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title: Baby names registered in New South Wales
resource: https://publicdata.au/c/nsw-baby-names/
publisher: NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
licence: CC BY 4.0
version: 2026-03-26
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# Baby names registered in New South Wales

Baby 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.

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## Tables

- [Popular baby names by year and sex, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/): The 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 rows, 5 fields. Markdown: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/index.md
- [Top three names registered for boys by council area, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-top-baby-names-by-lga-male/): The 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 rows, 3 fields. Markdown: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-top-baby-names-by-lga-male/index.md
- [Top three names registered for girls by council area, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-top-baby-names-by-lga-female/): The 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 rows, 3 fields. Markdown: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-top-baby-names-by-lga-female/index.md

## Attribution and citation

NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, NSW Government, BDM Data - Popular Baby Names 1952 to 2025, sourced 3 October 2026, https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/popular-baby-names-from-1952, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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