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 John 977 babies =
2 Peter 582 babies 3
3 David 569 babies 1
4 Robert 557 babies 1
5 William 557 babies 3
6 Brian 514 babies =
7 James 394 babies =
8 Ian 310 babies 2
9 Ronald 285 babies =
10 Graham 276 babies 3
11 Donald 272 babies 3
12 Barry 244 babies 1
13 Raymond 232 babies 1
14 Michael 226 babies 1
15 Colin 221 babies 3
16 Bruce 211 babies 6
17 Kenneth 199 babies 1
18 George 194 babies 1
19 Graeme 194 babies 3
20 Richard 180 babies 3
21 Thomas 179 babies =
22 Anthony 175 babies 6
23 Alan 168 babies 3
24 Neville 168 babies 13
25 Trevor 161 babies 2
26 Gary 157 babies 1
27 Edward 150 babies 1
28 Kevin 146 babies 7
29 Douglas 135 babies 1
30 Murray 135 babies 2
31 Paul 129 babies 5
32 Allan 127 babies 8
33 Leslie 126 babies 2
34 Gordon 118 babies 7
35 Terence 116 babies 8
36 Arthur 115 babies 3
37 Charles 115 babies 8
38 Noel 113 babies 2
39 Roger 108 babies 7
40 Neil 107 babies 2
41 Maurice 105 babies 2
42 Patrick 99 babies 11
43 Keith 96 babies 9
44 Russell 92 babies 2
45 Dennis 90 babies 12
46 Bryan 88 babies 8
47 Malcolm 84 babies 3
48 Frederick 83 babies 1
49 Norman 82 babies 6
50 Robin 82 babies 1
51 Ross 82 babies 5
52 Desmond 78 babies 5
53 Rex 78 babies 8
54 Walter 70 babies 5
55 Eric 69 babies 14
56 Francis 68 babies 8
57 Mervyn 67 babies 3
58 Alexander 62 babies 13
59 Stanley 62 babies 4
60 Albert 58 babies 4
61 Denis 58 babies 15
62 Roy 58 babies 25
63 Joseph 57 babies 11
64 Frank 56 babies 13
65 Geoffrey 56 babies 1
66 Bernard 53 babies 14
67 Leonard 53 babies =
68 Garry 52 babies 6
69 Warren 51 babies 31
70 Philip 50 babies 2
71 Errol 49 babies 28
72 Harold 49 babies 3
73 Henry 49 babies 15
74 Ivan 49 babies 24
75 Alfred 48 babies 7
76 Owen 48 babies 19
77 Gerald 45 babies 16
78 Jack 45 babies 7
79 Ernest 42 babies 11
80 Lindsay 42 babies 2
81 Rodney 41 babies 7
82 Barrie 38 babies 9
83 Lawrence 38 babies =
84 Stuart 38 babies 5
85 Warwick 38 babies 17
86 Andrew 36 babies 21
87 Reginald 36 babies 17
88 Victor 34 babies 8
89 Edwin 33 babies 14
90 Terrence 33 babies 21
91 Gavin 32 babies 1
92 Christopher 31 babies 4
93 Maxwell 31 babies 9
94 Wiremu 31 babies 13
95 Clifford 30 babies 3
96 Hugh 30 babies 10
97 Allen 29 babies 8
98 Clive 29 babies 6
99 Kerry 29 babies 13
100 Laurence 29 babies 9
101 Harry 26 babies 5
102 Cyril 25 babies 41
103 Grahame 25 babies 30
104 Lionel 25 babies 1
105 Samuel 25 babies 1
106 Basil 24 babies 16
107 Daniel 24 babies 10
108 Herbert 23 babies 14
109 Lance 23 babies 51
110 Phillip 23 babies 7
111 Hohepa 22 babies 25
112 Hone 22 babies 14
113 Kelvin 22 babies 38
114 Max 22 babies 24
115 Ralph 22 babies 5
116 Sydney 22 babies 31
117 Alistair 21 babies 7
118 Derek 21 babies 3
119 Henare 21 babies 15
120 Clarence 20 babies 13
121 Lloyd 20 babies 8
122 Martin 20 babies 6
123 Alastair 19 babies
124 Sidney 19 babies 5
125 Selwyn 18 babies 34
126 Stephen 18 babies 8
127 Vincent 18 babies =
128 Bevan 17 babies 5
129 Earl 17 babies 3
130 Adrian 16 babies 26
131 Athol 16 babies 26
132 Duncan 16 babies 1
133 Leo 16 babies 32
134 Leon 16 babies 20
