Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1953

The top girls’ name was Christine, given to 1,279 babies. The top boys’ name was John, given to 2,148 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christine	1,279
2	Susan	1,188
3	Jennifer	964
4	Margaret	961
5	Judith	761
6	Robyn	753
7	Julie	739
8	Lynette	658
9	Helen	648
10	Patricia	646
11	Elizabeth	608
12	Cheryl	602
13	Anne	500
14	Kerry	462
15	Sandra	453
16	Barbara	448
17	Diane	446
18	Wendy	440
19	Marilyn	430
20	Dianne	411
21	Mary	411
22	Denise	410
23	Pamela	398
24	Gail	392
25	Suzanne	388
26	Rhonda	379
27	Linda	358
28	Catherine	350
29	Lorraine	348
30	Vicki	316
31	Janice	314
32	Deborah	311
33	Kathleen	301
34	Carol	293
35	Karen	286
36	Janet	270
37	Ann	264
38	Lesley	264
39	Kerrie	257
40	Sharon	249
41	Maureen	246
42	Beverley	232
43	Roslyn	231
44	Annette	220
45	Kay	208
46	Colleen	205
47	Maria	204
48	Carolyn	199
49	Heather	199
50	Rosemary	190
51	Lynne	179
52	Leonie	172
53	Kathryn	163
54	Yvonne	159
55	Pauline	156
56	Jane	154
57	Kim	154
58	Janette	152
59	Narelle	152
60	Marie	150
61	Ruth	150
62	Shirley	148
63	Jeanette	146
64	Frances	143
65	Glenda	142
66	Jan	140
67	Bronwyn	134
68	Jill	133
69	Maree	132
70	Joy	122
71	Jacqueline	119
72	Michelle	114
73	Louise	113
74	Alison	112
75	Debra	110
76	Joan	110
77	Michele	106
78	Susanne	104
79	Elaine	97
80	Joanne	97
81	Irene	96
82	Virginia	95
83	Dorothy	94
84	Robin	89
85	Jillian	86
86	Sally	85
87	Lynn	83
88	Marion	82
89	Brenda	81
90	Carmel	81
91	Donna	76
92	June	76
93	Gayle	74
94	Sue	74
95	Diana	73
96	Valerie	72
97	Stephanie	71
98	Lynda	69
99	Gloria	67
100	Paula	67

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,148
2	Peter	1,983
3	Robert	1,695
4	Stephen	1,486
5	David	1,320
6	Michael	1,298
7	Paul	1,004
8	Gregory	955
9	Gary	801
10	Ian	800
11	Christopher	754
12	William	625
13	Mark	610
14	Anthony	595
15	Wayne	584
16	Geoffrey	573
17	Phillip	552
18	James	546
19	Kenneth	534
20	Brian	518
21	Kevin	502
22	Raymond	491
23	Garry	483
24	Colin	481
25	Bruce	461
26	Ronald	453
27	Alan	445
28	Richard	440
29	Graham	431
30	Barry	371
31	Philip	367
32	Allan	363
33	Steven	352
34	Graeme	338
35	Neil	303
36	Trevor	301
37	Ross	294
38	Jeffrey	291
39	Rodney	271
40	Donald	253
41	Dennis	244
42	Keith	239
43	Warren	235
44	Leslie	228
45	Thomas	214
46	Glenn	187
47	Douglas	185
48	Terence	179
49	Andrew	176
50	Malcolm	172
51	Edward	170
52	Patrick	156
53	Neville	151
54	Noel	151
55	Russell	151
56	George	150
57	Timothy	142
58	Terrence	133
59	Terry	126
60	Charles	124
61	Joseph	115
62	Norman	115
63	Denis	109
64	Lindsay	109
65	Arthur	105
66	Frederick	105
67	Gordon	105
68	Roger	103
69	Kim	101
70	Bernard	99
71	Eric	95
72	Francis	94
73	Stillborn	90
74	Kerry	87
75	Maxwell	85
76	Allen	84
77	Lawrence	84
78	Stuart	83
79	Craig	82
80	Larry	81
81	Adrian	79
82	Alexander	79
83	Warwick	76
84	Grahame	74
85	Reginald	74
86	Daniel	73
87	Glen	73
88	Desmond	72
89	Martin	70
90	Leonard	69
91	Jeffery	67
92	Frank	65
93	Grant	62
94	Laurence	62
95	Victor	61
96	Stanley	59
97	Tony	57
98	Owen	56
99	Harold	54
100	Ralph	51