Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1972

The top girls’ name was Michelle, given to 1,204 babies. The top boys’ name was Jason, given to 2,304 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michelle	1,204
2	Kylie	1,025
3	Nicole	978
4	Karen	812
5	Lisa	790
6	Joanne	667
7	Melissa	661
8	Rebecca	654
9	Jennifer	558
10	Sharon	551
11	Amanda	544
12	Julie	526
13	Kim	493
14	Jodie	457
15	Leanne	450
16	Fiona	443
17	Tracey	416
18	Elizabeth	404
19	Belinda	402
20	Catherine	393
21	Donna	385
22	Alison	383
23	Samantha	381
24	Rachel	380
25	Vanessa	369
26	Natalie	362
27	Angela	356
28	Kelly	329
29	Linda	323
30	Maria	313
31	Susan	310
32	Danielle	300
33	Deborah	298
34	Louise	297
35	Tanya	297
36	Sarah	293
37	Christine	289
38	Tracy	285
39	Jacqueline	281
40	Melinda	280
41	Sandra	273
42	Jane	263
43	Megan	261
44	Katrina	246
45	Simone	245
46	Katherine	231
47	Melanie	221
48	Helen	219
49	Kathryn	219
50	Sonia	208
51	Kellie	205
52	Suzanne	203
53	Rachael	193
54	Tina	181
55	Natasha	175
56	Tania	175
57	Wendy	170
58	Justine	168
59	Kerrie	159
60	Anna	156
61	Patricia	153
62	Tammy	149
63	Allison	144
64	Emma	136
65	Janine	136
66	Renee	136
67	Kathleen	133
68	Janelle	132
69	Stephanie	132
70	Mary	131
71	Victoria	131
72	Paula	129
73	Sally	129
74	Robyn	126
75	Anne	125
76	Annette	125
77	Jody	124
78	Vicki	124
79	Kerry	122
80	Carolyn	121
81	Narelle	119
82	Bronwyn	116
83	Debra	112
84	Cassandra	110
85	Debbie	110
86	Toni	110
87	Heidi	108
88	Cindy	106
89	Naomi	106
90	Peta	106
91	Jodi	103
92	Leonie	103
93	Margaret	102
94	Cheryl	101
95	Michele	100
96	Alexandra	99
97	Dianne	99
98	Penelope	96
99	Cherie	95
100	Leah	95

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	2,304
2	David	1,846
3	Michael	1,679
4	Matthew	1,415
5	Andrew	1,353
6	Paul	1,283
7	Mark	1,164
8	Peter	1,094
9	Christopher	1,058
10	Scott	955
11	Robert	929
12	John	891
13	Adam	864
14	Craig	855
15	Anthony	826
16	Shane	805
17	Darren	698
18	Stephen	654
19	Steven	627
20	Daniel	621
21	James	597
22	Brett	579
23	Gregory	517
24	Richard	516
25	Bradley	510
26	Simon	485
27	Troy	426
28	Jamie	404
29	Justin	402
30	Timothy	385
31	Wayne	315
32	Benjamin	311
33	Glenn	311
34	Rodney	307
35	Stuart	291
36	Dean	289
37	Ian	278
38	Aaron	260
39	Phillip	260
40	Sean	255
41	William	253
42	Nicholas	250
43	Grant	244
44	Nathan	243
45	Glen	242
46	George	237
47	Gavin	227
48	Martin	213
49	Mathew	213
50	Geoffrey	205
51	Adrian	200
52	Kevin	194
53	Jeffrey	189
54	Gary	188
55	Damien	180
56	Brian	174
57	Joseph	172
58	Luke	172
59	Todd	169
60	Brendan	162
61	Cameron	161
62	Tony	157
63	Colin	151
64	Philip	149
65	Graham	145
66	Joshua	142
67	Thomas	137
68	Jeremy	136
69	Nigel	134
70	Alexander	133
71	Patrick	133
72	Warren	132
73	Damian	128
74	Raymond	126
75	Trevor	121
76	Alan	117
77	Christian	114
78	Allan	113
79	Edward	112
80	Jonathan	110
81	Kenneth	100
82	Neil	100
83	Garry	95
84	Marcus	93
85	Russell	93
86	Shaun	93
87	Ashley	92
88	Ronald	92
89	Dale	91
90	Terry	90
91	Trent	90
92	Malcolm	88
93	Samuel	82
94	Shayne	82
95	Bruce	80
96	Graeme	79
97	Charles	78
98	Douglas	75
99	Ross	74
100	Barry	73