Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1987

The top girls’ name was Jessica, given to 1,352 babies. The top boys’ name was Matthew, given to 1,473 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,352
2	Sarah	1,148
3	Rebecca	834
4	Samantha	774
5	Amanda	730
6	Melissa	606
7	Amy	605
8	Emma	576
9	Lauren	564
10	Nicole	472
11	Danielle	389
12	Natalie	381
13	Kylie	379
14	Laura	378
15	Kate	364
16	Stephanie	355
17	Ashley	353
18	Elizabeth	352
19	Lisa	344
20	Megan	333
21	Rachel	332
22	Alexandra	310
23	Michelle	289
24	Ashleigh	278
25	Emily	274
26	Erin	269
27	Jennifer	221
28	Katie	220
29	Katherine	217
30	Courtney	216
31	Renee	215
32	Natasha	204
33	Jenna	198
34	Kelly	196
35	Kristy	196
36	Brooke	188
37	Belinda	187
38	Chloe	186
39	Melanie	186
40	Angela	183
41	Hannah	183
42	Anna	182
43	Vanessa	180
44	Jade	179
45	Tara	177
46	Cassandra	171
47	Alison	161
48	Catherine	160
49	Elise	157
50	Sophie	152
51	Stacey	152
52	Hayley	145
53	Claire	144
54	Ashlee	143
55	Kathryn	143
56	Sally	142
57	Sara	142
58	Jacqueline	141
59	Katrina	138
60	Rachael	138
61	Alicia	137
62	Bianca	134
63	Louise	133
64	Christine	131
65	Alyce	126
66	Kimberley	123
67	Kirsty	120
68	Carly	119
69	Zoe	119
70	Holly	116
71	Tegan	112
72	Simone	111
73	Alana	105
74	Leah	103
75	Kathleen	102
76	Gemma	101
77	Naomi	101
78	Tamara	99
79	Jodie	98
80	Jasmine	97
81	Victoria	91
82	Christina	89
83	Krystal	89
84	Tiffany	87
85	Lucy	86
86	Caitlin	85
87	Amber	84
88	Chantelle	84
89	Joanne	83
90	Tanya	83
91	Monique	82
92	Shannon	81
93	Julie	79
94	Kayla	79
95	Fiona	77
96	Julia	77
97	Karina	77
98	Alice	76
99	Rhiannon	76
100	Kristen	75

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,473
2	Daniel	1,451
3	Christopher	1,293
4	Michael	1,176
5	Andrew	998
6	Benjamin	957
7	James	945
8	David	910
9	Luke	845
10	Joshua	795
11	Adam	721
12	Timothy	704
13	Mitchell	656
14	Nathan	652
15	Scott	624
16	Thomas	594
17	Nicholas	558
18	Jason	539
19	Mark	468
20	Ryan	458
21	Robert	455
22	Aaron	439
23	Peter	437
24	Anthony	410
25	John	396
26	Alexander	382
27	Joel	379
28	Samuel	374
29	Steven	371
30	Paul	339
31	Brendan	321
32	William	319
33	Mathew	313
34	Bradley	309
35	Cameron	308
36	Dean	290
37	Stephen	289
38	Simon	275
39	Shane	268
40	Patrick	254
41	Justin	244
42	Jamie	225
43	Joseph	214
44	Jonathan	211
45	Brett	206
46	Richard	203
47	Kyle	202
48	Shaun	193
49	Adrian	191
50	Sean	191
51	Jeremy	183
52	Craig	181
53	Jacob	180
54	Troy	159
55	Trent	148
56	Ben	147
57	Phillip	147
58	Blake	144
59	Todd	138
60	Jesse	134
61	Grant	132
62	Beau	125
63	Lachlan	124
64	Jack	122
65	Rhys	122
66	Liam	121
67	Shannon	121
68	George	119
69	Gregory	119
70	Ashley	116
71	Dylan	116
72	Edward	115
73	Jared	113
74	Jake	111
75	Brent	110
76	Damien	110
77	Corey	109
78	Ian	106
79	Stuart	106
80	Alex	103
81	Dale	103
82	Jay	102
83	Kevin	98
84	Martin	97
85	Jonathon	95
86	Darren	94
87	Sam	93
88	Jordan	89
89	Kurt	89
90	Tristan	87
91	Dane	85
92	Tony	84
93	Evan	80
94	Dominic	79
95	Christian	78
96	Brendon	77
97	Geoffrey	75
98	Danny	74
99	Gavin	73
100	Hayden	73