Most popular baby names in New South Wales, Australia (1980)
The rankings exactly as NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages published them for 1980. 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, 1980
- 1Rebecca
- 2Amanda
- 3Michelle
- 4Sarah
- 5Melissa
- 6Nicole
- 7Lisa
- 8Kristy
- 9Kelly
- 10Kylie
- 11Amy
- 12Belinda
- 13Emma
- 14Natalie
- 15Kate
- 16Renee
- 17Jennifer
- 18Elizabeth
- 19Alison
- 20Danielle
- 21Angela
- 22Rachel
- 23Lauren
- 24Melanie
- 25Samantha
- 26Joanne
- 27Katherine
- 28Vanessa
- 29Katrina
- 30Catherine
- 31Karen
- 32Brooke
- 33Jessica
- 34Fiona
- 35Jodie
- 36Anna
- 37Megan
- 38Louise
- 39Sally
- 40Tanya
- 41Kathryn
- 42Katie
- 43Erin
- 44Natasha
- 45Kim
- 46Stacey
- 47Leanne
- 48Naomi
- 49Julie
- 50Rachael
- 51Alexandra
- 52Linda
- 53Tracey
- 54Alicia
- 55Amber
- 56Christine
- 57Jacqueline
- 58Shannon
- 59Jane
- 60Laura
- 61Melinda
- 62Emily
- 63Kellie
- 64Donna
- 65Susan
- 66Jade
- 67Heidi
- 68Hayley
- 69Leah
- 70Maria
- 71Claire
- 72Cassandra
- 73Helen
- 74Suzanne
- 75Tammy
- 76Bianca
- 77Sharon
- 78Kristie
- 79Simone
- 80Kristen
- 81Tamara
- 82Sara
- 83Kirsty
- 84Clare
- 85Allison
- 86Deborah
- 87Peta
- 88Skye
- 89Carly
- 90Kathleen
- 91Stephanie
- 92Tania
- 93Victoria
- 94Caroline
- 95Mary
- 96Alana
- 97Olivia
- 98Jodi
- 99Julia
- 100Bronwyn
Boys' names
Top 100 in New South Wales, Australia, 1980
- 1Michael
- 2Daniel
- 3David
- 4Andrew
- 5Matthew
- 6Benjamin
- 7Adam
- 8Christopher
- 9Luke
- 10Mark
- 11Peter
- 12Nathan
- 13James
- 14Timothy
- 15Paul
- 16Jason
- 17Scott
- 18Robert
- 19Anthony
- 20John
- 21Steven
- 22Nicholas
- 23Aaron
- 24Craig
- 25Stephen
- 26Shane
- 27Bradley
- 28Justin
- 29Joshua
- 30Simon
- 31Ryan
- 32Brett
- 33Troy
- 34Mathew
- 35Gregory
- 36Joel
- 37Dean
- 38Phillip
- 39Richard
- 40Alexander
- 41Jonathan
- 42Damien
- 43Adrian
- 44Jamie
- 45Thomas
- 46Joseph
- 47Ben
- 48Trent
- 49Cameron
- 50William
- 51Ian
- 52Grant
- 53Brendan
- 54Wayne
- 55Patrick
- 56Lee
- 57Darren
- 58Shaun
- 59Samuel
- 60Gavin
- 61Todd
- 62Glen
- 63Stuart
- 64Glenn
- 65Jeremy
- 66George
- 67Ashley
- 68Shannon
- 69Sean
- 70Lucas
- 71Jay
- 72Chad
- 73Rodney
- 74Brian
- 75Martin
- 76Kurt
- 77Clinton
- 78Christian
- 79Kevin
- 80Jeffrey
- 81Tony
- 82Damian
- 83Dane
- 84Geoffrey
- 85Trevor
- 86Philip
- 87Raymond
- 88Russell
- 89Edward
- 90Mitchell
- 91Dale
- 92Allan
- 93Alan
- 94Clint
- 95Colin
- 96Marc
- 97Neil
- 98Gary
- 99Ross
- 100Douglas