Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1985

The top girls’ name was Jessica, given to 1,136 babies. The top boys’ name was Matthew, given to 1,484 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,136
2	Sarah	967
3	Rebecca	877
4	Amanda	755
5	Melissa	640
6	Nicole	629
7	Lauren	615
8	Amy	601
9	Emma	470
10	Lisa	445
11	Natalie	396
12	Kate	391
13	Kylie	391
14	Samantha	383
15	Michelle	372
16	Laura	347
17	Elizabeth	345
18	Erin	326
19	Jennifer	320
20	Tara	298
21	Renee	295
22	Rachel	294
23	Danielle	285
24	Kelly	279
25	Katherine	274
26	Belinda	270
27	Stephanie	269
28	Katie	257
29	Kristy	253
30	Angela	243
31	Megan	240
32	Emily	239
33	Hayley	237
34	Stacey	224
35	Alison	223
36	Alicia	205
37	Katrina	204
38	Cassandra	197
39	Melanie	197
40	Alexandra	193
41	Natasha	192
42	Jacqueline	189
43	Catherine	187
44	Vanessa	184
45	Brooke	180
46	Jenna	177
47	Anna	172
48	Kathryn	164
49	Jade	159
50	Sally	158
51	Claire	156
52	Christine	146
53	Rachael	146
54	Louise	143
55	Karina	134
56	Fiona	130
57	Ashley	129
58	Ashleigh	126
59	Leah	126
60	Courtney	125
61	Gemma	123
62	Sophie	123
63	Kimberley	122
64	Tegan	122
65	Bianca	120
66	Jodie	120
67	Hannah	119
68	Kayla	118
69	Tamara	113
70	Naomi	112
71	Holly	111
72	Joanne	111
73	Zoe	111
74	Victoria	108
75	Carly	105
76	Krystal	105
77	Tanya	102
78	Jasmine	100
79	Linda	100
80	Sara	99
81	Alana	97
82	Candice	97
83	Christina	97
84	Julie	95
85	Simone	94
86	Casey	93
87	Crystal	93
88	Karen	93
89	Lucy	93
90	Amber	92
91	Melinda	91
92	Amelia	90
93	Clare	90
94	Chloe	88
95	Maria	86
96	Susan	86
97	Chantelle	85
98	Elise	85
99	Julia	85
100	Heidi	84

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,484
2	Christopher	1,451
3	Daniel	1,401
4	Michael	1,320
5	David	1,068
6	Andrew	1,058
7	James	978
8	Benjamin	925
9	Luke	914
10	Adam	879
11	Joshua	817
12	Timothy	742
13	Nathan	730
14	Scott	563
15	Mark	561
16	Nicholas	553
17	Jason	542
18	Peter	534
19	Robert	514
20	Mitchell	492
21	Ryan	487
22	John	486
23	Aaron	473
24	Paul	467
25	Brendan	435
26	Thomas	430
27	Steven	411
28	Anthony	410
29	Mathew	384
30	Bradley	349
31	Simon	343
32	Stephen	331
33	Shane	308
34	Alexander	295
35	William	290
36	Dean	288
37	Joel	288
38	Samuel	271
39	Justin	229
40	Richard	225
41	Joseph	220
42	Patrick	214
43	Cameron	212
44	Brett	207
45	Craig	207
46	Adrian	196
47	Jonathan	193
48	Shaun	189
49	Jeremy	181
50	Jamie	176
51	Phillip	176
52	Grant	175
53	Sean	175
54	Ben	157
55	Todd	153
56	Ashley	151
57	Gregory	143
58	Kyle	141
59	Jacob	137
60	Darren	131
61	Trent	131
62	Troy	130
63	Ian	129
64	George	124
65	Blake	121
66	Stuart	115
67	Shannon	114
68	Lachlan	107
69	Martin	104
70	Damien	103
71	Brendon	102
72	Dane	102
73	Dylan	102
74	Gavin	101
75	Kevin	100
76	Jay	97
77	Edward	93
78	Jeffrey	93
79	Tristan	93
80	Liam	91
81	Brent	90
82	Evan	86
83	Jesse	86
84	Lee	86
85	Dale	85
86	Rhys	85
87	Wayne	82
88	Jonathon	81
89	Philip	81
90	Raymond	81
91	Danny	80
92	Jared	78
93	Allan	76
94	Glenn	76
95	Wade	76
96	Corey	75
97	Russell	75
98	Neil	74
99	Brenton	71
100	Jordan	71