Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	2,633
2	William	2,488
3	John	2,408
4	Robert	1,483
5	James	1,306
6	George	1,040
7	Donald	1,036
8	Kenneth	611
9	Charles	590
10	Gordon	588
11	Thomas	578
12	Harold	556
13	Edward	500
14	Baby	497
15	Douglas	427
16	Arthur	393
16	Norman	393
18	Frederick	373
19	Albert	357
20	David	355
21	Walter	321
22	Gerald	312
23	Ronald	309
24	Roy	280
25	Raymond	277

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Francis	274
27	Stanley	273
28	Jack	267
29	Harry	259
30	Richard	256
31	Frank	245
32	Ernest	243
33	Howard	232
34	Lloyd	212
35	Clifford	208
36	Leonard	201
37	Henry	195
38	Earl	194
39	Herbert	186
40	Clarence	175
41	Bruce	174
41	Wilfred	174
43	Peter	168
44	Ralph	167
45	Paul	163
46	Alfred	159
47	Alexander	157
48	Lawrence	153
49	J	152
50	Allan	143
51	Murray	142
52	Ross	140
53	Cecil	134
54	Lorne	128
55	Russell	125
56	Leo	124
57	Louis	122
58	Michael	115
59	Carl	112
60	Victor	107
61	Bernard	101
61	Patrick	101
61	Samuel	101
64	Hugh	98
64	Reginald	98
66	Harvey	97
66	Maurice	97
68	Jean	96
69	Arnold	90
70	Andrew	89
71	Allen	83
71	Edwin	83
73	Keith	82
74	Elmer	81
74	Leslie	81
76	Daniel	77
77	Vernon	76
78	Eric	73
78	Wallace	73
80	Glen	72
80	Vincent	72
82	Eugene	69
83	Alan	68
83	Alvin	68
85	Melvin	67
86	Ivan	63
87	Philip	61
88	Floyd	55
89	Percy	54
90	Fredrick	53
90	Gilbert	53
92	Clayton	52
92	Roger	52
92	Stewart	52
95	Edgar	51
96	Martin	50
96	Melville	50
96	Morris	50
99	Garnet	49
99	Sidney	49
99	Wilbert	49