Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1977

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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