Most popular baby names in New South Wales, Australia (1966)
The rankings exactly as NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages published them for 1966. 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, 1966
- 1Karen
- 2Michelle
- 3Sharon
- 4Lisa
- 5Donna
- 6Jennifer
- 7Kim
- 8Susan
- 9Julie
- 10Leanne
- 11Catherine
- 12Joanne
- 13Maria
- 14Deborah
- 15Elizabeth
- 16Linda
- 17Tracey
- 18Sandra
- 19Helen
- 20Christine
- 21Fiona
- 22Wendy
- 23Suzanne
- 24Robyn
- 25Jane
- 26Jacqueline
- 27Louise
- 28Anne
- 29Tracy
- 30Kathryn
- 31Alison
- 32Angela
- 33Patricia
- 34Margaret
- 35Mary
- 36Amanda
- 37Belinda
- 38Melissa
- 39Nicole
- 40Cheryl
- 41Tania
- 42Kathleen
- 43Annette
- 44Kerry
- 45Vicki
- 46Dianne
- 47Debra
- 48Tanya
- 49Carolyn
- 50Janelle
- 51Lynette
- 52Debbie
- 53Kerrie
- 54Anna
- 55Kylie
- 56Judith
- 57Katherine
- 58Megan
- 59Narelle
- 60Diane
- 61Carol
- 62Michele
- 63Jodie
- 64Ann
- 65Denise
- 66Bronwyn
- 67Rhonda
- 68Sally
- 69Katrina
- 70Natalie
- 71Leonie
- 72Maree
- 73Roslyn
- 74Janine
- 75Barbara
- 76Sarah
- 77Toni
- 78Allison
- 79Samantha
- 80Kelly
- 81Lynda
- 82Lorraine
- 83Diana
- 84Paula
- 85Simone
- 86Pauline
- 87Stephanie
- 88Caroline
- 89Ruth
- 90Heather
- 91Tina
- 92Rebecca
- 93Lee
- 94Gail
- 95Melinda
- 96Therese
- 97Bernadette
- 98Teresa
- 99Sonya
- 100Colleen
Boys' names
Top 100 in New South Wales, Australia, 1966
- 1David
- 2Michael
- 3Peter
- 4Paul
- 5Mark
- 6John
- 7Andrew
- 8Robert
- 9Stephen
- 10Darren
- 11Anthony
- 12Craig
- 13Gregory
- 14Scott
- 15Steven
- 16Christopher
- 17Rodney
- 18Wayne
- 19James
- 20Richard
- 21Brett
- 22Ian
- 23Unnamed
- 24Matthew
- 25Timothy
- 26Glenn
- 27Shane
- 28Brian
- 29Phillip
- 30William
- 31Gary
- 32Grant
- 33Kevin
- 34Geoffrey
- 35Bradley
- 36George
- 37Stuart
- 38Jason
- 39Glen
- 40Raymond
- 41Colin
- 42Jeffrey
- 43Simon
- 44Dean
- 45Bruce
- 46Warren
- 47Adam
- 48Philip
- 49Graham
- 50Garry
- 51Trevor
- 52Kenneth
- 53Martin
- 54Sean
- 55Patrick
- 56Daniel
- 57Tony
- 58Joseph
- 59Alan
- 60Ross
- 61Allan
- 62Neil
- 63Nicholas
- 64Barry
- 65Thomas
- 66Ronald
- 67Darrin
- 68Malcolm
- 69Gavin
- 70Graeme
- 71Troy
- 72Jonathan
- 73Douglas
- 74Russell
- 75Edward
- 76Adrian
- 77Terry
- 78Darryl
- 79Todd
- 80Murray
- 81Jamie
- 82Donald
- 83Charles
- 84Gerard
- 85Shaun
- 86Keith
- 87Leslie
- 88Dennis
- 89Bernard
- 90Roger
- 91Nigel
- 92Frank
- 93Micheal
- 94Cameron
- 95Justin
- 96Mathew
- 97Antonio
- 98Brendan
- 99Gordon
- 100Ricky