Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,789
2	William	2,517
3	J	2,086
4	James	1,412
5	Robert	1,352
6	George	1,337
7	Charles	785
8	Donald	774
9	Thomas	707
10	Harold	662
11	Gordon	637
12	Arthur	569
13	Edward	558
14	Kenneth	520
15	Albert	502
16	Frederick	497
17	Joseph	425
18	Norman	408
19	Walter	394
20	Douglas	372
21	Jack	345
22	Harry	342
23	Francis	341
24	David	336
25	Roy	333

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lloyd	326
27	Stanley	286
28	Ernest	285
29	Frank	283
30	Howard	261
31	Alfred	260
32	Henry	253
33	Clarence	240
34	Alexander	236
35	Gerald	232
36	Herbert	230
37	Earl	228
38	Richard	224
39	Clifford	222
40	Wilfred	217
41	Raymond	208
42	Leonard	205
43	Ronald	183
44	Lawrence	179
45	Ralph	170
46	Russell	162
47	Allan	149
47	Cecil	149
49	Lorne	145
50	Peter	141
51	Paul	139
52	Leo	134
53	Reginald	131
54	Bruce	130
54	Edwin	130
56	Michael	129
57	Victor	128
58	Hugh	127
59	Harvey	126
60	Samuel	125
61	Leslie	124
61	Louis	124
63	Bernard	115
64	Murray	110
65	Carl	97
65	Ross	97
67	Andrew	93
68	Eric	92
69	Arnold	90
69	Percy	90
71	Patrick	89
72	Daniel	88
73	Elmer	86
74	Maurice	85
75	Allen	83
76	Vernon	80
77	Keith	79
77	Philip	79
79	Alvin	78
80	Wallace	76
81	Eugene	74
81	Sidney	74
83	Jean	73
84	Stewart	72
85	Edgar	68
86	Vincent	66
87	Ivan	65
88	Wilbert	64
89	Melvin	60
89	Milton	60
91	Fredrick	59
92	Gilbert	58
93	Clayton	56
93	Stephen	56
95	Alan	54
96	Garnet	53
97	Melville	52
98	Lewis	51
98	Sydney	51
98	Wilfrid	51