Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1982

The top girls’ name was Rebecca, given to 1,005 babies. The top boys’ name was Matthew, given to 1,377 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Rebecca	1,005
2	Sarah	911
3	Melissa	759
4	Amanda	641
5	Nicole	635
6	Michelle	554
7	Jessica	535
8	Amy	516
9	Emma	474
10	Lisa	469
11	Natalie	468
12	Kristy	446
13	Lauren	432
14	Kylie	429
15	Kate	424
16	Kelly	416
17	Belinda	407
18	Jennifer	366
19	Erin	364
20	Elizabeth	359
21	Angela	336
22	Alison	286
23	Samantha	274
24	Katherine	272
25	Danielle	266
26	Melanie	262
27	Renee	254
28	Hayley	252
29	Katrina	245
30	Rachel	245
31	Katie	233
32	Brooke	231
33	Megan	230
34	Catherine	215
35	Louise	213
36	Laura	207
37	Vanessa	194
38	Anna	192
39	Jodie	191
40	Emily	185
41	Karen	185
42	Cassandra	183
43	Joanne	180
44	Kathryn	175
45	Alicia	172
46	Jacqueline	170
47	Natasha	170
48	Fiona	161
49	Naomi	157
50	Leanne	155
51	Stacey	155
52	Jade	154
53	Sally	154
54	Leah	152
55	Claire	149
56	Carly	146
57	Tanya	142
58	Christine	140
59	Kim	140
60	Rachael	135
61	Alexandra	132
62	Kellie	130
63	Julie	128
64	Stephanie	123
65	Kimberley	122
66	Kristen	122
67	Amber	121
68	Linda	117
69	Maria	115
70	Susan	115
71	Sara	113
72	Candice	112
73	Casey	112
74	Crystal	112
75	Alana	110
76	Melinda	110
77	Bianca	105
78	Jane	105
79	Donna	103
80	Simone	101
81	Shannon	100
82	Tracey	96
83	Victoria	96
84	Helen	95
85	Tamara	94
86	Jasmine	92
87	Kathleen	91
88	Sharon	91
89	Julia	89
90	Patricia	89
91	Zoe	88
92	Diana	86
93	Heidi	85
94	Peta	85
95	Clare	84
96	Kristie	83
97	Anita	82
98	Joanna	82
99	Christina	81
100	Suzanne	81

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,377
2	Michael	1,358
3	Daniel	1,226
4	Christopher	1,195
5	David	1,160
6	Andrew	1,080
7	Adam	1,012
8	Benjamin	948
9	James	873
10	Luke	869
11	Nathan	760
12	Timothy	727
13	Peter	708
14	Mark	689
15	Robert	634
16	Joshua	632
17	Scott	601
18	Paul	595
19	Nicholas	581
20	John	551
21	Jason	541
22	Steven	505
23	Ryan	449
24	Anthony	421
25	Aaron	416
26	Simon	387
27	Stephen	383
28	Shane	376
29	Bradley	360
30	Mathew	315
31	Craig	302
32	Justin	282
33	Mitchell	271
34	Brendan	267
35	Joel	260
36	Brett	255
37	Alexander	242
38	Thomas	228
39	Grant	226
40	Richard	220
41	William	219
42	Joseph	215
43	Jonathan	214
44	Adrian	208
45	Dean	206
46	Shaun	206
47	Gregory	196
48	Phillip	195
49	Samuel	179
50	Troy	173
51	Cameron	171
52	Jeremy	170
53	Jamie	163
54	Ben	161
55	Sean	160
56	Patrick	147
57	Wayne	147
58	Ian	144
59	Damien	142
60	Trent	142
61	Stuart	139
62	George	131
63	Glenn	131
64	Lee	130
65	Martin	126
66	Shannon	120
67	Ashley	119
68	Darren	112
69	Jay	109
70	Todd	109
71	Gavin	104
72	Geoffrey	104
73	Glen	103
74	Brendon	101
75	Lucas	99
76	Edward	97
77	Jacob	96
78	Dale	95
79	Clinton	94
80	Colin	94
81	Jeffrey	93
82	Blake	91
83	Kevin	91
84	Brian	88
85	Jonathon	88
86	Clint	87
87	Allan	86
88	Rodney	86
89	Tony	86
90	Philip	84
91	Ross	84
92	Chad	82
93	Corey	81
94	Dane	81
95	Lachlan	81
96	Tristan	81
97	Russell	80
98	Trevor	80
99	Alan	77
100	Raymond	77