New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1939

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 977 babies =
  2. 2 Peter 582 babies 3
  3. 3 David 569 babies 1
  4. 4 Robert 557 babies 1
  5. 5 William 557 babies 3
  6. 6 Brian 514 babies =
  7. 7 James 394 babies =
  8. 8 Ian 310 babies 2
  9. 9 Ronald 285 babies =
  10. 10 Graham 276 babies 3
  11. 11 Donald 272 babies 3
  12. 12 Barry 244 babies 1
  13. 13 Raymond 232 babies 1
  14. 14 Michael 226 babies 1
  15. 15 Colin 221 babies 3
  16. 16 Bruce 211 babies 6
  17. 17 Kenneth 199 babies 1
  18. 18 George 194 babies 1
  19. 19 Graeme 194 babies 3
  20. 20 Richard 180 babies 3
  21. 21 Thomas 179 babies =
  22. 22 Anthony 175 babies 6
  23. 23 Alan 168 babies 3
  24. 24 Neville 168 babies 13
  25. 25 Trevor 161 babies 2
  26. 26 Gary 157 babies 1
  27. 27 Edward 150 babies 1
  28. 28 Kevin 146 babies 7
  29. 29 Douglas 135 babies 1
  30. 30 Murray 135 babies 2
  31. 31 Paul 129 babies 5
  32. 32 Allan 127 babies 8
  33. 33 Leslie 126 babies 2
  34. 34 Gordon 118 babies 7
  35. 35 Terence 116 babies 8
  36. 36 Arthur 115 babies 3
  37. 37 Charles 115 babies 8
  38. 38 Noel 113 babies 2
  39. 39 Roger 108 babies 7
  40. 40 Neil 107 babies 2
  41. 41 Maurice 105 babies 2
  42. 42 Patrick 99 babies 11
  43. 43 Keith 96 babies 9
  44. 44 Russell 92 babies 2
  45. 45 Dennis 90 babies 12
  46. 46 Bryan 88 babies 8
  47. 47 Malcolm 84 babies 3
  48. 48 Frederick 83 babies 1
  49. 49 Norman 82 babies 6
  50. 50 Robin 82 babies 1
  51. 51 Ross 82 babies 5
  52. 52 Desmond 78 babies 5
  53. 53 Rex 78 babies 8
  54. 54 Walter 70 babies 5
  55. 55 Eric 69 babies 14
  56. 56 Francis 68 babies 8
  57. 57 Mervyn 67 babies 3
  58. 58 Alexander 62 babies 13
  59. 59 Stanley 62 babies 4
  60. 60 Albert 58 babies 4
  61. 61 Denis 58 babies 15
  62. 62 Roy 58 babies 25
  63. 63 Joseph 57 babies 11
  64. 64 Frank 56 babies 13
  65. 65 Geoffrey 56 babies 1
  66. 66 Bernard 53 babies 14
  67. 67 Leonard 53 babies =
  68. 68 Garry 52 babies 6
  69. 69 Warren 51 babies 31
  70. 70 Philip 50 babies 2
  71. 71 Errol 49 babies 28
  72. 72 Harold 49 babies 3
  73. 73 Henry 49 babies 15
  74. 74 Ivan 49 babies 24
  75. 75 Alfred 48 babies 7
  76. 76 Owen 48 babies 19
  77. 77 Gerald 45 babies 16
  78. 78 Jack 45 babies 7
  79. 79 Ernest 42 babies 11
  80. 80 Lindsay 42 babies 2
  81. 81 Rodney 41 babies 7
  82. 82 Barrie 38 babies 9
  83. 83 Lawrence 38 babies =
  84. 84 Stuart 38 babies 5
  85. 85 Warwick 38 babies 17
  86. 86 Andrew 36 babies 21
  87. 87 Reginald 36 babies 17
  88. 88 Victor 34 babies 8
  89. 89 Edwin 33 babies 14
  90. 90 Terrence 33 babies 21
  91. 91 Gavin 32 babies 1
  92. 92 Christopher 31 babies 4
  93. 93 Maxwell 31 babies 9
  94. 94 Wiremu 31 babies 13
  95. 95 Clifford 30 babies 3
  96. 96 Hugh 30 babies 10
  97. 97 Allen 29 babies 8
  98. 98 Clive 29 babies 6
  99. 99 Kerry 29 babies 13
  100. 100 Laurence 29 babies 9

