Top Names of 1970 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1970 were Michelle for girls and David for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Michelle	1,685
2	Karen	1,390
3	Lisa	1,225
4	Nicole	1,023
5	Sharon	948
6	Joanne	860
7	Julie	851
8	Kylie	837
9	Tracey	836
10	Jennifer	801
11	Kim	753
12	Melissa	690
13	Leanne	689
14	Susan	684
15	Amanda	677
16	Fiona	635
17	Donna	615
18	Elizabeth	572
19	Catherine	567
20	Tracy	532
21	Christine	529
22	Tanya	520
23	Jodie	511
24	Linda	495
25	Sandra	488
26	Angela	465
27	Helen	457
28	Maria	457
29	Belinda	443
30	Deborah	443
31	Rebecca	433
32	Natalie	416
33	Louise	415
34	Vanessa	384
35	Wendy	381
36	Katrina	370
37	Samantha	365
38	Jacqueline	364
39	Alison	355
40	Megan	347
41	Suzanne	344
42	Jane	337
43	Kelly	335
44	Rachel	330
45	Tania	311
46	Kathryn	306
47	Patricia	295
48	Katherine	283
49	Danielle	279
50	Tina	270

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	David	2,763
2	Michael	2,415
3	Jason	2,398
4	Andrew	2,042
5	Paul	1,953
6	Mark	1,858
7	Peter	1,734
8	John	1,539
9	Anthony	1,435
10	Robert	1,399
11	Darren	1,333
12	Scott	1,327
13	Craig	1,255
14	Matthew	1,181
15	Stephen	1,162
16	Christopher	1,136
17	Steven	978
18	Shane	877
19	James	826
20	Brett	780
21	Gregory	756
22	Richard	726
23	Wayne	623
24	Adam	564
25	Simon	564
26	Bradley	495
27	Rodney	491
28	Ian	489
29	Dean	486
30	Timothy	485
31	Daniel	483
32	Troy	443
33	Glenn	439
34	Sean	422
35	William	382
36	Stuart	380
37	Glen	359
38	Jeffrey	349
39	Justin	346
40	Gavin	343
41	Kevin	333
42	Brian	331
43	Phillip	324
44	Grant	319
45	Martin	309
46	Geoffrey	308
47	Gary	303
48	Colin	296
49	Nicholas	296
50	Warren	296