Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1957

The top girls’ name was Jennifer, given to 1,367 babies. The top boys’ name was Peter, given to 2,741 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	1,367
2	Susan	1,083
3	Deborah	985
4	Julie	924
5	Karen	818
6	Margaret	795
7	Christine	751
8	Kim	697
9	Debra	685
10	Robyn	583
11	Wendy	582
12	Kerry	574
13	Vicki	558
14	Anne	545
15	Elizabeth	538
16	Helen	536
17	Lynette	513
18	Judith	475
19	Cheryl	462
20	Catherine	444
21	Linda	434
22	Mary	430
23	Patricia	425
24	Sharon	412
25	Sandra	402
26	Suzanne	378
27	Diane	337
28	Kerrie	330
29	Rhonda	308
30	Joanne	288
31	Maria	282
32	Barbara	280
33	Dianne	280
34	Carol	273
35	Ann	263
36	Denise	256
37	Gail	249
38	Lorraine	244
39	Pamela	244
40	Narelle	240
41	Jane	225
42	Kathleen	225
43	Michelle	225
44	Louise	216
45	Annette	213
46	Kathryn	211
47	Janet	202
48	Carolyn	195
49	Leonie	195
50	Colleen	181
51	Michele	177
52	Maree	171
53	Heather	169
54	Lesley	169
55	Rosemary	164
56	Donna	163
57	Amanda	162
58	Janice	159
59	Beverley	157
60	Janelle	152
61	Roslyn	152
62	Glenda	150
63	Debbie	140
64	Maureen	140
65	Lynne	137
66	Pauline	134
67	Bronwyn	126
68	Fiona	126
69	Ruth	126
70	Janette	125
71	Kay	123
72	Shirley	121
73	Jan	118
74	Frances	114
75	Jeanette	111
76	Yvonne	109
77	Sally	105
78	Anna	103
79	Victoria	103
80	Alison	102
81	Marie	102
82	Virginia	101
83	Lynda	99
84	Jacqueline	97
85	Susanne	95
86	Toni	95
87	Angela	91
88	Therese	89
89	Penelope	87
90	Janine	84
91	Jill	83
92	Belinda	76
93	Katherine	75
94	Caroline	74
95	Diana	74
96	Leanne	74
97	Carmel	73
98	Joy	71
99	Irene	70
100	Lee	68

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Peter	2,741
2	John	1,762
3	David	1,655
4	Stephen	1,589
5	Michael	1,492
6	Mark	1,395
7	Robert	1,354
8	Gregory	1,277
9	Paul	1,155
10	Anthony	802
11	Wayne	790
12	Ian	756
13	Christopher	705
14	Gary	605
15	Geoffrey	566
16	Garry	491
17	Phillip	486
18	Brian	482
19	James	479
20	William	467
21	Steven	465
22	Kevin	464
23	Richard	450
24	Bruce	444
25	Colin	429
26	Graham	419
27	Raymond	394
28	Alan	377
29	Kenneth	376
30	Glenn	361
31	Andrew	356
32	Ronald	318
33	Allan	316
34	Philip	310
35	Barry	308
36	Jeffrey	301
37	Neil	299
38	Rodney	290
39	Trevor	280
40	Ross	274
41	Graeme	267
42	Timothy	224
43	Warren	219
44	Craig	208
45	Leslie	193
46	Donald	191
47	Thomas	186
48	George	179
49	Martin	175
50	Keith	173
51	Malcolm	171
52	Russell	164
53	Patrick	161
54	Shane	161
55	Douglas	158
56	Glen	155
57	Terry	153
58	Joseph	150
59	Edward	144
60	Noel	128
61	Grant	127
62	Bradley	125
63	Daniel	125
64	Brett	122
65	Kim	122
66	Stuart	121
67	Terence	121
68	Dennis	120
69	Terrence	112
70	Gordon	108
71	Charles	107
72	Darryl	106
73	Roger	105
74	Eric	102
75	Scott	97
76	Tony	93
77	Francis	89
78	Matthew	89
79	Larry	88
80	Frank	85
81	Lindsay	85
82	Norman	85
83	Neville	83
84	Warwick	83
85	Alexander	82
86	Murray	81
87	Bernard	80
88	Daryl	79
89	Maxwell	77
90	Gerard	74
91	Kelvin	72
92	Adrian	71
93	Dean	71
94	Simon	70
95	Nicholas	68
96	Grahame	67
97	Victor	67
98	Lawrence	66
99	Leonard	66
100	Dale	63