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 John 1,213 babies =
2 William 648 babies 3
3 Peter 645 babies 1
4 Brian 607 babies 2
5 Robert 600 babies 1
6 David 571 babies 3
7 James 418 babies =
8 Ian 357 babies =
9 Graham 330 babies 1
10 Barry 319 babies 2
11 Michael 296 babies 3
12 Donald 290 babies 1
13 Ronald 278 babies 4
14 Colin 258 babies 1
15 Kenneth 251 babies 2
16 Graeme 245 babies 3
17 Raymond 243 babies 4
18 Alan 237 babies 5
19 Richard 235 babies 1
20 Anthony 230 babies 2
21 Bruce 193 babies 5
22 Thomas 183 babies 1
23 Trevor 176 babies 2
24 George 174 babies 6
25 Gary 168 babies 1
26 Allan 167 babies 6
27 Keith 155 babies 16
28 Edward 151 babies 1
29 Kevin 145 babies 1
30 Murray 143 babies =
31 Leslie 142 babies 2
32 Terence 128 babies 3
33 Douglas 127 babies 4
34 Neil 122 babies 6
35 Maurice 121 babies 6
36 Robin 121 babies 14
37 Charles 120 babies =
38 Paul 118 babies 7
39 Roger 114 babies =
40 Dennis 113 babies 5
41 Gordon 113 babies 7
42 Arthur 109 babies 6
43 Noel 108 babies 5
44 Neville 105 babies 20
45 Patrick 105 babies 3
46 Russell 99 babies 2
47 Bryan 97 babies 1
48 Francis 89 babies 8
49 Rex 88 babies 4
50 Desmond 86 babies 2
51 Malcolm 86 babies 4
52 Norman 86 babies 3
53 Frederick 85 babies 5
54 Geoffrey 85 babies 11
55 Mervyn 84 babies 2
56 Eric 81 babies 1
57 Stanley 81 babies 2
58 Leonard 79 babies 9
59 Ross 79 babies 8
60 Albert 76 babies =
61 Alexander 73 babies 3
62 Ivan 72 babies 12
63 Denis 71 babies 2
64 Philip 67 babies 6
65 Walter 66 babies 11
66 Joseph 63 babies 3
67 Garry 62 babies 1
68 Warren 60 babies 1
69 Bernard 59 babies 3
70 Errol 58 babies 1
71 Henry 56 babies 2
72 Reginald 56 babies 15
73 Winston 55 babies
74 Rodney 53 babies 7
75 Andrew 51 babies 11
76 Lawrence 51 babies 7
77 Harold 49 babies 5
78 Alfred 48 babies 3
79 Ernest 48 babies =
80 Clive 47 babies 18
81 Owen 47 babies 5
82 Gavin 44 babies 9
83 Roy 43 babies 21
84 Christopher 42 babies 8
85 Edwin 42 babies 4
86 Gerald 42 babies 9
87 Jack 41 babies 9
88 Stuart 41 babies 4
89 Warwick 41 babies 4
90 Frank 40 babies 26
91 Barrie 39 babies 9
92 Maxwell 39 babies 1
93 Clifford 38 babies 2
94 Daniel 38 babies 13
95 Wiremu 38 babies 1
96 Lindsay 37 babies 16
97 Victor 36 babies 9
98 Allen 34 babies 1
99 Cyril 33 babies 3
100 Hugh 33 babies 4
101 Terrence 33 babies 11
102 Sydney 32 babies 14
103 Harry 31 babies 2
104 Leo 31 babies 29
105 Phillip 31 babies 5
106 Roderick 31 babies 45
107 Herbert 30 babies 1
108 Lewis 30 babies 27
109 Derek 29 babies 9
110 Kerry 29 babies 11
111 Selwyn 29 babies 14
112 Kelvin 28 babies 1
113 Laurence 28 babies 13
114 Stephen 26 babies 12
115 Wayne 26 babies 49
116 Fredrick 25 babies 25
117 Lloyd 25 babies 4
118 Basil 24 babies 12
119 Lionel 24 babies 15
120 Roland 24 babies 24
121 Lance 22 babies 12
122 Mark 22 babies 41
123 Clarence 21 babies 3
124 Martin 21 babies 2
125 Carl 20 babies
126 Earl 20 babies 3
127 Grahame 20 babies 24
128 Hone 20 babies 16
129 Hori 20 babies 8
130 Samuel 20 babies 25
131 Timothy 20 babies 14
132 Alastair 19 babies 9
133 Arnold 19 babies 27
134 Hohepa 19 babies 23
135 Lester 19 babies 19
136 Ralph 19 babies 21
137 Rodger 19 babies
138 Vernon 19 babies 34
139 Athol 18 babies 8
140 Cecil 17 babies 13
141 Vincent 17 babies 14
142 Adrian 16 babies 12
143 Evan 16 babies 4
144 Matthew 16 babies 26
