Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1971

The top girls’ name was Michelle, given to 1,248 babies. The top boys’ name was Jason, given to 2,147 babies.

The top 100 as published, with the number of babies given each name.

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michelle	1,248
2	Kylie	951
3	Nicole	934
4	Karen	916
5	Lisa	895
6	Joanne	742
7	Melissa	633
8	Sharon	619
9	Kim	607
10	Julie	601
11	Jennifer	581
12	Tracey	522
13	Amanda	519
14	Donna	483
15	Fiona	477
16	Belinda	474
17	Rebecca	457
18	Leanne	449
19	Catherine	431
20	Elizabeth	421
21	Jodie	416
22	Angela	405
23	Alison	389
24	Vanessa	386
25	Susan	383
26	Natalie	371
27	Samantha	361
28	Maria	353
29	Rachel	344
30	Tanya	335
31	Louise	333
32	Linda	330
33	Tracy	326
34	Christine	313
35	Jacqueline	309
36	Katrina	287
37	Jane	277
38	Megan	270
39	Sarah	270
40	Deborah	269
41	Kelly	268
42	Sandra	268
43	Danielle	265
44	Kathryn	262
45	Helen	256
46	Suzanne	255
47	Simone	247
48	Melinda	240
49	Katherine	228
50	Tania	222
51	Kellie	217
52	Sonia	210
53	Tina	205
54	Wendy	194
55	Anna	191
56	Justine	187
57	Patricia	181
58	Rachael	179
59	Melanie	170
60	Anne	168
61	Mary	165
62	Paula	159
63	Allison	158
64	Kerrie	156
65	Emma	152
66	Toni	149
67	Jody	147
68	Robyn	146
69	Janelle	143
70	Natasha	143
71	Kerry	139
72	Narelle	139
73	Annette	138
74	Cheryl	137
75	Kathleen	137
76	Janine	136
77	Vicki	133
78	Bronwyn	132
79	Carolyn	129
80	Margaret	129
81	Sally	124
82	Tammy	123
83	Peta	113
84	Michele	112
85	Victoria	112
86	Stephanie	109
87	Cassandra	107
88	Dianne	106
89	Leah	106
90	Heidi	105
91	Jo-Anne	101
92	Julia	101
93	Penelope	101
94	Cindy	100
95	Leonie	99
96	Maree	97
97	Debbie	96
98	Naomi	96
99	Sonya	96
100	Jodi	95

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	2,147
2	David	2,009
3	Michael	1,795
4	Andrew	1,575
5	Mark	1,409
6	Paul	1,375
7	Matthew	1,293
8	Peter	1,207
9	Scott	1,048
10	John	1,027
11	Craig	1,022
12	Robert	994
13	Anthony	985
14	Christopher	890
15	Shane	818
16	Darren	792
17	Stephen	708
18	Adam	667
19	Steven	663
20	James	613
21	Richard	602
22	Brett	598
23	Gregory	542
24	Simon	479
25	Daniel	456
26	Timothy	424
27	Troy	420
28	Bradley	404
29	Wayne	378
30	Rodney	373
31	Dean	362
32	Stuart	331
33	Ian	330
34	Justin	323
35	Glenn	308
36	Benjamin	305
37	Grant	290
38	Jamie	289
39	Sean	277
40	Glen	262
41	Phillip	247
42	George	235
43	Adrian	226
44	Gavin	226
45	William	226
46	Geoffrey	225
47	Nicholas	215
48	Brian	213
49	Gary	211
50	Jeffrey	206
51	Kevin	205
52	Martin	203
53	Aaron	198
54	Brendan	188
55	Tony	188
56	Damien	177
57	Todd	173
58	Colin	172
59	Joseph	171
60	Patrick	166
61	Nathan	165
62	Mathew	162
63	Raymond	162
64	Warren	159
65	Cameron	157
66	Graham	152
67	Philip	138
68	Jeremy	137
69	Thomas	132
70	Luke	130
71	Jonathan	129
72	Alan	127
73	Trevor	123
74	Alexander	119
75	Kenneth	119
76	Nigel	116
77	Joshua	113
78	Neil	113
79	Ross	113
80	Damian	111
81	Shaun	109
82	Malcolm	106
83	Graeme	103
84	Edward	101
85	Bruce	98
86	Garry	98
87	Allan	97
88	Marcus	90
89	Heath	87
90	Micheal	87
91	Russell	87
92	Murray	86
93	Ronald	86
94	Darrin	85
95	Lee	85
96	Christian	81
97	Douglas	81
98	Darryl	78
99	Terry	78
100	Ashley	76