Most popular girls’ names in New South Wales, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	1,192
2	Susan	1,089
3	Julie	982
4	Deborah	970
5	Karen	886
6	Kim	757
7	Debra	659
8	Christine	618
9	Sharon	610
10	Catherine	581
11	Margaret	581
12	Vicki	577
13	Robyn	542
14	Wendy	534
15	Elizabeth	533
16	Helen	515
17	Cheryl	510
18	Joanne	462
19	Lynette	462
20	Donna	455
21	Michelle	439
22	Kerry	434
23	Anne	432
24	Linda	426
25	Judith	403

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mary	389
27	Sandra	386
28	Patricia	383
29	Maria	337
30	Kerrie	330
31	Debbie	323
32	Suzanne	321
33	Annette	309
34	Louise	280
35	Dianne	264
36	Jane	260
37	Rhonda	259
38	Diane	256
39	Kathleen	253
40	Leanne	247
41	Kathryn	242
42	Narelle	240
43	Carol	233
44	Ann	224
45	Denise	214
46	Tracey	206
47	Barbara	204
48	Pamela	203
49	Carolyn	200
50	Leonie	199
51	Amanda	194
52	Heather	184
53	Gail	179
54	Michele	179
55	Janelle	162
56	Janet	162
57	Lorraine	160
58	Fiona	159
59	Maree	156
60	Rosemary	150
61	Roslyn	146
62	Lesley	141
63	Janice	135
64	Lisa	134
65	Lynne	134
66	Alison	131
67	Maureen	131
68	Colleen	130
69	Sally	128
70	Frances	127
71	Angela	115
72	Anna	115
73	Yvonne	114
74	Glenda	112
75	Shirley	110
76	Susanne	108
77	Jan	107
78	Janette	106
79	Ruth	105
80	Therese	105
81	Pauline	104
82	Beverley	103
83	Jeanette	101
84	Jacqueline	99
85	Katherine	99
86	Belinda	97
87	Bronwyn	96
88	Tanya	95
89	Marie	94
90	Toni	94
91	Lynda	92
92	Megan	88
93	Kay	84
94	Diana	81
95	Lee	81
96	Victoria	80
97	Virginia	80
98	Janine	79
99	Bernadette	78
100	Jill	77