Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,438
2	Matthew	1,363
3	Christopher	1,299
4	Daniel	1,211
5	David	1,160
6	Andrew	1,026
7	Benjamin	965
8	Adam	951
9	Luke	896
10	James	839
11	Joshua	757
12	Nathan	714
13	Peter	671
14	Timothy	666
15	Mark	614
16	Robert	610
17	Scott	575
18	Nicholas	570
19	John	568
20	Paul	529
21	Jason	526
22	Steven	471
23	Aaron	462
24	Anthony	442
25	Ryan	439

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shane	378
27	Stephen	376
28	Mitchell	366
29	Brendan	365
30	Bradley	362
31	Simon	343
32	Mathew	321
33	Thomas	286
34	Brett	268
35	Craig	253
36	William	243
37	Alexander	241
38	Justin	239
39	Joel	235
40	Adrian	216
41	Jonathan	202
42	Richard	197
43	Troy	194
44	Samuel	192
45	Joseph	188
46	Grant	184
47	Phillip	183
48	Jeremy	181
49	Gregory	178
50	Dean	176
51	Cameron	174
52	Shaun	174
53	Patrick	172
54	Sean	166
55	Ben	164
56	Ian	148
57	Jamie	145
58	Blake	144
59	Todd	137
60	George	133
61	Damien	131
62	Trent	130
63	Stuart	127
64	Jacob	123
65	Wayne	123
66	Dane	120
67	Shannon	116
68	Ashley	115
69	Philip	111
70	Glen	110
71	Darren	109
72	Brent	108
73	Jay	107
74	Jonathon	107
75	Martin	107
76	Kevin	106
77	Gavin	104
78	Lee	104
79	Brendon	103
80	Clinton	102
81	Glenn	98
82	Edward	93
83	Jeffrey	89
84	Dylan	86
85	Gary	85
86	Ross	85
87	Rodney	84
88	Lachlan	83
89	Liam	83
90	Colin	81
91	Dale	80
92	Leigh	79
93	Allan	78
94	Chad	77
95	Geoffrey	77
96	Lucas	77
97	Russell	77
98	Brian	75
99	Tony	73
100	Alan	72