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 John 925 babies =
2 William 508 babies =
3 Robert 431 babies 2
4 Peter 428 babies 1
5 David 406 babies 1
6 Brian 395 babies 1
7 James 343 babies 1
8 Ronald 331 babies =
9 Donald 285 babies =
10 Graham 253 babies 3
11 Ian 247 babies 1
12 Colin 231 babies 2
13 Barry 215 babies 2
14 Raymond 205 babies 2
15 George 187 babies =
16 Kenneth 184 babies 1
17 Thomas 182 babies 1
18 Richard 181 babies 2
19 Edward 178 babies 9
20 Bruce 170 babies 2
21 Graeme 151 babies 4
22 Trevor 151 babies 1
23 Michael 140 babies 1
24 Gordon 122 babies 2
25 Charles 118 babies 1
26 Alan 116 babies 7
27 Douglas 116 babies 4
28 Allan 111 babies 4
29 Leslie 111 babies 6
30 Keith 109 babies 3
31 Arthur 108 babies 1
32 Murray 107 babies 2
33 Noel 103 babies =
34 Maurice 94 babies 5
35 Patrick 93 babies 3
36 Frederick 86 babies 7
37 Norman 86 babies 17
38 Desmond 84 babies 1
39 Kevin 82 babies 3
40 Alexander 80 babies =
41 Neil 79 babies 8
42 Rex 78 babies 5
43 Albert 76 babies 2
44 Francis 76 babies 2
45 Malcolm 76 babies =
46 Eric 75 babies 11
47 Anthony 74 babies 9
48 Stanley 72 babies 13
49 Paul 68 babies 18
50 Walter 68 babies 19
51 Gary 66 babies 23
52 Joseph 64 babies 6
53 Henry 63 babies 1
54 Neville 63 babies 6
55 Terence 63 babies =
56 Mervyn 62 babies 17
57 Robin 62 babies 8
58 Bryan 61 babies 8
59 Roger 61 babies 12
60 Ivan 60 babies 2
61 Russell 59 babies 13
62 Jack 57 babies 3
63 Leonard 56 babies 19
64 Geoffrey 53 babies 8
65 Alfred 52 babies 3
66 Harold 52 babies 15
67 Owen 51 babies 1
68 Reginald 50 babies 2
69 Frank 47 babies 9
70 Lawrence 46 babies 8
71 Ross 45 babies 8
72 Roy 43 babies 8
73 Denis 42 babies 10
74 Gerald 41 babies 1
75 Philip 40 babies 2
76 Warren 40 babies 4
77 Andrew 39 babies 1
78 Ernest 38 babies 25
79 Bernard 35 babies 22
80 Hugh 35 babies 4
81 Maxwell 34 babies 27
82 Garry 33 babies 20
83 Laurence 33 babies 5
84 Edwin 32 babies 21
85 Ralph 32 babies 6
86 Clive 31 babies 9
87 Clifford 30 babies 3
88 Rodney 30 babies 4
89 Barrie 29 babies 7
90 Herbert 29 babies 4
91 Daniel 28 babies 10
92 Harry 28 babies 3
93 Allen 27 babies 4
94 Kelvin 27 babies 13
95 Lewis 26 babies 1
96 Wiremu 26 babies 17
97 Dennis 25 babies 18
98 Lindsay 25 babies =
99 Victor 24 babies 10
100 Cyril 23 babies 16
101 Gavin 22 babies 33
102 Gilbert 22 babies 4
103 Lionel 22 babies 4
104 Stuart 22 babies 19
105 Martin 21 babies 10
106 Selwyn 21 babies 6
107 Sydney 21 babies 14
108 Fredrick 20 babies 31
109 Terrence 20 babies new
110 Warwick 20 babies =
111 Howard 19 babies 8
112 Arnold 18 babies 16
113 Cedric 18 babies new
114 Christopher 18 babies 3
115 Clarence 18 babies 11
116 Hone 18 babies 14
117 Max 18 babies 15
118 Vincent 18 babies 19
119 Basil 17 babies 32
