Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,373
2	Daniel	1,226
3	Matthew	1,158
4	David	1,146
5	Andrew	1,112
6	Benjamin	984
7	Adam	885
8	Christopher	842
9	Mark	817
10	Peter	755
11	Nathan	734
12	James	678
13	Paul	655
14	Luke	632
15	Timothy	626
16	Jason	601
17	Scott	585
18	Robert	565
19	John	526
20	Anthony	511
21	Shane	461
22	Steven	439
23	Aaron	431
24	Craig	403
25	Bradley	378

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nicholas	372
27	Brett	358
28	Stephen	350
29	Simon	326
30	Troy	293
31	Ryan	283
32	Justin	282
33	Joshua	281
34	Damien	259
35	Mathew	256
36	Gregory	243
37	Phillip	221
38	Richard	220
39	Joel	208
40	Trent	206
41	Dean	202
42	Ben	191
43	Jamie	191
44	Adrian	186
45	Joseph	185
46	William	184
47	Darren	172
48	Wayne	170
49	Ian	167
50	Alexander	163
51	Brendan	163
52	Grant	160
53	Thomas	159
54	Jonathan	153
55	Sean	152
56	Glenn	151
57	Samuel	149
58	Shaun	146
59	Gavin	145
60	Lee	144
61	Stuart	141
62	Jeremy	140
63	Martin	137
64	Patrick	137
65	Todd	135
66	Cameron	134
67	Shannon	133
68	George	132
69	Glen	132
70	Rodney	126
71	Tony	118
72	Geoffrey	110
73	Ashley	105
74	Damian	105
75	Brian	104
76	Philip	104
77	Chad	103
78	Ross	103
79	Clinton	101
80	Edward	101
81	Jeffrey	100
82	Jay	95
83	Kevin	95
84	Trevor	89
85	Colin	88
86	Dale	88
87	Raymond	86
88	Dane	85
89	Alan	82
90	Brent	82
91	Mitchell	82
92	Kurt	81
93	Neil	80
94	Gary	79
95	Corey	77
96	Christian	75
97	Wade	75
98	Danny	74
99	Nigel	70
100	Graham	69