Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1996

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,254
2	Daniel	956
3	James	933
4	Matthew	910
5	Jack	802
6	Thomas	749
7	Nicholas	680
8	Jake	640
9	Luke	635
10	Michael	634
11	Benjamin	631
12	Mitchell	619
13	Dylan	558
14	Jordan	552
15	Christopher	538
16	Samuel	532
17	Nathan	526
18	Jacob	517
19	Liam	516
20	Alexander	495
21	Ryan	495
22	Andrew	486
23	William	485
24	Lachlan	483
25	Blake	408

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Adam	385
27	Aaron	375
28	David	360
29	Bradley	344
30	Jesse	332
31	Cameron	324
32	Zachary	317
33	Anthony	305
34	Hayden	297
35	Timothy	296
36	Patrick	293
37	Joseph	274
38	Corey	263
39	Jayden	261
40	John	258
41	Brandon	255
42	Jason	249
43	Jackson	245
44	Joel	243
45	Peter	229
46	Connor	226
47	Robert	226
48	Justin	222
49	Harrison	219
50	Kyle	199
51	Brendan	189
52	Jarrod	179
53	Cody	174
54	Sean	173
55	Alex	172
56	Ethan	169
57	Mark	169
58	Angus	168
59	Dean	166
60	Jeremy	163
61	Jonathan	159
62	Scott	158
63	Kevin	156
64	Steven	155
65	Jamie	146
66	Tyler	141
67	Sam	131
68	Rhys	130
69	Oliver	129
70	Adrian	127
71	Callum	126
72	Edward	125
73	Brodie	124
74	Isaac	123
75	Mathew	121
76	George	120
77	Bryce	112
78	Caleb	112
79	Harry	111
80	Aidan	110
81	Christian	109
82	Henry	107
83	Shane	104
84	Dominic	102
85	Ben	101
86	Max	101
87	Riley	100
88	Travis	100
89	Stephen	98
90	Charles	97
91	Reece	97
92	Bailey	95
93	Tyson	94
94	Lucas	93
95	Richard	92
96	Jay	90
97	Tristan	90
98	Shaun	88
99	Kurt	87
100	Simon	87