Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1992

The top girls’ name was Jessica, given to 1,582 babies. The top boys’ name was Matthew, given to 1,239 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,582
2	Sarah	875
3	Samantha	722
4	Rebecca	709
5	Emily	688
6	Emma	610
7	Stephanie	557
8	Lauren	511
9	Amy	487
10	Laura	453
11	Hannah	393
12	Nicole	379
13	Rachel	367
14	Ashleigh	349
15	Kate	335
16	Melissa	332
17	Natalie	327
18	Alexandra	313
19	Danielle	311
20	Elizabeth	289
21	Amanda	277
22	Hayley	276
23	Natasha	273
24	Chloe	271
25	Cassandra	268
26	Brittany	264
27	Sophie	262
28	Brooke	261
29	Ashley	251
30	Caitlin	239
31	Courtney	233
32	Michelle	232
33	Megan	231
34	Georgia	219
35	Lisa	212
36	Jade	200
37	Olivia	196
38	Kayla	193
39	Erin	184
40	Lucy	182
41	Grace	175
42	Jennifer	169
43	Katherine	169
44	Rachael	168
45	Anna	156
46	Zoe	152
47	Jasmine	150
48	Melanie	149
49	Madeleine	148
50	Amber	138
51	Katie	138
52	Tamara	138
53	Vanessa	138
54	Renee	137
55	Tara	137
56	Bianca	135
57	Jacqueline	133
58	Angela	131
59	Claire	128
60	Tegan	125
61	Amelia	122
62	Paige	120
63	Nicola	119
64	Taylor	119
65	Tiffany	119
66	Madeline	118
67	Charlotte	117
68	Gabrielle	117
69	Rebekah	117
70	Holly	116
71	Alana	115
72	Rhiannon	115
73	Shannon	115
74	Victoria	115
75	Christina	114
76	Ashlee	113
77	Alice	112
78	Chantelle	111
79	Monique	111
80	Stacey	110
81	Ellen	108
82	Christine	107
83	Kelly	107
84	Alicia	106
85	Casey	105
86	Kathryn	105
87	Gemma	103
88	Belinda	98
89	Katrina	98
90	Simone	98
91	Naomi	97
92	Louise	96
93	Julia	95
94	Alison	94
95	Alyssa	92
96	Kimberley	92
97	Kristy	92
98	Ellie	91
99	Maddison	91
100	Elise	89

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,239
2	Joshua	1,238
3	Daniel	1,226
4	James	1,178
5	Michael	962
6	Benjamin	887
7	Christopher	870
8	Andrew	834
9	Mitchell	794
10	Thomas	789
11	Luke	741
12	Nicholas	692
13	Nathan	675
14	Alexander	673
15	Samuel	625
16	David	566
17	Ryan	543
18	Jake	530
19	Timothy	489
20	Adam	482
21	Jack	482
22	Aaron	474
23	Dylan	471
24	Blake	464
25	Jacob	454
26	Cameron	414
27	Jordan	405
28	Bradley	394
29	William	388
30	Anthony	365
31	Jason	350
32	John	343
33	Robert	327
34	Scott	325
35	Justin	323
36	Patrick	312
37	Peter	303
38	Joseph	294
39	Jesse	293
40	Lachlan	293
41	Brendan	269
42	Joel	255
43	Steven	249
44	Corey	240
45	Sean	237
46	Kyle	233
47	Mark	232
48	Liam	215
49	Mathew	209
50	Jonathan	203
51	Brandon	202
52	Dean	200
53	Paul	194
54	Alex	193
55	Stephen	187
56	Zachary	184
57	Rhys	180
58	Jackson	175
59	Jamie	175
60	Jeremy	175
61	Simon	174
62	Ethan	172
63	Hayden	165
64	Shane	159
65	Sam	151
66	Shaun	146
67	Richard	144
68	Edward	139
69	Adrian	136
70	Angus	136
71	Kevin	135
72	Harley	126
73	Phillip	125
74	Reece	124
75	George	123
76	Kieran	123
77	Ben	122
78	Trent	122
79	Jarrod	119
80	Dominic	114
81	Troy	113
82	Kurt	112
83	Todd	103
84	Taylor	101
85	Bryce	98
86	Callum	98
87	Max	95
88	Oliver	95
89	Jonathon	92
90	Brett	91
91	Damien	90
92	Brent	89
93	Jared	89
94	Harry	88
95	Charles	87
96	Harrison	87
97	Martin	87
98	Beau	86
99	Jay	86
100	Julian	86