Most Popular Names of the 1950s
The top names across the 1950s (1952–1959), totaled over the whole decade. The decade's #1 names were Susan for girls and Peter for boys.
Girls — Top 50
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Susan | 9,304 |
| 2 | Jennifer | 9,038 |
| 3 | Christine | 7,562 |
| 4 | Julie | 6,687 |
| 5 | Margaret | 6,592 |
| 6 | Deborah | 5,154 |
| 7 | Robyn | 5,088 |
| 8 | Karen | 4,963 |
| 9 | Lynette | 4,844 |
| 10 | Judith | 4,705 |
| 11 | Helen | 4,650 |
| 12 | Elizabeth | 4,347 |
| 13 | Cheryl | 4,156 |
| 14 | Wendy | 4,148 |
| 15 | Patricia | 4,114 |
| 16 | Kerry | 3,987 |
| 17 | Anne | 3,984 |
| 18 | Vicki | 3,683 |
| 19 | Sandra | 3,373 |
| 20 | Kim | 3,230 |
| 21 | Mary | 3,171 |
| 22 | Debra | 3,167 |
| 23 | Catherine | 3,132 |
| 24 | Linda | 3,102 |
| 25 | Sharon | 3,003 |
| 26 | Suzanne | 2,997 |
| 27 | Dianne | 2,802 |
| 28 | Diane | 2,784 |
| 29 | Rhonda | 2,615 |
| 30 | Barbara | 2,578 |
| 31 | Gail | 2,543 |
| 32 | Denise | 2,518 |
| 33 | Pamela | 2,466 |
| 34 | Carol | 2,242 |
| 35 | Kerrie | 2,139 |
| 36 | Ann | 2,137 |
| 37 | Lorraine | 2,132 |
| 38 | Kathleen | 2,090 |
| 39 | Maria | 2,038 |
| 40 | Annette | 1,911 |
| 41 | Joanne | 1,795 |
| 42 | Janice | 1,742 |
| 43 | Janet | 1,730 |
| 44 | Michelle | 1,680 |
| 45 | Narelle | 1,637 |
| 46 | Lesley | 1,607 |
| 47 | Jane | 1,562 |
| 48 | Maureen | 1,528 |
| 49 | Heather | 1,505 |
| 50 | Louise | 1,502 |
Boys — Top 50
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Peter | 18,716 |
| 2 | John | 15,060 |
| 3 | David | 12,211 |
| 4 | Stephen | 12,194 |
| 5 | Robert | 11,930 |
| 6 | Michael | 11,578 |
| 7 | Gregory | 9,103 |
| 8 | Mark | 8,542 |
| 9 | Paul | 8,537 |
| 10 | Ian | 6,248 |
| 11 | Wayne | 5,728 |
| 12 | Christopher | 5,629 |
| 13 | Anthony | 5,572 |
| 14 | Gary | 5,225 |
| 15 | Geoffrey | 4,382 |
| 16 | William | 4,226 |
| 17 | Phillip | 4,040 |
| 18 | Garry | 3,986 |
| 19 | Brian | 3,983 |
| 20 | James | 3,847 |
| 21 | Kevin | 3,830 |
| 22 | Richard | 3,610 |
| 23 | Colin | 3,522 |
| 24 | Bruce | 3,496 |
| 25 | Kenneth | 3,471 |
| 26 | Graham | 3,459 |
| 27 | Steven | 3,312 |
| 28 | Raymond | 3,302 |
| 29 | Alan | 3,081 |
| 30 | Ronald | 3,027 |
| 31 | Philip | 2,666 |
| 32 | Barry | 2,593 |
| 33 | Allan | 2,520 |
| 34 | Jeffrey | 2,360 |
| 35 | Neil | 2,341 |
| 36 | Rodney | 2,341 |
| 37 | Graeme | 2,317 |
| 38 | Ross | 2,256 |
| 39 | Glenn | 2,222 |
| 40 | Trevor | 2,208 |
| 41 | Andrew | 2,157 |
| 42 | Warren | 1,817 |
| 43 | Leslie | 1,703 |
| 44 | Keith | 1,618 |
| 45 | Donald | 1,595 |
| 46 | Timothy | 1,513 |
| 47 | Thomas | 1,472 |
| 48 | George | 1,363 |
| 49 | Malcolm | 1,346 |
| 50 | Dennis | 1,344 |