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 John 1,189 babies =
2 Peter 692 babies =
3 David 665 babies =
4 Robert 655 babies =
5 William 529 babies =
6 Brian 498 babies =
7 James 377 babies =
8 Michael 374 babies 1
9 Ian 345 babies 1
10 Kenneth 283 babies 3
11 Ronald 282 babies 1
12 Colin 278 babies 7
13 Graeme 276 babies 2
14 Graham 262 babies 3
15 Raymond 261 babies 1
16 Richard 260 babies 1
17 Donald 250 babies 3
18 Alan 244 babies =
19 Barry 238 babies 9
20 Bruce 231 babies 1
21 Trevor 218 babies 3
22 Kevin 210 babies 2
23 Thomas 185 babies 2
24 Anthony 182 babies 1
25 Murray 182 babies 1
26 Gary 180 babies 2
27 Allan 172 babies 5
28 Douglas 167 babies 4
29 George 162 babies 2
30 Edward 153 babies 1
31 Robin 139 babies =
32 Noel 138 babies 5
33 Leslie 136 babies 2
34 Arthur 135 babies 8
35 Keith 134 babies 5
36 Gordon 131 babies 3
37 Paul 128 babies 1
38 Roger 124 babies =
39 Terence 117 babies 6
40 Neil 114 babies 6
41 Charles 112 babies 1
42 Maurice 108 babies 6
43 Geoffrey 106 babies 11
44 Ross 106 babies 3
45 Russell 105 babies 2
46 Dennis 104 babies 7
47 Eric 103 babies =
48 Malcolm 103 babies 3
49 Neville 98 babies 7
50 Desmond 97 babies 1
51 Rex 94 babies 1
52 Francis 93 babies 5
53 Norman 92 babies 9
54 Patrick 90 babies 15
55 Mervyn 88 babies 3
56 Leonard 87 babies 4
57 Frederick 84 babies 2
58 Denis 76 babies 6
59 Joseph 76 babies 11
60 Bryan 73 babies 10
61 Ivan 72 babies 11
62 Christopher 69 babies 7
63 Alexander 68 babies 1
64 Stanley 68 babies 3
65 Bernard 67 babies 6
66 Henry 67 babies 10
67 Owen 67 babies 10
68 Walter 67 babies 5
69 Philip 64 babies 3
70 Warren 62 babies 9
71 Andrew 61 babies 4
72 Rodney 61 babies 1
73 Errol 60 babies 4
74 Garry 59 babies 9
75 Jack 59 babies 9
76 Albert 58 babies 8
77 Stuart 58 babies 2
78 Lindsay 57 babies 14
79 Lawrence 55 babies 5
80 Harold 53 babies 1
81 Gavin 52 babies 7
82 Kelvin 50 babies 16
83 Reginald 50 babies 10
84 Laurence 49 babies 16
85 Alfred 48 babies 4
86 Stephen 48 babies =
87 Ernest 47 babies 7
88 Derek 45 babies 1
89 Cyril 44 babies 23
90 Hugh 44 babies 7
91 Victor 43 babies 13
92 Warwick 43 babies 1
93 Frank 42 babies 11
94 Maxwell 42 babies 13
95 Roy 42 babies 17
96 Allen 37 babies 1
97 Edwin 37 babies 1
98 Gerald 36 babies 8
99 Mark 35 babies 7
100 Wayne 35 babies 20
101 Phillip 34 babies 2
102 Clive 32 babies 17
103 Daniel 32 babies 22
104 Selwyn 32 babies 7
105 Barrie 31 babies 11
106 Kerry 31 babies 38
107 Clifford 30 babies 2
108 Howard 30 babies 9
109 Herbert 29 babies 12
110 Leo 29 babies 12
111 Martin 29 babies 9
112 Wiremu 28 babies 16
113 Alistair 27 babies 2
114 Lionel 27 babies 26
115 Lloyd 27 babies 11
116 Timothy 27 babies 2
117 Evan 25 babies 15
118 Harry 24 babies 19
119 Terrence 24 babies 18
120 Lester 23 babies 38
121 Basil 22 babies 21
122 Grahame 22 babies 6
123 Grant 22 babies 43
124 Nigel 22 babies 17
125 Winston 22 babies 79
126 Lewis 21 babies 13
127 Ralph 21 babies =
128 Sydney 21 babies 20
129 Vernon 21 babies 34
130 Athol 20 babies 6
131 Lance 20 babies 26
132 Max 20 babies 3
133 Roderick 20 babies 23
134 Sidney 20 babies 12
135 Ashley 19 babies 5
136 Fredrick 19 babies 3
137 Hori 19 babies 19
138 Rodger 19 babies 20
139 Gregory 18 babies
140 Stewart 17 babies 35
141 Wallace 17 babies 30
142 Antony 16 babies 13
143 Cecil 16 babies 2
144 Jeffrey 16 babies 8
145 Samuel 16 babies 9