145 Melvyn 16 babies
146 Sidney 16 babies 22
147 Stewart 16 babies 5
148 Henare 15 babies 29
149 Leon 15 babies 15
150 Morris 15 babies
151 Nelson 15 babies 4
152 Nicholas 15 babies
153 Wallace 15 babies 14
154 Alistair 14 babies 37
155 Duncan 14 babies 23
156 Howard 14 babies 8
157 Simon 14 babies
158 Tony 14 babies 13
159 Alister 13 babies 19
160 Angus 13 babies
161 Bevan 13 babies 33
162 Gilbert 13 babies
163 Grant 13 babies 3
164 Hector 13 babies 2
165 Jeffrey 13 babies 16
166 Nigel 13 babies 16
167 Terry 13 babies
168 Earle 12 babies
169 Edmund 12 babies
170 Gerard 12 babies
171 Louis 12 babies 2
172 Ashley 11 babies
173 Gregory 11 babies
174 Harvey 11 babies 31
175 Hoani 11 babies
176 Milton 11 babies
177 Rangi 11 babies
178 Sonny 11 babies
179 Antony 10 babies 21
180 Cedric 10 babies 15
181 Charlie 10 babies
182 Dale 10 babies
183 Hemi 10 babies 16
184 Max 10 babies 70

Girl Names

1 Margaret 770 babies =
2 Patricia 584 babies =
3 Judith 463 babies =
4 Barbara 388 babies =
5 Mary 354 babies 1
6 Pamela 293 babies 6
7 Shirley 285 babies 2
8 Elizabeth 282 babies 1
9 Beverley 275 babies 4
10 Janice 244 babies 3
11 Valerie 242 babies 3
12 Maureen 224 babies 3
13 Joan 220 babies 3
14 Dorothy 212 babies =
15 Helen 212 babies 2
16 Jennifer 203 babies =
17 Colleen 199 babies 6
18 Janet 180 babies 1
19 Heather 176 babies 5
20 Marie 172 babies 2
21 Kathleen 166 babies 1
22 Lorraine 164 babies 3
23 Anne 144 babies 3
24 Elaine 144 babies 1
25 Yvonne 136 babies 4
26 June 135 babies 4
27 Ann 126 babies 11
28 Jean 126 babies 1
29 Jeanette 125 babies 1
30 Pauline 125 babies 4
31 Marlene 121 babies 31
32 Annette 114 babies 5
33 Marion 113 babies 6
34 Lois 104 babies 3
35 Dawn 102 babies 6
36 Alison 98 babies =
37 Carol 96 babies 5
38 Betty 94 babies 6
39 Beverly 94 babies 9
40 Noeline 94 babies =
41 Ngaire 92 babies 12
42 Joy 90 babies 4
43 Catherine 89 babies 9
44 Gloria 89 babies 31
45 Frances 88 babies 12
46 Josephine 87 babies 8
47 Rosemary 87 babies 10
48 Eileen 86 babies 1
49 Lynette 84 babies 21
50 Irene 83 babies 6
51 Joyce 78 babies 7
52 Diane 77 babies 1
53 Rosalie 77 babies 4
54 Fay 76 babies 11
55 Robin 73 babies 11
56 Diana 72 babies 1
57 Jocelyn 72 babies 9
58 Jill 69 babies =
59 Ruth 68 babies 6
60 Wendy 68 babies 9
61 Lesley 67 babies 2
62 Jillian 66 babies 16
63 Nancy 66 babies 18
64 Doreen 64 babies 29
65 Gillian 62 babies 4
66 Jacqueline 61 babies 7
67 Nola 60 babies =
68 Julie 57 babies 15
69 Kay 55 babies 23
70 Gail 53 babies 36
71 Evelyn 52 babies 11
72 Norma 52 babies 8
73 Susan 52 babies 3
74 Sylvia 52 babies 3
75 Thelma 52 babies 19
76 Daphne 51 babies 26
77 Marilyn 51 babies 5
78 Eleanor 49 babies 9
79 Marjorie 48 babies 11
80 Carole 47 babies =
81 Lorna 45 babies =
82 Robyn 44 babies 44
83 Hazel 43 babies 4
84 Janette 43 babies 15
85 Adrienne 42 babies 1
86 Audrey 42 babies 27
87 Edith 42 babies 13
88 Mavis 41 babies 6
89 Phyllis 38 babies 36
90 Ellen 37 babies 2
91 Noelene 37 babies 6
92 Florence 36 babies 3
93 Shona 36 babies 8
94 Dianne 35 babies 43
95 Beryl 34 babies 24
96 Christine 34 babies 13
97 Cynthia 34 babies 32
98 Glenda 34 babies 8
99 Olive 33 babies 15
100 Winifred 33 babies 45
101 Denise 32 babies 35
102 Brenda 31 babies 33
103 Alice 30 babies 1
104 Glenys 30 babies 12
105 Julia 30 babies 14
106 Raewyn 30 babies 2
107 Aileen 29 babies 5
