Top Names of 1980 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1980 were Rebecca for girls and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Rebecca	1,429
2	Amanda	1,068
3	Melissa	915
4	Sarah	913
5	Michelle	908
6	Nicole	894
7	Lisa	797
8	Kylie	749
9	Kelly	699
10	Kristy	678
11	Belinda	658
12	Emma	596
13	Amy	589
14	Natalie	531
15	Kate	495
16	Angela	489
17	Renee	469
18	Elizabeth	444
19	Jennifer	439
20	Rachel	434
21	Danielle	431
22	Lauren	387
23	Samantha	385
24	Jodie	384
25	Alison	372
26	Melanie	356
27	Katherine	347
28	Katrina	347
29	Catherine	344
30	Joanne	331
31	Tanya	330
32	Megan	329
33	Karen	326
34	Anna	315
35	Brooke	308
36	Jessica	305
37	Fiona	299
38	Natasha	291
39	Vanessa	291
40	Stacey	284
41	Louise	277
42	Kathryn	273
43	Katie	267
44	Julie	258
45	Sally	255
46	Naomi	250
47	Shannon	249
48	Kim	246
49	Erin	242
50	Tracey	234

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,009
2	Daniel	1,863
3	David	1,751
4	Matthew	1,637
5	Andrew	1,626
6	Benjamin	1,411
7	Christopher	1,375
8	Adam	1,260
9	Luke	1,146
10	Mark	1,112
11	Peter	1,075
12	James	1,023
13	Nathan	1,012
14	Jason	963
15	Timothy	951
16	Scott	913
17	Paul	904
18	Robert	840
19	Anthony	825
20	John	756
21	Steven	722
22	Nicholas	661
23	Aaron	628
24	Shane	601
25	Bradley	580
26	Craig	565
27	Justin	543
28	Stephen	541
29	Ryan	502
30	Joshua	498
31	Brett	468
32	Simon	460
33	Troy	420
34	Gregory	368
35	Joel	357
36	Damien	331
37	Cameron	314
38	Mathew	302
39	Adrian	301
40	Jamie	297
41	Richard	296
42	Thomas	292
43	Dean	284
44	Phillip	273
45	Jonathan	267
46	Brendan	264
47	William	262
48	Joseph	259
49	Ian	257
50	Trent	248