Top Names of 1995 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1995 were Jessica for girls and Joshua for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,831
2	Emily	1,185
3	Sarah	1,185
4	Emma	790
5	Lauren	714
6	Samantha	702
7	Rebecca	694
8	Stephanie	666
9	Courtney	603
10	Hannah	557
11	Georgia	547
12	Laura	547
13	Amy	546
14	Rachel	481
15	Brooke	467
16	Ashleigh	463
17	Chloe	448
18	Brittany	442
19	Caitlin	440
20	Maddison	433
21	Taylor	427
22	Alexandra	420
23	Kate	406
24	Nicole	387
25	Sophie	377
26	Elizabeth	373
27	Grace	339
28	Madison	337
29	Olivia	334
30	Danielle	331
31	Zoe	331
32	Natasha	320
33	Kayla	317
34	Madeleine	314
35	Jasmine	309
36	Natalie	309
37	Jade	307
38	Melissa	306
39	Cassandra	302
40	Tayla	297
41	Isabella	289
42	Monique	274
43	Ashley	273
44	Erin	272
45	Hayley	272
46	Madeline	266
47	Bianca	260
48	Holly	253
49	Chelsea	248
50	Megan	247

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,977
2	Matthew	1,591
3	Daniel	1,533
4	James	1,335
5	Jack	1,209
6	Thomas	1,181
7	Nicholas	1,119
8	Benjamin	1,104
9	Luke	1,085
10	Jake	1,025
11	Mitchell	1,015
12	Michael	1,005
13	Dylan	960
14	Nathan	902
15	Jordan	890
16	Christopher	854
17	Samuel	853
18	Jacob	838
19	Andrew	814
20	Alexander	799
21	Ryan	742
22	Lachlan	720
23	Liam	695
24	William	651
25	Blake	593
26	David	586
27	Adam	580
28	Aaron	578
29	Cameron	529
30	Hayden	518
31	Zachary	505
32	Timothy	490
33	Bradley	488
34	Jesse	462
35	Anthony	460
36	Brandon	444
37	Patrick	433
38	Corey	403
39	Kyle	392
40	Jason	388
41	Joel	387
42	John	380
43	Jackson	371
44	Justin	370
45	Robert	370
46	Joseph	369
47	Jayden	360
48	Brendan	352
49	Harrison	339
50	Scott	335