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 708 babies =
  2. 2 Patricia 546 babies =
  3. 3 Judith 347 babies 1
  4. 4 Barbara 321 babies 1
  5. 5 Beverley 309 babies =
  6. 6 Mary 300 babies =
  7. 7 Elizabeth 239 babies 2
  8. 8 Valerie 238 babies =
  9. 9 Shirley 223 babies 2
  10. 10 Joan 220 babies 2
  11. 11 Colleen 209 babies 4
  12. 12 Pamela 208 babies 2
  13. 13 Janice 201 babies 3
  14. 14 Dorothy 190 babies 3
  15. 15 Maureen 190 babies 2
  16. 16 Jennifer 182 babies 2
  17. 17 Helen 174 babies 3
  18. 18 Marie 157 babies 1
  19. 19 Janet 148 babies 2
  20. 20 Kathleen 147 babies =
  21. 21 Yvonne 146 babies 8
  22. 22 June 137 babies 3
  23. 23 Elaine 132 babies =
  24. 24 Heather 130 babies 2
  25. 25 Lorraine 120 babies 2
  26. 26 Anne 119 babies =
  27. 27 Jean 119 babies 2
  28. 28 Jeanette 119 babies 2
  29. 29 Ngaire 101 babies 6
  30. 30 Beverly 98 babies 7
  31. 31 Lois 97 babies 3
  32. 32 Betty 96 babies 1
  33. 33 Frances 96 babies 20
  34. 34 Pauline 96 babies 8
  35. 35 Doreen 95 babies 13
  36. 36 Alison 90 babies 4
  37. 37 Annette 90 babies 7
  38. 38 Ann 88 babies 4
  39. 39 Marion 87 babies 3
  40. 40 Noeline 87 babies 9
  41. 41 Dawn 83 babies 17
  42. 42 Carol 80 babies 14
  43. 43 Fay 79 babies 5
  44. 44 Joyce 79 babies 3
  45. 45 Nancy 76 babies 2
  46. 46 Joy 73 babies 7
  47. 47 Eileen 71 babies 7
  48. 48 Jocelyn 71 babies 3
  49. 49 Rosalie 69 babies 21
  50. 50 Daphne 68 babies 4
  51. 51 Diane 68 babies 1
  52. 52 Catherine 67 babies 5
  53. 53 Phyllis 66 babies 13
  54. 54 Josephine 65 babies 5
  55. 55 Diana 63 babies 8
  56. 56 Irene 62 babies 6
  57. 57 Rosemary 62 babies 2
  58. 58 Jill 61 babies 2
  59. 59 Audrey 60 babies 8
  60. 60 Evelyn 60 babies 1
  61. 61 Gillian 60 babies 31
  62. 62 Marlene 60 babies 7
  63. 63 Lesley 58 babies 9
  64. 64 Norma 57 babies 4
  65. 65 Ruth 57 babies 3
  66. 66 Robin 56 babies 12
  67. 67 Nola 53 babies 3
  68. 68 Marjorie 49 babies 10
  69. 69 Wendy 49 babies 6
  70. 70 Lynette 48 babies 6
  71. 71 Beryl 46 babies 3
  72. 72 Marilyn 46 babies 8
  73. 73 Jacqueline 45 babies 12
  74. 74 Edith 44 babies 21
  75. 75 Gloria 43 babies 10
  76. 76 Susan 43 babies 7
  77. 77 Sylvia 42 babies 4
  78. 78 Jillian 41 babies 19
  79. 79 Hazel 40 babies 17
  80. 80 Carole 39 babies 44
  81. 81 Lorna 39 babies 20
  82. 82 Mavis 38 babies 15
  83. 83 Julie 35 babies 4
  84. 84 Olive 35 babies 6
  85. 85 Shona 34 babies 46
  86. 86 Adrienne 33 babies 8
  87. 87 Eleanor 33 babies 6
  88. 88 Ellen 33 babies 9
  89. 89 Faye 33 babies 17
  90. 90 Glenda 33 babies 76
  91. 91 Julia 33 babies 5
  92. 92 Kay 33 babies 17
  93. 93 Suzanne 33 babies 47
  94. 94 Thelma 33 babies 23
  95. 95 Florence 32 babies 13
  96. 96 Muriel 32 babies 32
  97. 97 Noelene 32 babies 9
  98. 98 Doris 31 babies 19
  99. 99 Janette 31 babies 10
  100. 100 Merle 30 babies 16

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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