BDM Data - Top 3 Baby Names by LGA 2020 to 2024

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Top 3 Names by LGA 2020 Male

We have ranked the names based on the number of instances in a time period. The higher the number of instances, the higher the ranking. However, in many...

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CKAN Data API

Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support. Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.

Code examples:

curl JavaScript PowerShell Python R

Querying

Get 5 results containing "jones" in any field:

curl https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search \
  -H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
  "resource_id": "c3bdd70e-c06f-40fb-8747-de72906ba9e2",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
        resource_id: 'c3bdd70e-c06f-40fb-8747-de72906ba9e2',
        limit: 5,
        q: 'jones'
    })
})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "c3bdd70e-c06f-40fb-8747-de72906ba9e2",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

(using the ckanapi client library)

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="c3bdd70e-c06f-40fb-8747-de72906ba9e2",
    limit=5,
    q="jones",
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id = 'c3bdd70e-c06f-40fb-8747-de72906ba9e2',
        limit = 5,
        q = 'jones'))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Get results with either "watershed" or "survey" as subject and "active" as its stage:

curl https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search \
-H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
"resource_id": "c3bdd70e-c06f-40fb-8747-de72906ba9e2",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({resource_id: 'c3bdd70e-c06f-40fb-8747-de72906ba9e2', filters: {
        subject: ['watershed', 'survey'],
        stage: 'active'
    }})})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "c3bdd70e-c06f-40fb-8747-de72906ba9e2",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="c3bdd70e-c06f-40fb-8747-de72906ba9e2",
    filters={
      "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
      "stage": "active",
    },
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id='c3bdd70e-c06f-40fb-8747-de72906ba9e2', 
        filters = list(
            subject = list("watershed", "survey"), 
            stage = "active")))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Using the API with this Web Browser

Some API endpoints may be accessed using a GET query string.

Query example (first 5 results)

https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=c3bdd70e-c06f-40fb-8747-de72906ba9e2&limit=5

Query example (results containing 'jones')

https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=c3bdd70e-c06f-40fb-8747-de72906ba9e2&q=jones

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top-3-names-by-lga-2020-testing.csv

top-3-names-by-lga-2020-testing

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CKAN Data API

Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support. Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.

Code examples:

curl JavaScript PowerShell Python R

Querying

Get 5 results containing "jones" in any field:

curl https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search \
  -H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
  "resource_id": "6457b3d2-9731-4410-9577-f2281bb1f2d5",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
        resource_id: '6457b3d2-9731-4410-9577-f2281bb1f2d5',
        limit: 5,
        q: 'jones'
    })
})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "6457b3d2-9731-4410-9577-f2281bb1f2d5",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

(using the ckanapi client library)

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="6457b3d2-9731-4410-9577-f2281bb1f2d5",
    limit=5,
    q="jones",
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id = '6457b3d2-9731-4410-9577-f2281bb1f2d5',
        limit = 5,
        q = 'jones'))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Get results with either "watershed" or "survey" as subject and "active" as its stage:

curl https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search \
-H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
"resource_id": "6457b3d2-9731-4410-9577-f2281bb1f2d5",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({resource_id: '6457b3d2-9731-4410-9577-f2281bb1f2d5', filters: {
        subject: ['watershed', 'survey'],
        stage: 'active'
    }})})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "6457b3d2-9731-4410-9577-f2281bb1f2d5",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="6457b3d2-9731-4410-9577-f2281bb1f2d5",
    filters={
      "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
      "stage": "active",
    },
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id='6457b3d2-9731-4410-9577-f2281bb1f2d5', 
        filters = list(
            subject = list("watershed", "survey"), 
            stage = "active")))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Using the API with this Web Browser

Some API endpoints may be accessed using a GET query string.

Query example (first 5 results)

https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=6457b3d2-9731-4410-9577-f2281bb1f2d5&limit=5

Query example (results containing 'jones')

https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=6457b3d2-9731-4410-9577-f2281bb1f2d5&q=jones

CSV

Top 3 Names by LGA 2020 Female

We have ranked the names based on the number of instances in a time period. The higher the number of instances, the higher the ranking. However, in many...

Preview

Download

CKAN Data API

Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support. Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.

Code examples:

curl JavaScript PowerShell Python R

Querying

Get 5 results containing "jones" in any field:

curl https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search \
  -H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
  "resource_id": "71f1f983-cf3b-4c81-a6cc-2093fb3d429a",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
        resource_id: '71f1f983-cf3b-4c81-a6cc-2093fb3d429a',
        limit: 5,
        q: 'jones'
    })
})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "71f1f983-cf3b-4c81-a6cc-2093fb3d429a",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

(using the ckanapi client library)

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="71f1f983-cf3b-4c81-a6cc-2093fb3d429a",
    limit=5,
    q="jones",
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id = '71f1f983-cf3b-4c81-a6cc-2093fb3d429a',
        limit = 5,
        q = 'jones'))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Get results with either "watershed" or "survey" as subject and "active" as its stage:

curl https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search \
-H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
"resource_id": "71f1f983-cf3b-4c81-a6cc-2093fb3d429a",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({resource_id: '71f1f983-cf3b-4c81-a6cc-2093fb3d429a', filters: {
        subject: ['watershed', 'survey'],
        stage: 'active'
    }})})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "71f1f983-cf3b-4c81-a6cc-2093fb3d429a",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="71f1f983-cf3b-4c81-a6cc-2093fb3d429a",
    filters={
      "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
      "stage": "active",
    },
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id='71f1f983-cf3b-4c81-a6cc-2093fb3d429a', 
        filters = list(
            subject = list("watershed", "survey"), 
            stage = "active")))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Using the API with this Web Browser

Some API endpoints may be accessed using a GET query string.

Query example (first 5 results)

https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=71f1f983-cf3b-4c81-a6cc-2093fb3d429a&limit=5

Query example (results containing 'jones')

https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=71f1f983-cf3b-4c81-a6cc-2093fb3d429a&q=jones

Field	Value
Title	BDM Data - Top 3 Baby Names by LGA 2020 to 2024
Date Published	27/11/2025
Last Updated	02/12/2025
Publisher/Agency	NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Licence	Creative Commons Attribution
Update Frequency	Annually
Contact Point	BDM Data Team bdm-data@customerservice.nsw.gov.au
Temporal Coverage	01/01/2020 - 31/12/2030
Data Portal	Data.NSW