Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1973
The top 100 as published, with the number of babies given each name.
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason | 1,680 |
| 2 | David | 1,590 |
| 3 | Michael | 1,555 |
| 4 | Matthew | 1,370 |
| 5 | Andrew | 1,269 |
| 6 | Mark | 1,104 |
| 7 | Paul | 1,045 |
| 8 | Scott | 966 |
| 9 | Christopher | 956 |
| 10 | Peter | 885 |
| 11 | Adam | 827 |
| 12 | Robert | 762 |
| 13 | Craig | 752 |
| 14 | Daniel | 746 |
| 15 | John | 741 |
| 16 | Shane | 733 |
| 17 | Anthony | 716 |
| 18 | James | 611 |
| 19 | Darren | 557 |
| 20 | Stephen | 551 |
| 21 | Brett | 530 |
| 22 | Steven | 508 |
| 23 | Bradley | 502 |
| 24 | Richard | 470 |
| 25 | Simon | 463 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Gregory | 461 |
| 27 | Benjamin | 424 |
| 28 | Troy | 411 |
| 29 | Timothy | 403 |
| 30 | Justin | 347 |
| 31 | Jamie | 325 |
| 32 | Nathan | 320 |
| 33 | Rodney | 309 |
| 34 | Glenn | 279 |
| 35 | Wayne | 278 |
| 36 | Mathew | 270 |
| 37 | Dean | 260 |
| 38 | Nicholas | 251 |
| 39 | Stuart | 236 |
| 40 | Gavin | 232 |
| 41 | Grant | 228 |
| 42 | Ian | 228 |
| 43 | Sean | 228 |
| 44 | Adrian | 224 |
| 45 | Damien | 213 |
| 46 | Phillip | 212 |
| 47 | George | 210 |
| 48 | Glen | 207 |
| 49 | Brendan | 200 |
| 50 | Aaron | 192 |
| 51 | William | 190 |
| 52 | Luke | 189 |
| 53 | Martin | 182 |
| 54 | Cameron | 176 |
| 55 | Brian | 169 |
| 56 | Tony | 169 |
| 57 | Geoffrey | 163 |
| 58 | Gary | 160 |
| 59 | Joshua | 159 |
| 60 | Joseph | 158 |
| 61 | Todd | 155 |
| 62 | Jeffrey | 153 |
| 63 | Kevin | 151 |
| 64 | Christian | 143 |
| 65 | Jeremy | 140 |
| 66 | Philip | 138 |
| 67 | Patrick | 137 |
| 68 | Colin | 132 |
| 69 | Shannon | 129 |
| 70 | Warren | 128 |
| 71 | Thomas | 127 |
| 72 | Graham | 125 |
| 73 | Nigel | 124 |
| 74 | Jonathan | 121 |
| 75 | Damian | 113 |
| 76 | Raymond | 110 |
| 77 | Trevor | 110 |
| 78 | Alexander | 107 |
| 79 | Allan | 101 |
| 80 | Trent | 96 |
| 81 | Neil | 93 |
| 82 | Ashley | 92 |
| 83 | Garry | 92 |
| 84 | Edward | 87 |
| 85 | Shaun | 86 |
| 86 | Charles | 84 |
| 87 | Heath | 84 |
| 88 | Lee | 84 |
| 89 | Brendon | 82 |
| 90 | Kenneth | 82 |
| 91 | Alan | 79 |
| 92 | Malcolm | 78 |
| 93 | Ross | 77 |
| 94 | Ryan | 75 |
| 95 | Dale | 73 |
| 96 | Julian | 73 |
| 97 | Barry | 72 |
| 98 | Marcus | 72 |
| 99 | Danny | 71 |
| 100 | Micheal | 68 |