Top NZ Baby Names of the 1930s

Registrations added up across 1930-1939. Margaret and John were the decade's most registered names. Click any name to see its full trend.

Top 50 girls' names

  1. 1Margaret7,336
  2. 2Patricia3,822
  3. 3Shirley3,510
  4. 4Mary3,053
  5. 5Barbara2,489
  6. 6Joan2,457
  7. 7Elizabeth2,173
  8. 8Dorothy2,146
  9. 9Beverley2,067
  10. 10Valerie2,028
  11. 11Judith1,776
  12. 12Betty1,688
  13. 13Maureen1,654
  14. 14June1,620
  15. 15Marie1,495
  16. 16Pamela1,484
  17. 17Jean1,482
  18. 18Helen1,432
  19. 19Kathleen1,423
  20. 20Colleen1,374
  21. 21Doreen1,223
  22. 22Joyce1,210
  23. 23Janet1,055
  24. 24Audrey1,018
  25. 25Ngaire1,005
  26. 26Heather972
  27. 27Nancy954
  28. 28Dawn940
  29. 29Eileen921
  30. 30Elaine912
  31. 31Lois912
  32. 32Noeline906
  33. 33Yvonne839
  34. 34Anne822
  35. 35Pauline805
  36. 36Janice797
  37. 37Jennifer777
  38. 38Marion767
  39. 39Frances746
  40. 40Daphne741
  41. 41Norma724
  42. 42Joy706
  43. 43Lorraine705
  44. 44Fay695
  45. 45Phyllis689
  46. 46Alison684
  47. 47Marjorie678
  48. 48Ruth660
  49. 49Nola656
  50. 50Jocelyn603

Top 50 boys' names

  1. 1John8,983
  2. 2William5,362
  3. 3Robert4,583
  4. 4Peter4,019
  5. 5David3,950
  6. 6James3,914
  7. 7Brian3,784
  8. 8Ronald3,333
  9. 9Donald2,920
  10. 10Ian2,779
  11. 11Raymond2,398
  12. 12Colin2,121
  13. 13George2,043
  14. 14Graham1,904
  15. 15Thomas1,902
  16. 16Kenneth1,864
  17. 17Barry1,796
  18. 18Bruce1,600
  19. 19Richard1,580
  20. 20Alan1,549
  21. 21Trevor1,468
  22. 22Edward1,430
  23. 23Douglas1,328
  24. 24Gordon1,323
  25. 25Michael1,313
  26. 26Leslie1,281
  27. 27Keith1,274
  28. 28Charles1,266
  29. 29Allan1,251
  30. 30Arthur1,251
  31. 31Graeme1,245
  32. 32Maurice1,165
  33. 33Noel1,092
  34. 34Murray969
  35. 35Desmond950
  36. 36Norman944
  37. 37Eric926
  38. 38Patrick862
  39. 39Francis848
  40. 40Kevin848
  41. 41Anthony821
  42. 42Frederick806
  43. 43Albert805
  44. 44Neil792
  45. 45Rex768
  46. 46Ivan759
  47. 47Walter743
  48. 48Alexander741
  49. 49Neville729
  50. 50Russell725
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About this data: figures come from Department of Internal Affairs birth registrations for 1954-2025. The DIA only publishes a name for a given year when at least 10 babies were registered with it, so rarer names - and rarer spellings - are missing entirely, and a name can drop out of the record in quieter years. Spelling variants are counted separately, and counts reflect first names as registered.