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 John 1,209 babies =
2 Peter 756 babies 1
3 David 740 babies 3
4 Robert 639 babies 1
5 William 528 babies 3
6 Brian 521 babies 2
7 James 404 babies =
8 Ian 385 babies =
9 Michael 336 babies 2
10 Barry 320 babies =
11 Graham 299 babies 2
12 Ronald 295 babies 1
13 Kenneth 279 babies 2
14 Donald 277 babies 2
15 Graeme 275 babies 1
16 Raymond 272 babies 1
17 Richard 264 babies 2
18 Alan 256 babies =
19 Colin 256 babies 5
20 Kevin 240 babies 9
21 Bruce 226 babies =
22 Allan 212 babies 4
23 Anthony 210 babies 3
24 Trevor 204 babies 1
25 Thomas 200 babies 3
26 Murray 195 babies 4
27 George 189 babies 3
28 Gary 185 babies 3
29 Edward 174 babies 1
30 Keith 146 babies 3
31 Robin 141 babies 5
32 Douglas 136 babies 1
33 Gordon 134 babies 8
34 Neil 134 babies =
35 Leslie 131 babies 4
36 Paul 129 babies 2
37 Noel 127 babies 6
38 Roger 123 babies 1
39 Patrick 120 babies 6
40 Charles 115 babies 3
41 Ross 115 babies 18
42 Arthur 112 babies =
43 Russell 111 babies 3
44 Norman 105 babies 8
45 Terence 99 babies 13
46 Winston 99 babies 27
47 Eric 98 babies 9
48 Maurice 97 babies 13
49 Desmond 96 babies 1
50 Bryan 92 babies 3
51 Malcolm 92 babies =
52 Rex 92 babies 3
53 Dennis 90 babies 13
54 Geoffrey 90 babies =
55 Christopher 89 babies 29
56 Neville 89 babies 12
57 Francis 88 babies 9
58 Mervyn 82 babies 3
59 Frederick 77 babies 6
60 Leonard 77 babies 2
61 Warren 77 babies 7
62 Alexander 71 babies 1
63 Walter 70 babies 2
64 Denis 69 babies 1
65 Garry 69 babies 2
66 Philip 66 babies 2
67 Stanley 65 babies 10
68 Albert 64 babies 8
69 Errol 64 babies 1
70 Joseph 63 babies 4
71 Bernard 62 babies 2
72 Ivan 60 babies 10
73 Rodney 60 babies 1
74 Lawrence 57 babies 2
75 Andrew 55 babies =
76 Henry 54 babies 5
77 Owen 54 babies 4
78 Roy 54 babies 5
79 Stuart 54 babies 9
80 Ernest 53 babies 1
81 Harold 53 babies 4
82 Frank 50 babies 8
83 Hugh 48 babies 17
84 Jack 48 babies 3
85 Clive 47 babies 5
86 Stephen 47 babies 28
87 Derek 46 babies 22
88 Gavin 46 babies 6
89 Alfred 44 babies 11
90 Gerald 44 babies 4
91 Warwick 44 babies 2
92 Lindsay 43 babies 4
93 Reginald 42 babies 21
94 Barrie 39 babies 3
95 Allen 38 babies 3
96 Edwin 38 babies 11
97 Herbert 37 babies 10
98 Kelvin 37 babies 14
99 Harry 36 babies 4
100 Laurence 36 babies 13
101 Terrence 36 babies =
102 Martin 35 babies 22
103 Phillip 34 babies 2
104 Victor 34 babies 7
105 Stewart 33 babies 42
106 Mark 32 babies 16
107 Maxwell 32 babies 15
108 Sydney 32 babies 6
109 Clifford 30 babies 16
110 Roderick 30 babies 4
111 Selwyn 30 babies =
112 Cyril 28 babies 13
113 Adrian 27 babies 29
114 Timothy 27 babies 17
115 Alistair 26 babies 39
116 Grahame 26 babies 11
117 Howard 26 babies 39
118 Rodger 26 babies 19
119 Gilbert 25 babies 43
120 Wayne 25 babies 5
121 Garth 24 babies new
122 Leo 24 babies 18
123 Vincent 24 babies 18
124 Athol 23 babies 15
125 Daniel 23 babies 31
126 Lloyd 23 babies 9
127 Ralph 22 babies 9
128 Wiremu 22 babies 33
129 Alastair 21 babies 3
130 Ashley 21 babies 42
131 Clarence 21 babies 8
132 Evan 20 babies 11
133 Fredrick 20 babies 17
134 Hoani 20 babies 41
135 Max 20 babies 49
136 Jeffrey 19 babies 29
137 Larry 19 babies new
138 Leon 19 babies 11
139 Lewis 19 babies 31
140 Lionel 19 babies 21
141 Nigel 19 babies 25
142 Basil 18 babies 24
143 Bevan 18 babies 18
144 Kerry 18 babies 34
