Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,705
2	William	2,646
3	Joseph	1,899
4	Robert	1,386
5	James	1,375
6	George	1,248
7	J	936
8	Charles	828
9	Donald	824
10	Thomas	746
11	Harold	683
12	Gordon	620
13	Kenneth	548
14	Edward	532
15	Albert	518
16	Arthur	516
17	Norman	455
18	Frederick	431
19	Douglas	427
20	Walter	375
21	Francis	355
22	David	347
23	Harry	337
24	Roy	335
25	Jack	332

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lloyd	324
27	Ernest	297
28	Frank	285
29	Gerald	270
30	Alfred	266
31	Howard	251
32	Raymond	248
32	Stanley	248
34	Clifford	239
34	Henry	239
36	Herbert	237
37	Earl	236
38	Richard	233
39	Clarence	223
40	Leonard	213
41	Ronald	195
42	Alexander	193
43	Wilfred	188
44	Lawrence	184
45	Peter	175
46	Allan	174
47	Russell	173
48	Ralph	165
49	Cecil	158
49	Michael	158
51	Lorne	151
52	Ross	144
53	Bruce	141
53	Louis	141
55	Bernard	139
56	Samuel	136
57	Hugh	134
57	Paul	134
59	Victor	131
60	Leo	127
61	Andrew	126
61	Murray	126
63	Harvey	121
64	Leslie	115
64	Reginald	115
66	Edwin	114
67	Carl	109
67	Elmer	109
69	Patrick	106
70	Jean	104
71	Wallace	96
72	Allen	94
73	Philip	91
74	Alvin	89
74	Maurice	89
76	Daniel	84
77	Ivan	83
77	Vernon	83
79	Arnold	82
80	Edgar	79
81	Eric	77
82	Percy	75
82	Wilbert	75
84	Vincent	74
85	Sidney	68
86	Fredrick	67
87	Fred	61
87	Keith	61
87	Lewis	61
87	Melvin	61
91	Eugene	58
91	Stephen	58
93	Gilbert	57
94	Cyril	54
94	Glen	54
94	Morris	54
97	Clayton	53
98	Archibald	51
98	Russel	51
100	Garnet	50
100	Martin	50