Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1980
The top 100 as published, with the number of babies given each name.
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,383 |
| 2 | Daniel | 1,282 |
| 3 | David | 1,189 |
| 4 | Andrew | 1,137 |
| 5 | Matthew | 1,137 |
| 6 | Benjamin | 985 |
| 7 | Adam | 957 |
| 8 | Christopher | 918 |
| 9 | Luke | 786 |
| 10 | Mark | 779 |
| 11 | Peter | 757 |
| 12 | Nathan | 751 |
| 13 | James | 743 |
| 14 | Timothy | 697 |
| 15 | Paul | 655 |
| 16 | Jason | 634 |
| 17 | Scott | 613 |
| 18 | Robert | 570 |
| 19 | Anthony | 536 |
| 20 | John | 521 |
| 21 | Steven | 460 |
| 22 | Nicholas | 451 |
| 23 | Aaron | 423 |
| 24 | Craig | 398 |
| 25 | Stephen | 392 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Shane | 382 |
| 27 | Bradley | 377 |
| 28 | Justin | 372 |
| 29 | Joshua | 350 |
| 30 | Simon | 348 |
| 31 | Ryan | 331 |
| 32 | Brett | 311 |
| 33 | Troy | 263 |
| 34 | Mathew | 258 |
| 35 | Gregory | 252 |
| 36 | Joel | 236 |
| 37 | Dean | 229 |
| 38 | Phillip | 206 |
| 39 | Richard | 202 |
| 40 | Alexander | 199 |
| 41 | Jonathan | 197 |
| 42 | Damien | 195 |
| 43 | Adrian | 194 |
| 44 | Jamie | 194 |
| 45 | Thomas | 194 |
| 46 | Joseph | 192 |
| 47 | Ben | 182 |
| 48 | Trent | 178 |
| 49 | Cameron | 175 |
| 50 | William | 173 |
| 51 | Ian | 170 |
| 52 | Grant | 161 |
| 53 | Brendan | 159 |
| 54 | Wayne | 156 |
| 55 | Patrick | 151 |
| 56 | Lee | 149 |
| 57 | Darren | 146 |
| 58 | Shaun | 142 |
| 59 | Samuel | 140 |
| 60 | Gavin | 139 |
| 61 | Todd | 137 |
| 62 | Glen | 133 |
| 63 | Stuart | 132 |
| 64 | Glenn | 130 |
| 65 | Jeremy | 122 |
| 66 | George | 119 |
| 67 | Ashley | 112 |
| 68 | Shannon | 112 |
| 69 | Sean | 111 |
| 70 | Lucas | 110 |
| 71 | Jay | 108 |
| 72 | Chad | 107 |
| 73 | Rodney | 106 |
| 74 | Brian | 104 |
| 75 | Martin | 102 |
| 76 | Kurt | 101 |
| 77 | Clinton | 100 |
| 78 | Christian | 98 |
| 79 | Kevin | 98 |
| 80 | Jeffrey | 97 |
| 81 | Tony | 96 |
| 82 | Damian | 95 |
| 83 | Dane | 93 |
| 84 | Geoffrey | 92 |
| 85 | Trevor | 88 |
| 86 | Philip | 87 |
| 87 | Raymond | 87 |
| 88 | Russell | 87 |
| 89 | Edward | 85 |
| 90 | Mitchell | 84 |
| 91 | Dale | 82 |
| 92 | Allan | 81 |
| 93 | Alan | 79 |
| 94 | Clint | 79 |
| 95 | Colin | 78 |
| 96 | Marc | 76 |
| 97 | Neil | 73 |
| 98 | Gary | 71 |
| 99 | Ross | 70 |
| 100 | Douglas | 66 |