146 Vincent 16 babies 23
147 Alastair 15 babies 18
148 Clarence 15 babies 17
149 Gilbert 15 babies 30
150 Morris 15 babies 10
151 Adrian 14 babies 38
152 Arnold 14 babies 12
153 Duncan 14 babies 5
154 Gerard 14 babies 11
155 Jonathan 14 babies
156 Leon 14 babies 18
157 Roland 14 babies 5
158 Terry 14 babies 7
159 Hone 13 babies =
160 Larry 13 babies 23
161 Nicholas 13 babies
162 Bevan 12 babies 19
163 Melvyn 12 babies 10
164 Rangi 12 babies 6
165 Steven 12 babies
166 Dale 11 babies 8
167 Lyall 11 babies 9
168 Milton 11 babies
169 Nelson 11 babies =
170 Tamati 11 babies
171 Tame 11 babies
172 Alister 10 babies 25
173 Brent 10 babies =
174 Carl 10 babies
175 Edgar 10 babies
176 Glen 10 babies
177 Glenn 10 babies
178 Louis 10 babies 10
179 Ray 10 babies
180 Terrance 10 babies
181 Tony 10 babies

Girl Names

1 Margaret 692 babies =
2 Patricia 658 babies =
3 Judith 472 babies =
4 Barbara 357 babies =
5 Mary 343 babies =
6 Janice 331 babies 5
7 Pamela 306 babies =
8 Elizabeth 290 babies =
9 Beverley 279 babies 3
10 Helen 271 babies =
11 Shirley 250 babies 2
12 Heather 231 babies 3
13 Jennifer 212 babies 1
14 Maureen 212 babies 2
15 Kathleen 207 babies 1
16 Valerie 202 babies 3
17 Dorothy 193 babies 5
18 Joan 174 babies 1
19 Colleen 170 babies =
20 Marie 165 babies 5
21 Janet 159 babies =
22 Elaine 155 babies 2
23 Lorraine 151 babies 5
24 Carol 146 babies 9
25 Diane 142 babies 1
26 Yvonne 136 babies 9
27 Jeanette 132 babies 7
28 Lynette 128 babies 1
29 Pauline 124 babies 3
30 Alison 123 babies 7
31 June 122 babies 1
32 Jean 116 babies 4
33 Frances 115 babies 5
34 Lois 115 babies 7
35 Anne 107 babies 9
36 Annette 106 babies 6
37 Lesley 105 babies 26
38 Marion 103 babies 1
39 Gloria 92 babies 11
40 Jocelyn 90 babies 5
41 Noeline 90 babies 5
42 Robyn 90 babies 26
43 Joy 88 babies 6
44 Wendy 87 babies =
45 Ngaire 85 babies 2
46 Rosemary 83 babies 8
47 Diana 82 babies 7
48 Gillian 82 babies 9
49 Joyce 82 babies 5
50 Eileen 81 babies 12
51 Betty 80 babies 5
52 Ann 79 babies 21
53 Carole 78 babies 24
54 Rosalie 75 babies 2
55 Doreen 74 babies 7
56 Dawn 73 babies 15
57 Jill 73 babies 9
58 Raewyn 73 babies 35
59 Fay 72 babies 5
60 Ruth 72 babies 2
61 Irene 71 babies 12
62 Catherine 70 babies 3
63 Gail 70 babies 12
64 Glenys 69 babies 5
65 Nancy 67 babies =
66 Susan 65 babies 5
67 Carolyn 64 babies 38
68 Beverly 63 babies 21
69 Jacqueline 63 babies 7
70 Josephine 62 babies 17
71 Kay 62 babies 20
72 Dianne 61 babies 1
73 Robin 61 babies 3
74 Marlene 60 babies 19
75 Norma 57 babies 7
76 Jillian 55 babies 15
77 Denise 54 babies 19
78 Marilyn 53 babies 11
79 Christine 52 babies 5
80 Suzanne 50 babies 3
81 Eleanor 49 babies 4
82 Daphne 48 babies 22
83 Marjorie 48 babies 5
84 Sylvia 47 babies 8
85 Beryl 46 babies 5
86 Julie 46 babies 14
87 Evelyn 45 babies 8
88 Adrienne 44 babies 6
89 Mavis 44 babies 9
90 Lorna 43 babies 1
91 Sandra 42 babies 31
92 Vivienne 42 babies 5
93 Florence 39 babies 7
94 Nola 38 babies 15
95 Linda 37 babies 4
96 Sally 37 babies 5
97 Edith 36 babies 23
98 Phyllis 36 babies 8
99 Janette 35 babies 12
100 Muriel 35 babies 30
101 Shona 35 babies =
102 Audrey 34 babies 21
103 Julia 34 babies 22
104 Brenda 33 babies =
105 Jane 31 babies 3
106 Noelene 31 babies 6
107 Coral 30 babies 32
108 Elsie 29 babies 3
109 Faye 29 babies 8
110 Glenis 29 babies 7
111 Hazel 29 babies 2
