New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1938

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 960 babies =
  2. 2 William 540 babies 1
  3. 3 Robert 536 babies 1
  4. 4 David 514 babies =
  5. 5 Peter 485 babies 1
  6. 6 Brian 481 babies 1
  7. 7 James 368 babies =
  8. 8 Donald 312 babies =
  9. 9 Ronald 303 babies =
  10. 10 Ian 300 babies =
  11. 11 Barry 275 babies 3
  12. 12 Colin 224 babies 1
  13. 13 Graham 224 babies 1
  14. 14 Raymond 223 babies 1
  15. 15 Michael 215 babies 4
  16. 16 Graeme 192 babies 5
  17. 17 Richard 190 babies 1
  18. 18 Kenneth 189 babies 2
  19. 19 George 179 babies 4
  20. 20 Alan 167 babies 3
  21. 21 Thomas 167 babies 1
  22. 22 Bruce 165 babies 2
  23. 23 Trevor 145 babies 1
  24. 24 Allan 137 babies 1
  25. 25 Gary 137 babies 14
  26. 26 Edward 135 babies 3
  27. 27 Gordon 127 babies =
  28. 28 Anthony 124 babies 9
  29. 29 Charles 121 babies 9
  30. 30 Douglas 119 babies 4
  31. 31 Leslie 119 babies 2
  32. 32 Murray 117 babies 1
  33. 33 Arthur 112 babies 7
  34. 34 Keith 110 babies 6
  35. 35 Kevin 108 babies 4
  36. 36 Paul 108 babies 15
  37. 37 Neville 107 babies 1
  38. 38 Neil 99 babies 3
  39. 39 Maurice 95 babies 7
  40. 40 Noel 95 babies 10
  41. 41 Eric 90 babies 13
  42. 42 Russell 87 babies 5
  43. 43 Terence 87 babies 2
  44. 44 Malcolm 82 babies 9
  45. 45 Alexander 79 babies 11
  46. 46 Roger 78 babies 4
  47. 47 Desmond 75 babies 3
  48. 48 Francis 74 babies =
  49. 49 Frederick 73 babies 4
  50. 50 Ivan 73 babies 13
  51. 51 Robin 73 babies 5
  52. 52 Joseph 71 babies =
  53. 53 Patrick 71 babies 13
  54. 54 Bryan 70 babies 15
  55. 55 Norman 70 babies 13
  56. 56 Ross 67 babies 1
  57. 57 Dennis 66 babies 24
  58. 58 Henry 63 babies 9
  59. 59 Walter 63 babies 1
  60. 60 Mervyn 62 babies 8
  61. 61 Rex 62 babies 18
  62. 62 Garry 59 babies 24
  63. 63 Stanley 59 babies 2
  64. 64 Albert 56 babies 15
  65. 65 Andrew 56 babies 20
  66. 66 Geoffrey 56 babies 6
  67. 67 Leonard 51 babies 3
  68. 68 Ernest 50 babies 2
  69. 69 Harold 50 babies 29
  70. 70 Reginald 50 babies 7
  71. 71 Jack 48 babies 11
  72. 72 Philip 47 babies 2
  73. 73 Barrie 45 babies 12
  74. 74 Rodney 44 babies 17
  75. 75 Kelvin 43 babies 35
  76. 76 Denis 42 babies 1
  77. 77 Frank 42 babies 1
  78. 78 Lindsay 42 babies 21
  79. 79 Stuart 42 babies 8
  80. 80 Bernard 40 babies 21
  81. 81 Wiremu 40 babies 3
  82. 82 Alfred 38 babies 16
  83. 83 Lawrence 37 babies 10
  84. 84 Maxwell 37 babies 4
  85. 85 Sydney 37 babies 19
  86. 86 Hugh 36 babies 6
  87. 87 Roy 36 babies 32
  88. 88 Christopher 35 babies 1
  89. 89 Allen 33 babies 12
  90. 90 Gavin 33 babies 5
  91. 91 Selwyn 33 babies 12
  92. 92 Clive 32 babies 10
  93. 93 Gerald 32 babies 14
  94. 94 Herbert 32 babies 7
  95. 95 Owen 32 babies 33
  96. 96 Victor 32 babies 9
  97. 97 Daniel 31 babies 12
  98. 98 Clifford 30 babies 4
  99. 99 Errol 28 babies 1
  100. 100 Warren 28 babies 22

