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 John 859 babies =
2 William 476 babies =
3 Peter 423 babies 4
4 David 399 babies 4
5 Robert 384 babies 2
6 James 372 babies 2
7 Brian 335 babies 2
8 Ronald 311 babies 2
9 Donald 292 babies =
10 Ian 245 babies =
11 Barry 226 babies 6
12 Raymond 222 babies 1
13 Graham 205 babies 3
14 Colin 193 babies =
15 George 184 babies 3
16 Thomas 176 babies 3
17 Kenneth 170 babies 2
18 Bruce 167 babies 6
19 Alan 166 babies 1
20 Richard 156 babies 1
21 Trevor 153 babies 1
22 Michael 140 babies 8
23 Leslie 131 babies =
24 Charles 125 babies 4
25 Graeme 123 babies 7
26 Gordon 121 babies 5
27 Keith 119 babies 1
28 Edward 117 babies 1
29 Maurice 114 babies 14
30 Arthur 113 babies 3
31 Douglas 105 babies 6
32 Allan 98 babies 10
33 Noel 97 babies 2
34 Murray 96 babies 15
35 Eric 88 babies 7
36 Kevin 84 babies 20
37 Desmond 83 babies =
38 Patrick 83 babies 2
39 Mervyn 80 babies 9
40 Alexander 77 babies 6
41 Albert 75 babies =
42 Francis 75 babies 8
43 Frederick 75 babies 4
44 Leonard 74 babies 8
45 Malcolm 74 babies 12
46 Joseph 70 babies 14
47 Rex 70 babies 7
48 Russell 69 babies 5
49 Neil 68 babies 10
50 Bryan 66 babies 11
51 Harold 65 babies 3
52 Henry 63 babies 7
53 Ernest 62 babies 21
54 Norman 62 babies 19
55 Terence 62 babies 4
56 Anthony 61 babies 12
57 Bernard 57 babies 14
58 Ivan 57 babies 25
59 Jack 56 babies 1
60 Neville 56 babies 12
61 Stanley 56 babies 2
62 Lawrence 55 babies 1
63 Ross 55 babies 4
64 Roy 54 babies 14
65 Robin 53 babies 3
66 Owen 52 babies 7
67 Paul 52 babies 3
68 Alfred 50 babies 13
69 Walter 49 babies 31
70 Reginald 47 babies 5
71 Roger 47 babies 2
72 Geoffrey 46 babies 7
73 Philip 44 babies 12
74 Gary 43 babies 33
75 Gerald 43 babies =
76 Andrew 39 babies 6
77 Clive 39 babies 1
78 Frank 39 babies 12
79 Dennis 36 babies 11
80 Warren 36 babies 3
81 Kelvin 34 babies 23
82 Barrie 33 babies 4
83 Denis 32 babies 10
84 Hugh 32 babies 4
85 Stuart 31 babies 3
86 Herbert 30 babies 11
87 Basil 29 babies =
88 Laurence 29 babies 1
89 Allen 28 babies 43
90 Clifford 27 babies 9
91 Ralph 27 babies 10
92 Rodney 27 babies 1
93 Sydney 27 babies 1
94 Derek 26 babies 2
95 Harry 26 babies 7
96 Lewis 26 babies 21
97 Samuel 26 babies 1
98 Lindsay 25 babies 14
99 Lionel 25 babies 9
100 Selwyn 25 babies 5
101 Daniel 24 babies 1
102 Garry 24 babies 12
103 Howard 23 babies 18
104 Clarence 22 babies 2
105 Edwin 22 babies 28
106 Gilbert 22 babies 20
107 Leo 22 babies 2
108 Maxwell 22 babies 14
109 Victor 22 babies 6
110 Warwick 22 babies 5
111 Grahame 21 babies 26
112 Wallace 21 babies 11
113 Wiremu 21 babies 3
114 Lloyd 20 babies 24
115 Martin 20 babies 9
116 Cyril 19 babies 30
117 Christopher 18 babies 2
118 Phillip 18 babies 33
119 Roland 17 babies new
