Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1917

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,453
2	William	2,236
3	J	1,774
4	James	1,213
5	George	1,206
6	Robert	1,005
7	Charles	790
8	Thomas	629
9	Harold	579
10	Gordon	508
11	Albert	502
12	Donald	497
13	Arthur	476
14	Frederick	450
15	Edward	428
16	Joseph	426
17	Lloyd	403
18	Walter	396
19	Norman	379
20	Harry	357
20	Kenneth	357
22	Francis	352
23	David	317
24	Frank	306
25	Ernest	284

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Douglas	279
27	Henry	278
27	Roy	278
29	Alfred	276
30	Jack	270
31	Herbert	263
32	Howard	220
33	Stanley	218
34	Clarence	216
35	Earl	211
36	Wilfred	203
37	Alexander	187
38	Leonard	183
39	Richard	182
40	Clifford	171
41	Raymond	167
42	Peter	162
43	Cecil	159
44	Samuel	155
45	Russell	152
46	Gerald	148
47	Ralph	145
48	Victor	144
49	Michael	140
50	Louis	136
51	Lawrence	135
52	Allan	132
53	Leo	131
54	Hugh	118
55	Andrew	112
55	Reginald	112
57	Leslie	108
58	Edwin	107
59	Bruce	103
59	Elmer	103
61	Ronald	99
62	Percy	98
63	Harvey	94
63	Paul	94
65	Carl	92
65	Ross	92
67	Bernard	91
67	Daniel	91
67	Lorne	91
70	Patrick	85
71	Sidney	84
72	Maurice	81
73	Murray	80
74	Arnold	76
75	Vincent	75
76	Vernon	69
77	Alvin	68
77	Edgar	68
77	Stephen	68
80	Wilbert	65
81	Eric	59
81	Ivan	59
83	Hubert	58
84	Morris	56
85	Fred	55
85	Milton	55
87	Melvin	54
87	Nelson	54
89	Cyril	53
90	Allen	51
90	Benjamin	51
90	Wesley	51
93	Jean	50
93	Stuart	50
95	Philip	48
96	Stewart	47
96	Wallace	47
98	Gilbert	45
99	Oscar	44
100	Clayton	43
100	Eugene	43
100	Martin	43
100	Oliver	43