Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,407
2	William	2,150
3	J	1,858
4	James	1,272
5	George	1,107
6	Robert	1,062
7	Charles	729
8	Thomas	636
9	Harold	599
10	Donald	572
11	Gordon	559
12	Arthur	549
13	Edward	499
14	Albert	468
15	Kenneth	406
16	Joseph	400
17	Lloyd	365
18	Douglas	361
18	Frederick	361
18	Norman	361
21	Walter	360
22	Francis	319
23	Harry	304
24	David	298
24	Frank	298

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	283
27	Ernest	268
28	Roy	254
29	Stanley	233
30	Howard	229
31	Clarence	214
31	Earl	214
31	Henry	214
34	Alfred	213
35	Herbert	208
36	Wilfred	205
37	Richard	202
38	Leonard	191
39	Gerald	184
40	Clifford	182
40	Victor	182
42	Alexander	166
43	Raymond	161
44	Lawrence	160
45	Ralph	159
46	Peter	150
47	Allan	147
48	Cecil	136
49	Bruce	128
49	Michael	128
49	Ronald	128
52	Ross	127
53	Russell	125
54	Paul	123
55	Hugh	122
56	Louis	120
56	Samuel	120
58	Murray	112
59	Lorne	105
60	Leo	104
61	Reginald	103
62	Harvey	102
63	Edwin	96
64	Andrew	95
64	Carl	95
66	Elmer	94
67	Leslie	91
68	Daniel	87
69	Bernard	86
70	Patrick	84
71	Jean	79
72	Maurice	78
73	Percy	77
74	Alvin	76
75	Edgar	74
76	Arnold	71
76	Fredrick	71
78	Wilfrid	68
79	Wilbert	67
80	Melvin	64
80	Sidney	64
80	Vernon	64
83	Eric	63
84	Allen	62
85	Vincent	61
86	Fred	58
87	Clayton	56
87	Philip	56
89	Stewart	55
90	Eugene	54
90	Garnet	54
92	Ivan	53
92	Russel	53
92	Wallace	53
95	Keith	50
96	Gilbert	49
97	Oscar	48
98	Lewis	47
99	Angus	46
99	Martin	46
99	Sydney	46