Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1953

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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