Top Names of 1983 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1983 were Rebecca for girls and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Rebecca	1,448
2	Sarah	1,328
3	Jessica	1,208
4	Melissa	1,107
5	Amanda	1,079
6	Nicole	854
7	Michelle	770
8	Amy	745
9	Lisa	734
10	Emma	700
11	Lauren	697
12	Kylie	672
13	Erin	643
14	Kate	597
15	Natalie	571
16	Angela	560
17	Belinda	512
18	Kelly	510
19	Jennifer	509
20	Kristy	498
21	Elizabeth	484
22	Renee	470
23	Rachel	454
24	Danielle	396
25	Samantha	389
26	Laura	382
27	Katie	380
28	Hayley	368
29	Megan	364
30	Melanie	344
31	Katherine	342
32	Cassandra	334
33	Katrina	317
34	Alison	315
35	Emily	315
36	Stacey	310
37	Louise	305
38	Natasha	305
39	Alicia	301
40	Anna	299
41	Jodie	296
42	Brooke	294
43	Catherine	287
44	Stephanie	275
45	Kimberley	269
46	Carly	260
47	Jade	251
48	Tanya	251
49	Vanessa	244
50	Joanne	232

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,121
2	Matthew	2,087
3	Christopher	1,960
4	Daniel	1,925
5	David	1,812
6	Andrew	1,541
7	Benjamin	1,478
8	Luke	1,332
9	Adam	1,324
10	James	1,209
11	Joshua	1,204
12	Nathan	1,029
13	Timothy	1,012
14	Peter	967
15	Robert	938
16	Scott	915
17	Mark	904
18	Jason	833
19	John	832
20	Nicholas	818
21	Steven	764
22	Paul	759
23	Aaron	725
24	Anthony	684
25	Ryan	679
26	Shane	552
27	Brendan	547
28	Bradley	544
29	Stephen	539
30	Simon	494
31	Mitchell	464
32	Brett	437
33	Thomas	425
34	Justin	416
35	William	392
36	Craig	385
37	Mathew	371
38	Joel	368
39	Adrian	329
40	Jonathan	320
41	Cameron	319
42	Alexander	314
43	Shaun	305
44	Troy	304
45	Richard	298
46	Samuel	291
47	Grant	286
48	Gregory	286
49	Joseph	286
50	Dean	263