Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1991

The top girls’ name was Jessica, given to 1,641 babies. The top boys’ name was Matthew, given to 1,411 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,641
2	Sarah	958
3	Rebecca	706
4	Samantha	694
5	Emma	683
6	Emily	615
7	Stephanie	553
8	Lauren	517
9	Amy	422
10	Rachel	413
11	Melissa	412
12	Laura	411
13	Nicole	393
14	Ashleigh	362
15	Kate	337
16	Hannah	328
17	Alexandra	325
18	Natalie	321
19	Hayley	314
20	Amanda	308
21	Elizabeth	304
22	Sophie	285
23	Danielle	278
24	Michelle	257
25	Brooke	255
26	Courtney	236
27	Chloe	235
28	Kayla	234
29	Natasha	228
30	Caitlin	223
31	Ashley	221
32	Megan	204
33	Lisa	203
34	Jade	196
35	Cassandra	195
36	Olivia	193
37	Erin	186
38	Katherine	182
39	Bianca	180
40	Jennifer	179
41	Anna	170
42	Claire	163
43	Georgia	163
44	Lucy	157
45	Rachael	157
46	Grace	149
47	Gemma	138
48	Katie	137
49	Stacey	137
50	Victoria	135
51	Melanie	132
52	Tara	130
53	Alana	129
54	Amelia	126
55	Kimberley	125
56	Vanessa	125
57	Jacqueline	124
58	Angela	123
59	Kelly	122
60	Holly	119
61	Jasmine	119
62	Kirsty	118
63	Tamara	115
64	Louise	113
65	Monique	113
66	Belinda	112
67	Rhiannon	112
68	Catherine	110
69	Alice	109
70	Casey	109
71	Amber	108
72	Kathryn	107
73	Tegan	107
74	Alicia	105
75	Crystal	105
76	Gabrielle	105
77	Nicola	105
78	Zoe	105
79	Tiffany	103
80	Ashlee	99
81	Madeleine	99
82	Christine	97
83	Renee	97
84	Jessie	96
85	Kristy	96
86	Shannon	96
87	Simone	94
88	Elise	93
89	Christina	92
90	Katrina	92
91	Rebekah	91
92	Ellen	89
93	Georgina	89
94	Alison	88
95	Jordan	88
96	Julia	88
97	Brittany	87
98	Chantelle	86
99	Jenna	86
100	Leah	86

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,411
2	Daniel	1,329
3	Joshua	1,141
4	James	1,138
5	Christopher	975
6	Michael	952
7	Benjamin	914
8	Andrew	841
9	Thomas	823
10	Luke	804
11	Mitchell	802
12	Nicholas	671
13	Samuel	627
14	David	605
15	Alexander	587
16	Nathan	580
17	Ryan	519
18	Adam	501
19	Timothy	489
20	Jake	476
21	Aaron	429
22	Jason	386
23	Jacob	375
24	Anthony	368
25	Blake	366
26	Jack	365
27	Bradley	364
28	William	360
29	Peter	357
30	Justin	348
31	Robert	345
32	Cameron	344
33	John	337
34	Steven	324
35	Joel	318
36	Scott	308
37	Mark	303
38	Patrick	284
39	Joseph	269
40	Jordan	249
41	Dean	243
42	Kyle	241
43	Dylan	240
44	Brendan	239
45	Lachlan	237
46	Mathew	234
47	Stephen	232
48	Jesse	230
49	Rhys	229
50	Sean	216
51	Simon	204
52	Corey	197
53	Paul	196
54	Jamie	192
55	Liam	189
56	Jonathan	188
57	Hayden	167
58	Jeremy	166
59	Ethan	160
60	Shane	160
61	Alex	159
62	Zachary	156
63	Sam	154
64	Phillip	148
65	Shaun	143
66	Jackson	139
67	George	138
68	Richard	137
69	Adrian	134
70	Trent	132
71	Ben	130
72	Jarrod	129
73	Beau	126
74	Edward	125
75	Todd	125
76	Troy	119
77	Kevin	116
78	Reece	112
79	Ashley	111
80	Harley	111
81	Angus	105
82	Brett	103
83	Martin	103
84	Kurt	102
85	Callum	101
86	Isaac	95
87	Brent	92
88	Jay	92
89	Kieran	89
90	Oliver	89
91	Taylor	87
92	Damien	85
93	Dominic	85
94	Shannon	85
95	Bryce	83
96	Raymond	82
97	Craig	81
98	Jared	81
99	Tyler	81
100	Dale	80