Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	2,747
2	John	2,501
3	William	2,415
4	Robert	1,551
5	Donald	1,346
6	James	1,302
7	George	1,124
8	Kenneth	739
9	Gordon	619
10	Charles	584
11	Thomas	575
12	Harold	532
13	Edward	509
14	Baby	489
15	Douglas	475
16	Ronald	448
17	David	358
18	Gerald	354
19	Frederick	351
20	Arthur	343
21	Albert	338
22	Walter	332
23	Norman	331
24	Raymond	306
25	Richard	261

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	253
27	Francis	251
28	Roy	249
29	Stanley	248
30	Harry	225
31	Frank	223
32	Ernest	200
33	Clifford	199
34	Leonard	198
35	Howard	193
35	Lloyd	193
37	Lawrence	188
38	Ralph	184
39	Alfred	177
39	Allan	177
39	Earl	177
42	Bruce	176
42	Ross	176
44	Peter	174
45	Henry	173
46	Paul	169
47	Herbert	162
48	Murray	158
49	Michael	155
50	Alexander	154
51	Wilfred	150
52	Clarence	139
53	J	135
54	Carl	132
55	Bernard	130
56	Leo	127
57	Victor	121
58	Reginald	119
59	Lorne	115
60	Russell	113
61	Louis	110
62	Jean	109
63	Hugh	108
64	Keith	107
65	Arnold	104
66	Cecil	103
66	Edwin	103
68	Andrew	97
69	Alan	96
70	Patrick	95
71	Maurice	89
71	Samuel	89
73	Leslie	84
74	Vernon	80
75	Harvey	79
76	Eric	76
77	Daniel	75
77	Elmer	75
77	Ivan	75
80	Allen	72
81	Eugene	69
82	Alvin	63
82	Roger	63
82	Wallace	63
85	Floyd	62
86	Vincent	61
87	Gilbert	59
88	Glen	57
88	Melvin	57
90	Glenn	56
91	Philip	55
92	Ray	53
93	Garnet	51
94	Percy	48
94	Sidney	48
96	Clayton	45
97	Lyle	44
97	Wesley	44
99	Edgar	43
99	Fredrick	43
99	Stephen	43