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 John 904 babies =
2 Robert 490 babies 1
3 William 486 babies 1
4 David 475 babies 1
5 Brian 464 babies 1
6 Peter 449 babies 2
7 James 352 babies =
8 Donald 324 babies 1
9 Ronald 312 babies 1
10 Ian 295 babies 1
11 Colin 256 babies 1
12 Graham 229 babies 2
13 Raymond 223 babies 1
14 Barry 206 babies 1
15 George 202 babies =
16 Kenneth 182 babies =
17 Alan 169 babies 9
18 Richard 166 babies =
19 Michael 165 babies 4
20 Bruce 162 babies =
21 Graeme 162 babies =
22 Thomas 158 babies 5
23 Edward 150 babies 4
24 Trevor 136 babies 2
25 Allan 129 babies 3
26 Arthur 124 babies 5
27 Gordon 116 babies 3
28 Keith 113 babies 2
29 Leslie 113 babies =
30 Noel 113 babies 3
31 Kevin 112 babies 8
32 Maurice 104 babies 2
33 Murray 104 babies 1
34 Douglas 97 babies 7
35 Neil 95 babies 6
36 Neville 95 babies 18
37 Anthony 90 babies 10
38 Charles 90 babies 13
39 Gary 90 babies 12
40 Patrick 90 babies 5
41 Terence 89 babies 14
42 Norman 85 babies 5
43 Rex 85 babies 1
44 Desmond 84 babies 6
45 Frederick 83 babies 9
46 Robin 82 babies 11
47 Russell 81 babies 14
48 Francis 77 babies 4
49 Albert 74 babies 6
50 Roger 74 babies 9
51 Paul 72 babies 2
52 Joseph 71 babies =
53 Malcolm 65 babies 8
54 Eric 64 babies 8
55 Roy 64 babies 17
56 Alexander 60 babies 16
57 Ross 60 babies 14
58 Walter 60 babies 8
59 Bernard 59 babies 20
60 Jack 59 babies 2
61 Barrie 58 babies 28
62 Owen 57 babies 5
63 Ivan 56 babies 3
64 Leonard 56 babies 1
65 Stanley 56 babies 17
66 Alfred 55 babies 1
67 Henry 54 babies 14
68 Mervyn 54 babies 12
69 Bryan 53 babies 11
70 Ernest 52 babies 8
71 Stuart 52 babies 33
72 Geoffrey 48 babies 8
73 Lawrence 48 babies 3
74 Philip 46 babies 1
75 Denis 44 babies 2
76 Frank 41 babies 7
77 Reginald 41 babies 9
78 Warren 41 babies 2
79 Gerald 38 babies 5
80 Hugh 38 babies =
81 Dennis 36 babies 16
82 Clive 33 babies 4
83 Warwick 33 babies 27
84 Wiremu 32 babies 12
85 Andrew 31 babies 8
86 Garry 31 babies 4
87 Herbert 31 babies 3
88 Maxwell 31 babies 7
89 Christopher 30 babies 25
90 Edwin 30 babies 6
91 Rodney 30 babies 3
92 Ralph 29 babies 7
93 Stewart 29 babies 46
94 Clifford 28 babies 7
95 Gavin 28 babies 6
96 Harry 28 babies 4
97 Laurence 28 babies 14
98 Harold 27 babies 32
99 Lindsay 27 babies 1
100 Errol 26 babies
101 Allen 25 babies 8
102 Earl 25 babies
103 Selwyn 25 babies 3
104 Sydney 25 babies 3
105 Victor 25 babies 6
106 Grahame 23 babies 14
107 Cecil 22 babies 29
108 Clarence 22 babies 7
109 Daniel 22 babies 18
110 Kelvin 22 babies 16
111 Basil 21 babies 8
112 Max 21 babies 5
113 Cyril 20 babies 13
114 Roderick 20 babies 30
115 Arnold 19 babies 3
116 Carl 19 babies 15
117 Derek 19 babies 9
118 Lewis 19 babies 23
119 Lloyd 19 babies 15
120 Martin 19 babies 15
121 Samuel 19 babies
122 Stephen 19 babies 6
123 Fredrick 18 babies 15
124 Hone 17 babies 8
125 Mark 17 babies
