Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1993

The top girls’ name was Jessica, given to 1,315 babies. The top boys’ name was Joshua, given to 1,187 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,315
2	Sarah	838
3	Emily	783
4	Rebecca	637
5	Samantha	583
6	Emma	579
7	Stephanie	560
8	Lauren	470
9	Amy	445
10	Laura	433
11	Hannah	379
12	Rachel	379
13	Ashleigh	335
14	Georgia	318
15	Nicole	318
16	Alexandra	316
17	Brittany	314
18	Melissa	312
19	Natalie	312
20	Elizabeth	289
21	Caitlin	282
22	Courtney	280
23	Brooke	274
24	Kate	263
25	Chloe	254
26	Cassandra	249
27	Ashley	241
28	Danielle	239
29	Amanda	226
30	Michelle	221
31	Natasha	220
32	Hayley	217
33	Olivia	209
34	Megan	204
35	Kayla	201
36	Sophie	200
37	Erin	192
38	Taylor	192
39	Jade	191
40	Lucy	178
41	Grace	175
42	Renee	170
43	Anna	165
44	Jennifer	165
45	Shannon	162
46	Rachael	160
47	Bianca	158
48	Jasmine	158
49	Katie	158
50	Melanie	157
51	Maddison	155
52	Tamara	154
53	Zoe	150
54	Gabrielle	146
55	Madeleine	145
56	Tara	145
57	Paige	144
58	Jacqueline	141
59	Lisa	137
60	Amber	135
61	Katherine	135
62	Angela	130
63	Amelia	126
64	Tayla	126
65	Tegan	126
66	Monique	122
67	Victoria	121
68	Ellen	120
69	Rebekah	119
70	Alana	118
71	Claire	118
72	Kimberley	117
73	Madeline	116
74	Vanessa	115
75	Madison	114
76	Isabella	111
77	Jordan	111
78	Rhiannon	110
79	Gemma	109
80	Holly	109
81	Naomi	105
82	Tori	105
83	Kelly	104
84	Casey	103
85	Chelsea	103
86	Tiffany	103
87	Aimee	101
88	Catherine	99
89	Alice	95
90	Alison	95
91	Ebony	94
92	Brianna	93
93	Elise	93
94	Charlotte	91
95	Kathryn	91
96	Stacey	89
97	Chantelle	86
98	Christina	85
99	Sally	84
100	Alicia	83

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,187
2	Daniel	1,103
3	Matthew	1,103
4	James	1,029
5	Michael	895
6	Luke	880
7	Christopher	788
8	Benjamin	780
9	Nicholas	776
10	Thomas	735
11	Mitchell	717
12	Andrew	685
13	Jake	684
14	Alexander	671
15	Nathan	616
16	Samuel	615
17	Jack	600
18	Dylan	592
19	Jacob	519
20	Jordan	505
21	David	478
22	Ryan	477
23	Blake	474
24	William	445
25	Timothy	439
26	Aaron	434
27	Adam	429
28	Cameron	409
29	Bradley	349
30	Anthony	334
31	John	327
32	Jason	324
33	Justin	323
34	Robert	298
35	Patrick	297
36	Lachlan	294
37	Joseph	283
38	Peter	276
39	Scott	260
40	Joel	256
41	Brandon	253
42	Mark	249
43	Jesse	248
44	Brendan	246
45	Steven	231
46	Hayden	228
47	Jackson	224
48	Liam	223
49	Corey	212
50	Sean	212
51	Zachary	211
52	Kyle	209
53	Jeremy	205
54	Mathew	201
55	Dean	189
56	Jonathan	180
57	Alex	177
58	Ethan	167
59	Kevin	166
60	Jamie	154
61	Jarrod	153
62	Shaun	153
63	Paul	149
64	Adrian	148
65	Rhys	145
66	Stephen	145
67	Sam	143
68	Shane	132
69	Simon	130
70	George	128
71	Cody	124
72	Oliver	123
73	Harley	121
74	Harrison	116
75	Bryce	115
76	Angus	113
77	Ben	113
78	Dominic	111
79	Richard	109
80	Kieran	107
81	Tyler	107
82	Beau	105
83	Callum	105
84	Edward	105
85	Jayden	104
86	Phillip	100
87	Reece	100
88	Kurt	94
89	Trent	90
90	Christian	89
91	Isaac	89
92	Taylor	89
93	Ashley	88
94	Damien	85
95	Aidan	84
96	Troy	84
97	Henry	79
98	Jonathon	79
99	Brendon	78
100	Eric	78