Top Names of 1989 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1989 were Jessica for girls and Matthew for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	2,201
2	Sarah	1,475
3	Emma	1,334
4	Rebecca	1,131
5	Samantha	1,130
6	Amy	825
7	Lauren	809
8	Melissa	789
9	Ashleigh	686
10	Nicole	670
11	Stephanie	639
12	Emily	634
13	Amanda	628
14	Laura	579
15	Danielle	554
16	Natalie	521
17	Kate	517
18	Elizabeth	494
19	Rachel	484
20	Hannah	448
21	Alexandra	398
22	Lisa	396
23	Natasha	393
24	Michelle	383
25	Megan	375
26	Erin	359
27	Chloe	340
28	Courtney	340
29	Cassandra	328
30	Katherine	310
31	Caitlin	309
32	Ashley	306
33	Kimberley	306
34	Jennifer	302
35	Hayley	291
36	Stacey	290
37	Sophie	289
38	Brooke	286
39	Tara	285
40	Jade	279
41	Kelly	275
42	Angela	260
43	Katie	257
44	Renee	249
45	Bianca	248
46	Anna	245
47	Tiffany	236
48	Katrina	225
49	Tamara	222
50	Claire	217

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	2,460
2	Daniel	2,024
3	Christopher	1,806
4	Joshua	1,736
5	Michael	1,615
6	Benjamin	1,529
7	James	1,476
8	Andrew	1,347
9	Luke	1,170
10	David	1,128
11	Thomas	1,103
12	Nathan	1,079
13	Nicholas	997
14	Mitchell	991
15	Adam	921
16	Timothy	912
17	Samuel	764
18	Aaron	721
19	Scott	720
20	Ryan	708
21	Alexander	699
22	Jason	691
23	Robert	657
24	Anthony	554
25	John	546
26	Peter	535
27	Cameron	519
28	Mark	504
29	William	492
30	Bradley	480
31	Joel	467
32	Steven	454
33	Brendan	447
34	Patrick	404
35	Jacob	393
36	Dean	387
37	Joseph	385
38	Shane	382
39	Mathew	373
40	Stephen	359
41	Paul	350
42	Jack	347
43	Jamie	347
44	Justin	341
45	Sean	336
46	Jake	335
47	Simon	330
48	Shaun	309
49	Trent	301
50	Lachlan	296