Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	2,678
2	John	2,384
3	William	2,366
4	Robert	1,666
5	James	1,396
6	Donald	1,373
7	George	974
8	Kenneth	728
9	Baby	722
10	Charles	609
11	Thomas	593
12	Ronald	557
13	Gordon	521
14	Edward	502
15	Harold	489
16	Douglas	460
17	David	399
18	Gerald	384
19	Norman	374
20	Arthur	362
21	Albert	344
22	Frederick	343
23	Walter	313
24	Francis	293
25	Raymond	285

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	263
27	Harry	250
28	Jack	247
29	Roy	246
30	Frank	240
31	Stanley	235
32	Peter	233
33	Ernest	221
34	Howard	207
35	Leonard	203
36	Allan	202
37	Lloyd	194
38	Paul	192
39	Henry	184
39	Lawrence	184
41	Bruce	165
41	Clifford	165
43	Ralph	163
44	Herbert	162
45	Murray	160
46	Alfred	156
47	Ross	151
48	Earl	148
49	Alexander	146
50	Clarence	145
51	Victor	144
52	Wilfred	138
53	Michael	134
54	Bernard	132
55	Louis	127
56	Carl	126
57	Patrick	123
58	J	121
59	Keith	113
60	Hugh	108
61	Maurice	106
62	Lorne	105
63	Russell	104
64	Leo	102
65	Daniel	99
66	Reginald	98
67	Andrew	94
68	Cecil	93
69	Harvey	91
69	Jean	91
71	Leslie	90
72	Samuel	87
73	Alvin	81
74	Alan	78
74	Glen	78
76	Eugene	76
77	Edwin	74
77	Vernon	74
79	Philip	72
80	Elmer	71
81	Ivan	70
82	Arnold	68
83	Allen	65
84	Wallace	64
85	Roger	61
86	Eric	60
87	Melvin	58
88	Milton	56
89	Vincent	55
90	Fredrick	54
91	Neil	53
92	Anthony	52
92	Floyd	52
94	Stephen	50
95	Edgar	48
95	Gilbert	48
95	Glenn	48
95	Martin	48
99	Fred	46
99	Malcolm	46
99	Roland	46