120 Grahame 17 babies 9
121 Phillip 17 babies 3
122 Leo 16 babies 15
123 Morris 16 babies 3
124 Hori 15 babies 24
125 Sidney 15 babies 2
126 Derek 14 babies 32
127 Ramon 14 babies 9
128 Stephen 14 babies 8
129 Athol 13 babies 12
130 Benjamin 13 babies new
131 Carl 13 babies new
132 Evan 13 babies 7
133 Hohepa 13 babies new
134 Lloyd 13 babies 20
135 Louis 13 babies =
136 Cecil 12 babies 14
137 Garth 12 babies new
138 Henare 12 babies 15
139 Stewart 12 babies new
140 Alistair 11 babies 19
141 Charlie 11 babies new
142 Claude 11 babies new
143 Lester 11 babies 12
144 Roderick 11 babies 11
145 Don 10 babies new
146 Edgar 10 babies 4
147 Roland 10 babies 28
148 Wilson 10 babies new

Girl Names

1 Margaret 743 babies =
2 Shirley 454 babies =
3 Patricia 344 babies =
4 Mary 308 babies =
5 Beverley 259 babies 3
6 Barbara 255 babies =
7 Joan 234 babies 2
8 Valerie 216 babies 4
9 Elizabeth 212 babies 2
10 Dorothy 205 babies 3
11 Judith 202 babies 1
12 Jean 164 babies 5
13 Maureen 161 babies 4
14 Pamela 153 babies 1
15 Colleen 149 babies 6
16 Betty 143 babies 2
17 Helen 141 babies 1
18 Kathleen 137 babies 3
19 Janet 130 babies 3
20 Marie 128 babies 6
21 June 127 babies 1
22 Heather 117 babies 4
23 Elaine 103 babies 12
24 Anne 102 babies 3
25 Yvonne 97 babies =
26 Doreen 93 babies 7
27 Noeline 93 babies 3
28 Janice 92 babies 18
29 Jennifer 92 babies 10
30 Ngaire 91 babies 2
31 Eileen 90 babies 6
32 Nancy 90 babies 1
33 Dawn 87 babies 1
34 Joyce 86 babies 10
35 Frances 84 babies 6
36 Marion 83 babies 5
37 Lois 79 babies 3
38 Alison 78 babies 2
39 Audrey 76 babies 16
40 Beverly 76 babies 11
41 Lorraine 75 babies 7
42 Ann 73 babies 8
43 Nola 69 babies 5
44 Joy 68 babies 2
45 Pauline 68 babies 1
46 Fay 67 babies 8
47 Evelyn 64 babies 12
48 Marjorie 61 babies 7
49 Sylvia 59 babies 18
50 Josephine 57 babies 2
51 Phyllis 56 babies 4
52 Ruth 55 babies 3
53 Jeanette 54 babies 22
54 Catherine 53 babies 4
55 Diana 53 babies 14
56 Irene 53 babies 3
57 Mavis 53 babies 15
58 Jill 51 babies 4
59 Norma 50 babies 16
60 Lorna 49 babies =
61 Jocelyn 48 babies 21
62 Thelma 48 babies 2
63 Rosemary 47 babies 6
64 Edith 46 babies 15
65 Alice 45 babies =
66 Daphne 45 babies 19
67 Beryl 44 babies 22
68 Annette 43 babies 12
69 Lesley 41 babies 13
70 Olive 41 babies 9
71 Rita 40 babies 59
72 Florence 39 babies 9
73 Gladys 39 babies 4
74 Marlene 39 babies 6
75 Ellen 38 babies 5
76 Hazel 36 babies 9
77 Jacqueline 36 babies 11
78 Elsie 34 babies 12
79 Eleanor 32 babies 55
80 Ethel 32 babies 19
81 Edna 31 babies 8
82 Peggy 30 babies 9
83 Violet 30 babies =
84 Annie 29 babies 23
85 Carol 29 babies 42
86 Merle 29 babies 4
87 Muriel 29 babies 24
88 Agnes 28 babies 10
89 Gillian 28 babies =
90 Gloria 28 babies 19