145 Cecil 17 babies 5
146 Sidney 17 babies =
147 Alister 16 babies 12
148 Duncan 16 babies 7
149 Henare 16 babies 1
150 Simon 16 babies 7
151 Terry 16 babies 16
152 Harvey 15 babies 22
153 Melvyn 15 babies 8
154 Samuel 15 babies 24
155 Antony 14 babies 24
156 Hori 14 babies 27
157 Lance 14 babies 36
158 Lester 14 babies 23
159 Hone 13 babies 31
160 Morris 13 babies 10
161 Percy 13 babies new
162 Roland 13 babies 42
163 Vernon 13 babies 25
164 Arnold 12 babies 31
165 Gerard 12 babies 5
166 Grant 12 babies 3
167 Jeffery 12 babies new
168 Louis 12 babies 3
169 Nelson 12 babies 18
170 Rangi 12 babies 7
171 Wallace 12 babies 18
172 Benjamin 11 babies new
173 Brent 11 babies new
174 Dale 11 babies 8
175 Matthew 11 babies 31
176 Lyall 10 babies new
177 Melvin 10 babies new
178 Spencer 10 babies new
179 Wilfred 10 babies new

Girl Names

1 Margaret 828 babies =
2 Patricia 599 babies =
3 Judith 442 babies =
4 Barbara 380 babies =
5 Mary 374 babies =
6 Beverley 335 babies 3
7 Pamela 321 babies 1
8 Elizabeth 314 babies =
9 Shirley 274 babies 2
10 Helen 265 babies 5
11 Janice 255 babies 1
12 Maureen 229 babies =
13 Valerie 228 babies 2
14 Jennifer 226 babies 2
15 Heather 218 babies 4
16 Kathleen 211 babies 5
17 Joan 202 babies 4
18 Lorraine 182 babies 4
19 Colleen 180 babies 2
20 Elaine 180 babies 4
21 Janet 178 babies 3
22 Dorothy 171 babies 8
23 Alison 157 babies 13
24 Diane 154 babies 28
25 Marie 153 babies 5
26 Anne 141 babies 3
27 Lois 138 babies 7
28 Frances 135 babies 17
29 Lynette 132 babies 20
30 June 131 babies 4
31 Ann 116 babies 4
32 Pauline 114 babies 2
33 Carol 113 babies 4
34 Jeanette 113 babies 5
35 Yvonne 113 babies 10
36 Jean 108 babies 8
37 Joy 107 babies 5
38 Rosemary 106 babies 9
39 Marion 103 babies 6
40 Diana 100 babies 16
41 Dawn 98 babies 6
42 Annette 95 babies 10
43 Ngaire 93 babies 2
44 Wendy 91 babies 16
45 Jocelyn 90 babies 12
46 Noeline 90 babies 6
47 Beverly 87 babies 8
48 Doreen 87 babies 16
49 Irene 86 babies 1
50 Gloria 85 babies 6
51 Kay 84 babies 18
52 Rosalie 82 babies 1
53 Josephine 81 babies 7
54 Joyce 81 babies 3
55 Marlene 81 babies 24
56 Betty 79 babies 18
57 Gillian 79 babies 8
58 Ruth 77 babies 1
59 Catherine 75 babies 16
60 Daphne 75 babies 16
61 Jillian 74 babies 1
62 Eileen 72 babies 14
63 Lesley 71 babies 2
64 Fay 70 babies 10
65 Nancy 70 babies 2
66 Jill 69 babies 8
67 Marilyn 69 babies 10
68 Robyn 69 babies 14
69 Glenys 65 babies 35
70 Robin 65 babies 15
71 Susan 63 babies 2
72 Julie 61 babies 4
73 Dianne 58 babies 21
74 Edith 57 babies 13
75 Gail 55 babies 5
76 Jacqueline 53 babies 10
77 Carole 52 babies 3
78 Ellen 50 babies 12
79 Evelyn 50 babies 8
80 Beryl 49 babies 15
81 Julia 48 babies 24
82 Norma 48 babies 10
83 Suzanne 48 babies 32
84 Christine 46 babies 12
85 Eleanor 46 babies 7
86 Florence 46 babies 6
87 Janette 46 babies 3
88 Marjorie 45 babies 9
89 Lorna 44 babies 8
90 Phyllis 44 babies 1
91 Sally 42 babies 23
92 Sylvia 41 babies 18
93 Raewyn 39 babies 13
94 Adrienne 38 babies 9
95 Thelma 38 babies 20
96 Denise 37 babies 5
97 Vivienne 37 babies 26
98 Mavis 36 babies 10
99 Linda 35 babies 21
100 Noelene 35 babies 9
101 Shona 33 babies 8
102 Alice 32 babies 1
103 Glenis 32 babies 55
104 Brenda 31 babies 2
105 Carolyn 31 babies 59
106 Edna 31 babies 4
107 Glenda 31 babies 9
108 Jane 31 babies 4
109 Nola 31 babies 42
110 Cynthia 30 babies 13
