New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1936

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 925 babies =
  2. 2 William 508 babies =
  3. 3 Robert 431 babies 2
  4. 4 Peter 428 babies 1
  5. 5 David 406 babies 1
  6. 6 Brian 395 babies 1
  7. 7 James 343 babies 1
  8. 8 Ronald 331 babies =
  9. 9 Donald 285 babies =
  10. 10 Graham 253 babies 3
  11. 11 Ian 247 babies 1
  12. 12 Colin 231 babies 2
  13. 13 Barry 215 babies 2
  14. 14 Raymond 205 babies 2
  15. 15 George 187 babies =
  16. 16 Kenneth 184 babies 1
  17. 17 Thomas 182 babies 1
  18. 18 Richard 181 babies 2
  19. 19 Edward 178 babies 9
  20. 20 Bruce 170 babies 2
  21. 21 Graeme 151 babies 4
  22. 22 Trevor 151 babies 1
  23. 23 Michael 140 babies 1
  24. 24 Gordon 122 babies 2
  25. 25 Charles 118 babies 1
  26. 26 Alan 116 babies 7
  27. 27 Douglas 116 babies 4
  28. 28 Allan 111 babies 4
  29. 29 Leslie 111 babies 6
  30. 30 Keith 109 babies 3
  31. 31 Arthur 108 babies 1
  32. 32 Murray 107 babies 2
  33. 33 Noel 103 babies =
  34. 34 Maurice 94 babies 5
  35. 35 Patrick 93 babies 3
  36. 36 Frederick 86 babies 7
  37. 37 Norman 86 babies 17
  38. 38 Desmond 84 babies 1
  39. 39 Kevin 82 babies 3
  40. 40 Alexander 80 babies =
  41. 41 Neil 79 babies 8
  42. 42 Rex 78 babies 5
  43. 43 Albert 76 babies 2
  44. 44 Francis 76 babies 2
  45. 45 Malcolm 76 babies =
  46. 46 Eric 75 babies 11
  47. 47 Anthony 74 babies 9
  48. 48 Stanley 72 babies 13
  49. 49 Paul 68 babies 18
  50. 50 Walter 68 babies 19
  51. 51 Gary 66 babies 23
  52. 52 Joseph 64 babies 6
  53. 53 Henry 63 babies 1
  54. 54 Neville 63 babies 6
  55. 55 Terence 63 babies =
  56. 56 Mervyn 62 babies 17
  57. 57 Robin 62 babies 8
  58. 58 Bryan 61 babies 8
  59. 59 Roger 61 babies 12
  60. 60 Ivan 60 babies 2
  61. 61 Russell 59 babies 13
  62. 62 Jack 57 babies 3
  63. 63 Leonard 56 babies 19
  64. 64 Geoffrey 53 babies 8
  65. 65 Alfred 52 babies 3
  66. 66 Harold 52 babies 15
  67. 67 Owen 51 babies 1
  68. 68 Reginald 50 babies 2
  69. 69 Frank 47 babies 9
  70. 70 Lawrence 46 babies 8
  71. 71 Ross 45 babies 8
  72. 72 Roy 43 babies 8
  73. 73 Denis 42 babies 10
  74. 74 Gerald 41 babies 1
  75. 75 Philip 40 babies 2
  76. 76 Warren 40 babies 4
  77. 77 Andrew 39 babies 1
  78. 78 Ernest 38 babies 25
  79. 79 Bernard 35 babies 22
  80. 80 Hugh 35 babies 4
  81. 81 Maxwell 34 babies 27
  82. 82 Garry 33 babies 20
  83. 83 Laurence 33 babies 5
  84. 84 Edwin 32 babies 21
  85. 85 Ralph 32 babies 6
  86. 86 Clive 31 babies 9
  87. 87 Clifford 30 babies 3
  88. 88 Rodney 30 babies 4
  89. 89 Barrie 29 babies 7
  90. 90 Herbert 29 babies 4
  91. 91 Daniel 28 babies 10
  92. 92 Harry 28 babies 3
  93. 93 Allen 27 babies 4
  94. 94 Kelvin 27 babies 13
  95. 95 Lewis 26 babies 1
  96. 96 Wiremu 26 babies 17
  97. 97 Dennis 25 babies 18
  98. 98 Lindsay 25 babies =
  99. 99 Victor 24 babies 10
  100. 100 Cyril 23 babies 16

