New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1942

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 1,189 babies =
  2. 2 Peter 692 babies =
  3. 3 David 665 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 655 babies =
  5. 5 William 529 babies =
  6. 6 Brian 498 babies =
  7. 7 James 377 babies =
  8. 8 Michael 374 babies 1
  9. 9 Ian 345 babies 1
  10. 10 Kenneth 283 babies 3
  11. 11 Ronald 282 babies 1
  12. 12 Colin 278 babies 7
  13. 13 Graeme 276 babies 2
  14. 14 Graham 262 babies 3
  15. 15 Raymond 261 babies 1
  16. 16 Richard 260 babies 1
  17. 17 Donald 250 babies 3
  18. 18 Alan 244 babies =
  19. 19 Barry 238 babies 9
  20. 20 Bruce 231 babies 1
  21. 21 Trevor 218 babies 3
  22. 22 Kevin 210 babies 2
  23. 23 Thomas 185 babies 2
  24. 24 Anthony 182 babies 1
  25. 25 Murray 182 babies 1
  26. 26 Gary 180 babies 2
  27. 27 Allan 172 babies 5
  28. 28 Douglas 167 babies 4
  29. 29 George 162 babies 2
  30. 30 Edward 153 babies 1
  31. 31 Robin 139 babies =
  32. 32 Noel 138 babies 5
  33. 33 Leslie 136 babies 2
  34. 34 Arthur 135 babies 8
  35. 35 Keith 134 babies 5
  36. 36 Gordon 131 babies 3
  37. 37 Paul 128 babies 1
  38. 38 Roger 124 babies =
  39. 39 Terence 117 babies 6
  40. 40 Neil 114 babies 6
  41. 41 Charles 112 babies 1
  42. 42 Maurice 108 babies 6
  43. 43 Geoffrey 106 babies 11
  44. 44 Ross 106 babies 3
  45. 45 Russell 105 babies 2
  46. 46 Dennis 104 babies 7
  47. 47 Eric 103 babies =
  48. 48 Malcolm 103 babies 3
  49. 49 Neville 98 babies 7
  50. 50 Desmond 97 babies 1
  51. 51 Rex 94 babies 1
  52. 52 Francis 93 babies 5
  53. 53 Norman 92 babies 9
  54. 54 Patrick 90 babies 15
  55. 55 Mervyn 88 babies 3
  56. 56 Leonard 87 babies 4
  57. 57 Frederick 84 babies 2
  58. 58 Denis 76 babies 6
  59. 59 Joseph 76 babies 11
  60. 60 Bryan 73 babies 10
  61. 61 Ivan 72 babies 11
  62. 62 Christopher 69 babies 7
  63. 63 Alexander 68 babies 1
  64. 64 Stanley 68 babies 3
  65. 65 Bernard 67 babies 6
  66. 66 Henry 67 babies 10
  67. 67 Owen 67 babies 10
  68. 68 Walter 67 babies 5
  69. 69 Philip 64 babies 3
  70. 70 Warren 62 babies 9
  71. 71 Andrew 61 babies 4
  72. 72 Rodney 61 babies 1
  73. 73 Errol 60 babies 4
  74. 74 Garry 59 babies 9
  75. 75 Jack 59 babies 9
  76. 76 Albert 58 babies 8
  77. 77 Stuart 58 babies 2
  78. 78 Lindsay 57 babies 14
  79. 79 Lawrence 55 babies 5
  80. 80 Harold 53 babies 1
  81. 81 Gavin 52 babies 7
  82. 82 Kelvin 50 babies 16
  83. 83 Reginald 50 babies 10
  84. 84 Laurence 49 babies 16
  85. 85 Alfred 48 babies 4
  86. 86 Stephen 48 babies =
  87. 87 Ernest 47 babies 7
  88. 88 Derek 45 babies 1
  89. 89 Cyril 44 babies 23
  90. 90 Hugh 44 babies 7
  91. 91 Victor 43 babies 13
  92. 92 Warwick 43 babies 1
  93. 93 Frank 42 babies 11
  94. 94 Maxwell 42 babies 13
  95. 95 Roy 42 babies 17
  96. 96 Allen 37 babies 1
  97. 97 Edwin 37 babies 1
  98. 98 Gerald 36 babies 8
  99. 99 Mark 35 babies 7
  100. 100 Wayne 35 babies 20

