Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1982

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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