120 Stephen 17 babies 2
121 Alistair 16 babies new
122 Cecil 16 babies 10
123 Henare 16 babies 6
124 Nelson 16 babies new
125 Evan 15 babies =
126 Morris 15 babies 18
127 Sidney 15 babies 18
128 Arnold 14 babies 10
129 Ashley 14 babies new
130 Hone 14 babies 19
131 Lester 14 babies 1
132 Max 14 babies 3
133 Roderick 14 babies 2
134 Gavin 13 babies 19
135 Louis 13 babies 1
136 Ramon 13 babies =
137 Vincent 13 babies 29
138 Bevan 12 babies 27
139 Fredrick 12 babies 23
140 Rangi 12 babies new
141 Athol 11 babies =
142 Edgar 11 babies new
143 Hemi 11 babies new
144 Milton 11 babies new
145 Ray 11 babies new
146 Alister 10 babies 18
147 Duncan 10 babies 4
148 Hori 10 babies 15
149 Lyall 10 babies new

Girl Names

1 Margaret 693 babies =
2 Shirley 456 babies =
3 Patricia 344 babies =
4 Mary 269 babies =
5 Joan 250 babies =
6 Barbara 244 babies =
7 Dorothy 211 babies 1
8 Beverley 208 babies 5
9 Maureen 178 babies 2
10 Judith 176 babies 6
11 Elizabeth 175 babies 4
12 Valerie 167 babies 3
13 Pamela 143 babies 7
14 Marie 139 babies 4
15 Kathleen 137 babies 2
16 Helen 135 babies 1
17 Jean 132 babies 7
18 Betty 126 babies 4
19 Doreen 124 babies 2
20 June 119 babies 8
21 Colleen 114 babies 1
22 Janet 113 babies 1
23 Audrey 106 babies 5
24 Joyce 97 babies 5
25 Yvonne 92 babies 16
26 Heather 90 babies 2
27 Anne 87 babies 12
28 Ngaire 86 babies 4
29 Frances 84 babies 11
30 Noeline 84 babies 6
31 Marion 83 babies 6
32 Dawn 82 babies 7
33 Nancy 82 babies 4
34 Lois 81 babies 8
35 Elaine 77 babies 8
36 Alison 72 babies 2
37 Eileen 71 babies 10
38 Nola 70 babies 8
39 Jennifer 67 babies 11
40 Jocelyn 64 babies 5
41 Marjorie 64 babies 1
42 Joy 63 babies 6
43 Norma 63 babies 10
44 Pauline 62 babies 6
45 Beryl 61 babies 11
46 Janice 60 babies 1
47 Daphne 59 babies 1
48 Lorraine 59 babies 3
49 Ruth 59 babies 14
50 Ann 58 babies 1
51 Beverly 56 babies 8
52 Josephine 56 babies 21
53 Irene 53 babies 5
54 Fay 52 babies 10
55 Phyllis 52 babies 24
56 Lesley 51 babies 9
57 Rosemary 51 babies 18
58 Catherine 50 babies 5
59 Evelyn 50 babies 5
60 Lorna 50 babies 3
61 Olive 47 babies 13
62 Jill 46 babies 31
63 Florence 45 babies 5
64 Thelma 44 babies 9
65 Alice 42 babies 5
66 Elsie 41 babies 14
67 Sylvia 41 babies 1
68 Marlene 40 babies 8
69 Diana 39 babies 3
70 Ellen 39 babies 1
71 Gloria 39 babies 10
72 Mavis 39 babies 20
73 Edna 37 babies 16
74 Marina 37 babies 43
75 Jeanette 36 babies 21
76 Doris 35 babies 3
77 Gladys 35 babies 16
78 Agnes 34 babies 6
79 Edith 34 babies 10
80 Annette 31 babies 12
81 Grace 31 babies 23
82 Winifred 30 babies 22
83 Violet 29 babies 14
84 Aileen 28 babies 14
85 Hazel 28 babies 21
86 Isabel 28 babies 28
87 Isobel 28 babies 9
88 Jacqueline 28 babies 27
89 Gillian 27 babies 50
90 Merle 27 babies 28