126 Vincent 17 babies 8
127 Gilbert 16 babies 25
128 Hohepa 16 babies 5
129 Howard 16 babies 18
130 Leo 16 babies 8
131 Morris 16 babies 8
132 Wallace 16 babies
133 Hori 15 babies 9
134 Ashley 14 babies
135 Athol 14 babies 6
136 Duncan 14 babies
137 Hoani 14 babies
138 Sidney 14 babies 13
139 Vernon 14 babies
140 Garth 13 babies 3
141 Lionel 13 babies 38
142 Terrence 13 babies 33
143 Louis 12 babies 8
144 Rangi 12 babies
145 Roland 12 babies 2
146 Tamati 12 babies
147 Tame 12 babies
148 Wilfred 12 babies
149 Edgar 11 babies 3
150 Henare 11 babies 12
151 Jonathan 11 babies
152 Kerry 11 babies
153 Leon 11 babies
154 Nigel 11 babies
155 Alistair 10 babies 15
156 Alister 10 babies
157 Antony 10 babies
158 Archibald 10 babies
159 Benjamin 10 babies 29
160 Bevan 10 babies
161 Evan 10 babies 29
162 Hare 10 babies
163 Percy 10 babies
164 Timothy 10 babies

Girl Names

1 Margaret 779 babies =
2 Shirley 391 babies =
3 Patricia 380 babies =
4 Mary 344 babies =
5 Beverley 289 babies =
6 Barbara 283 babies =
7 Elizabeth 256 babies 2
8 Judith 251 babies 3
9 Valerie 222 babies 1
10 Joan 206 babies 3
11 Pamela 197 babies 3
12 Dorothy 194 babies 2
13 Maureen 173 babies =
14 Colleen 164 babies 1
15 Marie 148 babies 5
16 Helen 147 babies 1
17 Heather 133 babies 5
18 Janice 132 babies 10
19 June 129 babies 2
20 Kathleen 128 babies 2
21 Janet 126 babies 2
22 Jennifer 122 babies 7
23 Elaine 120 babies =
24 Betty 114 babies 8
25 Anne 101 babies 1
26 Ngaire 100 babies 4
27 Jean 99 babies 15
28 Lorraine 99 babies 13
29 Doreen 94 babies 3
30 Lois 93 babies 7
31 Dawn 88 babies 2
32 Yvonne 88 babies 7
33 Jeanette 85 babies 20
34 Nancy 85 babies 2
35 Marion 84 babies 1
36 Pauline 83 babies 9
37 Joyce 82 babies 3
38 Noeline 80 babies 11
39 Eileen 79 babies 8
40 Frances 78 babies 5
41 Ann 76 babies 1
42 Audrey 75 babies 3
43 Beverly 73 babies 3
44 Jocelyn 70 babies 17
45 Joy 67 babies 1
46 Evelyn 66 babies 1
47 Ruth 64 babies 5
48 Alison 62 babies 10
49 Rosemary 61 babies 14
50 Fay 57 babies 4
51 Irene 57 babies 5
52 Annette 56 babies 16
53 Marjorie 56 babies 5
54 Daphne 55 babies 12
55 Nola 55 babies 12
56 Josephine 52 babies 6
57 Catherine 51 babies 3
58 Florence 49 babies 14
59 Jill 49 babies 1
60 Lesley 49 babies 9
61 Marlene 49 babies 13
62 Gloria 46 babies 28
63 Norma 46 babies 4
64 Phyllis 46 babies 13
65 Sylvia 46 babies 16
66 Edna 45 babies 15
67 Alice 44 babies 2
68 Beryl 44 babies 1
69 Diane 42 babies 35
70 Lorna 42 babies 10
71 Mavis 42 babies 14
72 Thelma 42 babies 10
73 Eleanor 39 babies 6
74 Diana 38 babies 19
75 Gillian 37 babies 14
76 Jacqueline 37 babies 1
77 Merle 37 babies 9
78 Hazel 36 babies 2
79 Ellen 35 babies 4
80 Olive 35 babies 10
81 Edith 34 babies 17
82 Grace 34 babies 9
83 Muriel 34 babies 4
84 Annie 33 babies =
85 Jessie 33 babies 33
86 Peggy 33 babies 4
87 Noelene 32 babies 5
88 Carol 31 babies 3
