Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1984
The top 100 as published, with the number of babies given each name.
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 1,415 |
| 2 | Daniel | 1,354 |
| 3 | Michael | 1,331 |
| 4 | Christopher | 1,314 |
| 5 | David | 1,060 |
| 6 | Andrew | 1,043 |
| 7 | Benjamin | 953 |
| 8 | Adam | 948 |
| 9 | Luke | 869 |
| 10 | James | 868 |
| 11 | Timothy | 739 |
| 12 | Joshua | 726 |
| 13 | Nathan | 709 |
| 14 | Scott | 613 |
| 15 | Mark | 606 |
| 16 | Peter | 574 |
| 17 | Robert | 557 |
| 18 | Nicholas | 547 |
| 19 | Ryan | 509 |
| 20 | Steven | 493 |
| 21 | Jason | 492 |
| 22 | Paul | 491 |
| 23 | John | 470 |
| 24 | Aaron | 439 |
| 25 | Anthony | 428 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Mitchell | 368 |
| 27 | Brendan | 361 |
| 28 | Stephen | 354 |
| 29 | Thomas | 348 |
| 30 | Simon | 337 |
| 31 | Bradley | 335 |
| 32 | Shane | 323 |
| 33 | Mathew | 293 |
| 34 | William | 286 |
| 35 | Brett | 264 |
| 36 | Alexander | 262 |
| 37 | Joel | 257 |
| 38 | Justin | 247 |
| 39 | Samuel | 239 |
| 40 | Dean | 238 |
| 41 | Joseph | 231 |
| 42 | Craig | 213 |
| 43 | Shaun | 211 |
| 44 | Richard | 206 |
| 45 | Phillip | 203 |
| 46 | Cameron | 193 |
| 47 | Adrian | 191 |
| 48 | Jonathan | 191 |
| 49 | Patrick | 191 |
| 50 | Grant | 190 |
| 51 | Sean | 190 |
| 52 | Ben | 180 |
| 53 | Gregory | 176 |
| 54 | Jeremy | 168 |
| 55 | Jamie | 158 |
| 56 | Troy | 157 |
| 57 | Ashley | 156 |
| 58 | Todd | 146 |
| 59 | Blake | 143 |
| 60 | Stuart | 142 |
| 61 | George | 139 |
| 62 | Dane | 137 |
| 63 | Gavin | 131 |
| 64 | Jacob | 131 |
| 65 | Damien | 123 |
| 66 | Brenton | 122 |
| 67 | Ian | 122 |
| 68 | Trent | 121 |
| 69 | Darren | 119 |
| 70 | Kevin | 118 |
| 71 | Brendon | 113 |
| 72 | Evan | 110 |
| 73 | Lee | 110 |
| 74 | Martin | 107 |
| 75 | Shannon | 106 |
| 76 | Jay | 104 |
| 77 | Glen | 101 |
| 78 | Wayne | 99 |
| 79 | Raymond | 98 |
| 80 | Liam | 94 |
| 81 | Brent | 93 |
| 82 | Jeffrey | 91 |
| 83 | Edward | 90 |
| 84 | Philip | 90 |
| 85 | Danny | 85 |
| 86 | Glenn | 85 |
| 87 | Jonathon | 84 |
| 88 | Gary | 79 |
| 89 | Corey | 78 |
| 90 | Tristan | 78 |
| 91 | Marc | 77 |
| 92 | Tony | 77 |
| 93 | Clinton | 76 |
| 94 | Dylan | 76 |
| 95 | Russell | 76 |
| 96 | Brian | 75 |
| 97 | Lucas | 75 |
| 98 | Micheal | 75 |
| 99 | Dale | 74 |
| 100 | Rhys | 73 |