Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	2,288
2	Michael	1,756
3	Peter	1,614
4	Mark	1,484
5	John	1,442
6	Paul	1,441
7	Robert	1,104
8	Stephen	1,063
9	Andrew	1,049
10	Anthony	968
11	Craig	813
12	Gregory	748
13	Darren	665
14	Steven	581
15	Scott	580
16	James	574
17	Wayne	565
18	Christopher	561
19	Richard	549
20	Brett	534
21	Ian	528
22	Rodney	487
23	Glenn	353
24	Phillip	342
25	Gary	319

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Matthew	317
27	Kevin	313
28	William	308
29	Timothy	303
30	Shane	285
31	Brian	283
32	Geoffrey	277
33	Bradley	254
34	Colin	249
35	Warren	243
36	Bruce	235
37	Stuart	232
38	George	230
39	Philip	219
40	Garry	218
41	Graham	218
42	Grant	217
43	Jeffrey	209
44	Adam	208
45	Simon	206
46	Raymond	199
47	Martin	198
48	Glen	194
49	Kenneth	192
50	Joseph	188
51	Alan	182
52	Daniel	181
53	Trevor	177
54	Patrick	170
55	Dean	168
56	Neil	155
57	Sean	151
58	Ronald	150
59	Tony	149
60	Allan	148
61	Graeme	148
62	Ross	144
63	Barry	139
64	Malcolm	114
65	Russell	108
66	Thomas	108
67	Nicholas	104
68	Darrin	103
69	Douglas	102
70	Jason	102
71	Darryl	99
72	Terry	99
73	Adrian	96
74	Leslie	96
75	Edward	92
76	Dennis	86
77	Keith	84
78	Murray	84
79	Charles	81
80	Daryl	79
81	Roger	79
82	Donald	78
83	Gavin	76
84	Shaun	72
85	Alexander	70
86	Troy	70
87	Dale	69
88	Gordon	68
89	Bernard	67
90	Danny	66
91	Jamie	66
92	Stewart	65
93	Todd	64
94	Antonio	63
95	Frank	63
96	Jonathan	62
97	Eric	61
98	Ricky	60
99	Brendan	58
100	Benjamin	57