Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	2,787
2	John	2,442
3	William	2,305
4	Robert	1,524
5	James	1,277
6	Donald	1,191
7	George	1,058
8	Kenneth	676
9	Charles	589
10	Gordon	586
11	Thomas	566
12	Harold	511
13	Edward	472
14	Baby	450
15	Douglas	416
16	Arthur	407
17	Ronald	385
18	Albert	375
19	Frederick	353
20	Norman	345
21	Gerald	329
22	David	315
23	Raymond	303
24	Walter	301
25	Stanley	279

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roy	277
27	Harry	267
28	Francis	262
29	Richard	243
30	Howard	239
31	Jack	237
32	Peter	220
33	Lloyd	214
34	Frank	213
35	Henry	209
36	Ernest	203
37	Clifford	201
38	Leonard	185
39	Earl	182
40	Bruce	179
41	Allan	168
42	Paul	167
43	Alfred	158
44	Clarence	155
45	Alexander	153
46	Ralph	152
47	Lawrence	151
47	Ross	151
49	Herbert	150
50	Michael	147
51	Murray	145
52	Wilfred	144
53	Leo	133
54	J	131
55	Russell	129
56	Lorne	125
57	Bernard	119
58	Carl	117
59	Victor	116
60	Patrick	115
61	Harvey	109
62	Keith	107
63	Cecil	105
64	Hugh	104
65	Louis	103
66	Leslie	101
67	Edwin	91
67	Maurice	91
69	Reginald	90
70	Andrew	89
71	Jean	88
72	Allen	87
73	Samuel	86
74	Alan	80
75	Arnold	79
76	Glen	78
77	Daniel	73
78	Elmer	71
79	Ivan	69
80	Eugene	68
81	Edgar	67
82	Alvin	65
82	Eric	65
84	Melvin	61
84	Wallace	61
86	Sidney	60
87	Gilbert	57
87	Philip	57
89	Vincent	55
90	Vernon	54
91	Morris	52
91	Percy	52
93	Glenn	50
94	Fredrick	49
94	Nelson	49
94	Wilbert	49
97	Floyd	48
97	Garnet	48
99	Grant	47
99	Roger	47