Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,627
2	William	2,406
3	J	1,465
4	James	1,346
4	Robert	1,346
6	George	1,235
7	Joseph	1,224
8	Donald	907
9	Charles	724
10	Thomas	670
11	Gordon	658
12	Harold	644
13	Kenneth	601
14	Baby	517
15	Edward	502
16	Albert	452
17	Arthur	446
18	Norman	410
19	Douglas	390
20	Frederick	382
21	Walter	367
22	Francis	325
23	David	319
24	Harry	308
25	Roy	305

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lloyd	295
27	Jack	283
28	Howard	273
29	Stanley	271
30	Gerald	257
31	Raymond	253
32	Ernest	247
33	Frank	246
34	Ronald	231
35	Henry	229
36	Alfred	221
36	Herbert	221
36	Leonard	221
39	Richard	218
40	Clarence	207
41	Earl	204
42	Ralph	177
43	Alexander	176
43	Clifford	176
45	Bruce	171
46	Wilfred	167
47	Paul	165
48	Allan	160
48	Lawrence	160
48	Peter	160
51	Murray	154
52	Leo	139
52	Ross	139
54	Cecil	138
54	Michael	138
56	Lorne	134
57	Russell	132
57	Victor	132
59	Bernard	120
60	Carl	118
61	Louis	116
62	Leslie	114
62	Reginald	114
64	Samuel	112
65	Edwin	108
65	Hugh	108
67	Wallace	104
68	Harvey	101
69	Andrew	98
69	Daniel	98
71	Maurice	88
72	Keith	87
73	Jean	86
74	Elmer	85
75	Vernon	84
76	Allen	83
77	Patrick	80
78	Arnold	74
79	Eric	72
79	Wilbert	72
81	Eugene	71
82	Edgar	68
82	Percy	68
84	Alvin	66
85	Alan	65
86	Philip	64
87	Fredrick	62
88	Ivan	60
89	Garnet	58
90	Gilbert	55
91	Morris	53
92	Sidney	52
93	Melvin	50
94	Glen	49
94	Hubert	49
96	Malcolm	48
96	Stephen	48
98	Lewis	46
98	Vincent	46
100	Grant	45
100	Milton	45
100	Stewart	45