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 John 1,170 babies =
2 David 734 babies =
3 Peter 631 babies =
4 Robert 629 babies =
5 William 512 babies =
6 Brian 461 babies =
7 Ian 375 babies 2
8 Michael 369 babies =
9 James 345 babies 2
10 Kenneth 298 babies 1
11 Raymond 288 babies 1
12 Colin 284 babies 4
13 Kevin 284 babies 1
14 Donald 282 babies 3
15 Richard 271 babies =
16 Alan 269 babies 4
17 Bruce 264 babies 4
18 Graham 264 babies 5
19 Graeme 262 babies 9
20 Barry 242 babies 2
21 Ronald 242 babies 2
22 Anthony 237 babies =
23 Murray 209 babies 1
24 Trevor 188 babies 1
25 Allan 175 babies =
26 Paul 173 babies 2
27 Gary 171 babies 1
28 Roger 171 babies 11
29 Wayne 162 babies 24
30 Thomas 160 babies 3
31 Douglas 152 babies 2
32 Dennis 149 babies 6
33 Keith 149 babies 2
34 Terence 139 babies 7
35 Russell 135 babies 2
36 Neil 134 babies 5
37 George 131 babies 7
38 Ross 127 babies 10
39 Leslie 120 babies 7
40 Edward 119 babies 4
41 Gordon 118 babies 7
42 Geoffrey 117 babies 17
43 Robin 113 babies 6
44 Noel 111 babies 4
45 Patrick 108 babies 1
46 Charles 100 babies 4
47 Arthur 99 babies 3
48 Neville 98 babies 1
49 Eric 96 babies 4
50 Malcolm 96 babies =
51 Christopher 94 babies 4
52 Rex 90 babies 10
53 Norman 89 babies 2
54 Warren 87 babies 13
55 Bernard 83 babies 1
56 Maurice 83 babies 13
57 Bryan 78 babies 8
58 Philip 77 babies 3
59 Desmond 75 babies 7
60 Ivan 72 babies 6
61 Francis 71 babies 7
62 Rodney 71 babies 6
63 Alexander 69 babies =
64 Andrew 68 babies 7
65 Lindsay 67 babies 12
66 Mervyn 66 babies 11
67 Garry 65 babies 12
68 Stanley 63 babies 4
69 Stephen 62 babies 17
70 Frederick 57 babies 6
71 Henry 57 babies 3
72 Walter 57 babies 20
73 Leonard 55 babies 13
74 Owen 54 babies 4
75 Stuart 54 babies 18
76 Albert 52 babies 7
77 Denis 52 babies 19
78 Joseph 52 babies 2
79 Roy 49 babies 6
80 Clifford 47 babies 31
81 Hugh 45 babies 9
82 Kerry 45 babies 6
83 Clive 44 babies 4
84 Gerald 44 babies 12
85 Kelvin 44 babies 4
86 Phillip 44 babies 3
87 Allen 43 babies 14
88 Gavin 43 babies 5
89 Warwick 43 babies 11
90 Maxwell 42 babies 8
91 Terrence 42 babies =
92 Ernest 41 babies 17
93 Lawrence 40 babies 20
94 Alfred 38 babies 14
95 Harold 37 babies 1
96 Reginald 37 babies 7
97 Frank 36 babies 15
98 Martin 36 babies 19
99 Derek 35 babies 4
100 Errol 34 babies 2
101 Timothy 34 babies 5
102 Alistair 33 babies 13
103 Jack 33 babies 25
104 Howard 32 babies 26
105 Edwin 31 babies 26
106 Barrie 30 babies 16
107 Daniel 30 babies 18
108 Herbert 30 babies 21
109 Lloyd 30 babies 29
110 Mark 30 babies 14
111 Ralph 30 babies 2
112 Harry 28 babies =
113 Wiremu 28 babies 6
114 Selwyn 27 babies 7
115 Victor 27 babies 26
116 Laurence 26 babies 32
117 Harvey 25 babies 37
118 Roderick 25 babies 8
119 Stewart 25 babies 20
120 Cyril 24 babies 8
121 Basil 23 babies 24
122 Lewis 22 babies 9
123 Lionel 22 babies 4
124 Alister 21 babies
125 Sydney 21 babies 10
126 Vincent 21 babies 8
127 Hori 20 babies 4
128 Evan 19 babies 12
129 Grant 19 babies 25
130 Jeffrey 19 babies 22
131 Lance 19 babies 10
132 Max 19 babies 44
133 Samuel 19 babies 28
134 Wallace 19 babies 16
135 Winston 19 babies 21
136 Ashley 18 babies 1
137 Garth 18 babies 5
138 Hoani 18 babies 37
139 Terry 18 babies 9
140 Tony 18 babies 38
141 Vernon 18 babies 5
142 Adrian 17 babies 2
