Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1988

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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