The most popular names recorded in 1954 were Susan for girls and Peter for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Susan | 1,175 |
| 2 | Christine | 1,126 |
| 3 | Margaret | 899 |
| 4 | Jennifer | 833 |
| 5 | Julie | 831 |
| 6 | Robyn | 707 |
| 7 | Lynette | 667 |
| 8 | Judith | 657 |
| 9 | Helen | 612 |
| 10 | Patricia | 561 |
| 11 | Anne | 541 |
| 12 | Wendy | 530 |
| 13 | Karen | 521 |
| 14 | Cheryl | 512 |
| 15 | Elizabeth | 501 |
| 16 | Kerry | 471 |
| 17 | Sandra | 450 |
| 18 | Deborah | 435 |
| 19 | Suzanne | 403 |
| 20 | Vicki | 395 |
| 21 | Rhonda | 392 |
| 22 | Diane | 383 |
| 23 | Dianne | 371 |
| 24 | Gail | 367 |
| 25 | Barbara | 358 |
| 26 | Denise | 356 |
| 27 | Linda | 350 |
| 28 | Mary | 350 |
| 29 | Catherine | 338 |
| 30 | Pamela | 336 |
| 31 | Lorraine | 312 |
| 32 | Ann | 284 |
| 33 | Marilyn | 280 |
| 34 | Carol | 276 |
| 35 | Sharon | 276 |
| 36 | Janice | 272 |
| 37 | Kerrie | 266 |
| 38 | Maria | 254 |
| 39 | Kathleen | 251 |
| 40 | Annette | 227 |
| 41 | Maureen | 226 |
| 42 | Janet | 220 |
| 43 | Lesley | 220 |
| 44 | Heather | 206 |
| 45 | Beverley | 194 |
| 46 | Carolyn | 191 |
| 47 | Roslyn | 190 |
| 48 | Kay | 189 |
| 49 | Kim | 181 |
| 50 | Narelle | 180 |
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter | 2,097 |
| 2 | John | 1,993 |
| 3 | Robert | 1,578 |
| 4 | Stephen | 1,516 |
| 5 | David | 1,400 |
| 6 | Michael | 1,315 |
| 7 | Gregory | 1,146 |
| 8 | Paul | 1,069 |
| 9 | Ian | 804 |
| 10 | Mark | 729 |
| 11 | Wayne | 725 |
| 12 | Gary | 705 |
| 13 | Christopher | 639 |
| 14 | Anthony | 610 |
| 15 | Garry | 578 |
| 16 | William | 545 |
| 17 | Geoffrey | 539 |
| 18 | Brian | 513 |
| 19 | Phillip | 503 |
| 20 | James | 500 |
| 21 | Bruce | 483 |
| 22 | Kevin | 475 |
| 23 | Kenneth | 459 |
| 24 | Raymond | 436 |
| 25 | Richard | 435 |
| 26 | Graham | 431 |
| 27 | Colin | 411 |
| 28 | Ronald | 407 |
| 29 | Alan | 388 |
| 30 | Steven | 358 |
| 31 | Philip | 353 |
| 32 | Barry | 340 |
| 33 | Allan | 324 |
| 34 | Neil | 306 |
| 35 | Graeme | 296 |
| 36 | Ross | 295 |
| 37 | Trevor | 270 |
| 38 | Jeffrey | 269 |
| 39 | Rodney | 259 |
| 40 | Glenn | 254 |
| 41 | Warren | 221 |
| 42 | Leslie | 219 |
| 43 | Andrew | 215 |
| 44 | Keith | 214 |
| 45 | Donald | 206 |
| 46 | Thomas | 181 |
| 47 | Russell | 175 |
| 48 | Douglas | 162 |
| 49 | Dennis | 161 |
| 50 | Malcolm | 160 |