Most popular girls’ names in New South Wales, 1961

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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