In 2024, the country of Australia welcomed 292,318 babies: 142,019 girls and 150,299 boys.
What were the most popular names among Australia’s newborns that year?
We don’t know for sure, because Australia doesn’t release baby name rankings that cover the entire country. But we can look at eight sets of regional Australian rankings — representing Australia’s six states and two most populous territories — and then make a guess about the country’s top names overall.
Here are the rankings, ordered by total number of births per region (highest to lowest):
New South Wales
In 2024, New South Wales welcomed 86,978 (29.8%) of Australia’s babies.
| Top girl names (NSW, 2024) | Top boy names (NSW, 2024) |
| 1. Charlotte, 409 2. Amelia, 395 3. Olivia, 336 4. Mia, 326 5. Isla, 320 6. Chloe, 292 7. Harper, 287 8. Hazel, 283 9. Sophia, 282 10. Evelyn, 277 | 1. Noah, 556 2. Oliver, 493 3. Theodore, 442 4. Luca, 400 5. Henry, 375 6. Leo, 359 7. Hudson, 349 8. Charlie, 330 9. Lucas, 322 10. Elijah, 314 |
Victoria
In 2024, Victoria welcomed 82,328 (28.2%) of Australia’s babies.
| Top girl names (Victoria, 2024) | Top boy names (Victoria, 2024) |
| 1. Isla, 389 2. Charlotte, 382 3. Amelia, 380 4. Mia, 327 5. Hazel, 316 6. Olivia, 309 7. Matilda, 279 8. Grace, 268 9. Ella, 264 10. Lily, 259 | 1. Oliver, 570 2. Noah, 462 3. Henry, 359 4. Leo, 348 (tie) 5. Theodore, 348 (tie) 6. Luca, 346 7. Charlie, 341 8. Jack, 334 9. Archie, 292 10. Levi, 289 |
Queensland
In 2024, Queensland welcomed 58,986 (20.2%) of Australia’s babies.
| Top girl names (Queensland, 2024) | Top boy names (Queensland, 2024) |
| 1. Charlotte, 319 2. Isla, 260 3. Olivia, 259 4. Amelia, 248 5. Harper, 206 (tie) 6. Matilda, 206 (tie) 7. Mia, 201 8. Hazel, 196 9. Willow, 194 10. Grace, 192 | 1. Oliver, 445 2. Theodore, 344 3. Noah, 341 4. Henry, 328 5. Hudson, 316 6. Luca, 268 7. Leo, 253 8. William, 251 9. Charlie, 235 10. Jack, 233 |
Western Australia
In 2024, Western Australia welcomed 30,516 (10.4%) of Australia’s babies.
| Top girl names (WA, 2024) | Top boy names (WA, 2024) |
| 1. Charlotte, 136 (tie) 2. Isla, 136 (tie) 3. Amelia, 135 4. Olivia, 128 5. Harper, 119 6. Mia, 117 7. Violet, 98 8. Ella, 94 (tie) 9. Matilda, 94 (tie) 10. Ava, 88 | 1. Noah, 195 (tie) 2. Oliver, 195 (tie) 3. Leo, 146 4. Theodore, 144 5. Henry, 123 6. Hudson, 122 7. Jack, 120 8. Luca, 119 9. Charlie, 118 10. Thomas, 114 |
South Australia
In 2024, South Australia welcomed 18,516 (6.3%) of Australia’s babies.
| Top girl names (SA, 2024) | Top boy names (SA, 2024) |
| 1. Charlotte, 108 2. Olivia, 89 3. Isla, 86 4. Amelia, 70 5. Mia, 67 6. Lily, 64 7. Hazel, 63 8. Ivy, 62 9. Grace, 61 (tie) 10. Matilda, 61 (tie) | 1. Oliver, 131 2. Henry, 125 3. Noah, 105 4. Charlie, 101 5. Theodore, 98 6. Leo, 92 7. Levi, 91 8. William, 80 9. Jack, 78 10. Luca, 75 |
Australian Capital Territory
In 2024, the ACT (Canberra) welcomed 6,017 (2.1%) of Australia’s babies.
| Top girl names (ACT, 2024) | Top boy names (ACT, 2024) |
| 1. Amelia 2. Isla 3. Ava (tie) 4. Charlotte (tie) 5. Evelyn 6. Grace 7. Harper (tie) 8. Olivia (tie) 9. Mia 10. Chloe | 1. Noah 2. Theodore 3. Henry (2-way tie) 4. Oliver (2-way tie) 5. Thomas (2-way tie) 6. William (2-way tie) 7. Leo 8. Arthur 9. George/Hudson/Muhammad/Oscar (4-way tie) |
Tasmania
In 2024, Tasmania welcomed 5,483 (1.9%) of Australia’s babies.
| Top girl names (Tasmania, 2024) | Top boy names (Tasmania, 2024) |
| 1. Hazel 2. Charlotte 3. Isla 4. Harper 5. Ivy 6. Grace 7. Matilda 8. Willow 9. Elsie 10. Violet | 1. Oliver 2. Henry 3. Charlie 4. Archie 5. Thomas 6. Noah 7. George 8. Oscar 9. William 10. Theodore |
Northern Territory
In 2024, Northern Territory welcomed 3,484 (1.2%) of Australia’s babies.
[Unfortunately, NT’s 2024 rankings haven’t been released yet. As soon as they are, though, I’ll add them to the post!]
Australia overall
Using the data above, let’s make a guess about Australia’s top baby names overall.
Here’s what I came up with:
| Possible top girl names (Australia, 2024) | Possible top boy names (Australia, 2024) |
| 1. Charlotte 2. Amelia 3. Isla | 1. Oliver 2. Noah 3. Theodore |
What are your thoughts on these? (Which names would you have put at the top?)
P.S. I guessed that Isla and Oliver were the #1 names in the country in 2023…
Sources:
- NSW: Popular Baby Names – NSW Government
- Victoria: Popular Baby Names in Victoria – Victoria State Government
- Queensland: Top 100 Baby Names – Queensland Government
- WA: Popular Baby Names – Government of Western Australia
- SA: Popular Baby Names – Government of South Australia
- ACT (news release): Top Canberra baby names for 2024 – ACT Government
- Tasmania: Tasmanian Top Baby Names – Tasmanian Government
- NT: Popular Baby Names – Northern Territory Government
- Births, Australia – Australia Bureau of Statistics
Image: Adapted from Flag of Australia (public domain)
Map: Adapted from Australia location map by NordNordWest under CC BY-SA 3.0.
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