Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1986

The top girls’ name was Jessica, given to 1,308 babies. The top boys’ name was Matthew, given to 1,528 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,308
2	Sarah	1,205
3	Rebecca	865
4	Amanda	733
5	Nicole	606
6	Lauren	592
7	Melissa	587
8	Emma	544
9	Amy	543
10	Samantha	536
11	Kate	406
12	Rachel	373
13	Laura	361
14	Natalie	359
15	Elizabeth	358
16	Lisa	356
17	Kylie	348
18	Danielle	343
19	Stephanie	327
20	Michelle	313
21	Megan	278
22	Erin	275
23	Katie	258
24	Emily	257
25	Jennifer	252
26	Renee	245
27	Kristy	239
28	Tara	237
29	Katherine	223
30	Belinda	217
31	Ashleigh	211
32	Melanie	211
33	Angela	208
34	Alexandra	203
35	Anna	200
36	Ashley	197
37	Natasha	193
38	Brooke	191
39	Vanessa	188
40	Jenna	187
41	Kelly	180
42	Hayley	179
43	Jade	177
44	Alicia	176
45	Chloe	176
46	Cassandra	172
47	Catherine	165
48	Jacqueline	165
49	Stacey	162
50	Alison	159
51	Sara	158
52	Elise	148
53	Rachael	148
54	Bianca	147
55	Katrina	147
56	Courtney	146
57	Claire	143
58	Kathryn	143
59	Joanne	138
60	Hannah	137
61	Sally	131
62	Carly	130
63	Sophie	130
64	Christine	126
65	Gemma	126
66	Holly	123
67	Louise	123
68	Tegan	122
69	Leah	117
70	Simone	115
71	Tiffany	113
72	Naomi	105
73	Victoria	102
74	Fiona	101
75	Kirsty	101
76	Tamara	100
77	Zoe	99
78	Kimberley	98
79	Aimee	97
80	Ashlee	97
81	Krystal	97
82	Jodie	96
83	Melinda	96
84	Clare	94
85	Kathleen	93
86	Chantelle	90
87	Kayla	90
88	Tanya	90
89	Alana	89
90	Casey	83
91	Lucy	82
92	Julie	81
93	Alice	80
94	Alyce	80
95	Leanne	78
96	Candice	77
97	Heather	77
98	Karen	76
99	Linda	76
100	Amber	75

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,528
2	Daniel	1,368
3	Christopher	1,357
4	Michael	1,231
5	Andrew	1,059
6	James	995
7	David	947
8	Benjamin	942
9	Luke	871
10	Adam	756
11	Joshua	746
12	Timothy	738
13	Nathan	722
14	Scott	585
15	Mitchell	580
16	Thomas	563
17	Nicholas	545
18	Aaron	517
19	Peter	502
20	Ryan	502
21	Jason	492
22	Robert	485
23	Mark	451
24	John	430
25	Paul	407
26	Anthony	389
27	Steven	387
28	Brendan	369
29	Alexander	356
30	Samuel	338
31	William	330
32	Bradley	310
33	Mathew	309
34	Stephen	306
35	Simon	304
36	Joel	301
37	Shane	295
38	Dean	287
39	Justin	245
40	Patrick	244
41	Brett	236
42	Jonathan	224
43	Cameron	218
44	Joseph	217
45	Craig	210
46	Richard	198
47	Phillip	197
48	Shaun	193
49	Adrian	184
50	Jeremy	184
51	Kyle	182
52	Sean	179
53	Trent	167
54	Jacob	161
55	Jamie	156
56	Troy	152
57	Todd	151
58	Ashley	141
59	Grant	138
60	Gregory	133
61	Ian	131
62	Ben	128
63	Shannon	128
64	Jesse	119
65	George	118
66	Lachlan	115
67	Damien	113
68	Corey	108
69	Dylan	108
70	Kevin	108
71	Martin	108
72	Brent	104
73	Dane	100
74	Darren	99
75	Blake	97
76	Stuart	97
77	Jonathon	96
78	Brendon	93
79	Liam	93
80	Jay	92
81	Edward	91
82	Gavin	91
83	Jake	90
84	Jeffrey	89
85	Wayne	88
86	Beau	86
87	Rhys	85
88	Tristan	84
89	Ricky	83
90	Philip	82
91	Glen	81
92	Danny	80
93	Kurt	80
94	Dale	79
95	Jack	77
96	Jared	76
97	Raymond	76
98	Sam	75
99	Glenn	72
100	Christian	71