Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1966

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	2,116
2	Michael	1,653
3	Peter	1,595
4	Paul	1,468
5	Mark	1,405
6	John	1,347
7	Andrew	1,106
8	Robert	1,053
9	Stephen	1,012
10	Darren	945
11	Anthony	931
12	Craig	852
13	Gregory	710
14	Scott	621
15	Steven	587
16	Christopher	586
17	Rodney	550
18	Wayne	543
19	James	509
20	Richard	470
21	Brett	467
22	Ian	466
23	Unnamed	406
24	Matthew	367
25	Timothy	356

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Glenn	333
27	Shane	327
28	Brian	292
29	Phillip	289
30	William	289
31	Gary	282
32	Grant	270
33	Kevin	260
34	Geoffrey	254
35	Bradley	244
36	George	241
37	Stuart	234
38	Jason	230
39	Glen	225
40	Raymond	222
41	Colin	220
42	Jeffrey	216
43	Simon	214
44	Dean	207
45	Bruce	199
46	Warren	199
47	Adam	198
48	Philip	191
49	Graham	190
50	Garry	186
51	Trevor	184
52	Kenneth	181
53	Martin	179
54	Sean	177
55	Patrick	165
56	Daniel	162
57	Tony	159
58	Joseph	158
59	Alan	157
60	Ross	153
61	Allan	148
62	Neil	148
63	Nicholas	142
64	Barry	138
65	Thomas	136
66	Ronald	133
67	Darrin	132
68	Malcolm	128
69	Gavin	127
70	Graeme	127
71	Troy	120
72	Jonathan	103
73	Douglas	101
74	Russell	98
75	Edward	96
76	Adrian	93
77	Terry	92
78	Darryl	89
79	Todd	88
80	Murray	87
81	Jamie	85
82	Donald	81
83	Charles	76
84	Gerard	75
85	Shaun	75
86	Keith	71
87	Leslie	71
88	Dennis	70
89	Bernard	69
90	Roger	69
91	Nigel	64
92	Frank	62
93	Micheal	61
94	Cameron	60
95	Justin	59
96	Mathew	59
97	Antonio	58
98	Brendan	58
99	Gordon	57
100	Ricky	57