Top Names of 1984 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1984 were Jessica for girls and Matthew for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,468
2	Rebecca	1,434
3	Sarah	1,403
4	Melissa	1,002
5	Amanda	970
6	Lauren	852
7	Nicole	789
8	Amy	778
9	Lisa	745
10	Kylie	653
11	Erin	651
12	Michelle	649
13	Emma	645
14	Kate	576
15	Natalie	521
16	Angela	509
17	Elizabeth	506
18	Samantha	501
19	Renee	461
20	Jennifer	455
21	Rachel	453
22	Kelly	450
23	Laura	446
24	Danielle	432
25	Kristy	426
26	Katie	414
27	Megan	403
28	Katherine	370
29	Tara	368
30	Belinda	360
31	Hayley	354
32	Emily	342
33	Natasha	340
34	Stacey	340
35	Cassandra	324
36	Melanie	310
37	Stephanie	307
38	Katrina	299
39	Anna	279
40	Catherine	278
41	Jade	275
42	Louise	272
43	Jodie	266
44	Alicia	259
45	Alison	256
46	Brooke	254
47	Kathryn	237
48	Christine	229
49	Vanessa	226
50	Kimberley	225

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	2,228
2	Christopher	2,033
3	Daniel	2,019
4	Michael	1,991
5	David	1,629
6	Andrew	1,519
7	Benjamin	1,451
8	Adam	1,350
9	Luke	1,342
10	James	1,249
11	Joshua	1,139
12	Timothy	1,040
13	Nathan	1,015
14	Scott	908
15	Robert	867
16	Mark	866
17	Peter	830
18	Nicholas	806
19	Jason	759
20	Steven	741
21	Ryan	731
22	John	729
23	Aaron	722
24	Paul	690
25	Anthony	644
26	Brendan	577
27	Thomas	509
28	Bradley	504
29	Stephen	492
30	Mitchell	479
31	Shane	476
32	Simon	447
33	Justin	429
34	William	427
35	Joel	411
36	Brett	398
37	Mathew	365
38	Samuel	354
39	Dean	346
40	Cameron	341
41	Alexander	339
42	Shaun	328
43	Joseph	327
44	Craig	321
45	Richard	307
46	Jonathan	289
47	Ashley	286
48	Phillip	284
49	Sean	282
50	Adrian	281