Most popular baby names in New South Wales, Australia (1955)
The rankings exactly as NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages published them for 1955. New South Wales, Australiapublishes a girls' list and a boys' list separately, so they are shown separately — there is no official combined ranking, and Namewise does not invent one.
This source has published 74 complete rankings, from 1952 to 2025. Data sources · Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU)
Girls' names
Top 100 in New South Wales, Australia, 1955
- 1Susan
- 2Jennifer
- 3Christine
- 4Margaret
- 5Julie
- 6Lynette
- 7Karen
- 8Robyn
- 9Judith
- 10Helen
- 11Elizabeth
- 12Deborah
- 13Anne
- 14Kerry
- 15Wendy
- 16Patricia
- 17Cheryl
- 18Vicki
- 19Sandra
- 20Linda
- 21Suzanne
- 22Mary
- 23Sharon
- 24Dianne
- 25Gail
- 26Rhonda
- 27Pamela
- 28Denise
- 29Diane
- 30Debra
- 31Ann
- 32Catherine
- 33Lorraine
- 34Carol
- 35Barbara
- 36Kim
- 37Narelle
- 38Janet
- 39Lesley
- 40Maria
- 41Kathleen
- 42Kerrie
- 43Janice
- 44Annette
- 45Heather
- 46Beverley
- 47Michelle
- 48Maureen
- 49Joanne
- 50Colleen
- 51Maree
- 52Marilyn
- 53Rosemary
- 54Roslyn
- 55Lynne
- 56Kay
- 57Leonie
- 58Jane
- 59Louise
- 60Glenda
- 61Kathryn
- 62Pauline
- 63Marie
- 64Jeanette
- 65Frances
- 66Carolyn
- 67Janette
- 68Ruth
- 69Michele
- 70Yvonne
- 71Jill
- 72Jacqueline
- 73Donna
- 74Jan
- 75Susanne
- 76Shirley
- 77Bronwyn
- 78Alison
- 79Janelle
- 80Amanda
- 81Dorothy
- 82Irene
- 83Lynn
- 84Joan
- 85Joy
- 86Anna
- 87Jillian
- 88Carmel
- 89Sally
- 90Sue
- 91Virginia
- 92Robin
- 93Brenda
- 94Elaine
- 95Lynda
- 96Paula
- 97Penelope
- 98Gayle
- 99Janine
- 100Angela
Boys' names
Top 100 in New South Wales, Australia, 1955
- 1Peter
- 2John
- 3Stephen
- 4Robert
- 5Michael
- 6David
- 7Gregory
- 8Paul
- 9Mark
- 10Ian
- 11Wayne
- 12Christopher
- 13Anthony
- 14Gary
- 15William
- 16Geoffrey
- 17Garry
- 18Phillip
- 19Brian
- 20Richard
- 21Kenneth
- 22Graham
- 23Kevin
- 24James
- 25Colin
- 26Ronald
- 27Bruce
- 28Alan
- 29Raymond
- 30Steven
- 31Barry
- 32Neil
- 33Allan
- 34Jeffrey
- 35Philip
- 36Rodney
- 37Trevor
- 38Graeme
- 39Ross
- 40Glenn
- 41Leslie
- 42Andrew
- 43Donald
- 44Warren
- 45Keith
- 46Timothy
- 47Douglas
- 48Kim
- 49Thomas
- 50George
- 51Patrick
- 52Malcolm
- 53Terence
- 54Russell
- 55Terry
- 56Dennis
- 57Edward
- 58Noel
- 59Joseph
- 60Glen
- 61Terrence
- 62Gordon
- 63Shane
- 64Charles
- 65Martin
- 66Roger
- 67Craig
- 68Neville
- 69Eric
- 70Darryl
- 71Grahame
- 72Larry
- 73Bernard
- 74Lindsay
- 75Maxwell
- 76Kerry
- 77Warwick
- 78Grant
- 79Norman
- 80Allen
- 81Francis
- 82Frederick
- 83Arthur
- 84Stuart
- 85Tony
- 86Daniel
- 87Frank
- 88Daryl
- 89Simon
- 90Adrian
- 91Jeffery
- 92Leonard
- 93Nicholas
- 94Vincent
- 95Brett
- 96Alexander
- 97Denis
- 98Desmond
- 99Roy
- 100Laurence