135 Lewis 16 babies 19
136 Ray 16 babies 13
137 Hori 15 babies =
138 Lyall 15 babies
139 Wallace 15 babies 2
140 Alister 14 babies
141 Fredrick 14 babies 23
142 Garth 14 babies 2
143 Harvey 14 babies 22
144 Roland 14 babies 6
145 Timothy 14 babies 6
146 Benjamin 13 babies
147 Evan 13 babies
148 Howard 13 babies 40
149 Jeffrey 13 babies
150 Nigel 13 babies
151 Roderick 13 babies 11
152 Stewart 13 babies 10
153 Cecil 12 babies =
154 Lester 12 babies 7
155 Nelson 12 babies 7
156 Ramon 12 babies
157 Rawiri 12 babies
158 Antony 11 babies 39
159 Archibald 11 babies
160 Arnold 11 babies 18
161 Hare 11 babies
162 Hector 11 babies 16
163 Mark 11 babies 8
164 Wayne 11 babies
165 Cedric 10 babies 7
166 Grant 10 babies 21
167 Hemi 10 babies
168 Joe 10 babies
169 Louis 10 babies 48
170 Matthew 10 babies 9
171 Tony 10 babies
172 Vernon 10 babies 58
173 Wilfred 10 babies 43

Girl Names

1 Margaret 708 babies =
2 Patricia 546 babies =
3 Judith 347 babies 1
4 Barbara 321 babies 1
5 Beverley 309 babies =
6 Mary 300 babies =
7 Elizabeth 239 babies 2
8 Valerie 238 babies =
9 Shirley 223 babies 2
10 Joan 220 babies 2
11 Colleen 209 babies 4
12 Pamela 208 babies 2
13 Janice 201 babies 3
14 Dorothy 190 babies 3
15 Maureen 190 babies 2
16 Jennifer 182 babies 2
17 Helen 174 babies 3
18 Marie 157 babies 1
19 Janet 148 babies 2
20 Kathleen 147 babies =
21 Yvonne 146 babies 8
22 June 137 babies 3
23 Elaine 132 babies =
24 Heather 130 babies 2
25 Lorraine 120 babies 2
26 Anne 119 babies =
27 Jean 119 babies 2
28 Jeanette 119 babies 2
29 Ngaire 101 babies 6
30 Beverly 98 babies 7
31 Lois 97 babies 3
32 Betty 96 babies 1
33 Frances 96 babies 20
34 Pauline 96 babies 8
35 Doreen 95 babies 13
36 Alison 90 babies 4
37 Annette 90 babies 7
38 Ann 88 babies 4
39 Marion 87 babies 3
40 Noeline 87 babies 9
41 Dawn 83 babies 17
42 Carol 80 babies 14
43 Fay 79 babies 5
44 Joyce 79 babies 3
45 Nancy 76 babies 2
46 Joy 73 babies 7
47 Eileen 71 babies 7
48 Jocelyn 71 babies 3
49 Rosalie 69 babies 21
50 Daphne 68 babies 4
51 Diane 68 babies 1
52 Catherine 67 babies 5
53 Phyllis 66 babies 13
54 Josephine 65 babies 5
55 Diana 63 babies 8
56 Irene 62 babies 6
57 Rosemary 62 babies 2
58 Jill 61 babies 2
59 Audrey 60 babies 8
60 Evelyn 60 babies 1
61 Gillian 60 babies 31
62 Marlene 60 babies 7
63 Lesley 58 babies 9
64 Norma 57 babies 4
65 Ruth 57 babies 3
66 Robin 56 babies 12
67 Nola 53 babies 3
68 Marjorie 49 babies 10
69 Wendy 49 babies 6
70 Lynette 48 babies 6
71 Beryl 46 babies 3
72 Marilyn 46 babies 8
73 Jacqueline 45 babies 12
74 Edith 44 babies 21
75 Gloria 43 babies 10
76 Susan 43 babies 7
77 Sylvia 42 babies 4
78 Jillian 41 babies 19
79 Hazel 40 babies 17
80 Carole 39 babies 44
81 Lorna 39 babies 20
82 Mavis 38 babies 15
83 Julie 35 babies 4
84 Olive 35 babies 6
85 Shona 34 babies 46
86 Adrienne 33 babies 8
87 Eleanor 33 babies 6
88 Ellen 33 babies 9
89 Faye 33 babies 17
90 Glenda 33 babies 76
91 Julia 33 babies 5
92 Kay 33 babies 17
93 Suzanne 33 babies 47
94 Thelma 33 babies 23
95 Florence 32 babies 13
96 Muriel 32 babies 32
97 Noelene 32 babies 9
98 Doris 31 babies 19
