Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1964

The top girls’ name was Karen, given to 1,032 babies. The top boys’ name was David, given to 2,393 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Karen	1,032
2	Jennifer	873
3	Sharon	831
4	Susan	831
5	Donna	744
6	Michelle	737
7	Julie	728
8	Leanne	661
9	Joanne	584
10	Catherine	579
11	Lisa	563
12	Kim	561
13	Sandra	526
14	Linda	516
15	Elizabeth	513
16	Deborah	491
17	Tracey	486
18	Helen	433
19	Robyn	414
20	Maria	410
21	Christine	386
22	Wendy	362
23	Mary	342
24	Suzanne	339
25	Louise	333
26	Anne	330
27	Vicki	324
28	Jane	306
29	Margaret	304
30	Lynette	300
31	Patricia	292
32	Carolyn	280
33	Kathryn	277
34	Jacqueline	274
35	Debra	267
36	Cheryl	264
37	Annette	263
38	Fiona	261
39	Amanda	257
40	Dianne	251
41	Tracy	251
42	Kerrie	235
43	Kerry	228
44	Diane	227
45	Judith	220
46	Kathleen	200
47	Debbie	193
48	Angela	191
49	Narelle	185
50	Carol	177
51	Melissa	176
52	Bronwyn	175
53	Janelle	174
54	Ann	170
55	Denise	164
56	Maree	164
57	Belinda	163
58	Michele	160
59	Alison	148
60	Leonie	145
61	Rhonda	137
62	Anna	131
63	Megan	125
64	Gail	119
65	Sally	119
66	Katherine	118
67	Barbara	114
68	Janet	112
69	Tanya	111
70	Heather	110
71	Colleen	109
72	Frances	108
73	Therese	108
74	Janine	106
75	Diana	103
76	Lynda	102
77	Jo-Anne	101
78	Pamela	100
79	Toni	100
80	Roslyn	99
81	Katrina	98
82	Ruth	98
83	Rosemary	96
84	Caroline	95
85	Paula	95
86	Pauline	93
87	Tania	93
88	Vanessa	93
89	Lynne	90
90	Lesley	88
91	Nicole	88
92	Natalie	85
93	Kelly	82
94	Melinda	81
95	Lorraine	79
96	Yvonne	79
97	Cindy	77
98	Jenny	76
99	Cathy	75
100	Penelope	75

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	2,393
2	Michael	1,765
3	Peter	1,754
4	Mark	1,599
5	John	1,449
6	Paul	1,441
7	Stephen	1,168
8	Robert	1,155
9	Craig	1,017
10	Anthony	967
11	Andrew	944
12	Gregory	878
13	Steven	645
14	Christopher	613
15	Wayne	612
16	Brett	606
17	Ian	547
18	Richard	529
19	James	524
20	Scott	518
21	Glenn	452
22	Kevin	365
23	William	359
24	Darren	351
25	Geoffrey	348
26	Gary	341
27	Rodney	336
28	Timothy	315
29	Phillip	309
30	Brian	301
31	Matthew	296
32	Shane	290
33	Colin	281
34	Kenneth	255
35	Bruce	251
36	Graham	247
37	Glen	242
38	Garry	236
39	Warren	236
40	Philip	234
41	Bradley	233
42	Jeffrey	225
43	Raymond	225
44	Stuart	225
45	Alan	218
46	George	218
47	Grant	217
48	Martin	205
49	Graeme	201
50	Neil	199
51	Trevor	193
52	Allan	189
53	Barry	188
54	Ronald	180
55	Joseph	173
56	Adam	164
57	Ross	160
58	Dean	157
59	Patrick	157
60	Daniel	156
61	Simon	150
62	Russell	146
63	Tony	138
64	Thomas	129
65	Malcolm	128
66	Darryl	126
67	Donald	113
68	Edward	110
69	Douglas	109
70	Nicholas	104
71	Keith	102
72	Terry	98
73	Leslie	96
74	Murray	96
75	Sean	96
76	Frank	90
77	Adrian	87
78	Dennis	80
79	Gordon	80
80	Ricky	74
81	Danny	73
82	Warwick	73
83	Eric	72
84	Gavin	71
85	Antonio	69
86	Roger	67
87	Alexander	66
88	Charles	66
89	Bernard	65
90	Jonathan	65
91	Noel	65
92	Todd	65
93	Troy	64
94	Dale	63
95	Daryl	63
96	Stewart	63
97	Terrence	61
98	Terence	60
99	Giuseppe	59
100	Jason	59