Top Names of 1969
The most popular names recorded in 1969 were Michelle for girls and David for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
| 1 | David | 3,003 |
| 2 | Michael | 2,381 |
| 3 | Paul | 1,984 |
| 4 | Mark | 1,969 |
| 5 | Andrew | 1,897 |
| 6 | Peter | 1,860 |
| 7 | John | 1,651 |
| 8 | Robert | 1,460 |
| 9 | Craig | 1,429 |
| 10 | Anthony | 1,389 |
| 11 | Scott | 1,366 |
| 12 | Darren | 1,343 |
| 13 | Jason | 1,313 |
| 14 | Stephen | 1,228 |
| 15 | Christopher | 1,112 |
| 16 | Matthew | 1,043 |
| 17 | Steven | 965 |
| 18 | Shane | 859 |
| 19 | James | 821 |
| 20 | Gregory | 786 |
| 21 | Brett | 750 |
| 22 | Wayne | 736 |
| 23 | Richard | 706 |
| 24 | Rodney | 558 |
| 25 | Ian | 555 |
| 26 | Timothy | 543 |
| 27 | Bradley | 510 |
| 28 | Simon | 488 |
| 29 | Dean | 485 |
| 30 | Sean | 483 |
| 31 | Adam | 450 |
| 32 | Daniel | 404 |
| 33 | William | 400 |
| 34 | Glenn | 391 |
| 35 | Brian | 389 |
| 36 | Gary | 377 |
| 37 | Stuart | 377 |
| 38 | Troy | 364 |
| 39 | Phillip | 363 |
| 40 | Kevin | 358 |
| 41 | Geoffrey | 345 |
| 42 | Jeffrey | 342 |
| 43 | Gavin | 330 |
| 44 | Warren | 310 |
| 45 | George | 302 |
| 46 | Grant | 299 |
| 47 | Colin | 285 |
| 48 | Martin | 284 |
| 49 | Neil | 283 |
| 50 | Graham | 276 |