Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1981
The top 100 as published, with the number of babies given each name.
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,396 |
| 2 | Daniel | 1,395 |
| 3 | David | 1,220 |
| 4 | Matthew | 1,218 |
| 5 | Andrew | 1,135 |
| 6 | Benjamin | 1,082 |
| 7 | Luke | 1,032 |
| 8 | Christopher | 1,005 |
| 9 | Adam | 1,001 |
| 10 | Nathan | 855 |
| 11 | Peter | 780 |
| 12 | Mark | 779 |
| 13 | James | 769 |
| 14 | Timothy | 652 |
| 15 | Paul | 626 |
| 16 | Robert | 620 |
| 17 | Scott | 611 |
| 18 | Jason | 590 |
| 19 | John | 564 |
| 20 | Nicholas | 502 |
| 21 | Steven | 493 |
| 22 | Anthony | 468 |
| 23 | Joshua | 440 |
| 24 | Aaron | 415 |
| 25 | Stephen | 391 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Ryan | 384 |
| 27 | Bradley | 382 |
| 28 | Shane | 368 |
| 29 | Craig | 344 |
| 30 | Simon | 341 |
| 31 | Justin | 324 |
| 32 | Mathew | 301 |
| 33 | Brett | 258 |
| 34 | Joel | 236 |
| 35 | Richard | 232 |
| 36 | Troy | 228 |
| 37 | Gregory | 227 |
| 38 | Shaun | 221 |
| 39 | Dean | 220 |
| 40 | Brendan | 200 |
| 41 | Ben | 198 |
| 42 | Alexander | 196 |
| 43 | Jonathan | 196 |
| 44 | William | 196 |
| 45 | Damien | 189 |
| 46 | Joseph | 188 |
| 47 | Samuel | 184 |
| 48 | Grant | 183 |
| 49 | Ian | 183 |
| 50 | Adrian | 181 |
| 51 | Jamie | 178 |
| 52 | Phillip | 176 |
| 53 | Thomas | 175 |
| 54 | Sean | 174 |
| 55 | Trent | 170 |
| 56 | Jeremy | 165 |
| 57 | Patrick | 165 |
| 58 | Darren | 164 |
| 59 | Mitchell | 163 |
| 60 | Cameron | 154 |
| 61 | Gavin | 147 |
| 62 | Wayne | 147 |
| 63 | George | 138 |
| 64 | Lee | 137 |
| 65 | Todd | 134 |
| 66 | Glen | 130 |
| 67 | Ashley | 129 |
| 68 | Martin | 129 |
| 69 | Stuart | 129 |
| 70 | Rodney | 124 |
| 71 | Jay | 119 |
| 72 | Dane | 114 |
| 73 | Glenn | 114 |
| 74 | Shannon | 111 |
| 75 | Brian | 106 |
| 76 | Chad | 106 |
| 77 | Tony | 104 |
| 78 | Lucas | 102 |
| 79 | Jeffrey | 99 |
| 80 | Philip | 95 |
| 81 | Geoffrey | 94 |
| 82 | Brent | 93 |
| 83 | Dale | 93 |
| 84 | Kevin | 93 |
| 85 | Clinton | 90 |
| 86 | Clint | 89 |
| 87 | Colin | 89 |
| 88 | Russell | 85 |
| 89 | Jonathon | 84 |
| 90 | Neil | 84 |
| 91 | Micheal | 81 |
| 92 | Raymond | 81 |
| 93 | Alan | 80 |
| 94 | Douglas | 80 |
| 95 | Edward | 79 |
| 96 | Leigh | 77 |
| 97 | Damian | 76 |
| 98 | Marc | 76 |
| 99 | Trevor | 75 |
| 100 | Brad | 74 |