New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1941

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 1,209 babies =
  2. 2 Peter 756 babies 1
  3. 3 David 740 babies 3
  4. 4 Robert 639 babies 1
  5. 5 William 528 babies 3
  6. 6 Brian 521 babies 2
  7. 7 James 404 babies =
  8. 8 Ian 385 babies =
  9. 9 Michael 336 babies 2
  10. 10 Barry 320 babies =
  11. 11 Graham 299 babies 2
  12. 12 Ronald 295 babies 1
  13. 13 Kenneth 279 babies 2
  14. 14 Donald 277 babies 2
  15. 15 Graeme 275 babies 1
  16. 16 Raymond 272 babies 1
  17. 17 Richard 264 babies 2
  18. 18 Alan 256 babies =
  19. 19 Colin 256 babies 5
  20. 20 Kevin 240 babies 9
  21. 21 Bruce 226 babies =
  22. 22 Allan 212 babies 4
  23. 23 Anthony 210 babies 3
  24. 24 Trevor 204 babies 1
  25. 25 Thomas 200 babies 3
  26. 26 Murray 195 babies 4
  27. 27 George 189 babies 3
  28. 28 Gary 185 babies 3
  29. 29 Edward 174 babies 1
  30. 30 Keith 146 babies 3
  31. 31 Robin 141 babies 5
  32. 32 Douglas 136 babies 1
  33. 33 Gordon 134 babies 8
  34. 34 Neil 134 babies =
  35. 35 Leslie 131 babies 4
  36. 36 Paul 129 babies 2
  37. 37 Noel 127 babies 6
  38. 38 Roger 123 babies 1
  39. 39 Patrick 120 babies 6
  40. 40 Charles 115 babies 3
  41. 41 Ross 115 babies 18
  42. 42 Arthur 112 babies =
  43. 43 Russell 111 babies 3
  44. 44 Norman 105 babies 8
  45. 45 Terence 99 babies 13
  46. 46 Winston 99 babies 27
  47. 47 Eric 98 babies 9
  48. 48 Maurice 97 babies 13
  49. 49 Desmond 96 babies 1
  50. 50 Bryan 92 babies 3
  51. 51 Malcolm 92 babies =
  52. 52 Rex 92 babies 3
  53. 53 Dennis 90 babies 13
  54. 54 Geoffrey 90 babies =
  55. 55 Christopher 89 babies 29
  56. 56 Neville 89 babies 12
  57. 57 Francis 88 babies 9
  58. 58 Mervyn 82 babies 3
  59. 59 Frederick 77 babies 6
  60. 60 Leonard 77 babies 2
  61. 61 Warren 77 babies 7
  62. 62 Alexander 71 babies 1
  63. 63 Walter 70 babies 2
  64. 64 Denis 69 babies 1
  65. 65 Garry 69 babies 2
  66. 66 Philip 66 babies 2
  67. 67 Stanley 65 babies 10
  68. 68 Albert 64 babies 8
  69. 69 Errol 64 babies 1
  70. 70 Joseph 63 babies 4
  71. 71 Bernard 62 babies 2
  72. 72 Ivan 60 babies 10
  73. 73 Rodney 60 babies 1
  74. 74 Lawrence 57 babies 2
  75. 75 Andrew 55 babies =
  76. 76 Henry 54 babies 5
  77. 77 Owen 54 babies 4
  78. 78 Roy 54 babies 5
  79. 79 Stuart 54 babies 9
  80. 80 Ernest 53 babies 1
  81. 81 Harold 53 babies 4
  82. 82 Frank 50 babies 8
  83. 83 Hugh 48 babies 17
  84. 84 Jack 48 babies 3
  85. 85 Clive 47 babies 5
  86. 86 Stephen 47 babies 28
  87. 87 Derek 46 babies 22
  88. 88 Gavin 46 babies 6
  89. 89 Alfred 44 babies 11
  90. 90 Gerald 44 babies 4
  91. 91 Warwick 44 babies 2
  92. 92 Lindsay 43 babies 4
  93. 93 Reginald 42 babies 21
  94. 94 Barrie 39 babies 3
  95. 95 Allen 38 babies 3
  96. 96 Edwin 38 babies 11
  97. 97 Herbert 37 babies 10
  98. 98 Kelvin 37 babies 14
  99. 99 Harry 36 babies 4
  100. 100 Laurence 36 babies 13

