Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1988

The top girls’ name was Jessica, given to 1,375 babies. The top boys’ name was Matthew, given to 1,461 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,375
2	Sarah	1,105
3	Emma	863
4	Samantha	804
5	Rebecca	770
6	Melissa	646
7	Amy	623
8	Lauren	612
9	Amanda	562
10	Nicole	493
11	Danielle	481
12	Laura	429
13	Natalie	406
14	Stephanie	392
15	Ashleigh	388
16	Kate	376
17	Emily	374
18	Elizabeth	363
19	Alexandra	328
20	Rachel	314
21	Lisa	313
22	Michelle	305
23	Kylie	272
24	Ashley	268
25	Erin	261
26	Megan	252
27	Katherine	239
28	Cassandra	225
29	Chloe	222
30	Hannah	215
31	Natasha	203
32	Kristy	198
33	Brooke	193
34	Jade	193
35	Kimberley	191
36	Hayley	190
37	Tara	190
38	Jennifer	185
39	Katie	178
40	Vanessa	176
41	Sophie	173
42	Courtney	171
43	Melanie	169
44	Angela	168
45	Renee	166
46	Stacey	166
47	Kelly	161
48	Belinda	159
49	Jenna	158
50	Anna	157
51	Claire	156
52	Jacqueline	153
53	Ashlee	151
54	Carly	151
55	Alison	149
56	Katrina	148
57	Alicia	144
58	Kathryn	144
59	Rachael	143
60	Bianca	142
61	Elise	139
62	Jasmine	136
63	Tiffany	133
64	Christine	129
65	Catherine	128
66	Zoe	126
67	Sally	125
68	Tegan	125
69	Tamara	124
70	Leah	111
71	Gemma	107
72	Kirsty	107
73	Louise	107
74	Alana	103
75	Sara	103
76	Lucy	102
77	Caitlin	99
78	Chantelle	97
79	Alyce	96
80	Simone	95
81	Amelia	93
82	Alice	92
83	Holly	89
84	Jodie	89
85	Ellen	88
86	Naomi	88
87	Olivia	88
88	Shannon	88
89	Casey	83
90	Victoria	83
91	Kathleen	82
92	Krystal	82
93	Amber	81
94	Christina	81
95	Grace	81
96	Julia	81
97	Kimberly	81
98	Monique	80
99	Skye	79
100	Joanne	77

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,461
2	Daniel	1,449
3	Christopher	1,312
4	Michael	1,234
5	Benjamin	1,025
6	James	1,024
7	Andrew	942
8	Joshua	927
9	David	814
10	Luke	754
11	Thomas	699
12	Adam	690
13	Nathan	666
14	Mitchell	636
15	Nicholas	628
16	Timothy	623
17	Scott	589
18	Jason	523
19	Alexander	472
20	Ryan	446
21	Peter	437
22	John	433
23	Robert	430
24	Samuel	424
25	Aaron	420
26	Mark	405
27	Anthony	380
28	Joel	359
29	Paul	347
30	Steven	333
31	William	329
32	Bradley	325
33	Brendan	306
34	Mathew	295
35	Shane	293
36	Cameron	290
37	Simon	286
38	Patrick	269
39	Stephen	269
40	Dean	267
41	Joseph	252
42	Justin	241
43	Jamie	238
44	Jacob	237
45	Trent	201
46	Kyle	200
47	Sean	191
48	Brett	187
49	Shaun	183
50	Jonathan	182
51	Blake	178
52	Jack	178
53	Jake	170
54	Jeremy	168
55	Troy	168
56	Richard	163
57	Jesse	162
58	Todd	161
59	Adrian	156
60	Craig	150
61	Ben	149
62	Lachlan	148
63	Phillip	146
64	Dylan	140
65	Ashley	133
66	Jared	133
67	Rhys	132
68	George	126
69	Gregory	124
70	Sam	118
71	Grant	117
72	Zachary	116
73	Liam	115
74	Shannon	115
75	Dale	111
76	Beau	107
77	Ian	107
78	Brent	106
79	Kevin	106
80	Darren	105
81	Corey	102
82	Edward	100
83	Martin	100
84	Damien	99
85	Stuart	98
86	Dane	97
87	Kurt	95
88	Alex	94
89	Brendon	88
90	Jordan	84
91	Danny	83
92	Gavin	82
93	Raymond	82
94	Charles	78
95	Jay	77
96	Jonathon	75
97	Jarrod	74
98	Philip	72
99	Tristan	72
100	Dominic	71