Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Peter	2,097
2	John	1,993
3	Robert	1,578
4	Stephen	1,516
5	David	1,400
6	Michael	1,315
7	Gregory	1,146
8	Paul	1,069
9	Ian	804
10	Mark	729
11	Wayne	725
12	Gary	705
13	Christopher	639
14	Anthony	610
15	Garry	578
16	William	545
17	Geoffrey	539
18	Brian	513
19	Phillip	503
20	James	500
21	Bruce	483
22	Kevin	475
23	Kenneth	459
24	Raymond	436
25	Richard	435

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Graham	431
27	Colin	411
28	Ronald	407
29	Alan	388
30	Steven	358
31	Philip	353
32	Barry	340
33	Allan	324
34	Neil	306
35	Graeme	296
36	Ross	295
37	Trevor	270
38	Jeffrey	269
39	Rodney	259
40	Glenn	254
41	Warren	221
42	Leslie	219
43	Andrew	215
44	Keith	214
45	Donald	206
46	Thomas	181
47	Russell	175
48	Douglas	162
49	Dennis	161
50	Malcolm	160
51	Edward	154
52	Timothy	153
53	George	148
54	Terrence	144
55	Patrick	143
56	Terence	135
57	Terry	135
58	Noel	133
59	Kim	127
60	Neville	126
61	Gordon	121
62	Charles	113
63	Lindsay	110
64	Joseph	103
65	Roger	102
66	Eric	100
67	Craig	95
68	Glen	93
69	Norman	91
70	Larry	90
71	Francis	89
72	Shane	86
73	Leonard	85
74	Daniel	84
75	Kerry	84
76	Warwick	83
77	Martin	82
78	Grahame	80
79	Stuart	80
80	Maxwell	75
81	Adrian	73
82	Arthur	73
83	Frederick	73
84	Frank	71
85	Lawrence	71
86	Denis	70
87	Darryl	68
88	Grant	68
89	Bernard	66
90	Howard	66
91	Victor	66
92	Allen	65
93	Tony	64
94	Laurence	63
95	Desmond	62
96	Darrell	60
97	Vincent	58
98	Jeffery	57
99	Reginald	56
100	Daryl	55