99 Janette 31 babies 10
100 Merle 30 babies 16
101 Rita 29 babies 5
102 Aileen 28 babies 3
103 Elsie 28 babies 29
104 Alice 27 babies 27
105 Ethel 27 babies 4
106 Gail 27 babies 19
107 Jessie 27 babies 14
108 Raewyn 27 babies 10
109 Christine 26 babies 44
110 Leonie 26 babies 16
111 Maria 26 babies 26
112 Angela 25 babies 70
113 Gladys 25 babies =
114 Isabel 25 babies 7
115 Claire 24 babies 24
116 Glenys 24 babies 20
117 Valda 24 babies 63
118 Coral 23 babies 7
119 Eunice 23 babies 17
120 Gwendoline 23 babies 36
121 Hilary 23 babies 50
122 Jane 23 babies =
123 Marian 23 babies 75
124 Vera 23 babies 25
125 Anita 22 babies 26
126 Robyn 22 babies 19
127 Annie 21 babies 11
128 Caroline 21 babies 24
129 Cynthia 21 babies 17
130 Grace 21 babies 11
131 Ivy 21 babies 15
132 Moira 21 babies 29
133 Natalie 21 babies 30
134 Rose 21 babies 4
135 Brenda 20 babies 25
136 Denise 20 babies 7
137 Dianne 20 babies 3
138 Edna 20 babies 20
139 May 20 babies
140 Melva 20 babies 7
141 Ailsa 19 babies 32
142 Alma 19 babies 8
143 Avis 19 babies
144 Violet 19 babies 40
145 Winifred 19 babies 31
146 Gaynor 18 babies 11
147 Iris 18 babies 27
148 Lilian 18 babies 10
149 Sally 18 babies 41
150 Vivienne 18 babies 9
151 Wilma 18 babies 9
152 Beatrice 17 babies 41
153 Elva 17 babies 8
154 Glenis 17 babies 1
155 Hine 17 babies 17
156 Mere 17 babies 4
157 Peggy 17 babies 5
158 Roberta 17 babies 10
159 Sarah 17 babies 31
160 Valmai 17 babies 60
161 Bernice 16 babies 3
162 Dulcie 16 babies 18
163 Gabrielle 16 babies 33
164 Geraldine 16 babies 6
165 Isobel 16 babies 8
166 Maraea 16 babies 31
167 Marcia 16 babies 8
168 Verna 16 babies 13
169 Veronica 16 babies 6
170 Adele 15 babies 55
171 Jenifer 15 babies
172 Lillian 15 babies 45
173 Lucy 15 babies 14
174 Miriam 15 babies
175 Christina 14 babies 8
176 Gwenda 14 babies
177 Hilda 14 babies 20
178 Karen 14 babies
179 Linda 14 babies
180 Myra 14 babies 3
181 Noeleen 14 babies 58
182 Rachel 14 babies 53
183 Sandra 14 babies 18
184 Agnes 13 babies 51
185 Deirdre 13 babies 20
186 Enid 13 babies =
187 Naomi 13 babies 9
188 Rae 13 babies 83
189 Rangi 13 babies 10
190 Rona 13 babies 51
191 Sonia 13 babies 25
192 Tui 13 babies
193 Valma 13 babies 24
194 Virginia 13 babies
195 Ada 12 babies 4
196 Carolyn 12 babies 1
197 Glennis 12 babies
198 Louise 12 babies 15
199 Maxine 12 babies
200 Molly 12 babies 11
201 Penelope 12 babies
202 Raiha 12 babies
203 Ripeka 12 babies
204 Rosalind 12 babies
205 Anna 11 babies 37
206 Cecily 11 babies
207 Coleen 11 babies 53
208 Daisy 11 babies
209 Erin 11 babies
210 Esther 11 babies 41
211 Eva 11 babies 46
212 Georgina 11 babies 25
213 Gwenyth 11 babies 3
214 Jan 11 babies
215 Kaye 11 babies
216 Laura 11 babies
217 Loretta 11 babies
218 Meri 11 babies
219 Nora 11 babies
220 Rowena 11 babies
221 Ruby 11 babies
222 Allison 10 babies 30
223 Elisabeth 10 babies 38
224 Faith 10 babies
225 Flora 10 babies
226 Freda 10 babies 19
227 Lena 10 babies
228 Monica 10 babies 90
229 Pearl 10 babies
230 Teresa 10 babies 28

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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