Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1974

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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