91 Peggy 27 babies 9
92 Claire 26 babies 3
93 Iris 26 babies 7
94 Ivy 26 babies 15
95 Gwendoline 25 babies 13
96 Jessie 25 babies 3
97 Myra 25 babies 55
98 Diane 24 babies 9
99 Ethel 24 babies 9
100 May 24 babies 3
101 Dulcie 23 babies 1
102 Rona 23 babies 4
103 Valmai 23 babies 8
104 Vivienne 23 babies 57
105 Adrienne 22 babies 27
106 Ailsa 22 babies 39
107 Annie 22 babies 30
108 Lilian 22 babies 18
109 Mabel 22 babies 41
110 Melva 22 babies 72
111 Muriel 22 babies 20
112 Valda 22 babies 9
113 Cynthia 21 babies =
114 Shona 21 babies 10
115 Valma 21 babies 14
116 Wendy 21 babies 21
117 Avis 20 babies 45
118 Bernice 20 babies 7
119 Monica 20 babies 52
120 Noelene 20 babies 58
121 Alma 19 babies 20
122 Elva 19 babies 19
123 Julie 19 babies 25
124 Rae 19 babies 37
125 Rosalie 19 babies 19
126 Vera 19 babies 38
127 Carol 18 babies 15
128 Eunice 18 babies 38
129 Moira 18 babies 2
130 Rita 18 babies 36
131 Robin 18 babies 22
132 Beatrice 17 babies 31
133 Constance 17 babies 48
134 Eleanor 17 babies 51
135 Rose 17 babies 16
136 Eva 16 babies 39
137 Jane 16 babies 32
138 Janette 16 babies 54
139 Maria 16 babies 31
140 Raewyn 16 babies 18
141 Leonie 15 babies 61
142 Lynette 15 babies 7
143 Marilyn 15 babies 8
144 Mereana 15 babies 2
145 Pearl 15 babies 50
146 Ruby 15 babies 10
147 Caroline 14 babies 7
148 Denise 14 babies new
149 Esther 14 babies 17
150 Freda 14 babies 4
151 Hilda 14 babies 21
152 Kay 14 babies new
153 Verna 14 babies 31
154 Anna 13 babies new
155 Brenda 13 babies 10
156 Clare 13 babies new
157 Coleen 13 babies 30
158 Coral 13 babies 7
159 Glenys 13 babies new
160 Ina 13 babies 18
161 Katherine 13 babies 21
162 Miriam 13 babies 28
163 Tui 13 babies 43
164 Ada 12 babies new
165 Ani 12 babies 9
166 Anita 12 babies 28
167 Carole 12 babies new
168 Christina 12 babies 4
169 Esme 12 babies new
170 Flora 12 babies 7
171 Greta 12 babies 18
172 Hera 12 babies new
173 Jillian 12 babies new
174 Julia 12 babies 27
175 Nellie 12 babies 19
176 Noeleen 12 babies 66
177 Noreen 12 babies 6
178 Olga 12 babies 6
179 Suzanne 12 babies 59
180 Angela 11 babies new
181 Gabrielle 11 babies new
182 Leah 11 babies new
183 Lucy 11 babies 42
184 Marian 11 babies 53
185 Mere 11 babies 52
186 Mona 11 babies 29
187 Roberta 11 babies new
188 Sally 11 babies new
189 Sheila 11 babies 17
190 Susan 11 babies 31
191 Enid 10 babies 68
192 Glenda 10 babies new
193 Gwenda 10 babies 3
194 Laurel 10 babies 15
195 Louisa 10 babies new
196 Lyndsay 10 babies new
197 Margery 10 babies new
198 Martha 10 babies new
199 Myrtle 10 babies 71
200 Nancye 10 babies new
201 Natalie 10 babies 66
202 Ripeka 10 babies new

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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