Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1987
The top 100 as published, with the number of babies given each name.
| 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 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |