Most popular baby names in New South Wales, 2002

The top girls’ name was Emily, given to 675 babies. The top boys’ name was Joshua, given to 1,008 babies.

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

Top 100 girls’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Emily	675
2	Jessica	633
3	Chloe	578
4	Isabella	503
5	Sarah	478
6	Olivia	474
7	Sophie	463
8	Georgia	453
9	Hannah	405
10	Grace	404
11	Ella	383
12	Emma	341
13	Jasmine	328
14	Charlotte	315
15	Caitlin	292
16	Lauren	264
17	Jade	259
18	Amy	246
19	Zoe	243
20	Maddison	230
21	Mia	228
22	Holly	221
23	Lily	220
24	Madison	217
25	Lara	215
26	Hayley	212
27	Samantha	210
28	Chelsea	204
29	Alyssa	203
30	Ruby	194
31	Lucy	191
32	Laura	190
33	Amelia	182
34	Stephanie	182
35	Alexandra	171
36	Elizabeth	169
37	Abbey	166
38	Kayla	163
39	Claudia	159
40	Brooke	155
41	Brianna	153
42	Natalie	153
43	Paige	151
44	Rebecca	150
45	Ashley	146
46	Phoebe	145
47	Tahlia	145
48	Courtney	142
49	Gabrielle	142
50	Anna	141
51	Taylah	141
52	Ashleigh	138
53	Erin	137
54	Bianca	136
55	Sophia	136
56	Ebony	135
57	Tara	131
58	Tayla	130
59	Amber	129
60	Isabelle	127
61	Natasha	127
62	Molly	126
63	Kate	124
64	Mikayla	122
65	Rachel	122
66	Kiara	118
67	Alicia	117
68	Taylor	117
69	Madeline	115
70	Monique	113
71	Angela	104
72	Mackenzie	103
73	Madeleine	103
74	Victoria	103
75	Claire	102
76	Danielle	102
77	Tiana	102
78	Imogen	101
79	Abby	99
80	Alana	98
81	Katie	97
82	Jordan	95
83	Julia	94
84	Shakira	93
85	Jemma	91
86	Paris	91
87	Maya	87
88	Bethany	85
89	Kaitlyn	84
90	Abigail	83
91	Jennifer	82
92	Annabelle	81
93	Eliza	80
94	Nicole	79
95	Alice	78
96	Gemma	76
97	Caitlyn	74
98	Ellie	73
99	Megan	73
100	Leah	72

Top 100 boys’ names

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,008
2	Jack	845
3	Lachlan	841
4	Thomas	692
5	Ethan	658
6	Nicholas	626
7	James	616
8	Daniel	613
9	Benjamin	608
10	William	602
11	Matthew	563
12	Liam	554
13	Luke	530
14	Samuel	506
15	Jacob	458
16	Dylan	448
17	Ryan	438
18	Jayden	419
19	Alexander	402
20	Jordan	395
21	Michael	357
22	Nathan	350
23	Riley	335
24	Connor	329
25	Harrison	327
26	Jake	311
27	Blake	299
28	Mitchell	295
29	Bailey	288
30	Zachary	286
31	Jackson	277
32	Adam	275
33	Cameron	273
34	Noah	264
35	Cooper	258
36	Andrew	255
37	Joseph	249
38	Patrick	247
39	Max	240
40	Oliver	232
41	Angus	228
42	Anthony	226
43	Joel	224
44	Harry	222
45	Christopher	218
46	Hayden	213
47	Kyle	196
48	Isaac	192
49	Aaron	187
50	Tyler	179
51	Caleb	175
52	David	172
53	Aidan	170
54	Alex	170
55	Callum	164
56	Sebastian	163
57	John	155
58	Cody	145
59	Timothy	145
60	Brandon	140
61	Sean	140
62	Christian	139
63	Jason	139
64	Corey	137
65	Zac	136
66	Lucas	134
67	Jeremy	132
68	Jonathan	131
69	Declan	128
70	Justin	128
71	Aiden	127
72	Jesse	127
73	George	124
74	Logan	123
75	Oscar	123
76	Peter	123
77	Marcus	120
78	Bradley	118
79	Brayden	116
80	Henry	114
81	Ali	113
82	Ben	109
83	Darcy	105
84	Brendan	103
85	Charlie	103
86	Dominic	101
87	Hamish	98
88	Rhys	98
89	Charles	97
90	Edward	97
91	Gabriel	96
92	Sam	94
93	Flynn	93
94	Jamie	93
95	Robert	93
96	Zane	93
97	Brock	91
98	Kai	91
99	Jai	90
100	Adrian	86