--- title: Popular baby names by year and sex, New South Wales resource: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/ publisher: NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-03-26 rows: 14801 fields: 5 source: https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/a677cbe2-91e1-4e45-b771-08830d3d9e41/resource/2adcb228-9101-4c95-a786-b3216539b4a2/download/popular_baby_names_1952_to_2025.csv source_sha256: 1335e7311868520ea172a1de107a1a1d5d655909c77afa531c1d92fbee1e37c2 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Popular baby names by year and sex, New South Wales 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. Published by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages has not endorsed this site. Also called: NSW top 100 baby names, Most popular baby names NSW by year, NSW BDM popular names list, Baby name rankings New South Wales. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/v/2026-03-26/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/latest/data.csv (423 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/latest/data.xlsx (407 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/latest/data.json (1.0 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/latest/data.parquet (51 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/latest/data.sqlite (766 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/latest/data.duckdb (400 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/latest/data.ndjson (1.0 MB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/latest/data.arrow (147 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/latest/data.csv.gz (89 KB) Pinned version 2026-03-26: `https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/v/2026-03-26/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nsw-popular-baby-names/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nsw-popular-baby-names/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nsw-popular-baby-names/rows?year=eq.2025&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nsw-popular-baby-names/aggregate?group=name&metric=sum.number&year=eq.2025 Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `gender`: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/v/2026-03-26/by/gender/index.json lists 2 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `rank` | integer | Rank | | | `name` | string | Name | | | `number` | integer | Number | | | `gender` | string | Gender | | | `year` | integer | Year | | Key: `year, gender, name`. ## Versions - 2026-03-26: 14801 rows, 5 fields, sha256 1335e7311868. https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/v/2026-03-26/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/history.tar.zst ## Part of Baby names registered in New South Wales - [Top three names registered for boys by council area, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-top-baby-names-by-lga-male/) - [Top three names registered for girls by council area, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-top-baby-names-by-lga-female/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Top 100 baby names, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-top-baby-names/) (Qld) - [Top 100 baby names for boys, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-baby-names-boys/) (SA) - [Top 100 baby names for girls, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-baby-names-girls/) (SA) - [Birth, death and marriage registrations by month, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-bdm-registrations/) (ACT) - [Top 100 baby names by year, Queensland, 1960 to 2005](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-top-baby-names-1960-2005/) (Qld) - [Registrable life events by financial year, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/) (Vic) - [Deaths registered per month, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/) (Vic) - [Marriages registered per month, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-marriages-registered-by-month/) (Vic) - [Births, deaths and marriages registered by calendar year, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-calendar-year/) (Vic) - [Historic death index, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-historic-death-index/) (ACT) - [Historic marriage index, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-historic-marriage-index/) (ACT) - [Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia, 1975 onwards](https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/) (Cth) ## 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. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: 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. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/v/2026-03-26/ Harvard: NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (2026) Popular baby names by year and sex, New South Wales, version 2026-03-26 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/v/2026-03-26/ Markdown: Data: [Baby names registered in New South Wales](https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/popular-baby-names-from-1952), NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/v/2026-03-26/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Popular baby names by year and sex as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/v/2026-03-26/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Popular baby names by year and sex in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/v/2026-03-26/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 14,801 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/v/2026-03-26/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Popular baby names by year and sex cover? The current version covers 1952 to 2025. Each release from NSW BDM becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Popular baby names by year and sex updated? NSW BDM releases it yearly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Popular baby names by year and sex commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Popular baby names by year and sex? No. The publisher is NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, and its page is https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/popular-baby-names-from-1952. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### How do I get only the rows for one gender? Every version has one JSON file per value of gender, 2 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/v/2026-03-26/by/gender/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/v/2026-03-26/by/gender/male.json holds the 7,401 rows where gender is Male. ### What is in each row? One name in one year's list for boys or for girls, with its rank in that list and the number of babies registered with it. Each year's list has the 100 names given most often to each sex. ### Which year does a list belong to? The Registry builds each year's list from the births registered in that calendar year. A baby born late in one year and registered early in the next is counted in the later year. ### Why can a list have more than 100 names? Names with the same count share a rank, so a tie at the bottom of a list can carry it past 100 names. The rows are kept as the Registry publishes them. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/nsw-popular-baby-names.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/nsw-popular-baby-names.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.