1
  28. 28 Edward 117 babies 1
  29. 29 Maurice 114 babies 14
  30. 30 Arthur 113 babies 3
  31. 31 Douglas 105 babies 6
  32. 32 Allan 98 babies 10
  33. 33 Noel 97 babies 2
  34. 34 Murray 96 babies 15
  35. 35 Eric 88 babies 7
  36. 36 Kevin 84 babies 20
  37. 37 Desmond 83 babies =
  38. 38 Patrick 83 babies 2
  39. 39 Mervyn 80 babies 9
  40. 40 Alexander 77 babies 6
  41. 41 Albert 75 babies =
  42. 42 Francis 75 babies 8
  43. 43 Frederick 75 babies 4
  44. 44 Leonard 74 babies 8
  45. 45 Malcolm 74 babies 12
  46. 46 Joseph 70 babies 14
  47. 47 Rex 70 babies 7
  48. 48 Russell 69 babies 5
  49. 49 Neil 68 babies 10
  50. 50 Bryan 66 babies 11
  51. 51 Harold 65 babies 3
  52. 52 Henry 63 babies 7
  53. 53 Ernest 62 babies 21
  54. 54 Norman 62 babies 19
  55. 55 Terence 62 babies 4
  56. 56 Anthony 61 babies 12
  57. 57 Bernard 57 babies 14
  58. 58 Ivan 57 babies 25
  59. 59 Jack 56 babies 1
  60. 60 Neville 56 babies 12
  61. 61 Stanley 56 babies 2
  62. 62 Lawrence 55 babies 1
  63. 63 Ross 55 babies 4
  64. 64 Roy 54 babies 14
  65. 65 Robin 53 babies 3
  66. 66 Owen 52 babies 7
  67. 67 Paul 52 babies 3
  68. 68 Alfred 50 babies 13
  69. 69 Walter 49 babies 31
  70. 70 Reginald 47 babies 5
  71. 71 Roger 47 babies 2
  72. 72 Geoffrey 46 babies 7
  73. 73 Philip 44 babies 12
  74. 74 Gary 43 babies 33
  75. 75 Gerald 43 babies =
  76. 76 Andrew 39 babies 6
  77. 77 Clive 39 babies 1
  78. 78 Frank 39 babies 12
  79. 79 Dennis 36 babies 11
  80. 80 Warren 36 babies 3
  81. 81 Kelvin 34 babies 23
  82. 82 Barrie 33 babies 4
  83. 83 Denis 32 babies 10
  84. 84 Hugh 32 babies 4
  85. 85 Stuart 31 babies 3
  86. 86 Herbert 30 babies 11
  87. 87 Basil 29 babies =
  88. 88 Laurence 29 babies 1
  89. 89 Allen 28 babies 43
  90. 90 Clifford 27 babies 9
  91. 91 Ralph 27 babies 10
  92. 92 Rodney 27 babies 1
  93. 93 Sydney 27 babies 1
  94. 94 Derek 26 babies 2
  95. 95 Harry 26 babies 7
  96. 96 Lewis 26 babies 21
  97. 97 Samuel 26 babies 1
  98. 98 Lindsay 25 babies 14
  99. 99 Lionel 25 babies 9
  100. 100 Selwyn 25 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 693 babies =
  2. 2 Shirley 456 babies =
  3. 3 Patricia 344 babies =
  4. 4 Mary 269 babies =
  5. 5 Joan 250 babies =
  6. 6 Barbara 244 babies =
  7. 7 Dorothy 211 babies 1
  8. 8 Beverley 208 babies 5
  9. 9 Maureen 178 babies 2
  10. 10 Judith 176 babies 6
  11. 11 Elizabeth 175 babies 4
  12. 12 Valerie 167 babies 3
  13. 13 Pamela 143 babies 7
  14. 14 Marie 139 babies 4
  15. 15 Kathleen 137 babies 2
  16. 16 Helen 135 babies 1
  17. 17 Jean 132 babies 7
  18. 18 Betty 126 babies 4
  19. 19 Doreen 124 babies 2
  20. 20 June 119 babies 8
  21. 21 Colleen 114 babies 1
  22. 22 Janet 113 babies 1
  23. 23 Audrey 106 babies 5
  24. 24 Joyce 97 babies 5
  25. 25 Yvonne 92 babies 16
  26. 26 Heather 90 babies 2
  27. 27 Anne 87 babies 12
  28. 28 Ngaire 86 babies 4
  29. 29 Frances 84 babies 11
  30. 30 Noeline 84 babies 6
  31. 31 Marion 83 babies 6
  32. 32 Dawn 82 babies 7
  33. 33 Nancy 82 babies 4
  34. 34 Lois 81 babies 8
  35. 35 Elaine 77 babies 8
  36. 36 Alison 72 babies 2
  37. 37 Eileen 71 babies 10
  38. 38 Nola 70 babies 8
  39. 39 Jennifer 67 babies 11
  40. 40 Jocelyn 64 babies 5
  41. 41 Marjorie 64 babies 1
  42. 42 Joy 63 babies 6
  43. 43 Norma 63 babies 10
  44. 44 Pauline 62 babies 6
  45. 45 Beryl 61 babies 11
  46. 46 Janice 60 babies 1
  47. 47 Daphne 59 babies 1
  48. 48 Lorraine 59 babies 3
  49. 49 Ruth 59 babies 14
  50. 50 Ann 58 babies 1
  51. 51 Beverly 56 babies 8
  52. 52 Josephine 56 babies 21
  53. 53 Irene 53 babies 5
  54. 54 Fay 52 babies 10
  55. 55 Phyllis 52 babies 24
  56. 56 Lesley 51 babies 9
  57. 57 Rosemary 51 babies 18
  58. 58 Catherine 50 babies 5
  59. 59 Evelyn 50 babies 5
  60. 60 Lorna 50 babies 3
  61. 61 Olive 47 babies 13
  62. 62 Jill 46 babies 31
  63. 63 Florence 45 babies 5
  64. 64 Thelma 44 babies 9
  65. 65 Alice 42 babies 5
  66. 66 Elsie 41 babies 14
  67. 67 Sylvia 41 babies 1
  68. 68 Marlene 40 babies 8
  69. 69 Diana 39 babies 3
  70. 70 Ellen 39 babies 1
  71. 71 Gloria 39 babies 10
  72. 72 Mavis 39 babies 20
  73. 73 Edna 37 babies 16
  74. 74 Marina 37 babies 43
  75. 75 Jeanette 36 babies 21
  76. 76 Doris 35 babies 3
  77. 77 Gladys 35 babies 16
  78. 78 Agnes 34 babies 6
  79. 79 Edith 34 babies 10
  80. 80 Annette 31 babies 12
  81. 81 Grace 31 babies 23
  82. 82 Winifred 30 babies 22
  83. 83 Violet 29 babies 14
  84. 84 Aileen 28 babies 14
  85. 85 Hazel 28 babies 21
  86. 86 Isabel 28 babies 28
  87. 87 Isobel 28 babies 9
  88. 88 Jacqueline 28 babies 27
  89. 89 Gillian 27 babies 50
  90. 90 Merle 27 babies 28
  91. 91 Peggy 27 babies 9
  92. 92 Claire 26 babies 3
  93. 93 Iris 26 babies 7
  94. 94 Ivy 26 babies 15
  95. 95 Gwendoline 25 babies 13
  96. 96 Jessie 25 babies 3
  97. 97 Myra 25 babies 55
  98. 98 Diane 24 babies 9
  99. 99 Ethel 24 babies 9
  100. 100 May 24 babies 3

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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