Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1960
The top 100 as published, with the number of babies given each name.
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter | 2,236 |
| 2 | Mark | 1,940 |
| 3 | David | 1,884 |
| 4 | Michael | 1,721 |
| 5 | John | 1,628 |
| 6 | Stephen | 1,523 |
| 7 | Robert | 1,246 |
| 8 | Gregory | 1,173 |
| 9 | Paul | 1,111 |
| 10 | Anthony | 948 |
| 11 | Ian | 760 |
| 12 | Wayne | 738 |
| 13 | Christopher | 732 |
| 14 | Steven | 725 |
| 15 | Craig | 545 |
| 16 | Richard | 523 |
| 17 | Andrew | 521 |
| 18 | James | 512 |
| 19 | Brett | 456 |
| 20 | Garry | 436 |
| 21 | Phillip | 433 |
| 22 | Brian | 428 |
| 23 | Kevin | 428 |
| 24 | William | 426 |
| 25 | Geoffrey | 422 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Gary | 419 |
| 27 | Colin | 385 |
| 28 | Rodney | 382 |
| 29 | Bradley | 370 |
| 30 | Glenn | 355 |
| 31 | Graham | 349 |
| 32 | Bruce | 324 |
| 33 | Kenneth | 315 |
| 34 | Graeme | 314 |
| 35 | Raymond | 310 |
| 36 | Allan | 296 |
| 37 | Alan | 292 |
| 38 | Jeffrey | 288 |
| 39 | Philip | 288 |
| 40 | Ronald | 282 |
| 41 | Timothy | 280 |
| 42 | Neil | 279 |
| 43 | Warren | 257 |
| 44 | Shane | 255 |
| 45 | Trevor | 243 |
| 46 | Barry | 241 |
| 47 | Ross | 235 |
| 48 | Grant | 199 |
| 49 | Scott | 199 |
| 50 | George | 190 |
| 51 | Thomas | 181 |
| 52 | Martin | 180 |
| 53 | Stuart | 180 |
| 54 | Malcolm | 179 |
| 55 | Russell | 170 |
| 56 | Tony | 159 |
| 57 | Glen | 156 |
| 58 | Keith | 156 |
| 59 | Donald | 153 |
| 60 | Douglas | 149 |
| 61 | Matthew | 148 |
| 62 | Leslie | 147 |
| 63 | Terry | 136 |
| 64 | Joseph | 133 |
| 65 | Patrick | 131 |
| 66 | Nicholas | 130 |
| 67 | Darryl | 126 |
| 68 | Edward | 124 |
| 69 | Daniel | 118 |
| 70 | Dennis | 117 |
| 71 | Ricky | 117 |
| 72 | Simon | 114 |
| 73 | Noel | 106 |
| 74 | Terrence | 106 |
| 75 | Charles | 98 |
| 76 | Murray | 98 |
| 77 | Gordon | 97 |
| 78 | Eric | 94 |
| 79 | Frank | 93 |
| 80 | Roger | 92 |
| 81 | Alexander | 91 |
| 82 | Neville | 86 |
| 83 | Darren | 85 |
| 84 | Dean | 85 |
| 85 | Gerard | 82 |
| 86 | Bernard | 80 |
| 87 | Dale | 77 |
| 88 | Lindsay | 73 |
| 89 | Daryl | 72 |
| 90 | Francis | 72 |
| 91 | Terence | 72 |
| 92 | Adrian | 71 |
| 93 | Allen | 68 |
| 94 | Grahame | 68 |
| 95 | Danny | 63 |
| 96 | Stewart | 63 |
| 97 | Norman | 62 |
| 98 | Antony | 60 |
| 99 | Arthur | 60 |
| 100 | Guy | 60 |