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 692 babies =
  2. 2 Patricia 658 babies =
  3. 3 Judith 472 babies =
  4. 4 Barbara 357 babies =
  5. 5 Mary 343 babies =
  6. 6 Janice 331 babies 5
  7. 7 Pamela 306 babies =
  8. 8 Elizabeth 290 babies =
  9. 9 Beverley 279 babies 3
  10. 10 Helen 271 babies =
  11. 11 Shirley 250 babies 2
  12. 12 Heather 231 babies 3
  13. 13 Jennifer 212 babies 1
  14. 14 Maureen 212 babies 2
  15. 15 Kathleen 207 babies 1
  16. 16 Valerie 202 babies 3
  17. 17 Dorothy 193 babies 5
  18. 18 Joan 174 babies 1
  19. 19 Colleen 170 babies =
  20. 20 Marie 165 babies 5
  21. 21 Janet 159 babies =
  22. 22 Elaine 155 babies 2
  23. 23 Lorraine 151 babies 5
  24. 24 Carol 146 babies 9
  25. 25 Diane 142 babies 1
  26. 26 Yvonne 136 babies 9
  27. 27 Jeanette 132 babies 7
  28. 28 Lynette 128 babies 1
  29. 29 Pauline 124 babies 3
  30. 30 Alison 123 babies 7
  31. 31 June 122 babies 1
  32. 32 Jean 116 babies 4
  33. 33 Frances 115 babies 5
  34. 34 Lois 115 babies 7
  35. 35 Anne 107 babies 9
  36. 36 Annette 106 babies 6
  37. 37 Lesley 105 babies 26
  38. 38 Marion 103 babies 1
  39. 39 Gloria 92 babies 11
  40. 40 Jocelyn 90 babies 5
  41. 41 Noeline 90 babies 5
  42. 42 Robyn 90 babies 26
  43. 43 Joy 88 babies 6
  44. 44 Wendy 87 babies =
  45. 45 Ngaire 85 babies 2
  46. 46 Rosemary 83 babies 8
  47. 47 Diana 82 babies 7
  48. 48 Gillian 82 babies 9
  49. 49 Joyce 82 babies 5
  50. 50 Eileen 81 babies 12
  51. 51 Betty 80 babies 5
  52. 52 Ann 79 babies 21
  53. 53 Carole 78 babies 24
  54. 54 Rosalie 75 babies 2
  55. 55 Doreen 74 babies 7
  56. 56 Dawn 73 babies 15
  57. 57 Jill 73 babies 9
  58. 58 Raewyn 73 babies 35
  59. 59 Fay 72 babies 5
  60. 60 Ruth 72 babies 2
  61. 61 Irene 71 babies 12
  62. 62 Catherine 70 babies 3
  63. 63 Gail 70 babies 12
  64. 64 Glenys 69 babies 5
  65. 65 Nancy 67 babies =
  66. 66 Susan 65 babies 5
  67. 67 Carolyn 64 babies 38
  68. 68 Beverly 63 babies 21
  69. 69 Jacqueline 63 babies 7
  70. 70 Josephine 62 babies 17
  71. 71 Kay 62 babies 20
  72. 72 Dianne 61 babies 1
  73. 73 Robin 61 babies 3
  74. 74 Marlene 60 babies 19
  75. 75 Norma 57 babies 7
  76. 76 Jillian 55 babies 15
  77. 77 Denise 54 babies 19
  78. 78 Marilyn 53 babies 11
  79. 79 Christine 52 babies 5
  80. 80 Suzanne 50 babies 3
  81. 81 Eleanor 49 babies 4
  82. 82 Daphne 48 babies 22
  83. 83 Marjorie 48 babies 5
  84. 84 Sylvia 47 babies 8
  85. 85 Beryl 46 babies 5
  86. 86 Julie 46 babies 14
  87. 87 Evelyn 45 babies 8
  88. 88 Adrienne 44 babies 6
  89. 89 Mavis 44 babies 9
  90. 90 Lorna 43 babies 1
  91. 91 Sandra 42 babies 31
  92. 92 Vivienne 42 babies 5
  93. 93 Florence 39 babies 7
  94. 94 Nola 38 babies 15
  95. 95 Linda 37 babies 4
  96. 96 Sally 37 babies 5
  97. 97 Edith 36 babies 23
  98. 98 Phyllis 36 babies 8
  99. 99 Janette 35 babies 12
  100. 100 Muriel 35 babies 30

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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