Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1990

The top girls’ name was Jessica, given to 1,648 babies. The top boys’ name was Matthew, given to 1,488 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,648
2	Sarah	944
3	Emma	799
4	Samantha	699
5	Rebecca	669
6	Lauren	561
7	Stephanie	535
8	Emily	515
9	Amy	503
10	Nicole	475
11	Laura	468
12	Melissa	459
13	Amanda	396
14	Ashleigh	396
15	Natalie	365
16	Kate	362
17	Hannah	355
18	Rachel	338
19	Alexandra	328
20	Danielle	321
21	Elizabeth	319
22	Hayley	308
23	Michelle	289
24	Ashley	264
25	Sophie	257
26	Lisa	250
27	Chloe	242
28	Kayla	236
29	Cassandra	233
30	Brooke	231
31	Natasha	220
32	Erin	215
33	Jennifer	213
34	Courtney	212
35	Megan	207
36	Jade	190
37	Katherine	185
38	Caitlin	183
39	Bianca	180
40	Claire	169
41	Kimberley	169
42	Anna	165
43	Olivia	164
44	Belinda	153
45	Kristy	153
46	Lucy	152
47	Tara	151
48	Vanessa	151
49	Melanie	149
50	Angela	148
51	Rachael	147
52	Kelly	142
53	Jenna	140
54	Katie	140
55	Tegan	138
56	Grace	136
57	Jacqueline	134
58	Stacey	129
59	Kathryn	126
60	Ashlee	125
61	Jasmine	125
62	Monique	125
63	Catherine	123
64	Victoria	121
65	Amelia	120
66	Casey	119
67	Renee	119
68	Aimee	118
69	Simone	118
70	Georgia	117
71	Amber	116
72	Jessie	115
73	Alana	113
74	Alison	113
75	Louise	111
76	Sally	111
77	Alicia	107
78	Ellen	107
79	Holly	107
80	Tiffany	107
81	Shannon	106
82	Christine	104
83	Chantelle	102
84	Elise	101
85	Madeleine	101
86	Rhiannon	101
87	Katrina	99
88	Alice	97
89	Zoe	97
90	Alyssa	95
91	Christina	95
92	Kirsty	95
93	Gemma	92
94	Kathleen	92
95	Kristen	92
96	Leah	91
97	Charlotte	90
98	Gabrielle	89
99	Georgina	89
100	Paige	89

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,488
2	Daniel	1,401
3	Joshua	1,239
4	Michael	1,154
5	James	1,106
6	Christopher	1,101
7	Benjamin	1,003
8	Andrew	930
9	Luke	830
10	Mitchell	811
11	Thomas	804
12	David	729
13	Nicholas	681
14	Nathan	650
15	Samuel	643
16	Timothy	613
17	Adam	598
18	Ryan	561
19	Alexander	504
20	Aaron	449
21	Robert	424
22	Scott	403
23	John	400
24	Justin	384
25	Mark	384
26	Jason	373
27	William	369
28	Peter	364
29	Anthony	348
30	Steven	342
31	Jacob	337
32	Bradley	336
33	Jack	320
34	Cameron	310
35	Mathew	309
36	Joel	308
37	Dean	287
38	Jake	287
39	Blake	281
40	Patrick	277
41	Brendan	269
42	Sean	257
43	Stephen	242
44	Shane	240
45	Joseph	236
46	Paul	235
47	Jesse	234
48	Jamie	209
49	Dylan	204
50	Lachlan	201
51	Rhys	200
52	Simon	194
53	Kyle	186
54	Jordan	183
55	Jeremy	180
56	Liam	171
57	Jonathan	168
58	Shaun	165
59	Corey	160
60	Richard	158
61	Adrian	154
62	Trent	144
63	Zachary	139
64	Ben	133
65	Ashley	127
66	George	126
67	Todd	125
68	Brett	124
69	Phillip	124
70	Sam	123
71	Alex	122
72	Edward	120
73	Beau	119
74	Kurt	119
75	Grant	116
76	Damien	114
77	Troy	112
78	Kevin	109
79	Craig	106
80	Hayden	104
81	Reece	103
82	Brent	101
83	Charles	99
84	Martin	98
85	Shannon	92
86	Jared	88
87	Jonathon	88
88	Angus	86
89	Jackson	86
90	Oliver	86
91	Callum	84
92	Bryce	83
93	Jay	82
94	Kieran	82
95	Gregory	79
96	Jarrod	79
97	Danny	78
98	Travis	78
99	Isaac	75
100	Kane	75