Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1962

The top girls’ name was Jennifer, given to 1,079 babies. The top boys’ name was David, given to 2,660 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	1,079
2	Karen	1,041
3	Susan	1,009
4	Sharon	880
5	Julie	816
6	Deborah	684
7	Donna	677
8	Michelle	668
9	Catherine	664
10	Joanne	600
11	Kim	597
12	Leanne	585
13	Sandra	557
14	Elizabeth	527
15	Christine	516
16	Linda	513
17	Robyn	488
18	Wendy	472
19	Tracey	471
20	Helen	464
21	Margaret	457
22	Vicki	424
23	Debra	397
24	Suzanne	392
25	Lisa	370
26	Anne	363
27	Louise	361
28	Maria	355
29	Lynette	352
30	Patricia	323
31	Kerry	319
32	Cheryl	318
33	Debbie	308
34	Carolyn	304
35	Mary	302
36	Kathryn	301
37	Annette	290
38	Jane	290
39	Judith	287
40	Kerrie	281
41	Kathleen	260
42	Diane	258
43	Amanda	254
44	Narelle	249
45	Dianne	239
46	Fiona	222
47	Jacqueline	221
48	Tracy	221
49	Carol	217
50	Alison	214
51	Rhonda	214
52	Denise	206
53	Belinda	197
54	Michele	186
55	Ann	182
56	Barbara	176
57	Janelle	174
58	Maree	164
59	Leonie	163
60	Angela	161
61	Tanya	158
62	Gail	157
63	Pamela	156
64	Janet	154
65	Bronwyn	145
66	Heather	143
67	Roslyn	141
68	Anna	138
69	Katherine	137
70	Rosemary	126
71	Ruth	122
72	Lesley	121
73	Janine	120
74	Sally	117
75	Therese	117
76	Colleen	114
77	Brenda	112
78	Melissa	111
79	Frances	108
80	Megan	105
81	Lee	104
82	Lorraine	104
83	Lynne	103
84	Diana	102
85	Katrina	100
86	Lynda	96
87	Susanne	96
88	Caroline	94
89	Maureen	94
90	Jeanette	93
91	Toni	93
92	Kay	92
93	Tania	90
94	Cathy	89
95	Yvonne	89
96	Christina	87
97	Melinda	87
98	Pauline	83
99	Janette	81
100	Sharyn	81

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	2,660
2	Peter	1,960
3	Mark	1,905
4	Michael	1,886
5	John	1,649
6	Stephen	1,425
7	Paul	1,292
8	Robert	1,181
9	Gregory	1,065
10	Anthony	1,038
11	Andrew	859
12	Craig	812
13	Steven	690
14	Christopher	681
15	Wayne	651
16	Glenn	624
17	Ian	624
18	Brett	526
19	Richard	486
20	James	463
21	Geoffrey	458
22	Gary	434
23	Scott	429
24	Phillip	419
25	Kevin	410
26	Rodney	403
27	William	372
28	Brian	354
29	Graham	342
30	Jeffrey	314
31	Timothy	309
32	Bruce	303
33	Glen	301
34	Colin	296
35	Kenneth	293
36	Neil	288
37	Warren	280
38	Garry	275
39	Raymond	274
40	Philip	270
41	Alan	252
42	Shane	250
43	Darren	249
44	Trevor	248
45	Ronald	247
46	Matthew	243
47	Ross	237
48	Barry	236
49	Graeme	230
50	Bradley	225
51	Grant	223
52	Stuart	210
53	Allan	200
54	Martin	194
55	George	170
56	Malcolm	167
57	Patrick	167
58	Joseph	166
59	Thomas	152
60	Russell	149
61	Tony	145
62	Daniel	139
63	Terry	137
64	Adam	130
65	Dean	126
66	Leslie	125
67	Douglas	123
68	Simon	122
69	Edward	121
70	Donald	120
71	Keith	104
72	Roger	104
73	Bernard	101
74	Nicholas	101
75	Noel	99
76	Darryl	97
77	Dennis	95
78	Ricky	94
79	Daryl	91
80	Murray	91
81	Adrian	84
82	Frank	82
83	Eric	81
84	Gavin	81
85	Terence	80
86	Charles	78
87	Danny	76
88	Dale	75
89	Terrence	73
90	Giuseppe	72
91	Gordon	71
92	Bryan	69
93	Gerard	66
94	Neville	66
95	Alexander	64
96	Antonio	63
97	Norman	62
98	Jeffery	61
99	Vincent	61
100	Kelvin	59