Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1986

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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