Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1956

The top girls’ name was Jennifer, given to 1,418 babies. The top boys’ name was Peter, given to 2,796 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	1,418
2	Susan	1,165
3	Julie	842
4	Christine	831
5	Margaret	783
6	Karen	738
7	Deborah	716
8	Robyn	615
9	Helen	604
10	Lynette	596
11	Kerry	586
12	Vicki	565
13	Judith	534
14	Wendy	523
15	Anne	514
16	Elizabeth	511
17	Patricia	485
18	Cheryl	462
19	Debra	431
20	Linda	389
21	Suzanne	389
22	Catherine	387
23	Mary	386
24	Sandra	376
25	Sharon	365
26	Kim	362
27	Dianne	342
28	Diane	329
29	Kerrie	318
30	Pamela	309
31	Denise	305
32	Gail	304
33	Carol	293
34	Ann	290
35	Barbara	290
36	Rhonda	277
37	Kathleen	252
38	Maria	249
39	Annette	232
40	Lorraine	227
41	Narelle	216
42	Janet	214
43	Jane	210
44	Louise	209
45	Janice	204
46	Joanne	204
47	Kathryn	191
48	Maureen	191
49	Heather	181
50	Leonie	181
51	Roslyn	176
52	Colleen	171
53	Jeanette	166
54	Maree	164
55	Michele	160
56	Rosemary	160
57	Lesley	158
58	Glenda	156
59	Lynne	155
60	Beverley	152
61	Amanda	148
62	Michelle	148
63	Janette	139
64	Kay	137
65	Janelle	136
66	Donna	130
67	Shirley	129
68	Bronwyn	128
69	Carolyn	128
70	Jacqueline	124
71	Yvonne	124
72	Jan	123
73	Ruth	122
74	Pauline	119
75	Sally	119
76	Frances	111
77	Jill	108
78	Marie	105
79	Alison	101
80	Penelope	95
81	Susanne	89
82	Joy	88
83	Sue	87
84	Lynn	85
85	Lynda	83
86	Dorothy	82
87	Fiona	81
88	Carmel	79
89	Joan	79
90	Victoria	78
91	Katherine	77
92	Janine	75
93	Marilyn	75
94	Lee	74
95	Anna	72
96	Toni	72
97	Irene	70
98	Marion	69
99	Sheryl	69
100	Therese	69

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Peter	2,796
2	John	1,780
3	David	1,594
4	Stephen	1,584
5	Michael	1,464
6	Robert	1,457
7	Mark	1,225
8	Gregory	1,151
9	Paul	1,105
10	Ian	818
11	Wayne	730
12	Anthony	698
13	Christopher	671
14	Gary	581
15	Kevin	552
16	Geoffrey	521
17	Garry	520
18	Phillip	517
19	William	501
20	James	498
21	Brian	462
22	Colin	454
23	Richard	449
24	Bruce	424
25	Steven	421
26	Graham	405
27	Kenneth	402
28	Raymond	380
29	Alan	366
30	Ronald	364
31	Allan	335
32	Barry	321
33	Rodney	318
34	Glenn	313
35	Philip	300
36	Andrew	299
37	Neil	299
38	Jeffrey	298
39	Trevor	275
40	Ross	264
41	Graeme	258
42	Keith	229
43	Warren	216
44	Leslie	201
45	Thomas	184
46	Malcolm	183
47	Donald	180
48	Douglas	177
49	Timothy	177
50	George	170
51	Martin	165
52	Joseph	147
53	Patrick	145
54	Terry	141
55	Edward	140
56	Craig	136
57	Kim	136
58	Terrence	136
59	Russell	135
60	Noel	133
61	Shane	133
62	Terence	131
63	Dennis	124
64	Gordon	124
65	Glen	120
66	Neville	111
67	Roger	110
68	Stuart	106
69	Tony	101
70	Eric	99
71	Darryl	98
72	Charles	95
73	Brett	88
74	Grant	88
75	Norman	86
76	Larry	85
77	Grahame	79
78	Daniel	78
79	Francis	78
80	Daryl	77
81	Bernard	75
82	Arthur	73
83	Bradley	72
84	Leonard	71
85	Allen	70
86	Frank	70
87	Alexander	69
88	Nicholas	69
89	Simon	67
90	Gerard	66
91	Lindsay	66
92	Jeffery	65
93	Kerry	63
94	Victor	63
95	Lawrence	59
96	Warwick	58
97	Kelvin	56
98	Laurence	56
99	Desmond	55
100	Maxwell	55