Top Names of 1977 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1977 were Rebecca for girls and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Rebecca	1,340
2	Melissa	1,100
3	Michelle	1,089
4	Nicole	1,088
5	Amanda	1,027
6	Kylie	896
7	Belinda	785
8	Sarah	749
9	Lisa	733
10	Natalie	662
11	Kelly	608
12	Karen	536
13	Angela	531
14	Jennifer	508
15	Melanie	482
16	Emma	462
17	Renee	460
18	Joanne	424
19	Kristy	423
20	Elizabeth	419
21	Rachel	406
22	Jodie	393
23	Tanya	385
24	Fiona	382
25	Samantha	373
26	Alison	369
27	Kim	358
28	Catherine	356
29	Megan	349
30	Danielle	330
31	Julie	328
32	Katherine	326
33	Leanne	326
34	Vanessa	320
35	Amy	311
36	Katrina	311
37	Natasha	292
38	Sharon	290
39	Melinda	287
40	Kate	285
41	Louise	283
42	Tracey	275
43	Sally	272
44	Susan	265
45	Linda	259
46	Kathryn	255
47	Kellie	249
48	Anna	246
49	Donna	244
50	Christine	242

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,048
2	Matthew	1,941
3	David	1,868
4	Daniel	1,637
5	Andrew	1,469
6	Benjamin	1,453
7	Christopher	1,205
8	Jason	1,192
9	Mark	1,160
10	Paul	1,086
11	Adam	1,061
12	Scott	1,055
13	Peter	982
14	Robert	882
15	Nathan	868
16	Steven	847
17	Anthony	796
18	James	777
19	John	772
20	Bradley	766
21	Craig	738
22	Shane	734
23	Stephen	683
24	Timothy	638
25	Luke	582
26	Troy	582
27	Brett	561
28	Simon	520
29	Aaron	476
30	Justin	476
31	Darren	413
32	Gregory	413
33	Richard	371
34	Joshua	345
35	Adrian	336
36	Trent	325
37	Damien	323
38	Jamie	317
39	Dean	311
40	William	307
41	Nicholas	300
42	Wayne	289
43	Grant	286
44	Cameron	278
45	Ryan	276
46	Brendan	273
47	Ian	271
48	Phillip	270
49	Mathew	263
50	Shannon	248