Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1975

The top girls’ name was Michelle, given to 904 babies. The top boys’ name was Michael, given to 1,504 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michelle	904
2	Nicole	821
3	Kylie	780
4	Melissa	752
5	Rebecca	743
6	Belinda	653
7	Lisa	620
8	Amanda	499
9	Karen	481
10	Natalie	463
11	Sarah	454
12	Jennifer	416
13	Rachel	374
14	Angela	367
15	Samantha	355
16	Joanne	348
17	Vanessa	334
18	Julie	333
19	Kelly	329
20	Leanne	326
21	Fiona	302
22	Emma	300
23	Jodie	299
24	Melanie	293
25	Sharon	290
26	Catherine	289
27	Kim	287
28	Elizabeth	286
29	Tracy	278
30	Danielle	275
31	Alison	274
32	Megan	264
33	Tracey	252
34	Tanya	251
35	Louise	231
36	Susan	226
37	Donna	224
38	Sally	224
39	Linda	213
40	Simone	207
41	Kellie	206
42	Christine	203
43	Maria	203
44	Renee	202
45	Katherine	194
46	Jacqueline	193
47	Natasha	190
48	Deborah	184
49	Jane	183
50	Melinda	182
51	Kathryn	179
52	Katrina	174
53	Sandra	166
54	Rachael	160
55	Kristy	153
56	Helen	147
57	Anna	145
58	Naomi	141
59	Kirsty	137
60	Tammy	133
61	Suzanne	119
62	Wendy	119
63	Cassandra	115
64	Peta	115
65	Tina	115
66	Heidi	114
67	Kate	114
68	Anne	109
69	Paula	105
70	Amy	104
71	Patricia	103
72	Mary	102
73	Tania	102
74	Kathleen	101
75	Caroline	99
76	Stephanie	98
77	Sonia	97
78	Kerrie	96
79	Tamara	96
80	Bronwyn	95
81	Cindy	95
82	Kerry	94
83	Renae	93
84	Allison	92
85	Kristen	92
86	Leah	92
87	Toni	90
88	Alexandra	89
89	Debbie	88
90	Janine	87
91	Shannon	87
92	Monique	84
93	Penelope	83
94	Anita	81
95	Justine	81
96	Georgina	80
97	Vicki	80
98	Felicity	79
99	Julia	77
100	Jodi	76

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,504
2	Matthew	1,429
3	David	1,361
4	Daniel	1,101
5	Jason	1,079
6	Andrew	1,061
7	Paul	946
8	Mark	909
9	Christopher	900
10	Adam	865
11	Scott	847
12	Peter	792
13	Robert	656
14	Benjamin	605
15	John	592
16	Anthony	589
17	Craig	541
18	Steven	537
19	Shane	531
20	James	505
21	Stephen	499
22	Bradley	482
23	Nathan	442
24	Simon	435
25	Darren	431
26	Brett	430
27	Justin	425
28	Troy	407
29	Timothy	388
30	Gregory	356
31	Richard	335
32	Dean	296
33	Mathew	283
34	Jamie	275
35	Damien	243
36	Nicholas	240
37	Wayne	239
38	Aaron	232
39	Luke	229
40	Sean	206
41	Rodney	199
42	Glenn	198
43	Stuart	197
44	Phillip	195
45	Grant	188
46	Adrian	183
47	Joshua	183
48	Ian	182
49	Gavin	175
50	George	174
51	William	172
52	Martin	164
53	Glen	161
54	Joseph	159
55	Cameron	157
56	Jeffrey	155
57	Brendan	149
58	Geoffrey	149
59	Jeremy	149
60	Lee	139
61	Todd	139
62	Brian	134
63	Shannon	131
64	Damian	130
65	Ryan	127
66	Patrick	122
67	Trent	122
68	Ashley	120
69	Kevin	120
70	Alexander	118
71	Christian	118
72	Jonathan	118
73	Colin	117
74	Tony	115
75	Philip	111
76	Samuel	111
77	Thomas	108
78	Nigel	100
79	Chad	99
80	Gary	99
81	Raymond	97
82	Graham	89
83	Alan	86
84	Shaun	85
85	Edward	80
86	Micheal	80
87	Neil	80
88	Warren	80
89	Trevor	76
90	Corey	75
91	Malcolm	75
92	Russell	75
93	Brad	72
94	Dale	72
95	Douglas	69
96	Allan	68
97	Brendon	68
98	Heath	68
99	Kenneth	67
100	Jay	64