The NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages has unveiled the 100 must popular baby names for 2022 along with a Top 10 list of NSW towns sporting the highest birth rates.
Welcoming the lists, the Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government, Jihad Dib said Noah bumped Oliver from the top spot for the first time in eight years, and took over the most popular boys name in 2022.
“Both remain clear favourites with each name recording almost 200 more registrations than Leo, which landed in third place,” Mr Dib said.
“Charlotte jumped two places from last year to take out most popular name for girls, replacing Olivia which fell to fourth, while Amelia has gone back-to-back in second place,” he said.
“Remy rocketed into 78th spot, with more than 100 boys taking the unisex name along with 23 girls.”
Mr Dib said other traditional names such as Muhammad and Gabriella had also increased in popularity, with both jumping eight and 11 spots respectively since last year.
He said classic names like Grace, Evelyn, Jack and Henry had remained popular ranking within the top 20 in both 1922 and 2022.
“William however, is the stand-out name across the generations, ranking second in 1922 and in the top five last year,” the Minister said.
“Other old favourites like Dorothy, Joan and Joyce are yet to make a comeback,” he said.
“While there are so many special and culturally significant names starting to appear in the top 100, there were also almost 11,000 bubs given an unrepeated name in 2022.”
Mr Dib said births boomed in Blacktown and Dubbo, recording the highest number of newborns in 2022 (718 and 608 respectively), while Oran Park saw the most growth with a more than 90 per cent increase compared to 2012.
He said the Hills Shire region continued to reign as the State’s top growing Local Government Area for newborns, with 1,054 births in 2022 compared to 182 in 2012.
The two lists can be accessed at this PS News link.
