Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 1999

The top girls’ name was Emily, given to 862 babies. The top boys’ name was Joshua, given to 999 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Emily	862
2	Jessica	759
3	Sarah	697
4	Chloe	594
5	Olivia	573
6	Georgia	532
7	Emma	480
8	Isabella	401
9	Sophie	386
10	Hannah	378
11	Samantha	337
12	Lauren	321
13	Grace	319
14	Caitlin	314
15	Amy	280
16	Brooke	279
17	Maddison	264
18	Rebecca	261
19	Courtney	259
20	Jasmine	258
21	Laura	258
22	Alexandra	232
23	Chelsea	226
24	Zoe	226
25	Rachel	220
26	Brittany	216
27	Jade	214
28	Stephanie	213
29	Natasha	207
30	Taylor	205
31	Hayley	193
32	Gabrielle	189
33	Elizabeth	188
34	Ashleigh	186
35	Brianna	183
36	Lucy	181
37	Natalie	181
38	Kate	179
39	Charlotte	168
40	Claudia	168
41	Madison	163
42	Lily	157
43	Amelia	156
44	Kayla	153
45	Holly	149
46	Amber	148
47	Ruby	148
48	Madeleine	146
49	Erin	143
50	Kiara	141
51	Tayla	141
52	Ella	134
53	Madeline	132
54	Monique	132
55	Bianca	130
56	Claire	130
57	Taylah	129
58	Anna	128
59	Tahlia	128
60	Paige	127
61	Ashley	126
62	Isabelle	125
63	Victoria	125
64	Nicole	124
65	Tara	122
66	Lara	116
67	Abbey	115
68	Alyssa	115
69	Eliza	113
70	Julia	112
71	Danielle	111
72	Megan	110
73	Mia	110
74	Ebony	109
75	Michelle	109
76	Mikayla	107
77	Angela	106
78	Molly	105
79	Melissa	104
80	Shania	102
81	Jennifer	100
82	Phoebe	99
83	Sophia	97
84	Amanda	95
85	Rachael	95
86	Bethany	92
87	Kaitlyn	91
88	Vanessa	91
89	Britney	90
90	Cassandra	90
91	Katelyn	90
92	Rhiannon	89
93	Alicia	88
94	Caitlyn	88
95	Katie	88
96	Abby	85
97	Breanna	84
98	Paris	81
99	Bronte	80
100	Casey	80

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	999
2	Jack	921
3	Lachlan	920
4	Thomas	865
5	James	809
6	Matthew	778
7	Daniel	771
8	Nicholas	694
9	William	633
10	Jacob	580
11	Liam	579
12	Benjamin	566
13	Luke	560
14	Samuel	559
15	Dylan	480
16	Michael	466
17	Ryan	450
18	Nathan	445
19	Jake	444
20	Mitchell	441
21	Jordan	440
22	Alexander	418
23	Andrew	358
24	Harrison	355
25	Christopher	343
26	Jayden	338
27	Kyle	323
28	Adam	319
29	Blake	319
30	Bailey	295
31	Cameron	291
32	Connor	287
33	Zachary	283
34	Ethan	273
35	Jackson	268
36	Patrick	267
37	Anthony	256
38	David	248
39	Joseph	246
40	Aaron	238
41	Joel	232
42	Isaac	224
43	Brandon	222
44	Timothy	215
45	John	214
46	Hayden	207
47	Angus	204
48	Bradley	203
49	Jesse	201
50	Corey	194
51	Jarrod	188
52	Callum	183
53	Jason	180
54	Peter	178
55	Oliver	176
56	Riley	171
57	Max	169
58	Harry	165
59	Tyler	165
60	Cody	164
61	Cooper	164
62	Christian	163
63	Justin	155
64	Jonathan	152
65	Jeremy	150
66	Sean	150
67	Brendan	149
68	Aidan	147
69	Kevin	141
70	Caleb	138
71	Mark	136
72	George	135
73	Rhys	126
74	Tristan	126
75	Alex	125
76	Brodie	123
77	Hamish	120
78	Robert	120
79	Charles	114
80	Henry	114
81	Lucas	110
82	Brock	108
83	Dominic	107
84	Dean	105
85	Mathew	103
86	Steven	103
87	Brayden	102
88	Reece	99
89	Jared	97
90	Edward	96
91	Sam	96
92	Aiden	95
93	Darcy	95
94	Zac	95
95	Scott	94
96	Noah	93
97	Jamie	91
98	Logan	91
99	Adrian	89
100	Oscar	88