Top Names of 1966

The most popular names recorded in 1966 were Karen for girls and David for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Karen	1,597
2	Michelle	1,397
3	Sharon	1,096
4	Donna	961
5	Jennifer	925
6	Susan	925
7	Lisa	891
8	Julie	887
9	Kim	868
10	Leanne	814
11	Catherine	735
12	Joanne	704
13	Deborah	659
14	Sandra	654
15	Tracey	647
16	Linda	607
17	Elizabeth	594
18	Helen	592
19	Maria	574
20	Christine	544
21	Wendy	508
22	Robyn	438
23	Suzanne	436
24	Fiona	430
25	Anne	384
26	Patricia	384
27	Jane	371
28	Kathryn	369
29	Jacqueline	368
30	Tracy	368
31	Louise	356
32	Margaret	356
33	Amanda	354
34	Angela	349
35	Mary	347
36	Debra	339
37	Kerry	335
38	Alison	333
39	Annette	295
40	Tania	290
41	Belinda	280
42	Melissa	280
43	Janelle	274
44	Vicki	274
45	Cheryl	270
46	Nicole	269
47	Kathleen	264
48	Tanya	258
49	Judith	253
50	Carolyn	245

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	David	2,839
2	Michael	2,303
3	Peter	2,211
4	Paul	2,034
5	Mark	1,984
6	John	1,858
7	Robert	1,515
8	Andrew	1,493
9	Stephen	1,403
10	Darren	1,335
11	Anthony	1,301
12	Craig	1,080
13	Gregory	993
14	Steven	844
15	Christopher	827
16	Scott	827
17	Wayne	786
18	Brett	728
19	James	683
20	Rodney	683
21	Ian	651
22	Richard	612
23	Shane	580
24	Timothy	472
25	Matthew	440
26	Bradley	438
27	Gary	432
28	William	424
29	Brian	417
30	Kevin	415
31	Glenn	409
32	Unnamed	406
33	Geoffrey	382
34	Phillip	362
35	Jason	338
36	Grant	334
37	Raymond	333
38	Colin	328
39	Glen	327
40	Jeffrey	324
41	Bruce	311
42	Warren	309
43	Graham	303
44	George	300
45	Kenneth	298
46	Stuart	287
47	Daniel	284
48	Trevor	275
49	Simon	270
50	Dean	267