Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1974

The top girls’ name was Michelle, given to 1,057 babies. The top boys’ name was Michael, given to 1,564 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michelle	1,057
2	Kylie	1,013
3	Nicole	892
4	Melissa	757
5	Rebecca	731
6	Belinda	729
7	Lisa	639
8	Amanda	572
9	Karen	549
10	Jennifer	506
11	Joanne	422
12	Rachel	406
13	Angela	383
14	Sarah	375
15	Natalie	371
16	Kim	363
17	Fiona	356
18	Samantha	353
19	Julie	351
20	Kelly	345
21	Sharon	339
22	Vanessa	334
23	Jodie	330
24	Melanie	319
25	Alison	311
26	Leanne	310
27	Elizabeth	308
28	Tracey	307
29	Catherine	301
30	Megan	281
31	Susan	277
32	Danielle	270
33	Donna	265
34	Maria	254
35	Linda	251
36	Louise	246
37	Tanya	243
38	Katrina	241
39	Christine	236
40	Tracy	236
41	Rachael	231
42	Emma	229
43	Jacqueline	229
44	Natasha	221
45	Katherine	219
46	Jane	218
47	Melinda	216
48	Kathryn	215
49	Kellie	212
50	Deborah	207
51	Sally	189
52	Sandra	187
53	Helen	186
54	Simone	181
55	Cassandra	172
56	Renee	170
57	Anna	159
58	Tammy	156
59	Tania	156
60	Suzanne	150
61	Kirsty	146
62	Tina	142
63	Sonia	140
64	Kristy	136
65	Naomi	136
66	Wendy	131
67	Heidi	126
68	Kate	125
69	Anne	120
70	Stephanie	120
71	Kerrie	119
72	Bronwyn	117
73	Patricia	114
74	Peta	112
75	Jody	109
76	Cindy	108
77	Shannon	106
78	Kathleen	105
79	Allison	102
80	Caroline	100
81	Carolyn	100
82	Vicki	97
83	Kerry	96
84	Mary	96
85	Robyn	96
86	Leah	95
87	Narelle	92
88	Paula	91
89	Cherie	90
90	Janelle	90
91	Jodi	89
92	Janine	88
93	Margaret	87
94	Brooke	86
95	Penelope	84
96	Teresa	84
97	Justine	83
98	Alexandra	81
99	Annette	79
100	Debbie	79

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,564
2	David	1,546
3	Matthew	1,526
4	Jason	1,373
5	Andrew	1,182
6	Mark	1,074
7	Paul	1,060
8	Daniel	998
9	Christopher	997
10	Scott	906
11	Adam	853
12	Peter	851
13	Robert	737
14	Craig	678
15	John	666
16	Anthony	631
17	Shane	596
18	Benjamin	568
19	Darren	544
20	Steven	541
21	James	537
22	Brett	514
23	Stephen	501
24	Bradley	479
25	Simon	472
26	Nathan	467
27	Gregory	427
28	Justin	398
29	Troy	396
30	Richard	395
31	Timothy	388
32	Nicholas	313
33	Dean	297
34	Damien	260
35	Jamie	256
36	Glenn	253
37	Aaron	244
38	Adrian	244
39	Luke	240
40	Rodney	240
41	Mathew	239
42	Wayne	233
43	Phillip	226
44	Sean	223
45	Stuart	223
46	Gavin	221
47	Grant	216
48	George	203
49	Ian	200
50	Glen	198
51	William	196
52	Brendan	184
53	Martin	177
54	Jeffrey	171
55	Joseph	170
56	Joshua	161
57	Jeremy	152
58	Geoffrey	151
59	Todd	150
60	Brian	148
61	Cameron	148
62	Christian	146
63	Colin	146
64	Damian	139
65	Gary	135
66	Raymond	135
67	Philip	134
68	Tony	134
69	Alexander	130
70	Kevin	130
71	Patrick	129
72	Nigel	127
73	Lee	126
74	Shannon	119
75	Thomas	119
76	Jonathan	115
77	Edward	113
78	Malcolm	106
79	Trevor	104
80	Samuel	103
81	Warren	100
82	Graham	99
83	Ryan	95
84	Trent	94
85	Brendon	90
86	Allan	89
87	Dale	86
88	Neil	83
89	Ashley	80
90	Russell	80
91	Brent	79
92	Chad	79
93	Shaun	79
94	Alan	75
95	Julian	75
96	Micheal	75
97	Stewart	75
98	Garry	74
99	Kenneth	72
100	Karl	71