Top 100 baby names 1979

Rank	Name	Gender	Count
1	Michael	male	2,039
2	Daniel	male	1,710
3	Matthew	male	1,699
4	David	male	1,699
5	Andrew	male	1,580
6	Benjamin	male	1,375
7	Christopher	male	1,308
8	Rebecca	female	1,237
9	Adam	male	1,215
10	Mark	male	1,126
11	Peter	male	1,075
12	Melissa	female	1,042
13	Nathan	male	991
14	Jason	male	945
15	Paul	male	943
16	Michelle	female	941
17	Luke	male	935
18	Amanda	female	929
19	James	male	927
20	Scott	male	910
21	Timothy	male	903
22	Sarah	female	874
23	Nicole	female	858
24	Kelly	female	829
25	Robert	male	826
26	Lisa	female	805
27	Anthony	male	783
28	John	male	775
29	Kylie	female	762
30	Steven	male	725
31	Shane	male	708
32	Belinda	female	686
33	Aaron	male	671
34	Kristy	female	621
35	Craig	male	592
36	Bradley	male	573
37	Brett	male	559
38	Emma	female	552
39	Natalie	female	541
40	Angela	female	533
41	Nicholas	male	525
42	Stephen	male	501
43	Jennifer	female	500
44	Troy	male	499
45	Amy	female	489
46	Danielle	female	471
47	Kate	female	455
48	Renee	female	453
49	Justin	male	438
50	Melanie	female	435
51	Karen	female	433
52	Simon	male	430
53	Alison	female	423
54	Damien	male	420
55	Rachel	female	405
56	Joshua	male	396
57	Samantha	female	395
58	Elizabeth	female	389
59	Ryan	male	386
60	Katrina	female	379
61	Megan	female	372
62	Jodie	female	359
63	Joanne	female	354
64	Gregory	male	353
65	Tanya	female	340
66	Katherine	female	339
67	Richard	male	336
68	Fiona	female	336
69	Lauren	female	326
70	Vanessa	female	320
71	Phillip	male	311
72	Kim	female	309
73	Trent	male	305
74	Julie	female	305
75	Anna	female	301
76	Mathew	male	299
77	Jamie	male	295
78	William	male	293
79	Joel	male	293
80	Catherine	female	293
81	Cameron	male	286
82	Adrian	male	282
83	Louise	female	276
84	Natasha	female	275
85	Dean	male	275
86	Joseph	male	271
87	Wayne	male	271
88	Tracey	female	270
89	Jessica	female	269
90	Darren	male	267
91	Brendan	male	266
92	Shaun	male	260
93	Kathryn	female	256
94	Brooke	female	255
95	Kellie	female	255
96	Grant	male	253
97	Katie	female	252
98	Christine	female	252
99	Ben	male	251
100	Leanne	female	247