Most popular baby names in New South Wales, Australia (1972)
The rankings exactly as NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages published them for 1972. New South Wales, Australiapublishes a girls' list and a boys' list separately, so they are shown separately — there is no official combined ranking, and Namewise does not invent one.
This source has published 74 complete rankings, from 1952 to 2025. Data sources · Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU)
Girls' names
Top 100 in New South Wales, Australia, 1972
- 1Michelle
- 2Kylie
- 3Nicole
- 4Karen
- 5Lisa
- 6Joanne
- 7Melissa
- 8Rebecca
- 9Jennifer
- 10Sharon
- 11Amanda
- 12Julie
- 13Kim
- 14Jodie
- 15Leanne
- 16Fiona
- 17Tracey
- 18Elizabeth
- 19Belinda
- 20Catherine
- 21Donna
- 22Alison
- 23Samantha
- 24Rachel
- 25Vanessa
- 26Natalie
- 27Angela
- 28Kelly
- 29Linda
- 30Maria
- 31Susan
- 32Danielle
- 33Deborah
- 34Louise
- 35Tanya
- 36Sarah
- 37Christine
- 38Tracy
- 39Jacqueline
- 40Melinda
- 41Sandra
- 42Jane
- 43Megan
- 44Katrina
- 45Simone
- 46Katherine
- 47Melanie
- 48Helen
- 49Kathryn
- 50Sonia
- 51Kellie
- 52Suzanne
- 53Rachael
- 54Tina
- 55Natasha
- 56Tania
- 57Wendy
- 58Justine
- 59Kerrie
- 60Anna
- 61Patricia
- 62Tammy
- 63Allison
- 64Emma
- 65Janine
- 66Renee
- 67Kathleen
- 68Janelle
- 69Stephanie
- 70Mary
- 71Victoria
- 72Paula
- 73Sally
- 74Robyn
- 75Anne
- 76Annette
- 77Jody
- 78Vicki
- 79Kerry
- 80Carolyn
- 81Narelle
- 82Bronwyn
- 83Debra
- 84Cassandra
- 85Debbie
- 86Toni
- 87Heidi
- 88Cindy
- 89Naomi
- 90Peta
- 91Jodi
- 92Leonie
- 93Margaret
- 94Cheryl
- 95Michele
- 96Alexandra
- 97Dianne
- 98Penelope
- 99Cherie
- 100Leah
Boys' names
Top 100 in New South Wales, Australia, 1972
- 1Jason
- 2David
- 3Michael
- 4Matthew
- 5Andrew
- 6Paul
- 7Mark
- 8Peter
- 9Christopher
- 10Scott
- 11Robert
- 12John
- 13Adam
- 14Craig
- 15Anthony
- 16Shane
- 17Darren
- 18Stephen
- 19Steven
- 20Daniel
- 21James
- 22Brett
- 23Gregory
- 24Richard
- 25Bradley
- 26Simon
- 27Troy
- 28Jamie
- 29Justin
- 30Timothy
- 31Wayne
- 32Benjamin
- 33Glenn
- 34Rodney
- 35Stuart
- 36Dean
- 37Ian
- 38Aaron
- 39Phillip
- 40Sean
- 41William
- 42Nicholas
- 43Grant
- 44Nathan
- 45Glen
- 46George
- 47Gavin
- 48Martin
- 49Mathew
- 50Geoffrey
- 51Adrian
- 52Kevin
- 53Jeffrey
- 54Gary
- 55Damien
- 56Brian
- 57Joseph
- 58Luke
- 59Todd
- 60Brendan
- 61Cameron
- 62Tony
- 63Colin
- 64Philip
- 65Graham
- 66Joshua
- 67Thomas
- 68Jeremy
- 69Nigel
- 70Alexander
- 71Patrick
- 72Warren
- 73Damian
- 74Raymond
- 75Trevor
- 76Alan
- 77Christian
- 78Allan
- 79Edward
- 80Jonathan
- 81Kenneth
- 82Neil
- 83Garry
- 84Marcus
- 85Russell
- 86Shaun
- 87Ashley
- 88Ronald
- 89Dale
- 90Terry
- 91Trent
- 92Malcolm
- 93Samuel
- 94Shayne
- 95Bruce
- 96Graeme
- 97Charles
- 98Douglas
- 99Ross
- 100Barry