89 Iris 30 babies 23
90 Wendy 30 babies 19
91 Vivienne 29 babies 49
92 Angela 28 babies 71
93 Lynette 28 babies 29
94 Robin 28 babies 2
95 Violet 28 babies 12
96 Agnes 27 babies 8
97 Doris 27 babies 2
98 Julia 27 babies =
99 Lilian 27 babies 33
100 Aileen 26 babies 6
101 Marilyn 26 babies 1
102 Shona 26 babies 18
103 Ailsa 25 babies 7
104 Rita 25 babies 33
105 Elsie 24 babies 27
106 Gladys 24 babies 33
107 Rae 24 babies 12
108 Valda 24 babies 16
109 Hilda 23 babies 66
110 Isabel 23 babies 45
111 Julie 23 babies 4
112 Kay 23 babies 44
113 Mere 23 babies 54
114 Caroline 22 babies 37
115 Gwendoline 22 babies 50
116 Isobel 22 babies 70
117 Leonie 22 babies 40
118 May 22 babies 29
119 Myra 22 babies 9
120 Valmai 22 babies 4
121 Veronica 22 babies 60
122 Winifred 22 babies 29
123 Carole 21 babies 12
124 Claire 21 babies 21
125 Eunice 21 babies 14
126 Jillian 21 babies 19
127 Adrienne 20 babies 25
128 Cynthia 20 babies 3
129 Denise 20 babies 54
130 Ethel 20 babies 50
131 Jane 20 babies 5
132 Marian 20 babies 28
133 Elva 19 babies 51
134 Sally 19 babies 5
135 Suzanne 19 babies new
136 Vera 19 babies 31
137 Wilma 19 babies 13
138 Constance 18 babies 57
139 Moira 18 babies 64
140 Noeleen 18 babies 32
141 Rose 18 babies 3
142 Beatrice 17 babies 36
143 Brenda 17 babies 39
144 Christina 17 babies 8
145 Dulcie 17 babies 28
146 Gay 17 babies new
147 Gaynor 17 babies 10
148 Lucy 17 babies 21
149 Mabel 17 babies 9
150 Noreen 17 babies new
151 Raewyn 17 babies 28
152 Ruby 17 babies 18
153 Susan 17 babies 24
154 Ada 16 babies 18
155 Anita 16 babies 14
156 Coral 16 babies 59
157 Esther 16 babies 7
158 Glenys 16 babies 5
159 Janette 16 babies 15
160 Monica 16 babies 19
161 Melva 15 babies 60
162 Nita 15 babies new
163 Bernice 14 babies 21
164 Dianne 14 babies 21
165 Faye 14 babies 9
166 Gabrielle 14 babies new
167 Mereana 14 babies new
168 Teresa 14 babies new
169 Christine 13 babies 25
170 Gwenda 13 babies new
171 Lillian 13 babies 25
172 Myrtle 13 babies 2
173 Rachel 13 babies 58
174 Rosalie 13 babies 25
175 Laura 12 babies 2
176 Maria 12 babies 77
177 Nanette 12 babies new
178 Robyn 12 babies new
179 Flora 11 babies new
180 Gail 11 babies 5
181 Glenis 11 babies new
182 Gwenyth 11 babies new
183 Ivy 11 babies 70
184 Leona 11 babies new
185 Molly 11 babies 17
186 Pare 11 babies new
187 Valma 11 babies new
188 Verna 11 babies 18
189 Alma 10 babies 68
190 Ani 10 babies new
191 Avis 10 babies new
192 Bernadette 10 babies new
193 Ella 10 babies new
194 Enid 10 babies 58
195 Eva 10 babies 65
196 Freda 10 babies 65
197 Hine 10 babies 1
198 Jenifer 10 babies 22
199 Madeline 10 babies new
200 Margery 10 babies 2
201 Miriam 10 babies 13
202 Natalie 10 babies 88
203 Nellie 10 babies 41
204 Roberta 10 babies 33
205 Sheila 10 babies 15

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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