Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1952

The top 100 as published, with the number of babies given each name.

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,205
2	Peter	1,903
3	Robert	1,787
4	Stephen	1,485
5	David	1,340
6	Michael	1,222
7	Paul	1,046
8	Gary	834
9	Gregory	811
10	Ian	748
11	Christopher	718
12	William	645
13	Brian	624
14	Phillip	596
15	Geoffrey	586
16	Kenneth	548
17	Raymond	525
18	Anthony	520
19	Garry	512
20	Graham	512
21	James	511
22	Colin	508
23	Bruce	504
24	Ronald	495
25	Richard	494

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	480
27	Mark	475
28	Alan	474
29	Wayne	423
30	Barry	395
31	Allan	372
32	Philip	358
33	Graeme	332
34	Dennis	328
35	Trevor	296
36	Ross	291
37	Leslie	286
38	Rodney	266
39	Jeffrey	259
40	Keith	244
41	Steven	234
42	Neil	233
43	Warren	221
44	Thomas	220
45	Donald	218
46	George	200
47	Douglas	198
48	Edward	197
49	Russell	189
50	Glenn	176
51	Andrew	172
52	Malcolm	166
53	Terence	163
54	Terrence	158
55	Neville	156
56	Noel	156
57	Charles	146
58	Gordon	146
59	Patrick	141
60	Terry	129
61	Timothy	128
62	Joseph	122
63	Norman	116
64	Roger	113
65	Denis	112
66	Lindsay	111
67	Arthur	106
68	Frederick	104
69	Larry	102
70	Eric	99
71	Maxwell	99
72	Kerry	96
73	Leonard	94
74	Francis	91
75	Warwick	91
76	Stuart	90
77	Lawrence	89
78	Desmond	87
79	Allen	84
80	Alexander	82
81	Grahame	79
82	Martin	79
83	Daniel	78
84	Bernard	75
85	Frank	73
86	Laurence	70
87	Adrian	68
88	Harold	66
89	Jeffery	66
90	Darryl	65
91	Reginald	63
92	Glen	61
93	Kim	61
94	Vincent	60
95	Stanley	59
96	Tony	58
97	Victor	57
98	Maurice	56
99	Darrell	54
100	Daryl	54