Most popular boys’ names in New South Wales, 1998

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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