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 John 1,093 babies =
2 David 623 babies 1
3 Peter 588 babies 1
4 Robert 579 babies =
5 William 432 babies =
6 Brian 380 babies =
7 James 353 babies =
8 Michael 349 babies =
9 Ian 346 babies =
10 Graeme 257 babies 3
11 Kenneth 243 babies 1
12 Raymond 243 babies 3
13 Graham 238 babies 1
14 Kevin 233 babies 8
15 Richard 226 babies 1
16 Colin 222 babies 4
17 Donald 222 babies =
18 Barry 219 babies 1
19 Ronald 214 babies 8
20 Alan 206 babies 2
21 Bruce 198 babies 1
22 Anthony 193 babies 2
23 Trevor 188 babies 2
24 Murray 179 babies 1
25 Allan 171 babies 2
26 Gary 157 babies =
27 Thomas 154 babies 4
28 Paul 151 babies 9
29 Douglas 149 babies 1
30 George 147 babies 1
31 Neil 138 babies 9
32 Leslie 132 babies 1
33 Russell 130 babies 12
34 Gordon 124 babies 2
35 Keith 124 babies =
36 Edward 123 babies 6
37 Robin 119 babies 6
38 Dennis 110 babies 8
39 Roger 110 babies 1
40 Noel 106 babies 8
41 Terence 106 babies 2
42 Charles 101 babies 1
43 Maurice 99 babies 1
44 Arthur 98 babies 10
45 Eric 98 babies 2
46 Patrick 96 babies 8
47 Christopher 95 babies 15
48 Ross 93 babies 4
49 Neville 89 babies =
50 Malcolm 84 babies 2
51 Norman 84 babies 2
52 Desmond 82 babies 2
53 Wayne 80 babies 47
54 Francis 79 babies 2
55 Mervyn 78 babies =
56 Bernard 77 babies 9
57 Stuart 77 babies 20
58 Denis 75 babies =
59 Geoffrey 73 babies 16
60 Leonard 73 babies 4
61 Philip 70 babies 8
62 Rex 70 babies 11
63 Alexander 67 babies =
64 Frederick 67 babies 7
65 Bryan 66 babies 5
66 Ivan 65 babies 5
67 Warren 65 babies 3
68 Rodney 61 babies 4
69 Albert 59 babies 7
70 Owen 59 babies 3
71 Andrew 56 babies =
72 Stanley 56 babies 8
73 Lawrence 55 babies 6
74 Henry 54 babies 8
75 Ernest 53 babies 12
76 Joseph 53 babies 17
77 Lindsay 50 babies 1
78 Jack 49 babies 3
79 Garry 48 babies 5
80 Alfred 44 babies 5
81 Kelvin 44 babies 1
82 Frank 43 babies 11
83 Phillip 43 babies 18
84 Laurence 42 babies =
85 Roy 42 babies 10
86 Stephen 41 babies =
87 Clive 40 babies 15
88 Kerry 40 babies 18
89 Victor 39 babies 2
90 Hugh 38 babies =
91 Terrence 38 babies 28
92 Walter 38 babies 24
93 Gavin 37 babies 12
94 Harold 37 babies 14
95 Derek 36 babies 7
96 Gerald 36 babies 2
97 Basil 34 babies 24
98 Maxwell 34 babies 4
99 Stewart 34 babies 41
100 Warwick 32 babies 8
101 Allen 31 babies 5
102 Errol 31 babies 29
103 Reginald 30 babies 20
104 Grant 29 babies 19
105 Samuel 29 babies 40
106 Timothy 29 babies 10
107 Selwyn 27 babies 3
108 Jeffrey 26 babies 36
109 Ralph 26 babies 18
110 Roderick 26 babies 23
111 Clifford 25 babies 4
112 Harry 25 babies 6
113 Lewis 25 babies 13
114 Winston 25 babies 11
115 Alistair 24 babies 2
116 Evan 24 babies 1
117 Martin 24 babies 6
118 Vincent 24 babies 28
119 Wiremu 24 babies 7
120 Grahame 23 babies 2
121 Lance 23 babies 10
122 Barrie 22 babies 17
123 Hori 22 babies 14
124 Mark 22 babies 25
125 Daniel 21 babies 22
126 Duncan 21 babies 27
127 Lionel 21 babies 13
128 Cyril 20 babies 39
129 Herbert 20 babies 20
130 Howard 19 babies 22
131 Edwin 18 babies 34
132 Leo 18 babies 22
133 Lester 18 babies 13
134 Nigel 18 babies 10
135 Sydney 18 babies 7
136 Vernon 18 babies 7
137 Ashley 17 babies 2
