Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1977

The top girls’ name was Rebecca, given to 973 babies. The top boys’ name was Michael, given to 1,377 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Rebecca	973
2	Melissa	742
3	Nicole	734
4	Michelle	733
5	Amanda	654
6	Kylie	597
7	Sarah	586
8	Belinda	582
9	Lisa	521
10	Natalie	489
11	Kelly	438
12	Karen	388
13	Jennifer	374
14	Melanie	354
15	Renee	353
16	Kristy	345
17	Angela	322
18	Emma	322
19	Alison	316
20	Elizabeth	310
21	Joanne	306
22	Rachel	293
23	Kim	281
24	Samantha	273
25	Vanessa	252
26	Danielle	245
27	Amy	241
28	Jodie	240
29	Leanne	234
30	Catherine	233
31	Fiona	233
32	Katherine	227
33	Kate	223
34	Julie	222
35	Tanya	219
36	Sally	215
37	Melinda	212
38	Louise	203
39	Megan	201
40	Anna	186
41	Kathryn	186
42	Linda	183
43	Katrina	182
44	Sharon	182
45	Kellie	173
46	Maria	171
47	Jacqueline	168
48	Tracey	163
49	Natasha	162
50	Jane	158
51	Susan	155
52	Brooke	154
53	Donna	150
54	Rachael	149
55	Christine	146
56	Simone	145
57	Tammy	142
58	Naomi	137
59	Katie	135
60	Cassandra	132
61	Helen	131
62	Sandra	131
63	Tracy	127
64	Deborah	124
65	Heidi	120
66	Stacey	115
67	Laura	113
68	Wendy	113
69	Jessica	112
70	Shannon	112
71	Caroline	108
72	Leah	108
73	Kristie	107
74	Kirsty	106
75	Peta	103
76	Allison	102
77	Alexandra	100
78	Suzanne	98
79	Tamara	97
80	Alicia	95
81	Emily	95
82	Claire	94
83	Kathleen	91
84	Mary	90
85	Bronwyn	89
86	Justine	86
87	Sonia	86
88	Felicity	84
89	Anita	83
90	Monique	83
91	Amber	82
92	Bianca	82
93	Erin	82
94	Jaime	82
95	Lauren	82
96	Tina	80
97	Georgina	79
98	Sara	78
99	Stephanie	78
100	Renae	75

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,377
2	Matthew	1,339
3	David	1,326
4	Daniel	1,195
5	Benjamin	1,056
6	Andrew	1,045
7	Mark	832
8	Adam	808
9	Christopher	772
10	Jason	762
11	Paul	743
12	Peter	677
13	Scott	676
14	Nathan	645
15	Robert	600
16	James	563
17	John	514
18	Steven	512
19	Bradley	511
20	Craig	507
21	Anthony	500
22	Shane	476
23	Timothy	445
24	Stephen	439
25	Luke	408
26	Simon	391
27	Brett	360
28	Troy	338
29	Justin	315
30	Aaron	298
31	Gregory	294
32	Darren	273
33	Joshua	265
34	Richard	246
35	Dean	234
36	Adrian	230
37	Trent	229
38	Nicholas	226
39	Mathew	221
40	Jamie	218
41	Phillip	200
42	Grant	199
43	Damien	189
44	Shannon	188
45	Ryan	185
46	George	182
47	Ian	181
48	William	181
49	Wayne	179
50	Glenn	177
51	Brendan	176
52	Stuart	174
53	Ben	172
54	Joseph	172
55	Rodney	171
56	Glen	164
57	Jeremy	158
58	Gavin	157
59	Sean	157
60	Todd	157
61	Alexander	150
62	Samuel	148
63	Cameron	143
64	Thomas	136
65	Jonathan	131
66	Shaun	128
67	Martin	125
68	Philip	120
69	Patrick	117
70	Jeffrey	116
71	Brian	115
72	Christian	114
73	Kevin	110
74	Colin	109
75	Neil	109
76	Geoffrey	104
77	Damian	103
78	Lee	101
79	Trevor	98
80	Tony	97
81	Corey	96
82	Gary	94
83	Chad	89
84	Raymond	88
85	Nigel	87
86	Alan	85
87	Ashley	85
88	Joel	85
89	Danny	80
90	Russell	80
91	Edward	77
92	Allan	75
93	Warren	74
94	Micheal	73
95	Ross	73
96	Brendon	72
97	Clinton	72
98	Graham	72
99	Kenneth	72
100	Brent	70