Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,364
2	William	2,208
3	J	1,929
4	James	1,257
5	George	1,193
6	Robert	1,006
7	Charles	822
8	Thomas	629
9	Harold	591
10	Gordon	552
11	Donald	534
12	Albert	482
13	Arthur	480
14	Edward	472
15	Joseph	444
16	Douglas	429
17	Frederick	410
18	Kenneth	394
19	Harry	370
20	Lloyd	362
21	Norman	356
21	Walter	356
23	Francis	343
24	Frank	298
25	David	294

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stanley	277
27	Ernest	272
28	Roy	268
29	Henry	256
30	Jack	244
31	Howard	242
32	Herbert	239
33	Alfred	232
33	Clarence	232
35	Victor	210
36	Alexander	209
37	Richard	207
38	Clifford	205
39	Gerald	188
40	Raymond	187
40	Wilfred	187
42	Russell	181
43	Earl	172
43	Leonard	172
45	Lawrence	169
46	Samuel	151
47	Michael	147
48	Cecil	145
49	Peter	144
50	Elmer	140
51	Ralph	136
52	Allan	127
53	Hugh	123
54	Paul	120
55	Louis	119
56	Lorne	116
56	Ross	116
58	Ronald	115
59	Edwin	107
60	Bruce	106
60	Leo	106
62	Murray	105
63	Leslie	101
64	Harvey	100
65	Patrick	97
66	Carl	96
66	Reginald	96
68	Andrew	94
69	Bernard	91
70	Percy	87
71	Fred	78
71	Vernon	78
73	Arnold	76
74	Wilbert	74
75	Vincent	73
76	Allen	72
76	Daniel	72
78	Edgar	71
79	Maurice	70
80	Fredrick	67
80	Philip	67
80	Sidney	67
83	Eugene	65
84	Gilbert	64
85	Eric	63
85	Ivan	63
85	Morris	63
88	Garnet	61
89	Jean	58
90	Alvin	57
91	Benjamin	56
91	Milton	56
91	Stewart	56
94	Melvin	54
95	Nelson	53
96	Archibald	52
97	Melville	51
98	Wallace	48
99	Everett	47
99	Franklin	47
99	Wilfrid	47