New Zealand: Most Popular Baby Names in 1944

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 1,170 babies =
  2. 2 David 734 babies =
  3. 3 Peter 631 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 629 babies =
  5. 5 William 512 babies =
  6. 6 Brian 461 babies =
  7. 7 Ian 375 babies 2
  8. 8 Michael 369 babies =
  9. 9 James 345 babies 2
  10. 10 Kenneth 298 babies 1
  11. 11 Raymond 288 babies 1
  12. 12 Colin 284 babies 4
  13. 13 Kevin 284 babies 1
  14. 14 Donald 282 babies 3
  15. 15 Richard 271 babies =
  16. 16 Alan 269 babies 4
  17. 17 Bruce 264 babies 4
  18. 18 Graham 264 babies 5
  19. 19 Graeme 262 babies 9
  20. 20 Barry 242 babies 2
  21. 21 Ronald 242 babies 2
  22. 22 Anthony 237 babies =
  23. 23 Murray 209 babies 1
  24. 24 Trevor 188 babies 1
  25. 25 Allan 175 babies =
  26. 26 Paul 173 babies 2
  27. 27 Gary 171 babies 1
  28. 28 Roger 171 babies 11
  29. 29 Wayne 162 babies 24
  30. 30 Thomas 160 babies 3
  31. 31 Douglas 152 babies 2
  32. 32 Dennis 149 babies 6
  33. 33 Keith 149 babies 2
  34. 34 Terence 139 babies 7
  35. 35 Russell 135 babies 2
  36. 36 Neil 134 babies 5
  37. 37 George 131 babies 7
  38. 38 Ross 127 babies 10
  39. 39 Leslie 120 babies 7
  40. 40 Edward 119 babies 4
  41. 41 Gordon 118 babies 7
  42. 42 Geoffrey 117 babies 17
  43. 43 Robin 113 babies 6
  44. 44 Noel 111 babies 4
  45. 45 Patrick 108 babies 1
  46. 46 Charles 100 babies 4
  47. 47 Arthur 99 babies 3
  48. 48 Neville 98 babies 1
  49. 49 Eric 96 babies 4
  50. 50 Malcolm 96 babies =
  51. 51 Christopher 94 babies 4
  52. 52 Rex 90 babies 10
  53. 53 Norman 89 babies 2
  54. 54 Warren 87 babies 13
  55. 55 Bernard 83 babies 1
  56. 56 Maurice 83 babies 13
  57. 57 Bryan 78 babies 8
  58. 58 Philip 77 babies 3
  59. 59 Desmond 75 babies 7
  60. 60 Ivan 72 babies 6
  61. 61 Francis 71 babies 7
  62. 62 Rodney 71 babies 6
  63. 63 Alexander 69 babies =
  64. 64 Andrew 68 babies 7
  65. 65 Lindsay 67 babies 12
  66. 66 Mervyn 66 babies 11
  67. 67 Garry 65 babies 12
  68. 68 Stanley 63 babies 4
  69. 69 Stephen 62 babies 17
  70. 70 Frederick 57 babies 6
  71. 71 Henry 57 babies 3
  72. 72 Walter 57 babies 20
  73. 73 Leonard 55 babies 13
  74. 74 Owen 54 babies 4
  75. 75 Stuart 54 babies 18
  76. 76 Albert 52 babies 7
  77. 77 Denis 52 babies 19
  78. 78 Joseph 52 babies 2
  79. 79 Roy 49 babies 6
  80. 80 Clifford 47 babies 31
  81. 81 Hugh 45 babies 9
  82. 82 Kerry 45 babies 6
  83. 83 Clive 44 babies 4
  84. 84 Gerald 44 babies 12
  85. 85 Kelvin 44 babies 4
  86. 86 Phillip 44 babies 3
  87. 87 Allen 43 babies 14
  88. 88 Gavin 43 babies 5
  89. 89 Warwick 43 babies 11
  90. 90 Maxwell 42 babies 8
  91. 91 Terrence 42 babies =
  92. 92 Ernest 41 babies 17
  93. 93 Lawrence 40 babies 20
  94. 94 Alfred 38 babies 14
  95. 95 Harold 37 babies 1
  96. 96 Reginald 37 babies 7
  97. 97 Frank 36 babies 15
  98. 98 Martin 36 babies 19
  99. 99 Derek 35 babies 4
  100. 100 Errol 34 babies 2

