Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Peter	2,312
2	David	1,800
3	Mark	1,754
4	Michael	1,709
5	John	1,633
6	Stephen	1,429
7	Gregory	1,295
8	Robert	1,223
9	Paul	1,067
10	Anthony	843
11	Wayne	798
12	Ian	739
13	Christopher	689
14	Steven	592
15	Gary	487
16	Geoffrey	479
17	Richard	476
18	James	445
19	Garry	439
20	Brian	437
21	William	437
22	Kevin	435
23	Phillip	430
24	Craig	422
25	Colin	402

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Graham	393
27	Bruce	365
28	Rodney	352
29	Glenn	347
30	Andrew	346
31	Raymond	340
32	Brett	339
33	Philip	331
34	Jeffrey	325
35	Kenneth	324
36	Alan	311
37	Bradley	298
38	Ronald	293
39	Neil	288
40	Ross	268
41	Barry	258
42	Timothy	249
43	Graeme	248
44	Trevor	240
45	Warren	226
46	Allan	215
47	Shane	203
48	George	196
49	Terry	187
50	Glen	186
51	Martin	177
52	Thomas	168
53	Russell	165
54	Leslie	160
55	Malcolm	160
56	Stuart	159
57	Joseph	156
58	Scott	156
59	Donald	154
60	Keith	154
61	Grant	153
62	Tony	152
63	Patrick	145
64	Edward	144
65	Noel	136
66	Douglas	130
67	Matthew	122
68	Daniel	120
69	Gordon	118
70	Terrence	118
71	Dennis	109
72	Charles	108
73	Dean	108
74	Frank	101
75	Roger	100
76	Dale	96
77	Darryl	95
78	Nicholas	94
79	Simon	91
80	Murray	88
81	Eric	87
82	Terence	86
83	Neville	85
84	Francis	82
85	Bernard	80
86	Norman	79
87	Alexander	76
88	Grahame	73
89	Daryl	72
90	Gerard	72
91	Jeffery	71
92	Ricky	71
93	Lee	68
94	Adrian	66
95	Perry	64
96	Frederick	63
97	Warwick	63
98	Maxwell	61
99	Arthur	60
100	Guy	59