Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1985
The top 100 as published, with the number of babies given each name.
| 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 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |