Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1976

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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