Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1976

The top girls’ name was Rebecca, given to 904 babies. The top boys’ name was Michael, given to 1,425 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Rebecca	904
2	Michelle	864
3	Melissa	772
4	Nicole	747
5	Kylie	702
6	Belinda	688
7	Amanda	633
8	Lisa	533
9	Natalie	513
10	Karen	446
11	Sarah	430
12	Jennifer	405
13	Angela	396
14	Emma	351
15	Melanie	341
16	Joanne	336
17	Rachel	329
18	Kim	313
19	Kelly	311
20	Elizabeth	309
21	Renee	302
22	Fiona	301
23	Jodie	299
24	Danielle	285
25	Alison	281
26	Vanessa	278
27	Julie	274
28	Samantha	272
29	Leanne	267
30	Kristy	254
31	Tanya	249
32	Megan	239
33	Sharon	238
34	Catherine	229
35	Tracey	229
36	Susan	214
37	Sally	211
38	Katherine	201
39	Katrina	201
40	Linda	201
41	Christine	197
42	Kathryn	197
43	Louise	192
44	Melinda	191
45	Donna	180
46	Maria	177
47	Amy	176
48	Simone	172
49	Jacqueline	167
50	Natasha	164
51	Tracy	164
52	Jane	162
53	Anna	161
54	Helen	150
55	Rachael	148
56	Deborah	144
57	Kate	141
58	Tammy	141
59	Kellie	137
60	Sandra	135
61	Suzanne	127
62	Tamara	124
63	Naomi	117
64	Wendy	112
65	Kirsty	111
66	Shannon	111
67	Heidi	105
68	Peta	104
69	Caroline	101
70	Cassandra	100
71	Kathleen	100
72	Tina	99
73	Brooke	98
74	Leah	98
75	Katie	97
76	Patricia	93
77	Tania	93
78	Sonia	92
79	Bronwyn	91
80	Anne	90
81	Janelle	89
82	Sara	89
83	Laura	88
84	Stephanie	88
85	Renae	87
86	Allison	86
87	Monique	84
88	Claire	82
89	Mary	82
90	Carolyn	80
91	Cindy	80
92	Amber	79
93	Anita	79
94	Georgina	79
95	Bianca	78
96	Jessica	78
97	Kerry	78
98	Paula	78
99	Joanna	76
100	Felicity	73

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,425
2	David	1,280
3	Matthew	1,279
4	Daniel	1,148
5	Andrew	1,013
6	Jason	921
7	Benjamin	889
8	Mark	838
9	Adam	835
10	Paul	831
11	Christopher	821
12	Scott	719
13	Peter	683
14	Robert	631
15	Steven	568
16	Anthony	560
17	Nathan	534
18	John	526
19	Bradley	514
20	Stephen	488
21	James	479
22	Craig	473
23	Shane	470
24	Timothy	456
25	Brett	447
26	Simon	415
27	Luke	365
28	Troy	365
29	Justin	346
30	Darren	340
31	Gregory	320
32	Richard	313
33	Mathew	295
34	Aaron	274
35	Jamie	262
36	Dean	249
37	Nicholas	217
38	Joshua	215
39	Rodney	210
40	Trent	207
41	Brendan	201
42	Adrian	196
43	Phillip	195
44	Glenn	189
45	Wayne	188
46	Stuart	187
47	George	183
48	Grant	181
49	Ian	179
50	Glen	178
51	Damien	169
52	Cameron	168
53	Gavin	162
54	William	162
55	Joseph	152
56	Sean	150
57	Todd	147
58	Jeremy	146
59	Lee	145
60	Ryan	145
61	Shannon	144
62	Ben	137
63	Thomas	133
64	Jeffrey	131
65	Martin	131
66	Colin	130
67	Alexander	128
68	Christian	125
69	Damian	125
70	Samuel	121
71	Tony	119
72	Patrick	116
73	Brian	115
74	Geoffrey	112
75	Jonathan	108
76	Nigel	107
77	Gary	103
78	Kevin	101
79	Philip	98
80	Ashley	97
81	Warren	93
82	Corey	92
83	Shaun	90
84	Raymond	89
85	Alan	86
86	Neil	81
87	Graham	80
88	Brad	79
89	Malcolm	77
90	Russell	77
91	Brent	76
92	Chad	76
93	Brendon	74
94	Micheal	73
95	Dale	72
96	Edward	72
97	Wade	71
98	Joel	69
99	Kenneth	69
100	Clinton	68