Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1967

The top girls’ name was Michelle, given to 1,086 babies. The top boys’ name was David, given to 2,156 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michelle	1,086
2	Karen	1,061
3	Lisa	861
4	Sharon	748
5	Donna	655
6	Kim	655
7	Jennifer	650
8	Julie	632
9	Susan	582
10	Leanne	552
11	Joanne	546
12	Catherine	507
13	Tracey	467
14	Elizabeth	448
15	Linda	414
16	Sandra	408
17	Deborah	402
18	Maria	384
19	Helen	371
20	Fiona	353
21	Nicole	337
22	Christine	333
23	Louise	332
24	Tracy	313
25	Jacqueline	309
26	Melissa	304
27	Suzanne	301
28	Amanda	291
29	Jane	283
30	Angela	278
31	Alison	276
32	Kathryn	276
33	Wendy	269
34	Anne	261
35	Belinda	251
36	Robyn	251
37	Tanya	232
38	Margaret	220
39	Mary	209
40	Patricia	207
41	Tania	203
42	Vicki	201
43	Debra	198
44	Cheryl	192
45	Carolyn	180
46	Katrina	179
47	Megan	178
48	Kathleen	173
49	Jodie	172
50	Natalie	170
51	Anna	168
52	Lynette	167
53	Annette	166
54	Kerry	165
55	Bronwyn	163
56	Kylie	161
57	Kerrie	154
58	Melinda	154
59	Dianne	153
60	Samantha	151
61	Ann	148
62	Katherine	148
63	Narelle	141
64	Michele	137
65	Maree	136
66	Vanessa	136
67	Janelle	133
68	Diane	131
69	Judith	131
70	Sarah	128
71	Rebecca	116
72	Debbie	114
73	Sally	114
74	Toni	114
75	Sonia	111
76	Leonie	109
77	Rhonda	109
78	Allison	104
79	Lynda	104
80	Tina	104
81	Kelly	101
82	Janine	100
83	Heather	99
84	Denise	94
85	Barbara	93
86	Sonya	93
87	Stephanie	90
88	Bernadette	88
89	Christina	88
90	Simone	88
91	Jodi	86
92	Teresa	86
93	Paula	85
94	Ruth	85
95	Carol	82
96	Danielle	78
97	Caroline	76
98	Roslyn	76
99	Anita	75
100	Lesley	75

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	2,156
2	Michael	1,738
3	Peter	1,483
4	Paul	1,474
5	Mark	1,346
6	John	1,279
7	Andrew	1,193
8	Robert	1,088
9	Anthony	989
10	Craig	911
11	Stephen	907
12	Darren	899
13	Scott	758
14	Gregory	696
15	Steven	643
16	Christopher	597
17	James	553
18	Rodney	540
19	Wayne	539
20	Richard	481
21	Brett	473
22	Matthew	458
23	Ian	430
24	Timothy	393
25	Shane	327
26	Jason	313
27	Dean	309
28	Glenn	287
29	Sean	280
30	Gary	277
31	Stuart	274
32	Phillip	272
33	Brian	271
34	Kevin	268
35	Simon	267
36	Bradley	262
37	William	260
38	Grant	255
39	Geoffrey	248
40	George	237
41	Martin	221
42	Adam	215
43	Philip	212
44	Graham	211
45	Daniel	204
46	Glen	196
47	Raymond	193
48	Colin	189
49	Warren	189
50	Bruce	188
51	Jeffrey	183
52	Joseph	180
53	Patrick	162
54	Alan	156
55	Kenneth	151
56	Tony	148
57	Troy	141
58	Neil	140
59	Graeme	137
60	Allan	135
61	Ronald	135
62	Thomas	134
63	Trevor	133
64	Nicholas	130
65	Garry	128
66	Ross	119
67	Barry	118
68	Adrian	107
69	Gavin	107
70	Malcolm	107
71	Todd	104
72	Jonathan	101
73	Dennis	98
74	Shaun	93
75	Russell	90
76	Darrin	82
77	Douglas	80
78	Jamie	79
79	Justin	78
80	Nigel	78
81	Keith	76
82	Murray	76
83	Alexander	75
84	Edward	75
85	Charles	74
86	Frank	73
87	Stewart	73
88	Lee	72
89	Terry	72
90	Donald	70
91	Antonio	69
92	Leslie	67
93	Roger	67
94	Darryl	66
95	Ricky	64
96	Luke	62
97	Micheal	62
98	Gordon	61
99	Brendan	60
100	Giuseppe	58