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 John 960 babies =
2 William 540 babies 1
3 Robert 536 babies 1
4 David 514 babies =
5 Peter 485 babies 1
6 Brian 481 babies 1
7 James 368 babies =
8 Donald 312 babies =
9 Ronald 303 babies =
10 Ian 300 babies =
11 Barry 275 babies 3
12 Colin 224 babies 1
13 Graham 224 babies 1
14 Raymond 223 babies 1
15 Michael 215 babies 4
16 Graeme 192 babies 5
17 Richard 190 babies 1
18 Kenneth 189 babies 2
19 George 179 babies 4
20 Alan 167 babies 3
21 Thomas 167 babies 1
22 Bruce 165 babies 2
23 Trevor 145 babies 1
24 Allan 137 babies 1
25 Gary 137 babies 14
26 Edward 135 babies 3
27 Gordon 127 babies =
28 Anthony 124 babies 9
29 Charles 121 babies 9
30 Douglas 119 babies 4
31 Leslie 119 babies 2
32 Murray 117 babies 1
33 Arthur 112 babies 7
34 Keith 110 babies 6
35 Kevin 108 babies 4
36 Paul 108 babies 15
37 Neville 107 babies 1
38 Neil 99 babies 3
39 Maurice 95 babies 7
40 Noel 95 babies 10
41 Eric 90 babies 13
42 Russell 87 babies 5
43 Terence 87 babies 2
44 Malcolm 82 babies 9
45 Alexander 79 babies 11
46 Roger 78 babies 4
47 Desmond 75 babies 3
48 Francis 74 babies =
49 Frederick 73 babies 4
50 Ivan 73 babies 13
51 Robin 73 babies 5
52 Joseph 71 babies =
53 Patrick 71 babies 13
54 Bryan 70 babies 15
55 Norman 70 babies 13
56 Ross 67 babies 1
57 Dennis 66 babies 24
58 Henry 63 babies 9
59 Walter 63 babies 1
60 Mervyn 62 babies 8
61 Rex 62 babies 18
62 Garry 59 babies 24
63 Stanley 59 babies 2
64 Albert 56 babies 15
65 Andrew 56 babies 20
66 Geoffrey 56 babies 6
67 Leonard 51 babies 3
68 Ernest 50 babies 2
69 Harold 50 babies 29
70 Reginald 50 babies 7
71 Jack 48 babies 11
72 Philip 47 babies 2
73 Barrie 45 babies 12
74 Rodney 44 babies 17
75 Kelvin 43 babies 35
76 Denis 42 babies 1
77 Frank 42 babies 1
78 Lindsay 42 babies 21
79 Stuart 42 babies 8
80 Bernard 40 babies 21
81 Wiremu 40 babies 3
82 Alfred 38 babies 16
83 Lawrence 37 babies 10
84 Maxwell 37 babies 4
85 Sydney 37 babies 19
86 Hugh 36 babies 6
87 Roy 36 babies 32
88 Christopher 35 babies 1
89 Allen 33 babies 12
90 Gavin 33 babies 5
91 Selwyn 33 babies 12
92 Clive 32 babies 10
93 Gerald 32 babies 14
94 Herbert 32 babies 7
95 Owen 32 babies 33
96 Victor 32 babies 9
97 Daniel 31 babies 12
98 Clifford 30 babies 4
99 Errol 28 babies 1
100 Warren 28 babies 22
101 Leo 27 babies 29
102 Warwick 27 babies 19
103 Edwin 26 babies 13
104 Samuel 26 babies 17
105 Lionel 25 babies 36
106 Harry 23 babies 10
107 Clarence 22 babies 1
108 Howard 22 babies 21
109 Laurence 21 babies 12
110 Ralph 21 babies 18
111 Terrence 21 babies 31
112 Kerry 20 babies 40
113 Lloyd 20 babies 6
114 Vernon 20 babies 25
115 Derek 19 babies 2
116 Lewis 19 babies 2
117 Phillip 19 babies
118 Stephen 19 babies 4
119 Antony 18 babies 38
120 Ashley 18 babies 14
121 Louis 18 babies 22
122 Basil 17 babies 11
123 Bevan 17 babies 37
124 Alistair 16 babies 31
125 Gilbert 16 babies 2
126 Hone 16 babies 2
127 Vincent 16 babies 1
128 Martin 15 babies 8
129 Sidney 15 babies 9
