Top Names of 1960 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1960 were Jennifer for girls and Peter for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	1,545
2	Susan	1,442
3	Julie	1,326
4	Karen	1,303
5	Deborah	1,128
6	Debra	1,022
7	Robyn	873
8	Christine	857
9	Kim	825
10	Sharon	819
11	Wendy	779
12	Helen	777
13	Sandra	745
14	Donna	741
15	Margaret	740
16	Catherine	707
17	Michelle	669
18	Elizabeth	667
19	Vicki	667
20	Joanne	640
21	Patricia	608
22	Cheryl	606
23	Judith	592
24	Linda	584
25	Lynette	584
26	Anne	556
27	Kerry	541
28	Leanne	538
29	Mary	537
30	Suzanne	507
31	Tracey	473
32	Annette	458
33	Debbie	458
34	Kerrie	414
35	Maria	413
36	Kathleen	390
37	Kathryn	384
38	Louise	382
39	Carol	376
40	Diane	353
41	Janelle	338
42	Dianne	321
43	Jane	321
44	Rhonda	316
45	Narelle	309
46	Gail	303
47	Ann	294
48	Janet	294
49	Denise	293
50	Barbara	289

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Peter	3,114
2	Mark	2,611
3	David	2,576
4	Michael	2,386
5	John	2,312
6	Stephen	2,009
7	Robert	1,718
8	Gregory	1,622
9	Paul	1,547
10	Anthony	1,345
11	Ian	1,062
12	Wayne	1,041
13	Christopher	966
14	Steven	945
15	James	735
16	Andrew	722
17	Gary	721
18	Richard	660
19	Craig	658
20	Kevin	657
21	William	635
22	Brian	633
23	Brett	601
24	Geoffrey	573
25	Garry	554
26	Rodney	544
27	Phillip	539
28	Bradley	537
29	Graham	537
30	Colin	522
31	Kenneth	518
32	Bruce	489
33	Jeffrey	482
34	Raymond	455
35	Shane	448
36	Alan	447
37	Ross	446
38	Glenn	426
39	Trevor	415
40	Ronald	412
41	Allan	406
42	Neil	402
43	Philip	385
44	Graeme	383
45	Barry	381
46	Timothy	367
47	Russell	366
48	Warren	362
49	Malcolm	289
50	Scott	269