Popular names
Top 100 boys' and girls' names for every year + rankings broken down across all 8 states and territories.
Data 2000–2025 · updated 23 May 2026
What Aussies are naming their bubs
Official baby name data from all eight Australian state & territory registries, with popularity charts, state-by-state breakdowns, sibling matcher and decision tools that actually help parents pick a name. Start with the latest ranking:
♂ most popular boys' names 2025
What's on bubsname.com
Name explorer
Thousands of names with popularity charts, state-by-state breakdowns, etymology and origins.
Tools for parents
- Shortlist — save favourites + share with partner
- Couple's matcher — swipe together, see overlaps
- Sibling suggester — names that fit your other kid
- This or that — quick A/B name vote
- In other languages — 40+ multicultural variants
Data sources
Official state & territory BDM registries (NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT). Mostly CC BY 4.0.
Why bubsname
Choosing a name is a decision for life. Parents scrolling through popularity lists usually want answers to a few specific questions: how popular is this name, is it rising or falling, does it sit well with our other kid's name. bubsname.com answers each in a click — backed by official BDM data, not vibes.
Every name page has a popularity chart (registrations per year), a state-by-state breakdown for Australia's eight jurisdictions, key historic milestones — first appearance, peak year, auto-narrated trajectory (rising, declining, comeback, stable top 10), plus etymology and origins.
For journalists writing about naming trends we build everything on public, citable sources. For couples choosing a name — convenient, fast and private. No accounts, no tracking, no ads.