Top Names of 1968

The most popular names recorded in 1968 were Karen for girls and David for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Karen	1,602
2	Michelle	1,496
3	Lisa	1,420
4	Sharon	1,100
5	Jennifer	895
6	Susan	876
7	Donna	872
8	Leanne	842
9	Tracey	778
10	Julie	762
11	Catherine	704
12	Kim	698
13	Joanne	656
14	Elizabeth	586
15	Nicole	582
16	Sandra	581
17	Linda	560
18	Helen	551
19	Maria	531
20	Deborah	527
21	Fiona	513
22	Christine	507
23	Amanda	487
24	Jacqueline	476
25	Melissa	435
26	Wendy	417
27	Tracy	415
28	Kylie	406
29	Suzanne	405
30	Angela	400
31	Tanya	378
32	Jodie	376
33	Louise	369
34	Kathryn	347
35	Alison	341
36	Jane	336
37	Patricia	334
38	Katrina	332
39	Robyn	324
40	Tania	322
41	Belinda	293
42	Debra	288
43	Kerry	288
44	Vicki	287
45	Anne	281
46	Natalie	280
47	Margaret	279
48	Mary	277
49	Annette	276
50	Cheryl	270

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	David	2,766
2	Michael	2,409
3	Paul	2,021
4	Mark	2,020
5	Peter	1,974
6	Andrew	1,750
7	John	1,727
8	Anthony	1,388
9	Robert	1,370
10	Darren	1,294
11	Stephen	1,256
12	Craig	1,234
13	Scott	1,178
14	Christopher	1,068
15	Steven	973
16	Matthew	886
17	Gregory	833
18	Brett	749
19	Wayne	704
20	James	697
21	Richard	680
22	Ian	637
23	Shane	591
24	Jason	580
25	Rodney	558
26	Timothy	509
27	Bradley	497
28	Dean	485
29	Gary	435
30	Simon	432
31	Sean	408
32	William	397
33	Adam	394
34	Geoffrey	379
35	Kevin	373
36	Daniel	362
37	Stuart	361
38	Phillip	355
39	Brian	353
40	Jeffrey	342
41	Grant	332
42	Glenn	330
43	Warren	319
44	Unnamed	315
45	Troy	303
46	Gavin	301
47	Bruce	293
48	Glen	291
49	Colin	287
50	Graham	277