Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1963

The top girls’ name was Karen, given to 1,064 babies. The top boys’ name was David, given to 2,476 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Karen	1,064
2	Susan	1,032
3	Jennifer	956
4	Sharon	889
5	Julie	740
6	Donna	711
7	Leanne	706
8	Catherine	653
9	Michelle	641
10	Deborah	623
11	Joanne	599
12	Linda	581
13	Elizabeth	559
14	Lisa	555
15	Kim	539
16	Sandra	535
17	Tracey	528
18	Christine	495
19	Robyn	445
20	Wendy	428
21	Maria	412
22	Vicki	410
23	Helen	409
24	Margaret	376
25	Anne	365
26	Suzanne	352
27	Patricia	323
28	Cheryl	319
29	Louise	318
30	Kerry	307
31	Annette	304
32	Kathryn	298
33	Mary	295
34	Debra	287
35	Lynette	280
36	Jane	271
37	Fiona	267
38	Kathleen	265
39	Tracy	259
40	Judith	258
41	Debbie	253
42	Jacqueline	253
43	Carolyn	252
44	Amanda	230
45	Diane	230
46	Kerrie	218
47	Dianne	209
48	Ann	208
49	Belinda	208
50	Alison	195
51	Angela	194
52	Narelle	191
53	Denise	185
54	Janelle	183
55	Maree	177
56	Carol	172
57	Rhonda	172
58	Michele	166
59	Leonie	159
60	Janet	149
61	Melissa	148
62	Barbara	145
63	Bronwyn	141
64	Anna	140
65	Rosemary	140
66	Katherine	135
67	Roslyn	133
68	Colleen	131
69	Sally	131
70	Heather	129
71	Tania	129
72	Gail	122
73	Janine	115
74	Frances	114
75	Ruth	113
76	Lorraine	109
77	Therese	109
78	Diana	103
79	Tanya	100
80	Pauline	98
81	Paula	97
82	Brenda	96
83	Caroline	94
84	Lesley	91
85	Lynne	91
86	Jeanette	90
87	Katrina	90
88	Pamela	90
89	Jo-Anne	86
90	Teresa	86
91	Lee	85
92	Kay	84
93	Toni	83
94	Janice	82
95	Lynda	82
96	Megan	82
97	Virginia	79
98	Christina	78
99	Vanessa	77
100	Yvonne	75

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	2,476
2	Peter	1,888
3	Michael	1,859
4	Mark	1,808
5	John	1,483
6	Paul	1,287
7	Stephen	1,233
8	Robert	1,173
9	Gregory	998
10	Anthony	959
11	Andrew	903
12	Craig	806
13	Steven	685
14	Christopher	627
15	Brett	610
16	Wayne	607
17	Glenn	591
18	Ian	577
19	Richard	537
20	Scott	503
21	James	495
22	Geoffrey	430
23	Brian	400
24	Gary	387
25	Phillip	387
26	Rodney	382
27	William	360
28	Kevin	350
29	Darren	347
30	Timothy	316
31	Colin	295
32	Glen	293
33	Shane	287
34	Jeffrey	285
35	Philip	284
36	Bruce	281
37	Warren	280
38	Neil	276
39	Bradley	270
40	Grant	269
41	Matthew	264
42	Garry	252
43	Kenneth	252
44	Alan	242
45	Raymond	235
46	Stuart	230
47	Graham	226
48	Graeme	207
49	Trevor	207
50	Barry	199
51	Ross	199
52	George	198
53	Martin	196
54	Allan	193
55	Ronald	191
56	Patrick	185
57	Joseph	167
58	Thomas	163
59	Adam	161
60	Tony	148
61	Daniel	147
62	Malcolm	138
63	Russell	138
64	Simon	127
65	Dean	125
66	Darryl	124
67	Donald	121
68	Douglas	120
69	Edward	120
70	Murray	115
71	Leslie	112
72	Terry	111
73	Nicholas	109
74	Ricky	98
75	Gavin	91
76	Charles	90
77	Dennis	88
78	Adrian	87
79	Daryl	86
80	Keith	86
81	Roger	81
82	Sean	81
83	Bernard	79
84	Gordon	76
85	Gerard	72
86	Eric	71
87	Alexander	70
88	Giuseppe	69
89	Terrence	69
90	Frank	68
91	Jonathan	67
92	Neville	67
93	Warwick	67
94	Bryan	66
95	Danny	66
96	Jeffery	64
97	Noel	63
98	Antonio	61
99	Kelvin	59
100	Terence	58