The most popular names recorded in 1953 were Christine for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christine | 1,279 |
| 2 | Susan | 1,188 |
| 3 | Jennifer | 964 |
| 4 | Margaret | 961 |
| 5 | Judith | 761 |
| 6 | Robyn | 753 |
| 7 | Julie | 739 |
| 8 | Lynette | 658 |
| 9 | Helen | 648 |
| 10 | Patricia | 646 |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 608 |
| 12 | Cheryl | 602 |
| 13 | Anne | 500 |
| 14 | Kerry | 462 |
| 15 | Sandra | 453 |
| 16 | Barbara | 448 |
| 17 | Diane | 446 |
| 18 | Wendy | 440 |
| 19 | Marilyn | 430 |
| 20 | Dianne | 411 |
| 21 | Mary | 411 |
| 22 | Denise | 410 |
| 23 | Pamela | 398 |
| 24 | Gail | 392 |
| 25 | Suzanne | 388 |
| 26 | Rhonda | 379 |
| 27 | Linda | 358 |
| 28 | Catherine | 350 |
| 29 | Lorraine | 348 |
| 30 | Vicki | 316 |
| 31 | Janice | 314 |
| 32 | Deborah | 311 |
| 33 | Kathleen | 301 |
| 34 | Carol | 293 |
| 35 | Karen | 286 |
| 36 | Janet | 270 |
| 37 | Ann | 264 |
| 38 | Lesley | 264 |
| 39 | Kerrie | 257 |
| 40 | Sharon | 249 |
| 41 | Maureen | 246 |
| 42 | Beverley | 232 |
| 43 | Roslyn | 231 |
| 44 | Annette | 220 |
| 45 | Kay | 208 |
| 46 | Colleen | 205 |
| 47 | Maria | 204 |
| 48 | Carolyn | 199 |
| 49 | Heather | 199 |
| 50 | Rosemary | 190 |
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 2,148 |
| 2 | Peter | 1,983 |
| 3 | Robert | 1,695 |
| 4 | Stephen | 1,486 |
| 5 | David | 1,320 |
| 6 | Michael | 1,298 |
| 7 | Paul | 1,004 |
| 8 | Gregory | 955 |
| 9 | Gary | 801 |
| 10 | Ian | 800 |
| 11 | Christopher | 754 |
| 12 | William | 625 |
| 13 | Mark | 610 |
| 14 | Anthony | 595 |
| 15 | Wayne | 584 |
| 16 | Geoffrey | 573 |
| 17 | Phillip | 552 |
| 18 | James | 546 |
| 19 | Kenneth | 534 |
| 20 | Brian | 518 |
| 21 | Kevin | 502 |
| 22 | Raymond | 491 |
| 23 | Garry | 483 |
| 24 | Colin | 481 |
| 25 | Bruce | 461 |
| 26 | Ronald | 453 |
| 27 | Alan | 445 |
| 28 | Richard | 440 |
| 29 | Graham | 431 |
| 30 | Barry | 371 |
| 31 | Philip | 367 |
| 32 | Allan | 363 |
| 33 | Steven | 352 |
| 34 | Graeme | 338 |
| 35 | Neil | 303 |
| 36 | Trevor | 301 |
| 37 | Ross | 294 |
| 38 | Jeffrey | 291 |
| 39 | Rodney | 271 |
| 40 | Donald | 253 |
| 41 | Dennis | 244 |
| 42 | Keith | 239 |
| 43 | Warren | 235 |
| 44 | Leslie | 228 |
| 45 | Thomas | 214 |
| 46 | Glenn | 187 |
| 47 | Douglas | 185 |
| 48 | Terence | 179 |
| 49 | Andrew | 176 |
| 50 | Malcolm | 172 |