New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1940

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 1,213 babies =
  2. 2 William 648 babies 3
  3. 3 Peter 645 babies 1
  4. 4 Brian 607 babies 2
  5. 5 Robert 600 babies 1
  6. 6 David 571 babies 3
  7. 7 James 418 babies =
  8. 8 Ian 357 babies =
  9. 9 Graham 330 babies 1
  10. 10 Barry 319 babies 2
  11. 11 Michael 296 babies 3
  12. 12 Donald 290 babies 1
  13. 13 Ronald 278 babies 4
  14. 14 Colin 258 babies 1
  15. 15 Kenneth 251 babies 2
  16. 16 Graeme 245 babies 3
  17. 17 Raymond 243 babies 4
  18. 18 Alan 237 babies 5
  19. 19 Richard 235 babies 1
  20. 20 Anthony 230 babies 2
  21. 21 Bruce 193 babies 5
  22. 22 Thomas 183 babies 1
  23. 23 Trevor 176 babies 2
  24. 24 George 174 babies 6
  25. 25 Gary 168 babies 1
  26. 26 Allan 167 babies 6
  27. 27 Keith 155 babies 16
  28. 28 Edward 151 babies 1
  29. 29 Kevin 145 babies 1
  30. 30 Murray 143 babies =
  31. 31 Leslie 142 babies 2
  32. 32 Terence 128 babies 3
  33. 33 Douglas 127 babies 4
  34. 34 Neil 122 babies 6
  35. 35 Maurice 121 babies 6
  36. 36 Robin 121 babies 14
  37. 37 Charles 120 babies =
  38. 38 Paul 118 babies 7
  39. 39 Roger 114 babies =
  40. 40 Dennis 113 babies 5
  41. 41 Gordon 113 babies 7
  42. 42 Arthur 109 babies 6
  43. 43 Noel 108 babies 5
  44. 44 Neville 105 babies 20
  45. 45 Patrick 105 babies 3
  46. 46 Russell 99 babies 2
  47. 47 Bryan 97 babies 1
  48. 48 Francis 89 babies 8
  49. 49 Rex 88 babies 4
  50. 50 Desmond 86 babies 2
  51. 51 Malcolm 86 babies 4
  52. 52 Norman 86 babies 3
  53. 53 Frederick 85 babies 5
  54. 54 Geoffrey 85 babies 11
  55. 55 Mervyn 84 babies 2
  56. 56 Eric 81 babies 1
  57. 57 Stanley 81 babies 2
  58. 58 Leonard 79 babies 9
  59. 59 Ross 79 babies 8
  60. 60 Albert 76 babies =
  61. 61 Alexander 73 babies 3
  62. 62 Ivan 72 babies 12
  63. 63 Denis 71 babies 2
  64. 64 Philip 67 babies 6
  65. 65 Walter 66 babies 11
  66. 66 Joseph 63 babies 3
  67. 67 Garry 62 babies 1
  68. 68 Warren 60 babies 1
  69. 69 Bernard 59 babies 3
  70. 70 Errol 58 babies 1
  71. 71 Henry 56 babies 2
  72. 72 Reginald 56 babies 15
  73. 73 Winston 55 babies
  74. 74 Rodney 53 babies 7
  75. 75 Andrew 51 babies 11
  76. 76 Lawrence 51 babies 7
  77. 77 Harold 49 babies 5
  78. 78 Alfred 48 babies 3
  79. 79 Ernest 48 babies =
  80. 80 Clive 47 babies 18
  81. 81 Owen 47 babies 5
  82. 82 Gavin 44 babies 9
  83. 83 Roy 43 babies 21
  84. 84 Christopher 42 babies 8
  85. 85 Edwin 42 babies 4
  86. 86 Gerald 42 babies 9
  87. 87 Jack 41 babies 9
  88. 88 Stuart 41 babies 4
  89. 89 Warwick 41 babies 4
  90. 90 Frank 40 babies 26
  91. 91 Barrie 39 babies 9
  92. 92 Maxwell 39 babies 1
  93. 93 Clifford 38 babies 2
  94. 94 Daniel 38 babies 13
  95. 95 Wiremu 38 babies 1
  96. 96 Lindsay 37 babies 16
  97. 97 Victor 36 babies 9
  98. 98 Allen 34 babies 1
  99. 99 Cyril 33 babies 3
  100. 100 Hugh 33 babies 4

