Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Peter	2,312
2	John	1,838
3	Stephen	1,578
4	Robert	1,493
5	Michael	1,456
6	David	1,404
7	Gregory	1,110
8	Paul	1,041
9	Mark	841
10	Ian	829
11	Wayne	826
12	Christopher	711
13	Anthony	668
14	Gary	651
15	William	575
16	Geoffrey	566
17	Garry	537
18	Phillip	495
19	Brian	477
20	Richard	468
21	Kenneth	463
22	Graham	450
23	Kevin	450
24	James	441
25	Colin	423

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronald	407
27	Bruce	403
28	Alan	402
29	Raymond	402
30	Steven	387
31	Barry	325
32	Neil	322
33	Allan	314
34	Jeffrey	313
35	Philip	313
36	Rodney	304
37	Trevor	303
38	Graeme	294
39	Ross	271
40	Glenn	261
41	Leslie	247
42	Andrew	239
43	Donald	231
44	Warren	223
45	Keith	213
46	Timothy	178
47	Douglas	176
48	Kim	163
49	Thomas	157
50	George	156
51	Patrick	154
52	Malcolm	153
53	Terence	151
54	Russell	148
55	Terry	148
56	Dennis	135
57	Edward	134
58	Noel	133
59	Joseph	131
60	Glen	127
61	Terrence	124
62	Gordon	118
63	Shane	116
64	Charles	113
65	Martin	109
66	Roger	103
67	Craig	102
68	Neville	102
69	Eric	99
70	Darryl	85
71	Grahame	82
72	Larry	82
73	Bernard	81
74	Lindsay	81
75	Maxwell	80
76	Kerry	78
77	Warwick	78
78	Grant	77
79	Norman	77
80	Allen	76
81	Francis	75
82	Frederick	75
83	Arthur	74
84	Stuart	73
85	Tony	72
86	Daniel	71
87	Frank	68
88	Daryl	67
89	Simon	66
90	Adrian	65
91	Jeffery	65
92	Leonard	65
93	Nicholas	64
94	Vincent	64
95	Brett	63
96	Alexander	62
97	Denis	62
98	Desmond	62
99	Roy	62
100	Laurence	61