Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Peter	2,572
2	John	1,701
3	David	1,698
4	Michael	1,622
5	Stephen	1,527
6	Mark	1,513
7	Gregory	1,358
8	Robert	1,343
9	Paul	1,050
10	Wayne	852
11	Anthony	836
12	Ian	754
13	Christopher	742
14	Gary	561
15	Geoffrey	552
16	Steven	503
17	Kevin	472
18	Brian	470
19	Phillip	461
20	William	431
21	James	427
22	Garry	426
23	Graham	418
24	Colin	414
25	Bruce	412

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	398
27	Kenneth	365
28	Andrew	354
29	Philip	334
30	Raymond	334
31	Glenn	323
32	Alan	318
33	Jeffrey	304
34	Ross	299
35	Neil	291
36	Ronald	290
37	Graeme	284
38	Allan	281
39	Rodney	281
40	Barry	275
41	Timothy	262
42	Warren	256
43	Craig	246
44	Trevor	243
45	Malcolm	181
46	Russell	177
47	Martin	176
48	Leslie	169
49	George	164
50	Brett	162
51	Donald	162
52	Thomas	162
53	Bradley	158
54	Grant	156
55	Shane	156
56	Terry	154
57	Glen	153
58	Keith	152
59	Patrick	152
60	Douglas	150
61	Joseph	145
62	Scott	137
63	Tony	127
64	Edward	125
65	Dennis	123
66	Gordon	115
67	Darryl	114
68	Neville	112
69	Roger	110
70	Daniel	108
71	Terrence	105
72	Stuart	103
73	Matthew	101
74	Terence	100
75	Bernard	98
76	Noel	98
77	Charles	96
78	Eric	93
79	Larry	85
80	Nicholas	85
81	Frank	84
82	Norman	84
83	Simon	84
84	Kim	80
85	Daryl	79
86	Warwick	79
87	Jeffery	75
88	Adrian	73
89	Leonard	67
90	Maxwell	67
91	Alexander	66
92	Allen	65
93	Arthur	65
94	Frederick	65
95	Murray	65
96	Francis	64
97	Grahame	64
98	Lindsay	62
99	Dean	61
100	Gerard	60