Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1997

The top girls’ name was Jessica, given to 917 babies. The top boys’ name was Joshua, given to 1,296 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	917
2	Emily	767
3	Sarah	670
4	Emma	517
5	Georgia	468
6	Chloe	444
7	Samantha	433
8	Hannah	408
9	Rebecca	382
10	Lauren	378
11	Courtney	368
12	Caitlin	337
13	Isabella	321
14	Amy	318
15	Laura	311
16	Sophie	307
17	Brooke	293
18	Stephanie	291
19	Olivia	287
20	Rachel	283
21	Taylor	274
22	Maddison	256
23	Grace	249
24	Zoe	248
25	Ashleigh	244
26	Alexandra	231
27	Madison	231
28	Brittany	228
29	Jasmine	221
30	Taylah	218
31	Elizabeth	211
32	Madeline	202
33	Kate	201
34	Jade	197
35	Natalie	197
36	Tayla	197
37	Chelsea	196
38	Natasha	192
39	Madeleine	190
40	Nicole	187
41	Kayla	183
42	Ashley	168
43	Claudia	166
44	Brianna	164
45	Holly	159
46	Monique	158
47	Erin	156
48	Megan	152
49	Gabrielle	150
50	Hayley	150
51	Lucy	145
52	Melissa	145
53	Bianca	144
54	Danielle	144
55	Rachael	144
56	Amelia	142
57	Cassandra	141
58	Jordan	138
59	Amber	137
60	Jennifer	136
61	Paige	136
62	Victoria	127
63	Ebony	124
64	Shannon	124
65	Charlotte	122
66	Claire	122
67	Eliza	121
68	Anna	120
69	Michelle	119
70	Rhiannon	116
71	Abbey	113
72	Amanda	109
73	Bethany	108
74	Kaitlyn	107
75	Tahlia	106
76	Angela	105
77	Katie	103
78	Lily	100
79	Mikayla	100
80	Ruby	99
81	Vanessa	98
82	Melanie	96
83	Alicia	95
84	Isabelle	95
85	Julia	95
86	Alana	94
87	Tara	91
88	Katherine	89
89	Monica	88
90	Molly	87
91	Shania	87
92	Alice	85
93	Mia	85
94	Nicola	84
95	Sophia	84
96	Bronte	83
97	Gemma	82
98	Mikaela	82
99	Jacqueline	80
100	Lisa	80

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,296
2	Daniel	880
3	James	872
4	Matthew	838
5	Jack	828
6	Thomas	752
7	Lachlan	714
8	Benjamin	680
9	Nicholas	634
10	Liam	617
11	Luke	599
12	Dylan	594
13	Michael	580
14	Jake	553
15	Samuel	552
16	Jacob	528
17	Jordan	508
18	William	494
19	Nathan	493
20	Mitchell	490
21	Alexander	486
22	Christopher	463
23	Andrew	448
24	Ryan	442
25	Jayden	384
26	Adam	355
27	Brandon	341
28	Blake	338
29	Bradley	310
30	David	305
31	Hayden	299
32	Aaron	294
33	Cameron	282
34	Kyle	282
35	Zachary	278
36	Connor	274
37	Patrick	263
38	Joseph	259
39	Ethan	258
40	Jesse	258
41	Anthony	254
42	Timothy	251
43	Jackson	239
44	Harrison	234
45	Joel	232
46	John	229
47	Jason	220
48	Justin	219
49	Brendan	205
50	Corey	201
51	Bailey	196
52	Sean	193
53	Peter	185
54	Robert	184
55	Tyler	184
56	Jarrod	177
57	Isaac	169
58	Jonathan	167
59	Caleb	166
60	Alex	165
61	Cody	165
62	Mark	165
63	Jeremy	155
64	Angus	154
65	Scott	143
66	Kevin	138
67	George	137
68	Oliver	134
69	Rhys	134
70	Dean	131
71	Harry	128
72	Max	124
73	Steven	123
74	Callum	122
75	Sam	121
76	Henry	118
77	Brodie	117
78	Dominic	117
79	Brock	116
80	Hamish	116
81	Aidan	111
82	Christian	110
83	Riley	110
84	Mathew	107
85	Edward	106
86	Paul	106
87	Adrian	105
88	Travis	104
89	Lucas	103
90	Brayden	102
91	Ben	101
92	Jamie	100
93	Bryce	94
94	Simon	94
95	Reece	92
96	Shaun	89
97	Marcus	87
98	Richard	86
99	Ali	85
100	Stephen	85