Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1961

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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