138 Lloyd 17 babies 23
139 Rangi 17 babies 25
140 Alastair 16 babies 7
141 Fredrick 16 babies 5
142 Garth 16 babies new
143 Leon 16 babies 13
144 Adrian 15 babies 7
145 Gilbert 15 babies 4
146 Matthew 15 babies new
147 Rodger 15 babies 9
148 Terry 15 babies 10
149 Ray 14 babies 30
150 Wallace 14 babies 9
151 Bevan 13 babies 11
152 Brent 13 babies 21
153 Carl 13 babies 21
154 Harvey 13 babies new
155 Hemi 13 babies new
156 Hohepa 13 babies new
157 Hone 13 babies 2
158 Louis 13 babies 20
159 Milton 13 babies 9
160 Athol 12 babies 30
161 Dale 12 babies 5
162 Henare 12 babies new
163 Julian 12 babies new
164 Melvyn 12 babies 1
165 Morris 12 babies 15
166 Nicholas 12 babies 5
167 Charlie 11 babies new
168 Clarence 11 babies 20
169 Gregory 11 babies 30
170 Joe 11 babies new
171 Larry 11 babies 11
172 Simon 11 babies new
173 Dudley 10 babies new
174 Hector 10 babies new
175 Hoani 10 babies new
176 Max 10 babies 44
177 Nelson 10 babies 8
178 Tony 10 babies 3

Girl Names

1 Margaret 651 babies =
2 Patricia 511 babies =
3 Judith 399 babies =
4 Janice 345 babies 2
5 Mary 322 babies =
6 Barbara 264 babies 2
7 Beverley 260 babies 2
8 Helen 232 babies 2
9 Pamela 221 babies 2
10 Elizabeth 219 babies 2
11 Shirley 216 babies =
12 Maureen 198 babies 2
13 Colleen 185 babies 6
14 Kathleen 184 babies 1
15 Jennifer 183 babies 2
16 Lorraine 175 babies 7
17 Heather 174 babies 5
18 Diane 164 babies 7
19 Valerie 162 babies 3
20 Lynette 161 babies 8
21 Janet 144 babies =
22 Dorothy 141 babies 5
23 Elaine 137 babies 1
24 Joan 137 babies 6
25 Carol 136 babies 1
26 Marie 122 babies 6
27 Yvonne 121 babies 1
28 Alison 113 babies 2
29 Pauline 111 babies =
30 Anne 107 babies 5
31 Jeanette 107 babies 4
32 Ann 101 babies 20
33 Frances 96 babies =
34 Annette 95 babies 2
35 June 91 babies 4
36 Kay 90 babies 35
37 Betty 87 babies 14
38 Marion 85 babies =
39 Robyn 84 babies 3
40 Jean 83 babies 8
41 Raewyn 82 babies 17
42 Jocelyn 81 babies 2
43 Lesley 80 babies 6
44 Diana 79 babies 3
45 Susan 79 babies 21
46 Sandra 78 babies 45
47 Catherine 77 babies 15
48 Lois 77 babies 14
49 Wendy 73 babies 5
50 Beverly 72 babies 18
51 Carole 72 babies 2
52 Rosemary 72 babies 6
53 Eileen 71 babies 3
54 Ruth 71 babies 6
55 Gloria 70 babies 16
56 Joy 68 babies 13
57 Dianne 66 babies 15
58 Glenys 66 babies 6
59 Joyce 66 babies 10
60 Ngaire 66 babies 15
61 Jill 65 babies 4
62 Noeline 65 babies 21
63 Jillian 64 babies 13
64 Dawn 63 babies 8
65 Gail 63 babies 2
66 Irene 63 babies 5
67 Gillian 61 babies 19
68 Josephine 61 babies 2
69 Christine 59 babies 10
70 Sylvia 57 babies 14
71 Doreen 56 babies 16
72 Marilyn 54 babies 6
73 Eleanor 53 babies 8
74 Jacqueline 53 babies 5
75 Rosalie 53 babies 21
76 Nancy 49 babies 11
77 Adrienne 48 babies 11
78 Marlene 48 babies 4
79 Suzanne 48 babies 1
80 Julie 47 babies 6
81 Leonie 47 babies 31
82 Daphne 45 babies =
83 Robin 44 babies 10
84 Linda 43 babies 11
85 Carolyn 42 babies 18
86 Marjorie 42 babies 3
87 Fay 41 babies 28
88 Norma 41 babies 13
89 Denise 40 babies 12
90 Evelyn 40 babies 3
91 Phyllis 40 babies 7
92 Maria 39 babies 41
93 Nola 38 babies 1
94 Shona 37 babies 7
95 Ellen 35 babies 19
96 Glennis 35 babies 61
