Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	2,032
2	Michael	1,729
3	Mark	1,476
4	Paul	1,439
5	Peter	1,407
6	Andrew	1,266
7	John	1,221
8	Anthony	993
9	Craig	950
10	Robert	948
11	Stephen	911
12	Scott	875
13	Darren	864
14	Matthew	761
15	Christopher	738
16	Steven	659
17	Gregory	594
18	Richard	502
19	Wayne	494
20	James	491
21	Brett	487
22	Rodney	420
23	Ian	412
24	Jason	402
25	Timothy	376

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dean	360
27	Adam	356
28	Simon	337
29	Unnamed	315
30	Shane	309
31	Stuart	297
32	Sean	295
33	Gary	288
34	Phillip	281
35	Bradley	280
36	Geoffrey	269
37	Grant	259
38	William	257
39	Glenn	248
40	Kevin	246
41	Daniel	240
42	Brian	227
43	Jeffrey	217
44	Martin	210
45	George	209
46	Troy	208
47	Warren	207
48	Colin	202
49	Philip	196
50	Joseph	188
51	Glen	181
52	Nicholas	179
53	Bruce	178
54	Patrick	178
55	Graham	168
56	Tony	164
57	Gavin	156
58	Raymond	156
59	Ronald	149
60	Neil	143
61	Garry	140
62	Alan	136
63	Graeme	131
64	Ross	130
65	Allan	129
66	Shaun	127
67	Barry	122
68	Trevor	122
69	Kenneth	121
70	Malcolm	119
71	Justin	118
72	Adrian	112
73	Russell	105
74	Todd	103
75	Jamie	100
76	Thomas	92
77	Douglas	86
78	Edward	86
79	Nigel	86
80	Mathew	85
81	Benjamin	81
82	Murray	81
83	Cameron	80
84	Brendan	79
85	Giuseppe	79
86	Roger	78
87	Keith	77
88	Alexander	75
89	Jonathan	74
90	Luke	74
91	Terry	74
92	Dale	72
93	Darrin	72
94	Ricky	70
95	Antonio	69
96	Dennis	68
97	Charles	67
98	Lee	67
99	Leslie	67
100	Warwick	66