New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1937

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 904 babies =
  2. 2 Robert 490 babies 1
  3. 3 William 486 babies 1
  4. 4 David 475 babies 1
  5. 5 Brian 464 babies 1
  6. 6 Peter 449 babies 2
  7. 7 James 352 babies =
  8. 8 Donald 324 babies 1
  9. 9 Ronald 312 babies 1
  10. 10 Ian 295 babies 1
  11. 11 Colin 256 babies 1
  12. 12 Graham 229 babies 2
  13. 13 Raymond 223 babies 1
  14. 14 Barry 206 babies 1
  15. 15 George 202 babies =
  16. 16 Kenneth 182 babies =
  17. 17 Alan 169 babies 9
  18. 18 Richard 166 babies =
  19. 19 Michael 165 babies 4
  20. 20 Bruce 162 babies =
  21. 21 Graeme 162 babies =
  22. 22 Thomas 158 babies 5
  23. 23 Edward 150 babies 4
  24. 24 Trevor 136 babies 2
  25. 25 Allan 129 babies 3
  26. 26 Arthur 124 babies 5
  27. 27 Gordon 116 babies 3
  28. 28 Keith 113 babies 2
  29. 29 Leslie 113 babies =
  30. 30 Noel 113 babies 3
  31. 31 Kevin 112 babies 8
  32. 32 Maurice 104 babies 2
  33. 33 Murray 104 babies 1
  34. 34 Douglas 97 babies 7
  35. 35 Neil 95 babies 6
  36. 36 Neville 95 babies 18
  37. 37 Anthony 90 babies 10
  38. 38 Charles 90 babies 13
  39. 39 Gary 90 babies 12
  40. 40 Patrick 90 babies 5
  41. 41 Terence 89 babies 14
  42. 42 Norman 85 babies 5
  43. 43 Rex 85 babies 1
  44. 44 Desmond 84 babies 6
  45. 45 Frederick 83 babies 9
  46. 46 Robin 82 babies 11
  47. 47 Russell 81 babies 14
  48. 48 Francis 77 babies 4
  49. 49 Albert 74 babies 6
  50. 50 Roger 74 babies 9
  51. 51 Paul 72 babies 2
  52. 52 Joseph 71 babies =
  53. 53 Malcolm 65 babies 8
  54. 54 Eric 64 babies 8
  55. 55 Roy 64 babies 17
  56. 56 Alexander 60 babies 16
  57. 57 Ross 60 babies 14
  58. 58 Walter 60 babies 8
  59. 59 Bernard 59 babies 20
  60. 60 Jack 59 babies 2
  61. 61 Barrie 58 babies 28
  62. 62 Owen 57 babies 5
  63. 63 Ivan 56 babies 3
  64. 64 Leonard 56 babies 1
  65. 65 Stanley 56 babies 17
  66. 66 Alfred 55 babies 1
  67. 67 Henry 54 babies 14
  68. 68 Mervyn 54 babies 12
  69. 69 Bryan 53 babies 11
  70. 70 Ernest 52 babies 8
  71. 71 Stuart 52 babies 33
  72. 72 Geoffrey 48 babies 8
  73. 73 Lawrence 48 babies 3
  74. 74 Philip 46 babies 1
  75. 75 Denis 44 babies 2
  76. 76 Frank 41 babies 7
  77. 77 Reginald 41 babies 9
  78. 78 Warren 41 babies 2
  79. 79 Gerald 38 babies 5
  80. 80 Hugh 38 babies =
  81. 81 Dennis 36 babies 16
  82. 82 Clive 33 babies 4
  83. 83 Warwick 33 babies 27
  84. 84 Wiremu 32 babies 12
  85. 85 Andrew 31 babies 8
  86. 86 Garry 31 babies 4
  87. 87 Herbert 31 babies 3
  88. 88 Maxwell 31 babies 7
  89. 89 Christopher 30 babies 25
  90. 90 Edwin 30 babies 6
  91. 91 Rodney 30 babies 3
  92. 92 Ralph 29 babies 7
  93. 93 Stewart 29 babies 46
  94. 94 Clifford 28 babies 7
  95. 95 Gavin 28 babies 6
  96. 96 Harry 28 babies 4
  97. 97 Laurence 28 babies 14
  98. 98 Harold 27 babies 32
  99. 99 Lindsay 27 babies 1
  100. 100 Errol 26 babies