111 Elsie 30 babies 16
112 Georgina 30 babies 38
113 Hazel 30 babies 30
114 Maria 30 babies 7
115 Merle 30 babies 2
116 Angela 29 babies 54
117 Faye 29 babies 11
118 Hilary 29 babies 73
119 Iris 29 babies 57
120 Marian 29 babies 32
121 Rae 29 babies 40
122 Sandra 29 babies 3
123 Audrey 28 babies 37
124 Isabel 28 babies 13
125 Leonie 28 babies 13
126 Lillian 27 babies 88
127 Bernice 26 babies 30
128 Gaynor 26 babies 20
129 Grace 26 babies 1
130 Muriel 26 babies 16
131 Aileen 25 babies 24
132 Caroline 25 babies 11
133 Olive 24 babies 34
134 Miriam 23 babies 51
135 Winifred 23 babies 35
136 Claire 22 babies 19
137 Lynnette 22 babies 47
138 May 22 babies 3
139 Coral 21 babies 5
140 Kaye 21 babies 20
141 Louise 21 babies 98
142 Marcia 21 babies 9
143 Maxine 21 babies 10
144 Mere 21 babies 22
145 Noeleen 21 babies 83
146 Philippa 21 babies
147 Rose 21 babies 33
148 Agnes 20 babies 25
149 Alma 20 babies 32
150 Clare 20 babies 70
151 Ethel 20 babies 32
152 Hilda 20 babies 58
153 Isobel 20 babies 18
154 Jessie 20 babies 45
155 Karen 20 babies 82
156 Lynne 20 babies 69
157 Rita 20 babies 10
158 Anita 19 babies 42
159 Doris 19 babies 41
160 Eunice 19 babies 27
161 Gael 19 babies
162 Gladys 19 babies 51
163 Peggy 19 babies 24
164 Rachel 19 babies 32
165 Valda 19 babies 17
166 Veronica 19 babies 10
167 Violet 19 babies 5
168 Ailsa 18 babies 37
169 Avis 18 babies 27
170 Gabrielle 18 babies 54
171 Glennis 18 babies 42
172 Lynley 18 babies 43
173 Penelope 18 babies 5
174 Annie 17 babies 48
175 Gwendoline 17 babies 41
176 Natalie 17 babies 9
177 Christina 16 babies 53
178 Dulcie 16 babies 10
179 Eva 16 babies 54
180 Geraldine 16 babies 29
181 Kathryn 16 babies
182 Melva 16 babies 51
183 Prudence 16 babies
184 Sharon 16 babies
185 Susanne 16 babies
186 Valmai 16 babies 37
187 Virginia 16 babies 15
188 Elva 15 babies 1
189 Katherine 15 babies 24
190 Lilian 15 babies 24
191 Myra 15 babies 37
192 Ruby 15 babies 11
193 Teresa 15 babies 7
194 Andrea 14 babies 13
195 Coleen 14 babies 59
196 Lola 14 babies 13
197 Marguerite 14 babies
198 Sheila 14 babies
199 Tui 14 babies 1
200 Allison 13 babies 6
201 Erina 13 babies
202 Ivy 13 babies 57
203 Jeannette 13 babies
204 Lenore 13 babies
205 Marjory 13 babies 37
206 Rosalind 13 babies
207 Adele 12 babies 66
208 Amy 12 babies 24
209 Anna 12 babies 10
210 Beatrice 12 babies 23
211 Constance 12 babies 12
212 Erica 12 babies
213 Glenice 12 babies
214 Jenifer 12 babies 2
215 Juliet 12 babies 56
216 Lucy 12 babies 39
217 Lynda 12 babies
218 Martha 12 babies 8
219 Miriama 12 babies
220 Moira 12 babies 88
221 Monica 12 babies 43
222 Rangi 12 babies 25
223 Roberta 12 babies 44
224 Victoria 12 babies
225 Wilma 12 babies 62
226 Ada 11 babies 5
227 Dale 11 babies 53
228 Enid 11 babies 6
229 Erin 11 babies 6
230 Fiona 11 babies 40
231 Gwen 11 babies
232 Leona 11 babies
233 Mona 11 babies
234 Olwyn 11 babies 13
235 Valma 11 babies 66
236 Verna 11 babies 96
237 Vivien 11 babies
238 Beth 10 babies
239 Flora 10 babies
240 Gay 10 babies 65
241 Glenise 10 babies
242 Gwenda 10 babies 6
243 Jan 10 babies
244 Margery 10 babies
245 Molly 10 babies 29
246 Rona 10 babies 2
247 Sarah 10 babies 29
248 Stephanie 10 babies 19
249 Theresa 10 babies
250 Vera 10 babies 95

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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