Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 2000

The top girls’ name was Jessica, given to 784 babies. The top boys’ name was Joshua, given to 1,039 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	784
2	Emily	741
3	Sarah	629
4	Georgia	575
5	Olivia	524
6	Chloe	496
7	Emma	461
8	Sophie	449
9	Isabella	426
10	Hannah	417
11	Caitlin	360
12	Grace	318
13	Samantha	309
14	Amy	284
15	Jasmine	281
16	Lauren	273
17	Zoe	261
18	Madison	255
19	Maddison	250
20	Brooke	243
21	Rebecca	237
22	Laura	236
23	Courtney	232
24	Jade	227
25	Chelsea	223
26	Charlotte	210
27	Stephanie	205
28	Hayley	201
29	Ella	200
30	Natasha	198
31	Elizabeth	189
32	Alexandra	187
33	Rachel	187
34	Taylor	182
35	Lucy	180
36	Lily	176
37	Holly	169
38	Ashleigh	168
39	Gabrielle	166
40	Kate	166
41	Anna	165
42	Brianna	164
43	Abbey	163
44	Natalie	162
45	Amelia	161
46	Claudia	161
47	Bianca	157
48	Amber	151
49	Tayla	150
50	Ruby	148
51	Brittany	147
52	Ashley	145
53	Monique	143
54	Molly	142
55	Madeline	139
56	Kayla	136
57	Taylah	136
58	Erin	135
59	Isabelle	135
60	Phoebe	135
61	Tahlia	134
62	Alyssa	133
63	Jennifer	128
64	Kiara	127
65	Claire	124
66	Ebony	122
67	Sophia	122
68	Mia	121
69	Tara	120
70	Julia	119
71	Eliza	117
72	Lara	117
73	Victoria	114
74	Paige	113
75	Madeleine	107
76	Abby	105
77	Megan	102
78	Nicole	98
79	Gemma	97
80	Angela	96
81	Katherine	96
82	Kaitlyn	95
83	Katie	94
84	Mikayla	92
85	Michelle	88
86	Bethany	87
87	Britney	87
88	Breanna	85
89	Katelyn	84
90	Catherine	83
91	Danielle	83
92	Melissa	83
93	Vanessa	83
94	Rachael	81
95	Jordan	80
96	Tiana	80
97	Caitlyn	79
98	Sara	79
99	Alicia	78
100	Annabelle	78

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,039
2	Jack	888
3	Thomas	818
4	Lachlan	810
5	James	755
6	Matthew	755
7	Daniel	741
8	Benjamin	640
9	Nicholas	639
10	William	630
11	Jacob	599
12	Ryan	576
13	Liam	558
14	Luke	546
15	Samuel	546
16	Dylan	495
17	Michael	453
18	Nathan	450
19	Mitchell	438
20	Alexander	425
21	Ethan	414
22	Jordan	410
23	Jake	380
24	Jayden	340
25	Andrew	339
26	Harrison	333
27	Cameron	325
28	Christopher	322
29	Adam	319
30	Jackson	315
31	Zachary	311
32	Connor	305
33	Blake	304
34	Kyle	301
35	Bailey	278
36	Riley	268
37	Anthony	266
38	Patrick	257
39	Joseph	250
40	Isaac	241
41	David	234
42	Joel	229
43	Aaron	227
44	Oliver	210
45	Hayden	207
46	Angus	206
47	John	205
48	Brandon	203
49	Bradley	198
50	Cooper	197
51	Jesse	196
52	Jason	186
53	Harry	182
54	Timothy	176
55	Tyler	176
56	Cody	170
57	Justin	166
58	Max	166
59	Callum	160
60	Caleb	155
61	Jarrod	154
62	Corey	152
63	Brendan	146
64	Peter	146
65	Sean	142
66	Aidan	139
67	Kevin	138
68	Jonathan	136
69	Robert	136
70	Logan	133
71	Alex	132
72	Rhys	131
73	Christian	130
74	Jeremy	130
75	Lucas	129
76	Noah	126
77	George	120
78	Oscar	117
79	Henry	116
80	Marcus	112
81	Reece	110
82	Ali	107
83	Sam	107
84	Steven	106
85	Zac	105
86	Adrian	104
87	Aiden	103
88	Charles	95
89	Mark	95
90	Brayden	92
91	Bryce	92
92	Charlie	92
93	Edward	92
94	Brock	91
95	Brodie	91
96	Dominic	91
97	Jamie	91
98	Mathew	90
99	Sebastian	90
100	Tristan	90