Names that peaked in New South Wales, Australia in the 1990s

Names whose highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia's published list falls in the 1990s, with at least 3 recorded years on each side of that year.

Scoped to one registrar: NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages — Popular Baby Names. A name can be at its height here a generation before or after it is elsewhere, and this says only when it peaked in New South Wales, Australia — never when it peaked generally, which is not a thing any single source can show.

42 names, selected from the 2,577 names in the catalogue with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon). Based on official statistics from national registrars. Data sources · Methodology

Source: NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages · All New South Wales, Australia names

• Emily

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1998, across a record running 1977–2025.

• Joshua

  Highest recorded position #1 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1993, across a record running 1971–2024.

• James

  Highest recorded position #3 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1996, across a record running 1952–2025.

• Samantha

  Highest recorded position #3 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1992, across a record running 1966–2013.

• Luke

  Highest recorded position #5 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1994, across a record running 1967–2024.

• Stephanie

  Highest recorded position #5 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1994, across a record running 1953–2010.

• Jake

  Highest recorded position #7 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1994, across a record running 1986–2020.

• Hannah

  Highest recorded position #8 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1997, across a record running 1983–2025.

• Laura

  Highest recorded position #9 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1994, across a record running 1976–2009.

• Mitchell

  Highest recorded position #9 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1992, across a record running 1979–2013.

• Caitlin

  Highest recorded position #10 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1998, across a record running 1987–2013.

• Jacob

  Highest recorded position #10 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1999, across a record running 1982–2025.

• Rachel

  Highest recorded position #10 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1991, across a record running 1968–2007.

• Courtney

  Highest recorded position #11 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1996, across a record running 1984–2004.

• Dylan

  Highest recorded position #12 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1995, across a record running 1983–2022.

• Ashleigh

  Highest recorded position #13 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1993, across a record running 1985–2005.

• Maddison

  Highest recorded position #13 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1998, across a record running 1992–2020.

• Brooke

  Highest recorded position #14 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1998, across a record running 1974–2008.

• Alexandra

  Highest recorded position #16 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1993, across a record running 1969–2015.

• Brittany

  Highest recorded position #17 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1993, across a record running 1989–2000.

• Taylor

  Highest recorded position #19 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1996, across a record running 1992–2010.

• Blake

  Highest recorded position #21 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1995, across a record running 1982–2016.

• Chelsea

  Highest recorded position #23 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1999, across a record running 1993–2020.

• Natasha

  Highest recorded position #23 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1992, across a record running 1971–2008.

• Justin

  Highest recorded position #24 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1990, across a record running 1966–2010.

• Cassandra

  Highest recorded position #25 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1992, across a record running 1969–1999.

• Cameron

  Highest recorded position #26 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1992, across a record running 1966–2012.

• Tayla

  Highest recorded position #27 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1996, across a record running 1993–2005.

• Kayla

  Highest recorded position #28 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1990, across a record running 1985–2012.

• Jesse

  Highest recorded position #30 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1996, across a record running 1985–2014.

• Patrick

  Highest recorded position #30 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1994, across a record running 1952–2025.

• Hayden

  Highest recorded position #31 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1994, across a record running 1987–2016.

• Claire

  Highest recorded position #40 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1990, across a record running 1976–2022.

• Shannon

  Highest recorded position #45 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1993, across a record running 1974–1998.

• Gemma

  Highest recorded position #47 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1991, across a record running 1984–2010.

• Rhys

  Highest recorded position #49 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1991, across a record running 1984–2009.

• Victoria

  Highest recorded position #50 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1991, across a record running 1956–2019.

• Callum

  Highest recorded position #51 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1998, across a record running 1990–2012.

• Jordan

  Highest recorded position #58 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1997, across a record running 1991–2004.

• Ellen

  Highest recorded position #68 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1993, across a record running 1988–1996.

• Julia

  Highest recorded position #70 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1999, across a record running 1970–2002.

• Christina

  Highest recorded position #75 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1992, across a record running 1962–2003.