Top Names of 1964

The most popular names recorded in 1964 were Karen for girls and David for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Karen	1,549
2	Susan	1,248
3	Jennifer	1,173
4	Sharon	1,114
5	Donna	1,027
6	Julie	1,021
7	Michelle	1,019
8	Leanne	942
9	Catherine	825
10	Sandra	794
11	Joanne	780
12	Lisa	739
13	Deborah	735
14	Elizabeth	714
15	Tracey	711
16	Kim	704
17	Linda	687
18	Helen	683
19	Robyn	648
20	Christine	564
21	Wendy	537
22	Maria	528
23	Debra	480
24	Margaret	478
25	Suzanne	470
26	Patricia	462
27	Mary	449
28	Vicki	438
29	Anne	425
30	Louise	413
31	Lynette	408
32	Kathryn	400
33	Annette	396
34	Cheryl	387
35	Carolyn	383
36	Jane	372
37	Jacqueline	371
38	Judith	371
39	Kerry	360
40	Amanda	348
41	Tracy	346
42	Fiona	338
43	Dianne	325
44	Diane	308
45	Kathleen	307
46	Janelle	284
47	Kerrie	273
48	Debbie	264
49	Angela	255
50	Carol	251

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	David	3,260
2	Peter	2,514
3	Michael	2,450
4	Mark	2,220
5	John	2,107
6	Paul	2,039
7	Robert	1,650
8	Stephen	1,573
9	Anthony	1,334
10	Andrew	1,264
11	Craig	1,237
12	Gregory	1,217
13	Steven	886
14	Brett	884
15	Christopher	870
16	Wayne	862
17	Ian	785
18	James	742
19	Scott	718
20	Richard	699
21	Kevin	587
22	Glenn	581
23	William	554
24	Gary	541
25	Shane	516
26	Rodney	493
27	Brian	473
28	Geoffrey	468
29	Bradley	457
30	Darren	454
31	Bruce	434
32	Timothy	412
33	Kenneth	408
34	Colin	398
35	Phillip	398
36	Graham	387
37	Warren	362
38	Matthew	358
39	Glen	355
40	Jeffrey	350
41	Alan	348
42	Raymond	346
43	Trevor	335
44	Barry	317
45	Allan	304
46	Russell	304
47	Philip	300
48	Daniel	297
49	Ronald	297
50	Neil	295