97 Mavis 35 babies 8
98 Julia 34 babies 5
99 Audrey 32 babies 3
100 Kathryn 31 babies 90
101 Lorna 31 babies 11
102 Lynnette 31 babies 22
103 Glenis 29 babies 7
104 Janette 29 babies 5
105 Lynne 29 babies 12
106 Thelma 29 babies 12
107 Alice 28 babies 13
108 Rae 28 babies 19
109 Rita 28 babies 75
110 Vivienne 28 babies 18
111 Dale 27 babies new
112 Isabel 27 babies 13
113 Sally 27 babies 17
114 Winifred 27 babies 38
115 Brenda 26 babies 11
116 Edna 26 babies 48
117 Florence 26 babies 24
118 Coral 25 babies 11
119 Karen 25 babies 7
120 Beryl 24 babies 35
121 Cynthia 24 babies 8
122 Faye 24 babies 13
123 Gaynor 24 babies =
124 Katherine 24 babies 34
125 Noelene 24 babies 19
126 Caroline 23 babies 5
127 Hilary 23 babies 5
128 Rosalind 23 babies 14
129 Doris 22 babies 1
130 Georgina 22 babies 103
131 Geraldine 22 babies 103
132 Lynda 22 babies new
133 Veronica 22 babies 14
134 Ailsa 21 babies 9
135 Allison 21 babies 28
136 Anita 21 babies 18
137 Glenda 21 babies 22
138 Grace 21 babies 70
139 Maxine 21 babies 1
140 Sharon 21 babies =
141 Aileen 20 babies 12
142 Angela 20 babies 27
143 Gael 20 babies 55
144 Gay 20 babies 7
145 Jane 20 babies 40
146 Jessie 20 babies 27
147 Virginia 20 babies 18
148 Anna 19 babies 2
149 Bernice 19 babies 2
150 Edith 19 babies 53
151 Hazel 19 babies 40
152 Kaye 19 babies 22
153 May 19 babies 7
154 Olive 19 babies 23
155 Rangi 19 babies 7
156 Gabrielle 18 babies 25
157 Roberta 18 babies new
158 Susanne 18 babies 58
159 Clare 17 babies 3
160 Elsie 17 babies 52
161 Rachel 17 babies 84
162 Christina 16 babies 40
163 Dulcie 16 babies 41
164 Eunice 15 babies 42
165 Lillian 15 babies 72
166 Lucy 15 babies new
167 Miriam 15 babies 25
168 Muriel 15 babies 68
169 Myra 15 babies 31
170 Noeleen 15 babies 13
171 Agnes 14 babies 9
172 Annie 14 babies 8
173 Claire 14 babies 37
174 Eva 14 babies 33
175 Gwenda 14 babies 12
176 Isobel 14 babies 60
177 Ivy 14 babies 34
178 Jenifer 14 babies 34
179 Monica 14 babies 14
180 Teresa 14 babies 14
181 Esther 13 babies 51
182 Judy 13 babies 7
183 Louise 13 babies 30
184 Marian 13 babies 9
185 Melva 13 babies 41
186 Mere 13 babies 20
187 Penelope 13 babies 26
188 Verna 13 babies 37
189 Elva 12 babies 6
190 Faith 12 babies new
191 Gladys 12 babies 50
192 Lindsay 12 babies new
193 Marcia 12 babies 34
194 Molly 12 babies 48
195 Peggy 12 babies 67
196 Philippa 12 babies 5
197 Priscilla 12 babies new
198 Ruby 12 babies 13
199 Valmai 12 babies new
200 Vera 12 babies 50
201 Wilma 12 babies 1
202 Gayle 11 babies new
203 Hine 11 babies 18
204 Iris 11 babies 6
205 Juliet 11 babies 23
206 Loraine 11 babies 62
207 Lyndsay 11 babies new
208 Lynley 11 babies 6
209 Rona 11 babies 42
210 Tui 11 babies 42
211 Cecilia 10 babies new
212 Charlotte 10 babies 18
213 Coleen 10 babies 43
214 Enid 10 babies new
215 Ethel 10 babies 44
216 Glenise 10 babies new
217 Gwenyth 10 babies 3
218 Huia 10 babies new
219 Jan 10 babies 47
220 Leslie 10 babies new
221 Lynn 10 babies 3
222 Meri 10 babies new
223 Merle 10 babies 84
224 Sheryl 10 babies new
225 Violet 10 babies 80

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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