Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1989
The top 100 as published, with the number of babies given each name.
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 1,583 |
| 2 | Daniel | 1,401 |
| 3 | Christopher | 1,213 |
| 4 | Joshua | 1,124 |
| 5 | Michael | 1,115 |
| 6 | James | 1,017 |
| 7 | Benjamin | 1,014 |
| 8 | Andrew | 987 |
| 9 | Luke | 785 |
| 10 | David | 779 |
| 11 | Thomas | 763 |
| 12 | Nathan | 729 |
| 13 | Mitchell | 697 |
| 14 | Adam | 659 |
| 15 | Timothy | 646 |
| 16 | Nicholas | 615 |
| 17 | Alexander | 513 |
| 18 | Samuel | 506 |
| 19 | Aaron | 481 |
| 20 | Scott | 478 |
| 21 | Jason | 462 |
| 22 | Robert | 455 |
| 23 | Ryan | 454 |
| 24 | Anthony | 387 |
| 25 | John | 385 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Peter | 367 |
| 27 | Mark | 361 |
| 28 | Bradley | 346 |
| 29 | William | 329 |
| 30 | Cameron | 316 |
| 31 | Joel | 313 |
| 32 | Patrick | 306 |
| 33 | Mathew | 300 |
| 34 | Brendan | 291 |
| 35 | Steven | 288 |
| 36 | Dean | 273 |
| 37 | Joseph | 267 |
| 38 | Jacob | 260 |
| 39 | Stephen | 252 |
| 40 | Jake | 249 |
| 41 | Simon | 247 |
| 42 | Paul | 246 |
| 43 | Shane | 245 |
| 44 | Jack | 225 |
| 45 | Sean | 219 |
| 46 | Justin | 209 |
| 47 | Jamie | 208 |
| 48 | Blake | 190 |
| 49 | Shaun | 180 |
| 50 | Jesse | 177 |
| 51 | Lachlan | 176 |
| 52 | Kyle | 174 |
| 53 | Jonathan | 171 |
| 54 | Trent | 171 |
| 55 | Jeremy | 170 |
| 56 | Richard | 169 |
| 57 | Rhys | 157 |
| 58 | Liam | 156 |
| 59 | Dylan | 147 |
| 60 | Todd | 146 |
| 61 | Craig | 145 |
| 62 | Jordan | 143 |
| 63 | Phillip | 142 |
| 64 | Corey | 140 |
| 65 | Brett | 139 |
| 66 | George | 137 |
| 67 | Adrian | 135 |
| 68 | Zachary | 135 |
| 69 | Ashley | 127 |
| 70 | Jared | 127 |
| 71 | Ben | 123 |
| 72 | Alex | 122 |
| 73 | Troy | 120 |
| 74 | Edward | 118 |
| 75 | Damien | 117 |
| 76 | Beau | 112 |
| 77 | Martin | 106 |
| 78 | Ian | 103 |
| 79 | Shannon | 103 |
| 80 | Dane | 101 |
| 81 | Gregory | 98 |
| 82 | Grant | 97 |
| 83 | Kevin | 97 |
| 84 | Sam | 95 |
| 85 | Darren | 93 |
| 86 | Jonathon | 93 |
| 87 | Brent | 92 |
| 88 | Kurt | 85 |
| 89 | Oliver | 84 |
| 90 | Charles | 83 |
| 91 | Kieran | 82 |
| 92 | Danny | 81 |
| 93 | Brendon | 80 |
| 94 | Bryce | 79 |
| 95 | Reece | 79 |
| 96 | Tristan | 79 |
| 97 | Stuart | 78 |
| 98 | Kane | 77 |
| 99 | Raymond | 77 |
| 100 | Julian | 76 |