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 770 babies =
  2. 2 Patricia 584 babies =
  3. 3 Judith 463 babies =
  4. 4 Barbara 388 babies =
  5. 5 Mary 354 babies 1
  6. 6 Pamela 293 babies 6
  7. 7 Shirley 285 babies 2
  8. 8 Elizabeth 282 babies 1
  9. 9 Beverley 275 babies 4
  10. 10 Janice 244 babies 3
  11. 11 Valerie 242 babies 3
  12. 12 Maureen 224 babies 3
  13. 13 Joan 220 babies 3
  14. 14 Dorothy 212 babies =
  15. 15 Helen 212 babies 2
  16. 16 Jennifer 203 babies =
  17. 17 Colleen 199 babies 6
  18. 18 Janet 180 babies 1
  19. 19 Heather 176 babies 5
  20. 20 Marie 172 babies 2
  21. 21 Kathleen 166 babies 1
  22. 22 Lorraine 164 babies 3
  23. 23 Anne 144 babies 3
  24. 24 Elaine 144 babies 1
  25. 25 Yvonne 136 babies 4
  26. 26 June 135 babies 4
  27. 27 Ann 126 babies 11
  28. 28 Jean 126 babies 1
  29. 29 Jeanette 125 babies 1
  30. 30 Pauline 125 babies 4
  31. 31 Marlene 121 babies 31
  32. 32 Annette 114 babies 5
  33. 33 Marion 113 babies 6
  34. 34 Lois 104 babies 3
  35. 35 Dawn 102 babies 6
  36. 36 Alison 98 babies =
  37. 37 Carol 96 babies 5
  38. 38 Betty 94 babies 6
  39. 39 Beverly 94 babies 9
  40. 40 Noeline 94 babies =
  41. 41 Ngaire 92 babies 12
  42. 42 Joy 90 babies 4
  43. 43 Catherine 89 babies 9
  44. 44 Gloria 89 babies 31
  45. 45 Frances 88 babies 12
  46. 46 Josephine 87 babies 8
  47. 47 Rosemary 87 babies 10
  48. 48 Eileen 86 babies 1
  49. 49 Lynette 84 babies 21
  50. 50 Irene 83 babies 6
  51. 51 Joyce 78 babies 7
  52. 52 Diane 77 babies 1
  53. 53 Rosalie 77 babies 4
  54. 54 Fay 76 babies 11
  55. 55 Robin 73 babies 11
  56. 56 Diana 72 babies 1
  57. 57 Jocelyn 72 babies 9
  58. 58 Jill 69 babies =
  59. 59 Ruth 68 babies 6
  60. 60 Wendy 68 babies 9
  61. 61 Lesley 67 babies 2
  62. 62 Jillian 66 babies 16
  63. 63 Nancy 66 babies 18
  64. 64 Doreen 64 babies 29
  65. 65 Gillian 62 babies 4
  66. 66 Jacqueline 61 babies 7
  67. 67 Nola 60 babies =
  68. 68 Julie 57 babies 15
  69. 69 Kay 55 babies 23
  70. 70 Gail 53 babies 36
  71. 71 Evelyn 52 babies 11
  72. 72 Norma 52 babies 8
  73. 73 Susan 52 babies 3
  74. 74 Sylvia 52 babies 3
  75. 75 Thelma 52 babies 19
  76. 76 Daphne 51 babies 26
  77. 77 Marilyn 51 babies 5
  78. 78 Eleanor 49 babies 9
  79. 79 Marjorie 48 babies 11
  80. 80 Carole 47 babies =
  81. 81 Lorna 45 babies =
  82. 82 Robyn 44 babies 44
  83. 83 Hazel 43 babies 4
  84. 84 Janette 43 babies 15
  85. 85 Adrienne 42 babies 1
  86. 86 Audrey 42 babies 27
  87. 87 Edith 42 babies 13
  88. 88 Mavis 41 babies 6
  89. 89 Phyllis 38 babies 36
  90. 90 Ellen 37 babies 2
  91. 91 Noelene 37 babies 6
  92. 92 Florence 36 babies 3
  93. 93 Shona 36 babies 8
  94. 94 Dianne 35 babies 43
  95. 95 Beryl 34 babies 24
  96. 96 Christine 34 babies 13
  97. 97 Cynthia 34 babies 32
  98. 98 Glenda 34 babies 8
  99. 99 Olive 33 babies 15
  100. 100 Winifred 33 babies 45

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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