Top Names of 1965

The most popular names recorded in 1965 were Karen for girls and David for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Karen	1,699
2	Sharon	1,126
3	Susan	1,052
4	Michelle	1,041
5	Jennifer	989
6	Donna	975
7	Leanne	962
8	Julie	958
9	Lisa	853
10	Catherine	794
11	Joanne	762
12	Kim	757
13	Tracey	742
14	Sandra	711
15	Linda	668
16	Elizabeth	651
17	Deborah	645
18	Helen	630
19	Robyn	543
20	Maria	532
21	Christine	526
22	Wendy	498
23	Margaret	470
24	Suzanne	464
25	Debra	438
26	Patricia	431
27	Kathryn	415
28	Anne	403
29	Louise	393
30	Tracy	373
31	Jane	369
32	Amanda	364
33	Fiona	360
34	Kerry	355
35	Alison	352
36	Vicki	342
37	Mary	338
38	Angela	336
39	Jacqueline	335
40	Cheryl	315
41	Lynette	312
42	Judith	311
43	Annette	305
44	Kathleen	301
45	Carolyn	282
46	Janelle	279
47	Melissa	279
48	Dianne	278
49	Diane	265
50	Carol	239

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	David	3,114
2	Michael	2,453
3	Peter	2,289
4	Mark	2,074
5	John	2,052
6	Paul	1,974
7	Robert	1,580
8	Stephen	1,408
9	Andrew	1,397
10	Anthony	1,374
11	Gregory	1,032
12	Craig	1,020
13	Darren	839
14	Wayne	839
15	Steven	834
16	James	790
17	Christopher	785
18	Brett	780
19	Scott	770
20	Ian	766
21	Richard	717
22	Rodney	628
23	Shane	527
24	Gary	524
25	Kevin	510
26	William	496
27	Glenn	460
28	Timothy	445
29	Bradley	443
30	Brian	423
31	Phillip	410
32	Matthew	389
33	Geoffrey	385
34	Warren	373
35	Bruce	371
36	Colin	366
37	Graham	338
38	Jeffrey	338
39	Glen	316
40	Kenneth	306
41	Raymond	306
42	Trevor	305
43	Daniel	303
44	Philip	294
45	Alan	290
46	George	285
47	Stuart	278
48	Garry	270
49	Simon	270
50	Grant	266