Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,347
2	Matthew	1,226
3	David	1,223
4	Daniel	1,154
5	Andrew	1,078
6	Benjamin	1,015
7	Christopher	889
8	Mark	888
9	Adam	841
10	Peter	735
11	Paul	707
12	Scott	684
13	Nathan	664
14	Jason	638
15	Robert	586
16	James	577
17	John	545
18	Steven	533
19	Shane	522
20	Luke	520
21	Anthony	490
22	Timothy	488
23	Craig	453
24	Bradley	432
25	Stephen	404

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	357
27	Brett	348
28	Simon	337
29	Nicholas	302
30	Gregory	288
31	Troy	287
32	Mathew	262
33	Joshua	257
34	Justin	254
35	Richard	228
36	Trent	216
37	Adrian	209
38	Ryan	208
39	Dean	204
40	Jamie	202
41	Joseph	202
42	Darren	201
43	Brendan	200
44	Shaun	191
45	Ian	184
46	Damien	175
47	William	175
48	Grant	173
49	Samuel	172
50	Stuart	171
51	Wayne	166
52	Phillip	161
53	George	157
54	Rodney	157
55	Ben	156
56	Joel	156
57	Alexander	154
58	Shannon	154
59	Jeremy	150
60	Cameron	148
61	Glenn	146
62	Todd	144
63	Sean	143
64	Gavin	142
65	Martin	135
66	Glen	134
67	Jonathan	125
68	Lee	124
69	Philip	120
70	Thomas	119
71	Patrick	118
72	Brian	116
73	Jeffrey	113
74	Trevor	110
75	Damian	108
76	Chad	104
77	Tony	99
78	Colin	98
79	Christian	97
80	Kevin	95
81	Neil	89
82	Raymond	89
83	Charles	88
84	Clinton	87
85	Geoffrey	87
86	Jay	87
87	Brent	85
88	Alan	82
89	Wesley	82
90	Brendon	81
91	Corey	81
92	Edward	80
93	Allan	79
94	Ashley	79
95	Gary	78
96	Graham	78
97	Russell	76
98	Micheal	74
99	Ross	73
100	Wade	71