Top five girl names
Olivia, Amelia, Charlotte, Isla, and Ava.
AU ranking · 2021
Most popular baby names in Australia (NSW) in 2021.
Olivia and Oliver lead the 2021 list. Explore every reviewed rank through 50, recorded counts, ties, and the exact scope behind the numbers. The publisher scope is New South Wales, Australia.
Girls OliviaBoys Oliver100 ranked names26,638 recorded usesSource checked 6 August 2026
The short answer
Olivia and Oliver were the most popular girl and boy names in Australia (NSW) in 2021.
Top five
The 2021 leaders.
Top five boy names
Oliver, Noah, Jack, William, and Henry.
Compared with 2020
What changed in 2021?
Names are matched by publisher spelling and category. A rise means a better source-derived rank than in the previous annual release.
Girl-name risers
- Maya#50 to #28
- Sofia#33 to #23
- Aurora#46 to #37
- Matilda#17 to #9
New to this top 50: Luna, Daisy, Ayla.
Boy-name risers
- Kai#50 to #29
- Arthur#44 to #27
- Luca#27 to #16
- Max#34 to #25
New to this top 50: Beau, Louis, Austin.
Top girl names in 2021
Source-derived rank and recorded count for New South Wales, Australia. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 493 |
| 2 | Amelia | 489 |
| 3 | Charlotte | 486 |
| 4 | Isla | 439 |
| 5 | Ava | 414 |
| 6 | Mia | 375 |
| 7 | Grace | 367 |
| 8 | Chloe | 335 |
| 9 | Matilda | 326 |
| 10 | Ella | 322 |
| 11 | Sienna | 305 |
| 12 | Sophia | 299 |
| 13 | Isabella | 290 |
| 14 | Willow | 275 |
| 15 | Lily | 266 |
| 16 | Zoe | 264 |
| 17 | Evie | 258 |
| 18 | Harper | 256 |
| 19 | Audrey | 251 |
| 20 | Sophie | 246 |
| 21 | Evelyn | 245 |
| 22 | Mila | 242 |
| 23 | Sofia | 231 |
| 24 | Ivy | 231 |
| 25 | Ruby | 221 |
| 26 | Aria | 219 |
| 27 | Hazel | 210 |
| 28 | Maya | 197 |
| 29 | Zara | 193 |
| 30 | Lucy | 192 |
| 31 | Florence | 188 |
| 32 | Georgia | 188 |
| 33 | Luna | 184 |
| 34 | Violet | 183 |
| 35 | Emily | 182 |
| 36 | Daisy | 182 |
| 37 | Aurora | 182 |
| 38 | Layla | 181 |
| 39 | Hannah | 179 |
| 40 | Scarlett | 178 |
| 41 | Frankie | 176 |
| 42 | Ellie | 167 |
| 43 | Penelope | 165 |
| 44 | Isabelle | 165 |
| 45 | Emilia | 163 |
| 46 | Ayla | 163 |
| 47 | Poppy | 160 |
| 48 | Eleanor | 155 |
| 49 | Abigail | 151 |
| 50 | Emma | 147 |
Top boy names in 2021
Source-derived rank and recorded count for New South Wales, Australia. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver | 695 |
| 2 | Noah | 633 |
| 3 | Jack | 459 |
| 4 | William | 458 |
| 5 | Henry | 444 |
| 6 | Leo | 424 |
| 7 | Lucas | 410 |
| 8 | Theodore | 378 |
| 9 | Levi | 339 |
| 10 | Liam | 336 |
| 11 | Elijah | 331 |
| 12 | Thomas | 330 |
| 13 | Charlie | 327 |
| 14 | Archie | 327 |
| 15 | Hudson | 324 |
| 16 | Luca | 317 |
| 17 | Alexander | 314 |
| 18 | James | 310 |
| 19 | Ethan | 285 |
| 20 | Lachlan | 274 |
| 21 | Oscar | 272 |
| 22 | Harrison | 270 |
| 23 | Isaac | 268 |
| 24 | Cooper | 259 |
| 25 | Max | 253 |
| 26 | George | 245 |
| 27 | Arthur | 241 |
| 28 | Sebastian | 240 |
| 29 | Kai | 238 |
| 30 | Hunter | 236 |
| 31 | Harvey | 234 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 234 |
| 33 | Harry | 232 |
| 34 | Arlo | 231 |
| 35 | Hugo | 230 |
| 36 | Mason | 224 |
| 37 | Jacob | 224 |
| 38 | Archer | 214 |
| 39 | Samuel | 210 |
| 40 | Beau | 199 |
| 41 | Xavier | 195 |
| 42 | Joshua | 192 |
| 43 | Finn | 190 |
| 44 | Joseph | 188 |
| 45 | Ryan | 182 |
| 46 | Edward | 173 |
| 47 | Muhammad | 172 |
| 48 | Louis | 169 |
| 49 | Austin | 167 |
| 50 | Logan | 165 |
Method
What this ranking measures.
- Publisher
- NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
- Reviewed data
- Publisher artifact
- Geographic scope
- New South Wales, Australia
- Release
- Latest reviewed release for 2021
- Coverage
- 50 girl names and 50 boy names
- Reviewed data licence
- Creative Commons Attribution
- Source review
- Checked 6 August 2026
- Source methodology
- NSW registered births; publisher spelling, count, gender category, and rank. All-uppercase source spellings are deterministically converted to Unicode title case for the shared product identity while preserving accents and punctuation. The source can change after late registrations. Rows include every published rank through 50, including ties; publisher rank is authoritative.
Questions about the list
Read the ranking without losing the context.
- What are the most popular baby names in Australia (NSW)?
- Olivia is the number-one girl name and Oliver is the number-one boy name in the reviewed 2021 release.
- What area does this list cover?
- It covers New South Wales, Australia exactly. It should not be read as a ranking for a broader geography.
- How are tied names shown?
- The reviewed data does not contain a tied position within the ranks shown on this page.
- How complete is the page?
- The page includes every reviewed row through rank 50 for both categories: 50 girl names and 50 boy names. Counts are retained from the source; display-casing normalization is documented in the methodology.