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 828 babies =
  2. 2 Patricia 599 babies =
  3. 3 Judith 442 babies =
  4. 4 Barbara 380 babies =
  5. 5 Mary 374 babies =
  6. 6 Beverley 335 babies 3
  7. 7 Pamela 321 babies 1
  8. 8 Elizabeth 314 babies =
  9. 9 Shirley 274 babies 2
  10. 10 Helen 265 babies 5
  11. 11 Janice 255 babies 1
  12. 12 Maureen 229 babies =
  13. 13 Valerie 228 babies 2
  14. 14 Jennifer 226 babies 2
  15. 15 Heather 218 babies 4
  16. 16 Kathleen 211 babies 5
  17. 17 Joan 202 babies 4
  18. 18 Lorraine 182 babies 4
  19. 19 Colleen 180 babies 2
  20. 20 Elaine 180 babies 4
  21. 21 Janet 178 babies 3
  22. 22 Dorothy 171 babies 8
  23. 23 Alison 157 babies 13
  24. 24 Diane 154 babies 28
  25. 25 Marie 153 babies 5
  26. 26 Anne 141 babies 3
  27. 27 Lois 138 babies 7
  28. 28 Frances 135 babies 17
  29. 29 Lynette 132 babies 20
  30. 30 June 131 babies 4
  31. 31 Ann 116 babies 4
  32. 32 Pauline 114 babies 2
  33. 33 Carol 113 babies 4
  34. 34 Jeanette 113 babies 5
  35. 35 Yvonne 113 babies 10
  36. 36 Jean 108 babies 8
  37. 37 Joy 107 babies 5
  38. 38 Rosemary 106 babies 9
  39. 39 Marion 103 babies 6
  40. 40 Diana 100 babies 16
  41. 41 Dawn 98 babies 6
  42. 42 Annette 95 babies 10
  43. 43 Ngaire 93 babies 2
  44. 44 Wendy 91 babies 16
  45. 45 Jocelyn 90 babies 12
  46. 46 Noeline 90 babies 6
  47. 47 Beverly 87 babies 8
  48. 48 Doreen 87 babies 16
  49. 49 Irene 86 babies 1
  50. 50 Gloria 85 babies 6
  51. 51 Kay 84 babies 18
  52. 52 Rosalie 82 babies 1
  53. 53 Josephine 81 babies 7
  54. 54 Joyce 81 babies 3
  55. 55 Marlene 81 babies 24
  56. 56 Betty 79 babies 18
  57. 57 Gillian 79 babies 8
  58. 58 Ruth 77 babies 1
  59. 59 Catherine 75 babies 16
  60. 60 Daphne 75 babies 16
  61. 61 Jillian 74 babies 1
  62. 62 Eileen 72 babies 14
  63. 63 Lesley 71 babies 2
  64. 64 Fay 70 babies 10
  65. 65 Nancy 70 babies 2
  66. 66 Jill 69 babies 8
  67. 67 Marilyn 69 babies 10
  68. 68 Robyn 69 babies 14
  69. 69 Glenys 65 babies 35
  70. 70 Robin 65 babies 15
  71. 71 Susan 63 babies 2
  72. 72 Julie 61 babies 4
  73. 73 Dianne 58 babies 21
  74. 74 Edith 57 babies 13
  75. 75 Gail 55 babies 5
  76. 76 Jacqueline 53 babies 10
  77. 77 Carole 52 babies 3
  78. 78 Ellen 50 babies 12
  79. 79 Evelyn 50 babies 8
  80. 80 Beryl 49 babies 15
  81. 81 Julia 48 babies 24
  82. 82 Norma 48 babies 10
  83. 83 Suzanne 48 babies 32
  84. 84 Christine 46 babies 12
  85. 85 Eleanor 46 babies 7
  86. 86 Florence 46 babies 6
  87. 87 Janette 46 babies 3
  88. 88 Marjorie 45 babies 9
  89. 89 Lorna 44 babies 8
  90. 90 Phyllis 44 babies 1
  91. 91 Sally 42 babies 23
  92. 92 Sylvia 41 babies 18
  93. 93 Raewyn 39 babies 13
  94. 94 Adrienne 38 babies 9
  95. 95 Thelma 38 babies 20
  96. 96 Denise 37 babies 5
  97. 97 Vivienne 37 babies 26
  98. 98 Mavis 36 babies 10
  99. 99 Linda 35 babies 21
  100. 100 Noelene 35 babies 9

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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