108 Gaynor 29 babies 38
109 Jessie 29 babies 2
110 Edna 28 babies 28
111 Gladys 28 babies 2
112 Jane 28 babies 10
113 Merle 28 babies 13
114 Sally 28 babies 35
115 Suzanne 28 babies 22
116 Anita 27 babies 9
117 Claire 27 babies 2
118 Doris 27 babies 20
119 Ethel 26 babies 14
120 Linda 26 babies 59
121 Maria 26 babies 10
122 Mere 26 babies 34
123 Vivienne 26 babies 27
124 Christina 25 babies 51
125 Sandra 25 babies 58
126 Annie 24 babies 1
127 Elsie 24 babies 24
128 Faye 24 babies 39
129 Glennis 24 babies 68
130 Grace 24 babies =
131 Melva 24 babies 9
132 Moira 24 babies =
133 Eunice 23 babies 14
134 Gwendoline 23 babies 14
135 May 23 babies 4
136 Coleen 22 babies 71
137 Isabel 22 babies 23
138 Leonie 22 babies 28
139 Peggy 22 babies 18
140 Verna 22 babies 28
141 Adele 21 babies 29
142 Avis 21 babies 1
143 Caroline 21 babies 15
144 Coral 21 babies 26
145 Ivy 21 babies 14
146 Muriel 21 babies 50
147 Rita 21 babies 46
148 Valda 21 babies 31
149 Valmai 21 babies 11
150 Georgina 20 babies 62
151 Marcia 20 babies 16
152 Marian 20 babies 29
153 Maxine 20 babies 46
154 Myra 20 babies 26
155 Vera 20 babies 31
156 Veronica 20 babies 13
157 Bernice 19 babies 4
158 Glenis 19 babies 4
159 Juliet 19 babies
160 Kaye 19 babies 55
161 Rae 19 babies 27
162 Violet 19 babies 18
163 Wilma 19 babies 12
164 Carolyn 18 babies 32
165 Emily 18 babies
166 Lilian 18 babies 18
167 Natalie 18 babies 34
168 Penelope 18 babies 33
169 Valma 18 babies 24
170 Angela 17 babies 58
171 Isobel 17 babies 6
172 Virginia 17 babies 22
173 Agnes 16 babies 11
174 Dale 16 babies
175 Gay 16 babies
176 Iris 16 babies 29
177 Lucy 16 babies 4
178 Monica 16 babies 50
179 Roberta 16 babies 21
180 Rose 16 babies 46
181 Alma 15 babies 39
182 Leone 15 babies
183 Lola 15 babies
184 Lynnette 15 babies
185 Miriam 15 babies 11
186 Teresa 15 babies 44
187 Beatrice 14 babies 35
188 Dulcie 14 babies 26
189 Elva 14 babies 36
190 Fiona 14 babies
191 Hilary 14 babies 70
192 Hine 14 babies 37
193 Laurel 14 babies
194 Noreen 14 babies
195 Priscilla 14 babies
196 Rachel 14 babies 14
197 Rangi 14 babies 8
198 Tui 14 babies 6
199 Constance 13 babies
200 Hariata 13 babies
201 Laura 13 babies 15
202 Loretta 13 babies 15
203 Ruby 13 babies 18
204 Stella 13 babies
205 Ailsa 12 babies 64
206 Allison 12 babies 16
207 Andrea 12 babies
208 Bernadette 12 babies
209 Geraldine 12 babies 45
210 Hilda 12 babies 33
211 Janis 12 babies
212 Jenifer 12 babies 41
213 Katherine 12 babies
214 Lillian 12 babies 42
215 Lynley 12 babies
216 Molly 12 babies 16
217 Myrtle 12 babies
218 Sarah 12 babies 59
219 Anna 11 babies 14
220 Clare 11 babies
221 Elisabeth 11 babies 2
222 Enid 11 babies 36
223 Erin 11 babies 14
224 Gabrielle 11 babies 61
225 Lynne 11 babies
226 Martha 11 babies
227 Naomi 11 babies 40
228 Noeleen 11 babies 47
229 Stephanie 11 babies
230 Valarie 11 babies
231 Ada 10 babies 36
232 Amy 10 babies
233 Eva 10 babies 22
234 Freda 10 babies 8
235 Gaye 10 babies
236 Gwenda 10 babies 60
237 Karen 10 babies 59
238 Lena 10 babies 11
239 Louise 10 babies 41
240 Mabel 10 babies
241 Marina 10 babies
242 Marjory 10 babies
243 Mereana 10 babies
244 Nellie 10 babies
245 Nita 10 babies
246 Nora 10 babies 27
247 Olwyn 10 babies
248 Rona 10 babies 58

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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