Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	2,016
2	Jason	1,775
3	Michael	1,721
4	Andrew	1,528
5	Paul	1,421
6	Mark	1,314
7	Peter	1,225
8	John	1,087
9	Anthony	973
10	Scott	957
11	Matthew	945
12	Robert	943
13	Darren	936
14	Craig	930
15	Stephen	813
16	Christopher	746
17	Steven	665
18	James	615
19	Shane	589
20	Gregory	566
21	Richard	523
22	Brett	507
23	Adam	486
24	Simon	435
25	Wayne	415

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rodney	374
27	Dean	358
28	Timothy	339
29	Glenn	327
30	Ian	321
31	Daniel	319
32	Stuart	307
33	Sean	302
34	Bradley	292
35	Troy	281
36	Justin	248
37	Phillip	245
38	William	245
39	George	243
40	Grant	243
41	Nicholas	236
42	Martin	233
43	Glen	231
44	Geoffrey	230
45	Kevin	215
46	Jeffrey	212
47	Brian	211
48	Jamie	204
49	Gavin	200
50	Warren	193
51	Colin	188
52	Benjamin	187
53	Gary	183
54	Joseph	170
55	Adrian	169
56	Tony	169
57	Patrick	161
58	Philip	156
59	Raymond	155
60	Todd	154
61	Cameron	140
62	Shaun	137
63	Damien	135
64	Graham	134
65	Mathew	131
66	Trevor	128
67	Kenneth	127
68	Alan	126
69	Luke	126
70	Allan	120
71	Neil	118
72	Ronald	118
73	Garry	116
74	Thomas	116
75	Bruce	112
76	Brendan	111
77	Aaron	107
78	Ross	104
79	Edward	103
80	Graeme	102
81	Jonathan	101
82	Barry	98
83	Alexander	96
84	Nigel	96
85	Russell	94
86	Malcolm	93
87	Douglas	88
88	Nathan	86
89	Darrin	81
90	Ricky	80
91	Murray	76
92	Jeremy	75
93	Terry	75
94	Damian	73
95	Guy	73
96	Giuseppe	72
97	Micheal	72
98	Dale	70
99	Charles	69
100	Dennis	69