New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1943

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 1,093 babies =
  2. 2 David 623 babies 1
  3. 3 Peter 588 babies 1
  4. 4 Robert 579 babies =
  5. 5 William 432 babies =
  6. 6 Brian 380 babies =
  7. 7 James 353 babies =
  8. 8 Michael 349 babies =
  9. 9 Ian 346 babies =
  10. 10 Graeme 257 babies 3
  11. 11 Kenneth 243 babies 1
  12. 12 Raymond 243 babies 3
  13. 13 Graham 238 babies 1
  14. 14 Kevin 233 babies 8
  15. 15 Richard 226 babies 1
  16. 16 Colin 222 babies 4
  17. 17 Donald 222 babies =
  18. 18 Barry 219 babies 1
  19. 19 Ronald 214 babies 8
  20. 20 Alan 206 babies 2
  21. 21 Bruce 198 babies 1
  22. 22 Anthony 193 babies 2
  23. 23 Trevor 188 babies 2
  24. 24 Murray 179 babies 1
  25. 25 Allan 171 babies 2
  26. 26 Gary 157 babies =
  27. 27 Thomas 154 babies 4
  28. 28 Paul 151 babies 9
  29. 29 Douglas 149 babies 1
  30. 30 George 147 babies 1
  31. 31 Neil 138 babies 9
  32. 32 Leslie 132 babies 1
  33. 33 Russell 130 babies 12
  34. 34 Gordon 124 babies 2
  35. 35 Keith 124 babies =
  36. 36 Edward 123 babies 6
  37. 37 Robin 119 babies 6
  38. 38 Dennis 110 babies 8
  39. 39 Roger 110 babies 1
  40. 40 Noel 106 babies 8
  41. 41 Terence 106 babies 2
  42. 42 Charles 101 babies 1
  43. 43 Maurice 99 babies 1
  44. 44 Arthur 98 babies 10
  45. 45 Eric 98 babies 2
  46. 46 Patrick 96 babies 8
  47. 47 Christopher 95 babies 15
  48. 48 Ross 93 babies 4
  49. 49 Neville 89 babies =
  50. 50 Malcolm 84 babies 2
  51. 51 Norman 84 babies 2
  52. 52 Desmond 82 babies 2
  53. 53 Wayne 80 babies 47
  54. 54 Francis 79 babies 2
  55. 55 Mervyn 78 babies =
  56. 56 Bernard 77 babies 9
  57. 57 Stuart 77 babies 20
  58. 58 Denis 75 babies =
  59. 59 Geoffrey 73 babies 16
  60. 60 Leonard 73 babies 4
  61. 61 Philip 70 babies 8
  62. 62 Rex 70 babies 11
  63. 63 Alexander 67 babies =
  64. 64 Frederick 67 babies 7
  65. 65 Bryan 66 babies 5
  66. 66 Ivan 65 babies 5
  67. 67 Warren 65 babies 3
  68. 68 Rodney 61 babies 4
  69. 69 Albert 59 babies 7
  70. 70 Owen 59 babies 3
  71. 71 Andrew 56 babies =
  72. 72 Stanley 56 babies 8
  73. 73 Lawrence 55 babies 6
  74. 74 Henry 54 babies 8
  75. 75 Ernest 53 babies 12
  76. 76 Joseph 53 babies 17
  77. 77 Lindsay 50 babies 1
  78. 78 Jack 49 babies 3
  79. 79 Garry 48 babies 5
  80. 80 Alfred 44 babies 5
  81. 81 Kelvin 44 babies 1
  82. 82 Frank 43 babies 11
  83. 83 Phillip 43 babies 18
  84. 84 Laurence 42 babies =
  85. 85 Roy 42 babies 10
  86. 86 Stephen 41 babies =
  87. 87 Clive 40 babies 15
  88. 88 Kerry 40 babies 18
  89. 89 Victor 39 babies 2
  90. 90 Hugh 38 babies =
  91. 91 Terrence 38 babies 28
  92. 92 Walter 38 babies 24
  93. 93 Gavin 37 babies 12
  94. 94 Harold 37 babies 14
  95. 95 Derek 36 babies 7
  96. 96 Gerald 36 babies 2
  97. 97 Basil 34 babies 24
  98. 98 Maxwell 34 babies 4
  99. 99 Stewart 34 babies 41
  100. 100 Warwick 32 babies 8