130 Wilfred 15 babies 18
131 Duncan 14 babies 5
132 Earl 14 babies 30
133 Grahame 14 babies 27
134 Henare 14 babies 16
135 Hoani 14 babies 2
136 Hohepa 14 babies 8
137 Hori 14 babies 4
138 Max 14 babies 26
139 Morris 14 babies 8
140 Roderick 14 babies 26
141 Wallace 14 babies 9
142 Arnold 13 babies 27
143 Cyril 13 babies 30
144 Garth 13 babies 4
145 Grant 13 babies
146 Hector 13 babies
147 Lester 13 babies
148 Nelson 13 babies
149 Ray 13 babies
150 Roland 13 babies 5
151 Timothy 13 babies 13
152 Carl 12 babies 36
153 Cecil 12 babies 46
154 Leon 12 babies 1
155 Mark 12 babies 30
156 Adrian 11 babies
157 Athol 11 babies 22
158 Cedric 11 babies
159 Claude 11 babies
160 Lance 11 babies
161 Matthew 11 babies
162 Stewart 11 babies 69
163 Tom 11 babies
164 Fredrick 10 babies 41
165 Harvey 10 babies
166 Larry 10 babies
167 Melvyn 10 babies
168 Rangi 10 babies 24
169 Tame 10 babies 22

Girl Names

1 Margaret 724 babies =
2 Patricia 438 babies 1
3 Barbara 340 babies 3
4 Judith 338 babies 4
5 Beverley 302 babies =
6 Mary 295 babies 2
7 Shirley 294 babies 5
8 Valerie 241 babies 1
9 Elizabeth 208 babies 2
10 Pamela 200 babies 1
11 Dorothy 191 babies 1
12 Joan 191 babies 2
13 Maureen 183 babies =
14 Helen 178 babies 2
15 Colleen 172 babies 1
16 Janice 166 babies 2
17 Marie 165 babies 2
18 Jennifer 158 babies 4
19 June 156 babies =
20 Kathleen 145 babies =
21 Janet 134 babies =
22 Heather 130 babies 5
23 Elaine 127 babies =
24 Dawn 121 babies 7
25 Jean 113 babies 2
26 Anne 111 babies 1
27 Lorraine 111 babies 1
28 Lois 108 babies 2
29 Yvonne 101 babies 3
30 Jeanette 98 babies 3
31 Noeline 98 babies 7
32 Alison 94 babies 16
33 Betty 90 babies 9
34 Ann 89 babies 7
35 Ngaire 85 babies 9
36 Marion 84 babies 1
37 Beverly 80 babies 6
38 Fay 80 babies 12
39 Joy 80 babies 6
40 Eileen 76 babies 1
41 Joyce 76 babies 4
42 Pauline 74 babies 6
43 Nancy 71 babies 9
44 Annette 69 babies 8
45 Jocelyn 66 babies 1
46 Daphne 65 babies 8
47 Diana 65 babies 27
48 Doreen 65 babies 19
49 Josephine 65 babies 7
50 Irene 64 babies 1
51 Audrey 60 babies 9
52 Diane 60 babies 17
53 Frances 60 babies 13
54 Lesley 59 babies 6
55 Rosemary 59 babies 6
56 Carol 58 babies 32
57 Catherine 57 babies =
58 Marjorie 57 babies 5
59 Evelyn 56 babies 13
60 Jill 56 babies 1
61 Lorna 53 babies 9
62 Ruth 51 babies 15
63 Wendy 51 babies 27
64 Nola 50 babies 9
65 Gloria 48 babies 3
66 Phyllis 48 babies 2
67 Mavis 47 babies 4
68 Norma 46 babies 5
69 Marlene 44 babies 8
70 Rosalie 44 babies 104
71 Thelma 43 babies 1
72 Faye 41 babies 93
73 Sylvia 41 babies 8
74 Beryl 40 babies 6
75 Kay 40 babies 37
76 Lynette 40 babies 17
77 Alice 39 babies 10
78 Robin 39 babies 16
79 Ellen 36 babies =
80 Marilyn 35 babies 21
81 Eleanor 34 babies 8
82 Florence 34 babies 24
83 Susan 34 babies 70
84 Merle 33 babies 7
85 Jacqueline 32 babies 9
86 Julia 31 babies 12
87 Julie 31 babies 24
88 Noelene 31 babies 1
89 Janette 30 babies 70
90 Olive 30 babies 10
91 Claire 28 babies 33
92 Gillian 28 babies 17
