Most popular baby names in New South Wales, Australia (1979)
The rankings exactly as NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages published them for 1979. 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, 1979
- 1Rebecca
- 2Melissa
- 3Sarah
- 4Michelle
- 5Amanda
- 6Kelly
- 7Lisa
- 8Nicole
- 9Kylie
- 10Belinda
- 11Kristy
- 12Emma
- 13Natalie
- 14Amy
- 15Jennifer
- 16Danielle
- 17Renee
- 18Alison
- 19Angela
- 20Kate
- 21Karen
- 22Melanie
- 23Rachel
- 24Elizabeth
- 25Samantha
- 26Joanne
- 27Vanessa
- 28Kim
- 29Katrina
- 30Lauren
- 31Fiona
- 32Katherine
- 33Megan
- 34Julie
- 35Jodie
- 36Jessica
- 37Brooke
- 38Catherine
- 39Louise
- 40Leanne
- 41Anna
- 42Katie
- 43Kellie
- 44Linda
- 45Kathryn
- 46Sally
- 47Tanya
- 48Tracey
- 49Christine
- 50Jane
- 51Naomi
- 52Erin
- 53Stacey
- 54Natasha
- 55Jacqueline
- 56Melinda
- 57Donna
- 58Susan
- 59Claire
- 60Rachael
- 61Leah
- 62Tammy
- 63Alicia
- 64Jade
- 65Caroline
- 66Sandra
- 67Sharon
- 68Helen
- 69Heidi
- 70Bianca
- 71Laura
- 72Simone
- 73Hayley
- 74Amber
- 75Emily
- 76Maria
- 77Cassandra
- 78Shannon
- 79Mary
- 80Kathleen
- 81Olivia
- 82Alexandra
- 83Deborah
- 84Kristie
- 85Anita
- 86Kirsty
- 87Clare
- 88Renae
- 89Patricia
- 90Carly
- 91Allison
- 92Bronwyn
- 93Stephanie
- 94Tina
- 95Tamara
- 96Julia
- 97Peta
- 98Tracy
- 99Tania
- 100Skye
Boys' names
Top 100 in New South Wales, Australia, 1979
- 1Michael
- 2Daniel
- 3Matthew
- 4David
- 5Andrew
- 6Benjamin
- 7Adam
- 8Christopher
- 9Mark
- 10Peter
- 11Nathan
- 12James
- 13Paul
- 14Luke
- 15Timothy
- 16Jason
- 17Scott
- 18Robert
- 19John
- 20Anthony
- 21Shane
- 22Steven
- 23Aaron
- 24Craig
- 25Bradley
- 26Nicholas
- 27Brett
- 28Stephen
- 29Simon
- 30Troy
- 31Ryan
- 32Justin
- 33Joshua
- 34Damien
- 35Mathew
- 36Gregory
- 37Phillip
- 38Richard
- 39Joel
- 40Trent
- 41Dean
- 42Ben
- 43Jamie
- 44Adrian
- 45Joseph
- 46William
- 47Darren
- 48Wayne
- 49Ian
- 50Alexander
- 51Brendan
- 52Grant
- 53Thomas
- 54Jonathan
- 55Sean
- 56Glenn
- 57Samuel
- 58Shaun
- 59Gavin
- 60Lee
- 61Stuart
- 62Jeremy
- 63Martin
- 64Patrick
- 65Todd
- 66Cameron
- 67Shannon
- 68George
- 69Glen
- 70Rodney
- 71Tony
- 72Geoffrey
- 73Ashley
- 74Damian
- 75Brian
- 76Philip
- 77Chad
- 78Ross
- 79Clinton
- 80Edward
- 81Jeffrey
- 82Jay
- 83Kevin
- 84Trevor
- 85Colin
- 86Dale
- 87Raymond
- 88Dane
- 89Alan
- 90Brent
- 91Mitchell
- 92Kurt
- 93Neil
- 94Gary
- 95Corey
- 96Christian
- 97Wade
- 98Danny
- 99Nigel
- 100Graham