Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1998

The top girls’ name was Emily, given to 799 babies. The top boys’ name was Joshua, given to 1,016 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Emily	799
2	Jessica	778
3	Sarah	645
4	Chloe	575
5	Emma	537
6	Georgia	460
7	Olivia	408
8	Samantha	404
9	Isabella	348
10	Caitlin	341
11	Hannah	328
12	Courtney	323
13	Maddison	308
14	Brooke	305
15	Sophie	298
16	Amy	296
17	Grace	296
18	Rebecca	291
19	Lauren	279
20	Laura	255
21	Taylor	250
22	Jasmine	249
23	Zoe	242
24	Rachel	238
25	Stephanie	238
26	Alexandra	226
27	Jade	223
28	Natasha	223
29	Chelsea	217
30	Natalie	207
31	Ashleigh	204
32	Gabrielle	198
33	Kate	196
34	Brittany	192
35	Madison	189
36	Elizabeth	181
37	Claudia	180
38	Madeline	180
39	Tayla	177
40	Brianna	174
41	Hayley	167
42	Bianca	166
43	Madeleine	162
44	Lucy	158
45	Erin	156
46	Monique	152
47	Ashley	151
48	Kayla	151
49	Taylah	151
50	Shannon	148
51	Amelia	147
52	Claire	146
53	Holly	144
54	Charlotte	141
55	Abbey	140
56	Lily	136
57	Victoria	133
58	Megan	131
59	Nicole	131
60	Molly	128
61	Paige	128
62	Amber	127
63	Cassandra	127
64	Isabelle	121
65	Rachael	121
66	Tara	120
67	Tahlia	119
68	Melissa	118
69	Danielle	117
70	Anna	113
71	Kaitlyn	112
72	Ruby	112
73	Bethany	108
74	Mia	108
75	Michelle	108
76	Julia	107
77	Shania	107
78	Ebony	106
79	Phoebe	106
80	Eliza	104
81	Mikayla	104
82	Alana	101
83	Jennifer	97
84	Amanda	93
85	Ella	93
86	Jordan	93
87	Katherine	93
88	Katie	92
89	Angela	91
90	Georgina	91
91	Monica	89
92	Bronte	88
93	Nicola	88
94	Gemma	87
95	Vanessa	86
96	Breanna	85
97	Rhiannon	85
98	Alicia	83
99	Caitlyn	83
100	Tiffany	83

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,016
2	Jack	986
3	Lachlan	842
4	Matthew	823
5	James	790
6	Daniel	765
7	Thomas	765
8	Nicholas	679
9	Benjamin	579
10	William	561
11	Luke	555
12	Liam	547
13	Jacob	537
14	Michael	534
15	Jordan	523
16	Samuel	523
17	Jake	504
18	Alexander	475
19	Mitchell	466
20	Dylan	460
21	Ryan	455
22	Nathan	453
23	Jayden	415
24	Christopher	407
25	Andrew	377
26	Kyle	350
27	Blake	340
28	Connor	333
29	Zachary	326
30	Cameron	323
31	Adam	321
32	Ethan	297
33	Patrick	291
34	Harrison	276
35	Brandon	265
36	Aaron	262
37	Anthony	258
38	Jackson	251
39	Joseph	250
40	Bradley	249
41	Hayden	247
42	Jesse	247
43	David	245
44	Bailey	234
45	Isaac	216
46	Timothy	216
47	Joel	212
48	Jason	211
49	John	202
50	Angus	194
51	Callum	194
52	Justin	187
53	Corey	186
54	Sean	175
55	Jarrod	174
56	Brendan	168
57	Harry	164
58	Oliver	164
59	Tyler	163
60	Alex	159
61	Peter	159
62	Cooper	154
63	Jonathan	151
64	Riley	150
65	Christian	148
66	Caleb	143
67	Cody	143
68	Jeremy	140
69	Robert	139
70	George	136
71	Mark	132
72	Max	130
73	Brock	127
74	Aidan	123
75	Charles	120
76	Kevin	117
77	Sam	116
78	Lucas	114
79	Dean	113
80	Rhys	112
81	Reece	111
82	Zac	107
83	Brodie	104
84	Hamish	103
85	Tristan	100
86	Paul	99
87	Scott	98
88	Travis	96
89	Steven	95
90	Brayden	93
91	Ben	92
92	Bryce	92
93	Dominic	91
94	Jamie	91
95	Henry	90
96	Edward	88
97	Tyson	88
98	Adrian	86
99	Mathew	86
100	Noah	85