Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 2001

The top girls’ name was Emily, given to 747 babies. The top boys’ name was Joshua, given to 1,021 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Emily	747
2	Jessica	727
3	Chloe	604
4	Sarah	561
5	Isabella	483
6	Olivia	472
7	Georgia	460
8	Hannah	434
9	Sophie	432
10	Emma	425
11	Grace	398
12	Caitlin	325
13	Jasmine	310
14	Zoe	283
15	Amy	277
16	Charlotte	276
17	Lauren	273
18	Samantha	261
19	Ella	257
20	Madison	250
21	Jade	235
22	Maddison	232
23	Lily	213
24	Lucy	205
25	Holly	204
26	Ruby	204
27	Mia	202
28	Brooke	195
29	Laura	182
30	Chelsea	181
31	Hayley	179
32	Natasha	178
33	Rebecca	176
34	Amelia	175
35	Elizabeth	175
36	Stephanie	174
37	Courtney	166
38	Kayla	166
39	Amber	164
40	Kate	161
41	Lara	160
42	Claudia	159
43	Natalie	153
44	Erin	152
45	Taylah	152
46	Taylor	152
47	Alexandra	150
48	Alyssa	149
49	Rachel	146
50	Ashleigh	143
51	Tara	140
52	Isabelle	137
53	Abbey	134
54	Anna	132
55	Tahlia	131
56	Brianna	129
57	Phoebe	129
58	Bianca	126
59	Gabrielle	125
60	Kiara	125
61	Madeline	123
62	Tayla	123
63	Ashley	120
64	Ebony	120
65	Claire	119
66	Monique	119
67	Molly	118
68	Jennifer	108
69	Sophia	106
70	Gemma	104
71	Megan	104
72	Angela	103
73	Mikayla	103
74	Victoria	102
75	Bethany	100
76	Paige	100
77	Madeleine	99
78	Julia	98
79	Mackenzie	92
80	Alicia	91
81	Kaitlyn	91
82	Leah	91
83	Paris	90
84	Jasmin	89
85	Abby	88
86	Tiana	88
87	Jemma	85
88	Danielle	84
89	Eliza	84
90	Imogen	83
91	Caitlyn	81
92	Maya	81
93	Vanessa	81
94	Zara	81
95	Nicole	80
96	Annabelle	78
97	Katie	77
98	Alice	76
99	Christina	76
100	Rachael	76

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,021
2	Jack	860
3	Lachlan	813
4	Thomas	741
5	James	686
6	Daniel	646
7	Matthew	623
8	Nicholas	607
9	William	607
10	Benjamin	602
11	Jacob	548
12	Luke	512
13	Liam	511
14	Samuel	492
15	Dylan	491
16	Ryan	468
17	Ethan	449
18	Alexander	435
19	Michael	435
20	Nathan	418
21	Jordan	412
22	Mitchell	385
23	Harrison	378
24	Jake	356
25	Jayden	327
26	Connor	318
27	Cameron	312
28	Jackson	310
29	Blake	308
30	Bailey	300
31	Riley	299
32	Adam	295
33	Andrew	289
34	Patrick	281
35	Zachary	278
36	Christopher	276
37	Anthony	261
38	Joseph	260
39	Noah	238
40	Aaron	237
41	Kyle	229
42	David	227
43	Oliver	226
44	Joel	224
45	Isaac	220
46	Hayden	217
47	Angus	209
48	Harry	205
49	Cooper	195
50	Tyler	190
51	Caleb	184
52	Callum	181
53	John	181
54	Max	175
55	Jesse	172
56	Bradley	165
57	Brandon	161
58	Jeremy	159
59	Justin	159
60	Timothy	158
61	Brendan	157
62	Cody	157
63	Jonathan	149
64	Alex	145
65	Jason	144
66	Peter	142
67	Christian	138
68	Corey	138
69	Sean	135
70	Zac	133
71	Declan	129
72	George	124
73	Logan	123
74	Oscar	122
75	Marcus	117
76	Rhys	115
77	Henry	112
78	Jarrod	110
79	Aidan	109
80	Robert	109
81	Edward	108
82	Lucas	108
83	Sebastian	107
84	Charles	103
85	Charlie	99
86	Aiden	98
87	Kye	97
88	Ali	96
89	Jai	96
90	Mark	95
91	Sam	95
92	Reece	93
93	Zane	92
94	Brayden	91
95	Jamie	91
96	Darcy	89
97	Jye	88
98	Kevin	86
99	Flynn	85
100	Hamish	83