Top Names of 1994 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1994 were Jessica for girls and Joshua for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,778
2	Sarah	1,223
3	Emily	1,091
4	Rebecca	839
5	Emma	822
6	Stephanie	813
7	Samantha	756
8	Lauren	697
9	Courtney	607
10	Hannah	604
11	Amy	593
12	Laura	550
13	Georgia	539
14	Rachel	528
15	Ashleigh	500
16	Brooke	475
17	Caitlin	465
18	Alexandra	434
19	Nicole	428
20	Kate	416
21	Brittany	413
22	Danielle	380
23	Elizabeth	374
24	Melissa	362
25	Natalie	356
26	Chloe	352
27	Taylor	349
28	Cassandra	344
29	Kayla	337
30	Sophie	324
31	Olivia	309
32	Maddison	305
33	Jade	304
34	Natasha	302
35	Erin	293
36	Ashley	290
37	Megan	287
38	Tayla	280
39	Jasmine	277
40	Madeleine	277
41	Hayley	275
42	Amanda	273
43	Gabrielle	259
44	Grace	259
45	Bianca	251
46	Michelle	243
47	Rachael	240
48	Madison	236
49	Madeline	228
50	Kimberley	226

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,784
2	Matthew	1,716
3	Daniel	1,602
4	James	1,378
5	Benjamin	1,245
6	Michael	1,241
7	Luke	1,197
8	Nicholas	1,196
9	Jake	1,181
10	Jack	1,159
11	Mitchell	1,139
12	Thomas	1,107
13	Christopher	1,062
14	Jordan	1,021
15	Alexander	970
16	Nathan	920
17	Andrew	915
18	Dylan	892
19	Samuel	891
20	Jacob	836
21	Ryan	746
22	David	650
23	Blake	595
24	Aaron	589
25	Lachlan	589
26	Timothy	585
27	Cameron	582
28	Adam	579
29	William	577
30	Hayden	521
31	Bradley	500
32	Zachary	472
33	Joseph	458
34	Liam	448
35	Patrick	445
36	Anthony	444
37	Brandon	438
38	Joel	426
39	Jason	419
40	Justin	419
41	John	413
42	Robert	408
43	Jesse	399
44	Sean	377
45	Brendan	371
46	Corey	371
47	Peter	371
48	Jackson	365
49	Kyle	365
50	Scott	343