93 Jessie 28 babies 8
94 Adrienne 27 babies 33
95 Edith 27 babies 14
96 Hazel 27 babies 18
97 Jillian 27 babies 29
98 Raewyn 27 babies 53
99 Aileen 26 babies 1
100 Valmai 26 babies 20
101 Ethel 25 babies 29
102 Eunice 25 babies 23
103 Natalie 25 babies 99
104 Violet 25 babies 9
105 Rae 24 babies 2
106 Rita 24 babies 2
107 Robyn 23 babies 71
108 Sally 23 babies 26
109 Ailsa 22 babies 6
110 Brenda 22 babies 33
111 Coral 22 babies 45
112 Cynthia 22 babies 16
113 Gladys 22 babies 7
114 Winifred 22 babies 8
115 Adele 21 babies
116 Annie 21 babies 32
117 Doris 21 babies 20
118 Edna 21 babies 52
119 Grace 21 babies 37
120 Iris 21 babies 31
121 Isabel 21 babies 11
122 Jane 21 babies 9
123 Noeleen 21 babies 17
124 Carole 20 babies 1
125 Gail 20 babies 55
126 Leonie 20 babies 9
127 Lillian 20 babies 44
128 Muriel 20 babies 45
129 Rachel 20 babies 44
130 Rose 20 babies 11
131 Shona 20 babies 29
132 Elsie 19 babies 27
133 Agnes 18 babies 37
134 Dianne 18 babies 30
135 Gaynor 18 babies 12
136 Glenys 18 babies 22
137 Maria 18 babies 39
138 Monica 18 babies 22
139 Rona 18 babies
140 Suzanne 18 babies 5
141 Vivienne 18 babies 50
142 Wilma 18 babies 5
143 Denise 17 babies 14
144 Dulcie 17 babies 1
145 Elva 17 babies 12
146 Ivy 17 babies 37
147 Melva 17 babies 14
148 Roberta 17 babies 56
149 Vera 17 babies 13
150 Alma 16 babies 39
151 Anita 16 babies 4
152 Caroline 16 babies 38
153 Christine 16 babies 16
154 Coleen 16 babies
155 Glenis 16 babies 26
156 Gwendoline 16 babies 41
157 Hilda 16 babies 48
158 Lilian 16 babies 59
159 Lucy 16 babies 11
160 Mere 16 babies 47
161 Moira 16 babies 22
162 Peggy 16 babies 76
163 Veronica 16 babies 42
164 Bernice 15 babies 1
165 Eva 15 babies 30
166 Glenda 15 babies
167 Lynne 15 babies
168 Anna 14 babies
169 Esther 14 babies 12
170 Geraldine 14 babies
171 Hilary 14 babies
172 Hine 14 babies 25
173 Isobel 14 babies 57
174 Juliet 14 babies
175 Marcia 14 babies
176 Marguerite 14 babies
177 Myra 14 babies 58
178 Naomi 14 babies
179 Rangi 14 babies
180 Valda 14 babies 72
181 Verna 14 babies 7
182 Angela 13 babies 90
183 Christina 13 babies 39
184 Deanna 13 babies
185 Elisabeth 13 babies
186 Enid 13 babies 8
187 Georgina 13 babies
188 Heni 13 babies
189 Molly 13 babies 4
190 Sarah 13 babies
191 Ada 12 babies 37
192 Allison 12 babies
193 Beatrice 12 babies 51
194 Jeannette 12 babies
195 Carolyn 11 babies
196 Gabrielle 11 babies 30
197 Maraea 11 babies
198 Marian 11 babies 66
199 Marjory 11 babies
200 Miria 11 babies
201 Sandra 11 babies
202 Teresa 11 babies 34
203 Charlotte 10 babies
204 Constance 10 babies 66
205 Deirdre 10 babies
206 Emma 10 babies
207 Freda 10 babies 11
208 Glenice 10 babies
209 Gweneth 10 babies
210 Gwenyth 10 babies 28
211 Katherine 10 babies
212 Leone 10 babies
213 Louise 10 babies
214 Noreen 10 babies 64
215 Sheila 10 babies 10
216 Sonia 10 babies
217 Valma 10 babies 30
218 Velma 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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