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 651 babies =
  2. 2 Patricia 511 babies =
  3. 3 Judith 399 babies =
  4. 4 Janice 345 babies 2
  5. 5 Mary 322 babies =
  6. 6 Barbara 264 babies 2
  7. 7 Beverley 260 babies 2
  8. 8 Helen 232 babies 2
  9. 9 Pamela 221 babies 2
  10. 10 Elizabeth 219 babies 2
  11. 11 Shirley 216 babies =
  12. 12 Maureen 198 babies 2
  13. 13 Colleen 185 babies 6
  14. 14 Kathleen 184 babies 1
  15. 15 Jennifer 183 babies 2
  16. 16 Lorraine 175 babies 7
  17. 17 Heather 174 babies 5
  18. 18 Diane 164 babies 7
  19. 19 Valerie 162 babies 3
  20. 20 Lynette 161 babies 8
  21. 21 Janet 144 babies =
  22. 22 Dorothy 141 babies 5
  23. 23 Elaine 137 babies 1
  24. 24 Joan 137 babies 6
  25. 25 Carol 136 babies 1
  26. 26 Marie 122 babies 6
  27. 27 Yvonne 121 babies 1
  28. 28 Alison 113 babies 2
  29. 29 Pauline 111 babies =
  30. 30 Anne 107 babies 5
  31. 31 Jeanette 107 babies 4
  32. 32 Ann 101 babies 20
  33. 33 Frances 96 babies =
  34. 34 Annette 95 babies 2
  35. 35 June 91 babies 4
  36. 36 Kay 90 babies 35
  37. 37 Betty 87 babies 14
  38. 38 Marion 85 babies =
  39. 39 Robyn 84 babies 3
  40. 40 Jean 83 babies 8
  41. 41 Raewyn 82 babies 17
  42. 42 Jocelyn 81 babies 2
  43. 43 Lesley 80 babies 6
  44. 44 Diana 79 babies 3
  45. 45 Susan 79 babies 21
  46. 46 Sandra 78 babies 45
  47. 47 Catherine 77 babies 15
  48. 48 Lois 77 babies 14
  49. 49 Wendy 73 babies 5
  50. 50 Beverly 72 babies 18
  51. 51 Carole 72 babies 2
  52. 52 Rosemary 72 babies 6
  53. 53 Eileen 71 babies 3
  54. 54 Ruth 71 babies 6
  55. 55 Gloria 70 babies 16
  56. 56 Joy 68 babies 13
  57. 57 Dianne 66 babies 15
  58. 58 Glenys 66 babies 6
  59. 59 Joyce 66 babies 10
  60. 60 Ngaire 66 babies 15
  61. 61 Jill 65 babies 4
  62. 62 Noeline 65 babies 21
  63. 63 Jillian 64 babies 13
  64. 64 Dawn 63 babies 8
  65. 65 Gail 63 babies 2
  66. 66 Irene 63 babies 5
  67. 67 Gillian 61 babies 19
  68. 68 Josephine 61 babies 2
  69. 69 Christine 59 babies 10
  70. 70 Sylvia 57 babies 14
  71. 71 Doreen 56 babies 16
  72. 72 Marilyn 54 babies 6
  73. 73 Eleanor 53 babies 8
  74. 74 Jacqueline 53 babies 5
  75. 75 Rosalie 53 babies 21
  76. 76 Nancy 49 babies 11
  77. 77 Adrienne 48 babies 11
  78. 78 Marlene 48 babies 4
  79. 79 Suzanne 48 babies 1
  80. 80 Julie 47 babies 6
  81. 81 Leonie 47 babies 31
  82. 82 Daphne 45 babies =
  83. 83 Robin 44 babies 10
  84. 84 Linda 43 babies 11
  85. 85 Carolyn 42 babies 18
  86. 86 Marjorie 42 babies 3
  87. 87 Fay 41 babies 28
  88. 88 Norma 41 babies 13
  89. 89 Denise 40 babies 12
  90. 90 Evelyn 40 babies 3
  91. 91 Phyllis 40 babies 7
  92. 92 Maria 39 babies 41
  93. 93 Nola 38 babies 1
  94. 94 Shona 37 babies 7
  95. 95 Ellen 35 babies 19
  96. 96 Glennis 35 babies 61
  97. 97 Mavis 35 babies 8
  98. 98 Julia 34 babies 5
  99. 99 Audrey 32 babies 3
  100. 100 Kathryn 31 babies 90

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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