Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1995

The top girls’ name was Jessica, given to 1,277 babies. The top boys’ name was Joshua, given to 1,259 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,277
2	Emily	812
3	Sarah	778
4	Emma	513
5	Rebecca	484
6	Lauren	475
7	Samantha	456
8	Stephanie	452
9	Laura	382
10	Amy	362
11	Hannah	350
12	Georgia	336
13	Courtney	333
14	Rachel	316
15	Brooke	297
16	Chloe	291
17	Brittany	289
18	Alexandra	286
19	Caitlin	282
20	Nicole	281
21	Ashleigh	280
22	Taylor	273
23	Maddison	263
24	Elizabeth	257
25	Sophie	256
26	Kate	252
27	Olivia	249
28	Grace	242
29	Ashley	223
30	Isabella	219
31	Natalie	214
32	Danielle	207
33	Melissa	206
34	Cassandra	204
35	Madeleine	202
36	Natasha	202
37	Madison	201
38	Jasmine	197
39	Monique	191
40	Kayla	189
41	Zoe	189
42	Jade	185
43	Bianca	180
44	Hayley	179
45	Tayla	177
46	Madeline	174
47	Erin	170
48	Gabrielle	162
49	Holly	161
50	Megan	160
51	Rachael	157
52	Lucy	156
53	Amanda	155
54	Shannon	155
55	Amber	152
56	Amelia	151
57	Anna	140
58	Paige	136
59	Michelle	135
60	Renee	133
61	Chelsea	132
62	Brianna	127
63	Victoria	127
64	Ebony	126
65	Claudia	124
66	Vanessa	120
67	Katie	119
68	Angela	118
69	Kimberley	118
70	Melanie	118
71	Claire	115
72	Tori	115
73	Rhiannon	114
74	Tamara	113
75	Tara	113
76	Taylah	111
77	Jennifer	109
78	Tiffany	109
79	Lisa	105
80	Naomi	105
81	Tegan	105
82	Gemma	104
83	Ashlee	103
84	Charlotte	103
85	Ellen	103
86	Chantelle	102
87	Jacqueline	102
88	Katherine	102
89	Jessie	98
90	Tahlia	97
91	Alice	94
92	Eliza	91
93	Mikaela	91
94	Julia	90
95	Alana	86
96	Alison	86
97	Katelyn	86
98	Casey	85
99	Kelly	85
100	Louise	84

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,259
2	Daniel	1,019
3	Matthew	1,018
4	James	910
5	Thomas	767
6	Jack	766
7	Benjamin	762
8	Nicholas	720
9	Luke	698
10	Jake	664
11	Mitchell	643
12	Dylan	642
13	Michael	637
14	Nathan	617
15	Andrew	589
16	Christopher	558
17	Jordan	548
18	Alexander	533
19	Jacob	518
20	Samuel	509
21	Blake	445
22	Ryan	441
23	William	432
24	Lachlan	425
25	Liam	419
26	Adam	399
27	Aaron	390
28	David	379
29	Cameron	351
30	Anthony	350
31	Bradley	347
32	Timothy	334
33	Hayden	315
34	Patrick	310
35	Zachary	302
36	Jason	283
37	John	267
38	Brandon	262
39	Joel	248
40	Jesse	247
41	Justin	245
42	Joseph	242
43	Robert	240
44	Corey	236
45	Brendan	232
46	Jackson	232
47	Jayden	225
48	Kyle	225
49	Peter	223
50	Harrison	222
51	Scott	217
52	Jarrod	213
53	Sean	205
54	Dean	191
55	Jeremy	189
56	Mark	187
57	Ethan	176
58	Jonathan	176
59	Steven	176
60	Alex	175
61	Cody	175
62	Angus	156
63	Mathew	156
64	Adrian	152
65	Connor	141
66	Tyler	139
67	George	126
68	Rhys	122
69	Callum	120
70	Jamie	119
71	Oliver	116
72	Paul	115
73	Bryce	114
74	Sam	114
75	Brodie	113
76	Stephen	112
77	Edward	109
78	Kevin	108
79	Aidan	104
80	Max	102
81	Trent	102
82	Tyson	101
83	Shaun	100
84	Harry	99
85	Kurt	98
86	Reece	98
87	Lucas	96
88	Kieran	95
89	Christian	93
90	Dominic	93
91	Harley	91
92	Ben	89
93	Shane	89
94	Simon	89
95	Isaac	88
96	Henry	86
97	Kane	85
98	Marcus	85
99	Jay	82
100	Richard	82