Top Names of 1982 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1982 were Rebecca for girls and Matthew for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Rebecca	1,540
2	Sarah	1,342
3	Melissa	1,088
4	Amanda	1,070
5	Nicole	942
6	Michelle	793
7	Jessica	788
8	Emma	694
9	Kylie	690
10	Lisa	684
11	Amy	683
12	Kelly	634
13	Natalie	621
14	Lauren	620
15	Kate	590
16	Kristy	589
17	Belinda	567
18	Angela	543
19	Elizabeth	503
20	Jennifer	498
21	Erin	467
22	Danielle	405
23	Katherine	400
24	Samantha	398
25	Renee	393
26	Hayley	384
27	Melanie	382
28	Megan	379
29	Katrina	368
30	Rachel	368
31	Alison	367
32	Jodie	342
33	Katie	342
34	Cassandra	328
35	Natasha	325
36	Anna	321
37	Louise	313
38	Brooke	306
39	Catherine	296
40	Laura	287
41	Tanya	270
42	Emily	269
43	Karen	263
44	Kathryn	252
45	Vanessa	250
46	Naomi	247
47	Stacey	246
48	Jade	243
49	Joanne	243
50	Alicia	241

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	2,088
2	Michael	2,023
3	Daniel	1,834
4	Christopher	1,810
5	David	1,766
6	Andrew	1,614
7	Benjamin	1,426
8	Adam	1,348
9	Luke	1,307
10	James	1,216
11	Nathan	1,085
12	Timothy	1,047
13	Mark	1,025
14	Peter	1,019
15	Joshua	1,000
16	Robert	970
17	Scott	928
18	Nicholas	850
19	John	823
20	Paul	822
21	Jason	813
22	Steven	795
23	Ryan	669
24	Aaron	658
25	Anthony	653
26	Shane	582
27	Bradley	576
28	Simon	537
29	Stephen	527
30	Craig	471
31	Justin	460
32	Joel	436
33	Brendan	409
34	Brett	396
35	Mathew	379
36	William	355
37	Grant	347
38	Thomas	340
39	Shaun	335
40	Mitchell	332
41	Jonathan	328
42	Richard	326
43	Joseph	313
44	Troy	313
45	Cameron	312
46	Gregory	312
47	Adrian	310
48	Alexander	295
49	Dean	290
50	Damien	277