Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1962

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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