Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	2,573
2	John	2,540
3	Joseph	1,774
4	Robert	1,447
5	James	1,444
6	George	1,177
7	J	1,042
8	Donald	993
9	Charles	674
10	Gordon	649
11	Kenneth	648
12	Thomas	626
13	Harold	612
14	Edward	532
15	Baby	528
16	Albert	455
17	Arthur	447
18	Douglas	415
19	Norman	360
20	Frederick	358
21	David	352
22	Walter	340
23	Harry	307
24	Gerald	298
25	Jack	296

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Francis	294
27	Roy	284
28	Stanley	276
29	Frank	260
30	Henry	254
31	Ernest	250
32	Ronald	249
33	Raymond	239
34	Howard	237
35	Richard	234
36	Lloyd	231
37	Clifford	218
38	Leonard	215
39	Allan	203
40	Clarence	195
41	Alfred	191
42	Bruce	188
43	Peter	186
44	Herbert	181
44	Wilfred	181
46	Alexander	178
47	Earl	170
48	Ralph	169
49	Paul	163
50	Lawrence	158
51	Russell	153
52	Murray	145
53	Bernard	141
54	Ross	140
55	Victor	133
56	Leo	129
57	Michael	124
58	Lorne	122
59	Louis	121
60	Cecil	120
61	Leslie	113
62	Reginald	111
63	Jean	109
64	Edwin	103
64	Hugh	103
66	Carl	102
67	Samuel	101
68	Harvey	95
69	Andrew	94
70	Patrick	92
71	Wallace	91
72	Elmer	89
73	Maurice	87
74	Eric	86
75	Keith	85
76	Arnold	79
77	Ivan	72
78	Daniel	70
79	Alvin	69
80	Allen	68
81	Edgar	66
82	Vincent	65
83	Alan	64
83	Vernon	64
85	Sidney	61
86	Melvin	60
87	Eugene	59
87	Fredrick	59
87	Garnet	59
87	Philip	59
91	Clayton	58
92	Wilbert	57
93	Morris	55
93	Percy	55
95	Gilbert	54
95	Nelson	54
97	Glenn	53
98	Glen	52
98	Stewart	52
100	Fred	51
100	Milton	51