143 Bevan 17 babies 8
144 Carl 17 babies 9
145 Gilbert 17 babies =
146 Duncan 16 babies 20
147 Gerard 16 babies
148 Steven 16 babies
149 Alastair 15 babies 9
150 Brent 15 babies 2
151 Larry 15 babies 20
152 Leon 15 babies 9
153 Morris 15 babies 12
154 Nigel 15 babies 20
155 Alec 14 babies
156 Cecil 14 babies
157 Clarence 14 babies 11
158 Rodger 14 babies 11
159 Charlie 13 babies 8
160 Glen 13 babies
161 Hohepa 13 babies 5
162 Rangi 13 babies 23
163 Simon 13 babies 9
164 Grahame 12 babies 44
165 Gregory 12 babies 4
166 Lester 12 babies 33
167 Roland 12 babies
168 Sidney 12 babies
169 Dale 11 babies 8
170 Dudley 11 babies 3
171 Euan 11 babies
172 Glenn 11 babies
173 Julian 11 babies 10
174 Louis 11 babies 16
175 Nicholas 11 babies 9
176 Ray 11 babies 27
177 Terrance 11 babies
178 Arnold 10 babies
179 Cedric 10 babies
180 Ewen 10 babies
181 Fredrick 10 babies 40
182 Hamish 10 babies
183 Henare 10 babies 21
184 Hone 10 babies 27
185 Jeremy 10 babies
186 Leo 10 babies 54
187 Milton 10 babies 28

Girl Names

1 Margaret 681 babies =
2 Patricia 481 babies =
3 Judith 477 babies =
4 Janice 367 babies =
5 Mary 348 babies =
6 Barbara 320 babies =
7 Helen 287 babies 1
8 Pamela 280 babies 1
9 Shirley 269 babies 2
10 Elizabeth 266 babies =
11 Heather 251 babies 6
12 Beverley 243 babies 5
13 Jennifer 237 babies 2
14 Lynette 215 babies 6
15 Colleen 212 babies 2
16 Carol 201 babies 9
17 Kathleen 200 babies 3
18 Maureen 194 babies 6
19 Lorraine 185 babies 3
20 Diane 182 babies 2
21 Dorothy 172 babies 1
22 Janet 169 babies 1
23 Valerie 165 babies 4
24 Marie 148 babies 2
25 Joan 142 babies 1
26 Pauline 141 babies 3
27 Alison 137 babies 1
28 Susan 136 babies 17
29 Frances 123 babies 4
30 Elaine 119 babies 7
31 Lois 115 babies 17
32 Anne 109 babies 2
33 Annette 108 babies 1
34 Ann 107 babies 2
35 Robyn 107 babies 4
36 Yvonne 107 babies 9
37 Christine 105 babies 32
38 Raewyn 104 babies 3
39 Sandra 104 babies 7
40 Jeanette 102 babies 9
41 Lesley 102 babies 2
42 Marion 101 babies 4
43 Glenys 100 babies 15
44 Rosemary 97 babies 8
45 Irene 96 babies 21
46 Dianne 93 babies 11
47 Catherine 91 babies =
48 Jean 90 babies 8
49 Marilyn 88 babies 23
50 Gloria 87 babies 5
51 Wendy 86 babies 2
52 Joy 81 babies 4
53 Carole 80 babies 2
54 Ngaire 79 babies 6
55 Josephine 77 babies 13
56 Diana 74 babies 12
57 Suzanne 74 babies 22
58 Betty 73 babies 21
59 Gail 70 babies 6
60 Jillian 70 babies 3
61 Ruth 70 babies 7
62 Dawn 69 babies 2
63 June 69 babies 28
64 Leonie 69 babies 17
65 Beverly 68 babies 15
66 Jocelyn 68 babies 24
67 Kay 68 babies 31
68 Carolyn 66 babies 17
69 Jill 66 babies 8
70 Nancy 66 babies 6
71 Noeline 63 babies 9
72 Julie 60 babies 8
73 Denise 59 babies 16
74 Gillian 57 babies 7
75 Rosalie 57 babies =
76 Eileen 56 babies 23
77 Jacqueline 56 babies 3
78 Joyce 54 babies 19
79 Robin 54 babies 4
80 Fay 53 babies 7
81 Shona 52 babies 13
82 Adrienne 48 babies 5
83 Evelyn 48 babies 7
84 Sylvia 47 babies 14
85 Karen 45 babies 34
86 Norma 45 babies 2
87 Daphne 43 babies 5
88 Linda 43 babies 4
89 Maria 43 babies 3
90 Kathryn 42 babies 10
91 Marlene 42 babies 13
92 Sally 42 babies 21
93 Lynne 41 babies 12
94 Marjorie 41 babies 8
95 Doreen 40 babies 24
96 Julia 40 babies 2
97 Phyllis 40 babies 6
98 Eleanor 39 babies 25
99 Faye 39 babies 23
100 Sharon 39 babies 40
