Most popular girls’ names in New South Wales, 1956

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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