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 724 babies =
  2. 2 Patricia 438 babies 1
  3. 3 Barbara 340 babies 3
  4. 4 Judith 338 babies 4
  5. 5 Beverley 302 babies =
  6. 6 Mary 295 babies 2
  7. 7 Shirley 294 babies 5
  8. 8 Valerie 241 babies 1
  9. 9 Elizabeth 208 babies 2
  10. 10 Pamela 200 babies 1
  11. 11 Dorothy 191 babies 1
  12. 12 Joan 191 babies 2
  13. 13 Maureen 183 babies =
  14. 14 Helen 178 babies 2
  15. 15 Colleen 172 babies 1
  16. 16 Janice 166 babies 2
  17. 17 Marie 165 babies 2
  18. 18 Jennifer 158 babies 4
  19. 19 June 156 babies =
  20. 20 Kathleen 145 babies =
  21. 21 Janet 134 babies =
  22. 22 Heather 130 babies 5
  23. 23 Elaine 127 babies =
  24. 24 Dawn 121 babies 7
  25. 25 Jean 113 babies 2
  26. 26 Anne 111 babies 1
  27. 27 Lorraine 111 babies 1
  28. 28 Lois 108 babies 2
  29. 29 Yvonne 101 babies 3
  30. 30 Jeanette 98 babies 3
  31. 31 Noeline 98 babies 7
  32. 32 Alison 94 babies 16
  33. 33 Betty 90 babies 9
  34. 34 Ann 89 babies 7
  35. 35 Ngaire 85 babies 9
  36. 36 Marion 84 babies 1
  37. 37 Beverly 80 babies 6
  38. 38 Fay 80 babies 12
  39. 39 Joy 80 babies 6
  40. 40 Eileen 76 babies 1
  41. 41 Joyce 76 babies 4
  42. 42 Pauline 74 babies 6
  43. 43 Nancy 71 babies 9
  44. 44 Annette 69 babies 8
  45. 45 Jocelyn 66 babies 1
  46. 46 Daphne 65 babies 8
  47. 47 Diana 65 babies 27
  48. 48 Doreen 65 babies 19
  49. 49 Josephine 65 babies 7
  50. 50 Irene 64 babies 1
  51. 51 Audrey 60 babies 9
  52. 52 Diane 60 babies 17
  53. 53 Frances 60 babies 13
  54. 54 Lesley 59 babies 6
  55. 55 Rosemary 59 babies 6
  56. 56 Carol 58 babies 32
  57. 57 Catherine 57 babies =
  58. 58 Marjorie 57 babies 5
  59. 59 Evelyn 56 babies 13
  60. 60 Jill 56 babies 1
  61. 61 Lorna 53 babies 9
  62. 62 Ruth 51 babies 15
  63. 63 Wendy 51 babies 27
  64. 64 Nola 50 babies 9
  65. 65 Gloria 48 babies 3
  66. 66 Phyllis 48 babies 2
  67. 67 Mavis 47 babies 4
  68. 68 Norma 46 babies 5
  69. 69 Marlene 44 babies 8
  70. 70 Rosalie 44 babies 104
  71. 71 Thelma 43 babies 1
  72. 72 Faye 41 babies 93
  73. 73 Sylvia 41 babies 8
  74. 74 Beryl 40 babies 6
  75. 75 Kay 40 babies 37
  76. 76 Lynette 40 babies 17
  77. 77 Alice 39 babies 10
  78. 78 Robin 39 babies 16
  79. 79 Ellen 36 babies =
  80. 80 Marilyn 35 babies 21
  81. 81 Eleanor 34 babies 8
  82. 82 Florence 34 babies 24
  83. 83 Susan 34 babies 70
  84. 84 Merle 33 babies 7
  85. 85 Jacqueline 32 babies 9
  86. 86 Julia 31 babies 12
  87. 87 Julie 31 babies 24
  88. 88 Noelene 31 babies 1
  89. 89 Janette 30 babies 70
  90. 90 Olive 30 babies 10
  91. 91 Claire 28 babies 33
  92. 92 Gillian 28 babies 17
  93. 93 Jessie 28 babies 8
  94. 94 Adrienne 27 babies 33
  95. 95 Edith 27 babies 14
  96. 96 Hazel 27 babies 18
  97. 97 Jillian 27 babies 29
  98. 98 Raewyn 27 babies 53
  99. 99 Aileen 26 babies 1
  100. 100 Valmai 26 babies 20

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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