Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1997
The top 100 as published, with the number of babies given each name.
| 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 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |