Names that peaked in New South Wales, Australia in the 1950s

Names whose highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia's published list falls in the 1950s, with at least 3 recorded years on each side of that year.

Scoped to one registrar: NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages — Popular Baby Names. A name can be at its height here a generation before or after it is elsewhere, and this says only when it peaked in New South Wales, Australia — never when it peaked generally, which is not a thing any single source can show.

16 names, selected from the 2,577 names in the catalogue with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon). Based on official statistics from national registrars. Data sources · Methodology

Source: NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages · All New South Wales, Australia names

• Jennifer

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1956, across a record running 1952–2003.

• Deborah

  Highest recorded position #3 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1957, across a record running 1952–1980.

• Julie

  Highest recorded position #3 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1956, across a record running 1952–1987.

• Stephen

  Highest recorded position #3 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1955, across a record running 1952–1997.

• Debra

  Highest recorded position #6 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1958, across a record running 1953–1973.

• Kim

  Highest recorded position #6 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1959, across a record running 1952–1984.

• Wayne

  Highest recorded position #10 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1958, across a record running 1952–1986.

• Wendy

  Highest recorded position #10 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1958, across a record running 1952–1978.

• Kerry

  Highest recorded position #11 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1956, across a record running 1952–1976.

• Vicki

  Highest recorded position #12 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1956, across a record running 1952–1975.

• Kevin

  Highest recorded position #15 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1956, across a record running 1952–2001.

• Philip

  Highest recorded position #29 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1958, across a record running 1952–1988.

• Ann

  Highest recorded position #31 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1955, across a record running 1952–1970.

• Ross

  Highest recorded position #34 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1958, across a record running 1952–1983.

• Jeanette

  Highest recorded position #53 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1956, across a record running 1952–1963.

• Frank

  Highest recorded position #74 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1959, across a record running 1952–1967.