Baby names registered in New South Wales
liveBaby names from the NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages. One table holds the 100 names given most often to boys and to girls in each year since 1952. Two others hold the three names registered most often for girls and for boys in each council area, for the newest year the Registry has published.
NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages releases these 3 tables as one dataset on its portal, so every table here shares the version date 2026-03-26. Each table has its own page with a format picker, a field list, a sample record and its version history.
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| Table | Download latest | Rows | Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| Popular baby names by year and sex, New South WalesThe 100 names given most often to boys and to girls in New South Wales in each year since 1952, with each name's rank and the number of babies registered with it. Updated yearly. | 14,801 | 5 | |
| Top three names registered for boys by council area, New South WalesThe three names registered most often for boys in each NSW council area, with their rank, for the newest year the Registry has published. Updated yearly. | 632 | 3 | |
| Top three names registered for girls by council area, New South WalesThe three names registered most often for girls in each NSW council area, with their rank, for the newest year the Registry has published. Updated yearly. | 740 | 3 |
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