101 Beryl 38 babies 19
102 Nola 35 babies 9
103 Edith 34 babies 47
104 Glenda 34 babies 33
105 Noelene 34 babies 20
106 Vivienne 34 babies 4
107 Alice 32 babies =
108 Ellen 32 babies 13
109 Georgina 32 babies 21
110 Jane 32 babies 35
111 Janette 32 babies 7
112 Lynnette 32 babies 10
113 Mavis 31 babies 16
114 Virginia 31 babies 33
115 Cheryl 30 babies
116 Gay 30 babies 28
117 Hazel 30 babies 34
118 Brenda 29 babies 3
119 Ailsa 28 babies 15
120 Cynthia 28 babies 1
121 Florence 28 babies 4
122 Glenis 28 babies 19
123 Maxine 28 babies 16
124 Thelma 28 babies 18
125 Caroline 27 babies 1
126 Olive 27 babies 28
127 Philippa 27 babies 69
128 Sheryl 27 babies 96
129 Rae 26 babies 21
130 Anita 25 babies 6
131 Glennis 25 babies 35
132 Kaye 25 babies 20
133 Penelope 25 babies 54
134 Aileen 24 babies 7
135 Audrey 24 babies 36
136 Lorna 23 babies 35
137 Hilary 22 babies 10
138 Marian 22 babies 46
139 Angela 21 babies 3
140 Gaynor 21 babies 17
141 Isobel 21 babies 35
142 Leone 21 babies
143 Monica 21 babies 36
144 Prudence 21 babies
145 Anna 20 babies 3
146 Claire 20 babies 27
147 Judy 20 babies 35
148 Lynda 20 babies 16
149 Lynley 20 babies 59
150 Lynn 20 babies 71
151 Veronica 20 babies 18
152 Christina 19 babies 10
153 Lillian 19 babies 12
154 Louise 19 babies 29
155 May 19 babies 2
156 Rose 19 babies
157 Doris 18 babies 28
158 Elsie 18 babies 2
159 Gabrielle 18 babies 3
160 Juliet 18 babies 45
161 Laraine 18 babies
162 Merle 18 babies 61
163 Noeleen 18 babies 7
164 Allison 17 babies 29
165 Andrea 17 babies
166 Annie 17 babies 6
167 Coral 17 babies 49
168 Myra 17 babies 1
169 Violet 17 babies 56
170 Dale 16 babies 59
171 Erica 16 babies
172 Jan 16 babies 47
173 Moira 16 babies
174 Peggy 16 babies 21
175 Gladys 15 babies 16
176 Melva 15 babies 9
177 Mere 15 babies 9
178 Muriel 15 babies 10
179 Rita 15 babies 70
180 Roberta 15 babies 23
181 Adele 14 babies
182 Agnes 14 babies 11
183 Bernice 14 babies 34
184 Geraldine 14 babies 53
185 Nora 14 babies
186 Vivien 14 babies
187 Clare 13 babies 28
188 Edna 13 babies 72
189 Gaylene 13 babies
190 Glenice 13 babies
191 Gwendoline 13 babies
192 Hilda 13 babies
193 Iris 13 babies 11
194 Katherine 13 babies 70
195 Priscilla 13 babies 2
196 Rona 13 babies 13
197 Rosalind 13 babies 69
198 Susanne 13 babies 40
199 Wilma 13 babies 2
200 Eunice 12 babies 36
201 Gaye 12 babies
202 Grace 12 babies 64
203 Jessie 12 babies 57
204 Lucy 12 babies 38
205 Maata 12 babies
206 Merilyn 12 babies
207 Rachel 12 babies 46
208 Winifred 12 babies 94
209 Beth 11 babies
210 Donna 11 babies
211 Erin 11 babies
212 Esther 11 babies 31
213 Freda 11 babies
214 Gael 11 babies 71
215 Glennys 11 babies
216 Gwen 11 babies
217 Hine 11 babies 14
218 Laurel 11 babies
219 Linley 11 babies
220 Loraine 11 babies 14
221 Naomi 11 babies
222 Sarah 11 babies
223 Sharron 11 babies
224 Stella 11 babies
225 Tui 11 babies 15
226 Vera 11 babies 26
227 Beatrice 10 babies
228 Cushla 10 babies
229 Dulcie 10 babies 66
230 Fiona 10 babies
231 Ivy 10 babies 54
232 Lilian 10 babies
233 Marcia 10 babies 40
234 Maree 10 babies
235 Martha 10 babies
236 Mereana 10 babies
237 Natalie 10 babies
238 Rosaline 10 babies
239 Stephanie 10 babies
240 Valda 10 babies

Source: Department of Internal Affairs

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