Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1971
The top 100 as published, with the number of babies given each name.
| 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 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |