Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1994

The top girls’ name was Jessica, given to 1,196 babies. The top boys’ name was Joshua, given to 1,130 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,196
2	Sarah	827
3	Emily	736
4	Rebecca	561
5	Stephanie	542
6	Emma	522
7	Samantha	481
8	Lauren	467
9	Laura	398
10	Amy	392
11	Hannah	381
12	Courtney	359
13	Georgia	355
14	Rachel	332
15	Brooke	301
16	Caitlin	297
17	Alexandra	295
18	Ashleigh	287
19	Nicole	284
20	Brittany	270
21	Kate	264
22	Natalie	259
23	Melissa	249
24	Elizabeth	247
25	Danielle	239
26	Cassandra	236
27	Chloe	234
28	Olivia	234
29	Ashley	227
30	Sophie	218
31	Natasha	215
32	Kayla	212
33	Taylor	210
34	Maddison	196
35	Amanda	195
36	Hayley	192
37	Madeleine	191
38	Erin	189
39	Megan	185
40	Jade	184
41	Gabrielle	182
42	Bianca	177
43	Tayla	173
44	Grace	170
45	Jennifer	167
46	Michelle	167
47	Jasmine	164
48	Rachael	150
49	Lucy	149
50	Madeline	148
51	Isabella	143
52	Holly	142
53	Kimberley	142
54	Paige	140
55	Tamara	140
56	Zoe	139
57	Brianna	136
58	Chelsea	136
59	Madison	135
60	Tori	135
61	Gemma	134
62	Melanie	134
63	Katie	133
64	Amelia	132
65	Rhiannon	129
66	Anna	128
67	Claire	127
68	Angela	126
69	Tegan	124
70	Ebony	123
71	Ellen	123
72	Lisa	123
73	Tara	123
74	Amber	122
75	Renee	121
76	Jacqueline	119
77	Monique	119
78	Victoria	118
79	Charlotte	117
80	Ashlee	116
81	Katherine	116
82	Vanessa	116
83	Alice	111
84	Claudia	111
85	Naomi	109
86	Shannon	106
87	Chantelle	105
88	Alana	101
89	Tiffany	98
90	Mikaela	97
91	Rebekah	97
92	Georgina	94
93	Casey	91
94	Jessie	91
95	Alison	90
96	Kaitlyn	90
97	Jordan	88
98	Alicia	87
99	Bethany	86
100	Bronte	86

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,130
2	Matthew	1,108
3	Daniel	1,060
4	James	950
5	Luke	814
6	Benjamin	802
7	Jake	781
8	Michael	780
9	Nicholas	753
10	Thomas	739
11	Jack	725
12	Mitchell	695
13	Christopher	678
14	Jordan	653
15	Nathan	643
16	Alexander	635
17	Andrew	608
18	Dylan	562
19	Samuel	548
20	Jacob	500
21	Ryan	477
22	Blake	441
23	David	429
24	Adam	417
25	Aaron	398
26	Timothy	387
27	William	383
28	Cameron	360
29	Lachlan	347
30	Patrick	331
31	Hayden	326
32	Bradley	324
33	Anthony	315
34	Joseph	303
35	Jason	297
36	Zachary	294
37	John	292
38	Justin	279
39	Liam	264
40	Peter	262
41	Brandon	249
42	Joel	248
43	Robert	242
44	Brendan	236
45	Corey	234
46	Jackson	232
47	Jesse	231
48	Sean	231
49	Scott	217
50	Jeremy	212
51	Jarrod	210
52	Mark	207
53	Steven	197
54	Jonathan	195
55	Kyle	195
56	Harrison	181
57	Jayden	172
58	Alex	170
59	Dean	167
60	Jamie	156
61	Ethan	155
62	Adrian	154
63	Mathew	154
64	Rhys	148
65	George	144
66	Kevin	143
67	Shaun	142
68	Stephen	135
69	Sam	131
70	Simon	127
71	Cody	126
72	Oliver	125
73	Paul	124
74	Kieran	122
75	Tyler	122
76	Aidan	119
77	Shane	118
78	Harley	112
79	Brodie	111
80	Edward	111
81	Richard	111
82	Beau	107
83	Christian	107
84	Angus	105
85	Callum	104
86	Reece	99
87	Harry	97
88	Bryce	96
89	Kurt	95
90	Phillip	94
91	Dominic	93
92	Max	93
93	Connor	92
94	Ben	91
95	Jonathon	91
96	Trent	90
97	Julian	86
98	Jay	81
99	Charles	80
100	Isaac	80