Top Names of 1963

The most popular names recorded in 1963 were Karen for girls and David for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Karen	1,601
2	Susan	1,453
3	Jennifer	1,326
4	Sharon	1,206
5	Julie	1,036
6	Donna	992
7	Leanne	960
8	Catherine	893
9	Michelle	893
10	Deborah	867
11	Sandra	799
12	Joanne	772
13	Linda	756
14	Tracey	744
15	Christine	736
16	Elizabeth	733
17	Lisa	714
18	Kim	693
19	Robyn	664
20	Helen	645
21	Wendy	640
22	Debra	561
23	Margaret	561
24	Vicki	561
25	Maria	530
26	Patricia	519
27	Anne	494
28	Suzanne	482
29	Kerry	458
30	Kathryn	446
31	Judith	433
32	Annette	432
33	Cheryl	427
34	Louise	405
35	Lynette	404
36	Mary	401
37	Kathleen	379
38	Jane	356
39	Carolyn	355
40	Tracy	355
41	Debbie	340
42	Jacqueline	337
43	Fiona	334
44	Janelle	334
45	Amanda	328
46	Diane	305
47	Ann	287
48	Dianne	277
49	Narelle	267
50	Maree	266

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	David	3,350
2	Peter	2,735
3	Michael	2,577
4	Mark	2,527
5	John	2,153
6	Paul	1,734
7	Stephen	1,722
8	Robert	1,685
9	Gregory	1,364
10	Anthony	1,320
11	Andrew	1,185
12	Craig	981
13	Steven	967
14	Wayne	899
15	Christopher	875
16	Ian	845
17	Brett	843
18	Glenn	756
19	James	696
20	Scott	684
21	Richard	679
22	Kevin	594
23	Gary	593
24	Brian	574
25	William	568
26	Geoffrey	557
27	Rodney	510
28	Shane	509
29	Phillip	482
30	Timothy	444
31	Jeffrey	431
32	Darren	429
33	Bruce	428
34	Bradley	426
35	Kenneth	425
36	Colin	419
37	Warren	416
38	Glen	410
39	Neil	400
40	Alan	380
41	Raymond	370
42	Graham	367
43	Philip	366
44	Trevor	354
45	Ross	338
46	Grant	322
47	Russell	322
48	Matthew	319
49	Barry	316
50	Garry	308