Top Names of 1962

The most popular names recorded in 1962 were Karen for girls and David for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Karen	1,545
2	Susan	1,438
3	Jennifer	1,384
4	Sharon	1,160
5	Julie	1,128
6	Deborah	975
7	Donna	956
8	Michelle	923
9	Catherine	883
10	Leanne	841
11	Sandra	818
12	Christine	767
13	Joanne	756
14	Elizabeth	730
15	Robyn	727
16	Kim	724
17	Linda	722
18	Debra	704
19	Helen	695
20	Wendy	669
21	Tracey	664
22	Margaret	643
23	Vicki	574
24	Suzanne	523
25	Lisa	507
26	Patricia	506
27	Lynette	493
28	Anne	483
29	Judith	477
30	Kerry	465
31	Cheryl	459
32	Kathryn	456
33	Maria	454
34	Louise	442
35	Mary	417
36	Carolyn	398
37	Annette	390
38	Debbie	384
39	Kathleen	366
40	Jane	362
41	Diane	339
42	Amanda	336
43	Jacqueline	315
44	Rhonda	310
45	Narelle	308
46	Dianne	303
47	Tracy	302
48	Fiona	295
49	Carol	290
50	Kerrie	281

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	David	3,543
2	Peter	2,738
3	Michael	2,640
4	Mark	2,607
5	John	2,275
6	Stephen	1,926
7	Paul	1,759
8	Robert	1,647
9	Gregory	1,508
10	Anthony	1,379
11	Andrew	1,107
12	Craig	989
13	Steven	942
14	Wayne	939
15	Christopher	897
16	Ian	888
17	Glenn	803
18	Brett	789
19	Gary	695
20	Geoffrey	639
21	James	639
22	Richard	634
23	Kevin	633
24	Scott	601
25	William	565
26	Rodney	551
27	Brian	521
28	Phillip	497
29	Jeffrey	491
30	Graham	481
31	Kenneth	475
32	Bruce	472
33	Shane	454
34	Glen	438
35	Neil	423
36	Bradley	421
37	Warren	411
38	Colin	409
39	Timothy	402
40	Ross	401
41	Raymond	397
42	Trevor	389
43	Alan	381
44	Ronald	367
45	Philip	354
46	Barry	353
47	Garry	341
48	Darren	323
49	Allan	317
50	Russell	316