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 779 babies =
  2. 2 Shirley 391 babies =
  3. 3 Patricia 380 babies =
  4. 4 Mary 344 babies =
  5. 5 Beverley 289 babies =
  6. 6 Barbara 283 babies =
  7. 7 Elizabeth 256 babies 2
  8. 8 Judith 251 babies 3
  9. 9 Valerie 222 babies 1
  10. 10 Joan 206 babies 3
  11. 11 Pamela 197 babies 3
  12. 12 Dorothy 194 babies 2
  13. 13 Maureen 173 babies =
  14. 14 Colleen 164 babies 1
  15. 15 Marie 148 babies 5
  16. 16 Helen 147 babies 1
  17. 17 Heather 133 babies 5
  18. 18 Janice 132 babies 10
  19. 19 June 129 babies 2
  20. 20 Kathleen 128 babies 2
  21. 21 Janet 126 babies 2
  22. 22 Jennifer 122 babies 7
  23. 23 Elaine 120 babies =
  24. 24 Betty 114 babies 8
  25. 25 Anne 101 babies 1
  26. 26 Ngaire 100 babies 4
  27. 27 Jean 99 babies 15
  28. 28 Lorraine 99 babies 13
  29. 29 Doreen 94 babies 3
  30. 30 Lois 93 babies 7
  31. 31 Dawn 88 babies 2
  32. 32 Yvonne 88 babies 7
  33. 33 Jeanette 85 babies 20
  34. 34 Nancy 85 babies 2
  35. 35 Marion 84 babies 1
  36. 36 Pauline 83 babies 9
  37. 37 Joyce 82 babies 3
  38. 38 Noeline 80 babies 11
  39. 39 Eileen 79 babies 8
  40. 40 Frances 78 babies 5
  41. 41 Ann 76 babies 1
  42. 42 Audrey 75 babies 3
  43. 43 Beverly 73 babies 3
  44. 44 Jocelyn 70 babies 17
  45. 45 Joy 67 babies 1
  46. 46 Evelyn 66 babies 1
  47. 47 Ruth 64 babies 5
  48. 48 Alison 62 babies 10
  49. 49 Rosemary 61 babies 14
  50. 50 Fay 57 babies 4
  51. 51 Irene 57 babies 5
  52. 52 Annette 56 babies 16
  53. 53 Marjorie 56 babies 5
  54. 54 Daphne 55 babies 12
  55. 55 Nola 55 babies 12
  56. 56 Josephine 52 babies 6
  57. 57 Catherine 51 babies 3
  58. 58 Florence 49 babies 14
  59. 59 Jill 49 babies 1
  60. 60 Lesley 49 babies 9
  61. 61 Marlene 49 babies 13
  62. 62 Gloria 46 babies 28
  63. 63 Norma 46 babies 4
  64. 64 Phyllis 46 babies 13
  65. 65 Sylvia 46 babies 16
  66. 66 Edna 45 babies 15
  67. 67 Alice 44 babies 2
  68. 68 Beryl 44 babies 1
  69. 69 Diane 42 babies 35
  70. 70 Lorna 42 babies 10
  71. 71 Mavis 42 babies 14
  72. 72 Thelma 42 babies 10
  73. 73 Eleanor 39 babies 6
  74. 74 Diana 38 babies 19
  75. 75 Gillian 37 babies 14
  76. 76 Jacqueline 37 babies 1
  77. 77 Merle 37 babies 9
  78. 78 Hazel 36 babies 2
  79. 79 Ellen 35 babies 4
  80. 80 Olive 35 babies 10
  81. 81 Edith 34 babies 17
  82. 82 Grace 34 babies 9
  83. 83 Muriel 34 babies 4
  84. 84 Annie 33 babies =
  85. 85 Jessie 33 babies 33
  86. 86 Peggy 33 babies 4
  87. 87 Noelene 32 babies 5
  88. 88 Carol 31 babies 3
  89. 89 Iris 30 babies 23
  90. 90 Wendy 30 babies 19
  91. 91 Vivienne 29 babies 49
  92. 92 Angela 28 babies 71
  93. 93 Lynette 28 babies 29
  94. 94 Robin 28 babies 2
  95. 95 Violet 28 babies 12
  96. 96 Agnes 27 babies 8
  97. 97 Doris 27 babies 2
  98. 98 Julia 27 babies =
  99. 99 Lilian 27 babies 33
  100. 100 Aileen 26 babies 6

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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