91 Grace 28 babies 10
92 Noelene 28 babies 28
93 Winifred 28 babies 11
94 Aileen 27 babies 10
95 Doris 26 babies 19
96 Robin 26 babies 35
97 Coral 25 babies 61
98 Julia 25 babies 76
99 Maria 25 babies 40
100 Marilyn 25 babies 43
101 Melva 25 babies 9
102 Adrienne 23 babies 3
103 Claire 23 babies 11
104 Diane 23 babies 6
105 Vera 23 babies 21
106 Beatrice 22 babies 26
107 Julie 22 babies 16
108 Noeleen 22 babies 68
109 Wendy 22 babies 7
110 Ailsa 21 babies 4
111 Eunice 21 babies 17
112 Iris 21 babies 19
113 Ivy 21 babies 19
114 Natalie 21 babies 87
115 Rachel 21 babies
116 Valmai 21 babies 13
117 Dulcie 20 babies 16
118 Jessie 20 babies 22
119 Rae 20 babies 5
120 Shona 20 babies 6
121 Alma 19 babies =
122 Lynette 19 babies 20
123 Raewyn 19 babies 17
124 Valda 19 babies 12
125 Cynthia 18 babies 12
126 Jane 18 babies 11
127 Lucy 18 babies 56
128 Myra 18 babies 31
129 Susan 18 babies 61
130 Eva 17 babies 6
131 Freda 17 babies 19
132 Lilian 17 babies 24
133 Martha 17 babies 65
134 Ruby 17 babies 12
135 Carole 16 babies 32
136 Enid 16 babies 55
137 Gaynor 16 babies
138 Rose 16 babies 3
139 Sally 16 babies 49
140 Vivienne 16 babies 36
141 Anita 15 babies 25
142 Bernice 15 babies 24
143 Dianne 15 babies
144 Janette 15 babies 6
145 Jillian 15 babies 28
146 Lillian 15 babies
147 May 15 babies 47
148 Noleen 15 babies
149 Rosalie 15 babies 24
150 Wilma 15 babies
151 Caroline 14 babies 4
152 Christina 14 babies 16
153 Glenys 14 babies 6
154 Hera 14 babies 18
155 Isabel 14 babies 69
156 Kay 14 babies 4
157 Leonie 14 babies 16
158 Mabel 14 babies 49
159 Maraea 14 babies
160 Marian 14 babies 24
161 Marina 14 babies 87
162 Nellie 14 babies 13
163 Angela 13 babies 17
164 Esther 13 babies 15
165 Gwendoline 13 babies 70
166 Marjory 13 babies
167 Mere 13 babies 18
168 Molly 13 babies
169 Mona 13 babies 17
170 Myrtle 13 babies 29
171 Roberta 13 babies 16
172 Ada 12 babies 8
173 Allison 12 babies
174 Faye 12 babies
175 Hilda 12 babies 24
176 Jenifer 12 babies
177 Laura 12 babies
178 Laurel 12 babies 16
179 Monica 12 babies 60
180 Naomi 12 babies
181 Veronica 12 babies
182 Brenda 11 babies 27
183 Denise 11 babies 35
184 Elva 11 babies 62
185 Gail 11 babies
186 Isobel 11 babies 99
187 Juliet 11 babies
188 Miriam 11 babies 26
189 Myrna 11 babies
190 Sheila 11 babies 1
191 Valarie 11 babies
192 Velma 11 babies
193 Amy 10 babies
194 Christine 10 babies
195 Constance 10 babies 62
196 Emily 10 babies
197 Georgina 10 babies
198 Hine 10 babies
199 Lola 10 babies
200 Loretta 10 babies
201 Louise 10 babies
202 Margery 10 babies 5
203 Moira 10 babies 74
204 Ngaere 10 babies
205 Rona 10 babies 103
206 Verna 10 babies 53

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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