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Margaret 681 babies =
  2. 2 Patricia 481 babies =
  3. 3 Judith 477 babies =
  4. 4 Janice 367 babies =
  5. 5 Mary 348 babies =
  6. 6 Barbara 320 babies =
  7. 7 Helen 287 babies 1
  8. 8 Pamela 280 babies 1
  9. 9 Shirley 269 babies 2
  10. 10 Elizabeth 266 babies =
  11. 11 Heather 251 babies 6
  12. 12 Beverley 243 babies 5
  13. 13 Jennifer 237 babies 2
  14. 14 Lynette 215 babies 6
  15. 15 Colleen 212 babies 2
  16. 16 Carol 201 babies 9
  17. 17 Kathleen 200 babies 3
  18. 18 Maureen 194 babies 6
  19. 19 Lorraine 185 babies 3
  20. 20 Diane 182 babies 2
  21. 21 Dorothy 172 babies 1
  22. 22 Janet 169 babies 1
  23. 23 Valerie 165 babies 4
  24. 24 Marie 148 babies 2
  25. 25 Joan 142 babies 1
  26. 26 Pauline 141 babies 3
  27. 27 Alison 137 babies 1
  28. 28 Susan 136 babies 17
  29. 29 Frances 123 babies 4
  30. 30 Elaine 119 babies 7
  31. 31 Lois 115 babies 17
  32. 32 Anne 109 babies 2
  33. 33 Annette 108 babies 1
  34. 34 Ann 107 babies 2
  35. 35 Robyn 107 babies 4
  36. 36 Yvonne 107 babies 9
  37. 37 Christine 105 babies 32
  38. 38 Raewyn 104 babies 3
  39. 39 Sandra 104 babies 7
  40. 40 Jeanette 102 babies 9
  41. 41 Lesley 102 babies 2
  42. 42 Marion 101 babies 4
  43. 43 Glenys 100 babies 15
  44. 44 Rosemary 97 babies 8
  45. 45 Irene 96 babies 21
  46. 46 Dianne 93 babies 11
  47. 47 Catherine 91 babies =
  48. 48 Jean 90 babies 8
  49. 49 Marilyn 88 babies 23
  50. 50 Gloria 87 babies 5
  51. 51 Wendy 86 babies 2
  52. 52 Joy 81 babies 4
  53. 53 Carole 80 babies 2
  54. 54 Ngaire 79 babies 6
  55. 55 Josephine 77 babies 13
  56. 56 Diana 74 babies 12
  57. 57 Suzanne 74 babies 22
  58. 58 Betty 73 babies 21
  59. 59 Gail 70 babies 6
  60. 60 Jillian 70 babies 3
  61. 61 Ruth 70 babies 7
  62. 62 Dawn 69 babies 2
  63. 63 June 69 babies 28
  64. 64 Leonie 69 babies 17
  65. 65 Beverly 68 babies 15
  66. 66 Jocelyn 68 babies 24
  67. 67 Kay 68 babies 31
  68. 68 Carolyn 66 babies 17
  69. 69 Jill 66 babies 8
  70. 70 Nancy 66 babies 6
  71. 71 Noeline 63 babies 9
  72. 72 Julie 60 babies 8
  73. 73 Denise 59 babies 16
  74. 74 Gillian 57 babies 7
  75. 75 Rosalie 57 babies =
  76. 76 Eileen 56 babies 23
  77. 77 Jacqueline 56 babies 3
  78. 78 Joyce 54 babies 19
  79. 79 Robin 54 babies 4
  80. 80 Fay 53 babies 7
  81. 81 Shona 52 babies 13
  82. 82 Adrienne 48 babies 5
  83. 83 Evelyn 48 babies 7
  84. 84 Sylvia 47 babies 14
  85. 85 Karen 45 babies 34
  86. 86 Norma 45 babies 2
  87. 87 Daphne 43 babies 5
  88. 88 Linda 43 babies 4
  89. 89 Maria 43 babies 3
  90. 90 Kathryn 42 babies 10
  91. 91 Marlene 42 babies 13
  92. 92 Sally 42 babies 21
  93. 93 Lynne 41 babies 12
  94. 94 Marjorie 41 babies 8
  95. 95 Doreen 40 babies 24
  96. 96 Julia 40 babies 2
  97. 97 Phyllis 40 babies 6
  98. 98 Eleanor 39 babies 25
  99. 99 Faye 39 babies 23
  100. 100 Sharon 39 babies 40

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Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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