Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1925

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

RankNameBabies
1Joseph2,616
2John2,520
3William2,511
4Robert1,502
5James1,346
6George1,150
7Donald1,081
8Kenneth667
9Charles639
10Thomas610
11Gordon604
12Harold579
13Edward538
14Arthur492
15Baby463
16Albert420
17Norman396
18Douglas379
19David354
20Frederick341
21Walter339
22Gerald314
23Jack306
24Ronald302
25Roy291
RankNameBabies
26Francis290
27Harry266
28Frank262
29Raymond261
30Stanley258
31Richard255
32Howard249
33Ernest245
34Leonard230
35Lloyd229
36Henry214
37J204
38Earl194
38Peter194
40Wilfred191
41Clarence189
42Alfred185
43Clifford183
44Herbert182
45Lawrence178
46Paul177
47Ralph176
48Alexander174
49Bruce172
50Allan168
51Lorne151
52Murray145
53Leo131
54Ross129
55Leslie127
56Michael124
57Victor123
58Russell121
59Bernard120
60Reginald114
61Hugh109
62Carl108
62Cecil108
62Louis108
65Edwin107
66Maurice103
67Harvey101
68Andrew96
69Keith92
69Patrick92
71Arnold91
72Jean88
73Samuel87
74Allen85
75Eric84
76Alan83
76Edgar83
76Ivan83
79Alvin81
80Daniel80
81Philip79
81Vernon79
83Elmer76
84Wallace71
85Gilbert62
85Percy62
87Vincent61
88Glen60
89Fred59
89Melvin59
91Fredrick57
92Sidney56
93Milton54
94Stewart53
94Wilbert53
96Clayton51
96Eugene51
96Stephen51
99Gerard50
100Garnet49