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 743 babies =
  2. 2 Shirley 454 babies =
  3. 3 Patricia 344 babies =
  4. 4 Mary 308 babies =
  5. 5 Beverley 259 babies 3
  6. 6 Barbara 255 babies =
  7. 7 Joan 234 babies 2
  8. 8 Valerie 216 babies 4
  9. 9 Elizabeth 212 babies 2
  10. 10 Dorothy 205 babies 3
  11. 11 Judith 202 babies 1
  12. 12 Jean 164 babies 5
  13. 13 Maureen 161 babies 4
  14. 14 Pamela 153 babies 1
  15. 15 Colleen 149 babies 6
  16. 16 Betty 143 babies 2
  17. 17 Helen 141 babies 1
  18. 18 Kathleen 137 babies 3
  19. 19 Janet 130 babies 3
  20. 20 Marie 128 babies 6
  21. 21 June 127 babies 1
  22. 22 Heather 117 babies 4
  23. 23 Elaine 103 babies 12
  24. 24 Anne 102 babies 3
  25. 25 Yvonne 97 babies =
  26. 26 Doreen 93 babies 7
  27. 27 Noeline 93 babies 3
  28. 28 Janice 92 babies 18
  29. 29 Jennifer 92 babies 10
  30. 30 Ngaire 91 babies 2
  31. 31 Eileen 90 babies 6
  32. 32 Nancy 90 babies 1
  33. 33 Dawn 87 babies 1
  34. 34 Joyce 86 babies 10
  35. 35 Frances 84 babies 6
  36. 36 Marion 83 babies 5
  37. 37 Lois 79 babies 3
  38. 38 Alison 78 babies 2
  39. 39 Audrey 76 babies 16
  40. 40 Beverly 76 babies 11
  41. 41 Lorraine 75 babies 7
  42. 42 Ann 73 babies 8
  43. 43 Nola 69 babies 5
  44. 44 Joy 68 babies 2
  45. 45 Pauline 68 babies 1
  46. 46 Fay 67 babies 8
  47. 47 Evelyn 64 babies 12
  48. 48 Marjorie 61 babies 7
  49. 49 Sylvia 59 babies 18
  50. 50 Josephine 57 babies 2
  51. 51 Phyllis 56 babies 4
  52. 52 Ruth 55 babies 3
  53. 53 Jeanette 54 babies 22
  54. 54 Catherine 53 babies 4
  55. 55 Diana 53 babies 14
  56. 56 Irene 53 babies 3
  57. 57 Mavis 53 babies 15
  58. 58 Jill 51 babies 4
  59. 59 Norma 50 babies 16
  60. 60 Lorna 49 babies =
  61. 61 Jocelyn 48 babies 21
  62. 62 Thelma 48 babies 2
  63. 63 Rosemary 47 babies 6
  64. 64 Edith 46 babies 15
  65. 65 Alice 45 babies =
  66. 66 Daphne 45 babies 19
  67. 67 Beryl 44 babies 22
  68. 68 Annette 43 babies 12
  69. 69 Lesley 41 babies 13
  70. 70 Olive 41 babies 9
  71. 71 Rita 40 babies 59
  72. 72 Florence 39 babies 9
  73. 73 Gladys 39 babies 4
  74. 74 Marlene 39 babies 6
  75. 75 Ellen 38 babies 5
  76. 76 Hazel 36 babies 9
  77. 77 Jacqueline 36 babies 11
  78. 78 Elsie 34 babies 12
  79. 79 Eleanor 32 babies 55
  80. 80 Ethel 32 babies 19
  81. 81 Edna 31 babies 8
  82. 82 Peggy 30 babies 9
  83. 83 Violet 30 babies =
  84. 84 Annie 29 babies 23
  85. 85 Carol 29 babies 42
  86. 86 Merle 29 babies 4
  87. 87 Muriel 29 babies 24
  88. 88 Agnes 28 babies 10
  89. 89 Gillian 28 babies =
  90. 90 Gloria 28 babies 19
  91. 91 Grace 28 babies 10
  92. 92 Noelene 28 babies 28
  93. 93 Winifred 28 babies 11
  94. 94 Aileen 27 babies 10
  95. 95 Doris 26 babies 19
  96. 96 Robin 26 babies 35
  97. 97 Coral 25 babies 61
  98. 98 Julia 25 babies 76
  99. 99 Maria 25 babies 40
  100. 100 Marilyn 25 babies 43

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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