Top Names of 1990 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1990 were Jessica for girls and Matthew for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	2,453
2	Sarah	1,408
3	Emma	1,209
4	Samantha	1,079
5	Rebecca	1,036
6	Stephanie	786
7	Lauren	781
8	Emily	759
9	Amy	753
10	Melissa	667
11	Nicole	658
12	Laura	634
13	Ashleigh	596
14	Amanda	590
15	Hannah	572
16	Danielle	521
17	Kate	512
18	Rachel	494
19	Natalie	488
20	Elizabeth	468
21	Hayley	462
22	Alexandra	457
23	Michelle	417
24	Kayla	387
25	Chloe	371
26	Natasha	367
27	Caitlin	363
28	Cassandra	358
29	Sophie	356
30	Lisa	352
31	Courtney	343
32	Megan	340
33	Brooke	337
34	Ashley	325
35	Erin	309
36	Jade	309
37	Jennifer	309
38	Katherine	296
39	Kimberley	289
40	Anna	259
41	Bianca	259
42	Tara	255
43	Claire	245
44	Angela	244
45	Stacey	240
46	Rachael	238
47	Katie	235
48	Kelly	225
49	Tegan	222
50	Jasmine	217

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	2,376
2	Daniel	2,088
3	Joshua	1,851
4	Michael	1,719
5	Christopher	1,716
6	James	1,566
7	Benjamin	1,528
8	Andrew	1,383
9	Luke	1,209
10	Thomas	1,158
11	Mitchell	1,148
12	David	1,099
13	Nicholas	1,061
14	Samuel	963
15	Nathan	936
16	Ryan	902
17	Timothy	868
18	Adam	845
19	Aaron	725
20	Alexander	708
21	Robert	642
22	Scott	587
23	John	567
24	Justin	555
25	William	544
26	Peter	536
27	Jacob	521
28	Jason	521
29	Anthony	520
30	Mark	518
31	Cameron	507
32	Jack	501
33	Steven	500
34	Bradley	480
35	Joel	467
36	Brendan	430
37	Dean	413
38	Jake	410
39	Patrick	403
40	Mathew	383
41	Jesse	380
42	Sean	380
43	Shane	366
44	Blake	359
45	Jamie	347
46	Joseph	344
47	Stephen	340
48	Paul	336
49	Lachlan	334
50	Rhys	315