112 Leonie 29 babies 13
113 Cynthia 28 babies 3
114 Ellen 28 babies 36
115 Glenda 28 babies 8
116 Isobel 28 babies 37
117 Lynne 28 babies 39
118 Thelma 28 babies 23
119 Veronica 28 babies 47
120 Alice 27 babies 18
121 Caroline 27 babies 11
122 Christina 27 babies 55
123 Gaynor 27 babies 5
124 Lynnette 27 babies 13
125 Isabel 26 babies 1
126 Karen 26 babies 29
127 Rae 26 babies 6
128 Peggy 25 babies 35
129 Virginia 25 babies 58
130 Doris 24 babies 29
131 Olive 24 babies 2
132 Hilary 23 babies 14
133 Maria 23 babies 19
134 Rose 23 babies 13
135 Sarah 23 babies 112
136 Claire 22 babies =
137 Gay 22 babies 103
138 Maxine 22 babies 5
139 Merle 22 babies 24
140 Sharon 22 babies 44
141 Gladys 21 babies 21
142 Rosalind 21 babies 64
143 Ailsa 20 babies 25
144 Loraine 20 babies new
145 Violet 20 babies 22
146 Anna 19 babies 63
147 Bernice 19 babies 20
148 Rangi 19 babies 74
149 Valda 19 babies 16
150 Vera 19 babies 100
151 Verna 19 babies 85
152 Winifred 19 babies 17
153 Aileen 18 babies 22
154 Anita 18 babies 4
155 Beth 18 babies 83
156 Clare 18 babies 6
157 Glennis 18 babies 14
158 Katherine 18 babies 31
159 Marcia 18 babies 17
160 May 18 babies 22
161 Penelope 18 babies 12
162 Agnes 17 babies 14
163 Allison 17 babies 37
164 Edna 17 babies 58
165 Lilian 17 babies 25
166 Mere 17 babies 22
167 Rona 17 babies 79
168 Tui 17 babies 31
169 Angela 16 babies 53
170 Coleen 16 babies 25
171 Ethel 16 babies 20
172 Jan 16 babies 71
173 Jessie 16 babies 19
174 Kaye 16 babies 34
175 Marian 16 babies 55
176 Naomi 16 babies new
177 Natalie 16 babies 1
178 Theresa 16 babies 71
179 Andrea 15 babies 15
180 Annie 15 babies 6
181 Gabrielle 15 babies 11
182 Juliet 15 babies 33
183 Noeleen 15 babies 38
184 Rita 15 babies 27
185 Ruby 15 babies 7
186 Glenice 14 babies 27
187 Gwenda 14 babies 55
188 Jeannette 14 babies 15
189 Judy 14 babies new
190 Kathryn 14 babies 9
191 Laurel 14 babies new
192 Miriam 14 babies 58
193 Monica 14 babies 28
194 Teresa 14 babies 1
195 Elva 13 babies 7
196 Erica 13 babies 16
197 Erin 13 babies 32
198 Gael 13 babies 37
199 Marjory 13 babies 6
200 Myra 13 babies 9
201 Philippa 13 babies 55
202 Wilma 13 babies 23
203 Beatrice 12 babies 7
204 Dulcie 12 babies 26
205 Emily 12 babies new
206 Eunice 12 babies 46
207 Eva 12 babies 28
208 Grace 12 babies 79
209 Hilda 12 babies 57
210 Iris 12 babies 91
211 Ivy 12 babies 9
212 Jenifer 12 babies 2
213 Louise 12 babies 72
214 Lynley 12 babies 42
215 Stephanie 12 babies 33
216 Susanne 12 babies 31
217 Ani 11 babies new
218 Francis 11 babies new
219 Gwendoline 11 babies 44
220 Gwenyth 11 babies new
221 Hine 11 babies new
222 Lenore 11 babies 18
223 Lola 11 babies 27
224 Lynn 11 babies new
225 Maraea 11 babies new
226 Melva 11 babies 44
227 Moira 11 babies 7
228 Sonia 11 babies new
229 Amy 10 babies 21
230 Charlotte 10 babies new
231 Constance 10 babies 20
232 Esther 10 babies new
233 Georgina 10 babies 121
234 Geraldine 10 babies 54
235 Laura 10 babies new
236 Lena 10 babies new
237 Lillian 10 babies 111
238 Loretta 10 babies new
239 Lyndsey 10 babies new
240 Marguerite 10 babies 43
241 Martha 10 babies 23
242 Molly 10 babies 3
243 Myrtle 10 babies new
244 Noreen 10 babies new
245 Rachel 10 babies 81
246 Ripeka 10 babies new
247 Victoria 10 babies 23

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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