Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1961

The top girls’ name was Jennifer, given to 1,092 babies. The top boys’ name was David, given to 2,138 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	1,092
2	Karen	997
3	Susan	996
4	Julie	888
5	Deborah	874
6	Donna	672
7	Sharon	668
8	Kim	651
9	Michelle	627
10	Catherine	626
11	Joanne	612
12	Christine	602
13	Sandra	602
14	Robyn	582
15	Elizabeth	552
16	Wendy	532
17	Margaret	518
18	Debra	512
19	Vicki	511
20	Leanne	483
21	Helen	481
22	Linda	468
23	Anne	447
24	Tracey	433
25	Lynette	390
26	Mary	383
27	Kerry	375
28	Louise	375
29	Maria	371
30	Cheryl	364
31	Patricia	353
32	Suzanne	352
33	Jane	351
34	Debbie	350
35	Kerrie	340
36	Judith	304
37	Kathryn	301
38	Carol	291
39	Lisa	289
40	Annette	278
41	Diane	274
42	Dianne	274
43	Jacqueline	266
44	Narelle	259
45	Carolyn	258
46	Fiona	247
47	Kathleen	239
48	Amanda	236
49	Denise	217
50	Rhonda	208
51	Alison	198
52	Tracy	197
53	Ann	195
54	Gail	190
55	Michele	187
56	Maree	181
57	Janelle	177
58	Leonie	172
59	Belinda	169
60	Barbara	168
61	Angela	164
62	Janet	164
63	Katherine	161
64	Anna	158
65	Tanya	156
66	Sally	152
67	Colleen	150
68	Rosemary	146
69	Roslyn	145
70	Heather	142
71	Pamela	141
72	Bronwyn	138
73	Lorraine	133
74	Frances	130
75	Lynne	124
76	Lesley	121
77	Ruth	120
78	Therese	116
79	Janice	111
80	Pauline	110
81	Janine	108
82	Victoria	104
83	Caroline	103
84	Jo-Anne	101
85	Janette	100
86	Toni	98
87	Diana	97
88	Lee	94
89	Kay	93
90	Brenda	92
91	Megan	90
92	Jeanette	89
93	Susanne	89
94	Maureen	88
95	Bernadette	86
96	Marie	86
97	Yvonne	84
98	Glenda	83
99	Jan	83
100	Shirley	82

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	2,138
2	Peter	2,135
3	Mark	2,021
4	Michael	1,918
5	John	1,659
6	Stephen	1,471
7	Robert	1,258
8	Gregory	1,201
9	Paul	1,143
10	Anthony	1,107
11	Christopher	709
12	Steven	700
13	Ian	699
14	Craig	693
15	Wayne	689
16	Andrew	682
17	Glenn	561
18	Brett	512
19	Gary	498
20	Richard	497
21	James	468
22	Kevin	458
23	Geoffrey	440
24	Brian	412
25	William	392
26	Phillip	380
27	Garry	372
28	Rodney	356
29	Bruce	350
30	Colin	346
31	Graham	346
32	Jeffrey	332
33	Timothy	327
34	Kenneth	324
35	Scott	316
36	Raymond	309
37	Neil	292
38	Graeme	283
39	Philip	280
40	Alan	270
41	Ross	270
42	Glen	267
43	Ronald	265
44	Warren	261
45	Barry	242
46	Trevor	242
47	Shane	232
48	Matthew	221
49	Grant	219
50	Darren	212
51	Allan	202
52	Bradley	201
53	Martin	195
54	George	187
55	Stuart	184
56	Russell	175
57	Tony	169
58	Donald	165
59	Patrick	161
60	Thomas	158
61	Malcolm	157
62	Keith	150
63	Joseph	147
64	Leslie	143
65	Terry	137
66	Daniel	126
67	Darryl	120
68	Ricky	118
69	Dean	114
70	Douglas	112
71	Simon	111
72	Terrence	109
73	Dennis	108
74	Edward	107
75	Gordon	106
76	Nicholas	100
77	Bernard	97
78	Roger	97
79	Charles	93
80	Eric	91
81	Murray	90
82	Daryl	87
83	Noel	81
84	Adam	80
85	Terence	80
86	Gerard	79
87	Alexander	78
88	Jeffery	77
89	Dale	74
90	Frank	74
91	Norman	73
92	Adrian	69
93	Francis	69
94	Neville	68
95	Warwick	68
96	Giuseppe	67
97	Kelvin	66
98	Lance	64
99	Leonard	63
100	Guy	62