Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1956

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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