Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	2,760
2	John	2,483
3	William	2,417
4	Robert	1,708
5	James	1,487
6	Donald	1,426
7	George	986
8	Kenneth	725
9	Ronald	681
10	Charles	604
11	Thomas	574
12	Harold	508
13	Douglas	498
14	Edward	497
15	Gordon	478
16	David	476
17	Arthur	370
18	Norman	368
19	Gerald	363
20	Albert	328
21	Frederick	324
22	Richard	304
23	Raymond	266
24	Walter	265
25	Francis	260

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stanley	250
27	Roy	242
28	Frank	231
29	Harry	225
30	Jack	222
31	Baby	217
32	Peter	213
33	Howard	204
34	Ralph	199
35	Paul	197
36	Lawrence	190
37	Bruce	188
38	Ernest	183
39	Allan	181
40	Lloyd	176
41	Leonard	172
42	Earl	165
43	Clifford	164
43	Henry	164
43	Murray	164
46	Alfred	156
47	Carl	144
47	Michael	144
49	Alexander	141
50	Ross	139
51	Wilfred	131
52	Clarence	121
53	Keith	120
54	Bernard	118
55	Harvey	116
55	Hugh	116
57	Herbert	113
57	Lorne	113
57	Maurice	113
57	Victor	113
61	Reginald	111
62	Louis	107
63	Leo	105
64	Cecil	99
64	Patrick	99
66	Russell	97
66	Samuel	97
68	Glen	88
69	Daniel	87
70	Jean	86
71	Alan	82
72	Andrew	80
72	Leslie	80
74	Allen	79
74	Edwin	79
76	Arnold	76
76	Ivan	76
78	Roger	70
79	Fredrick	66
79	Vernon	66
81	Eric	64
81	Melvin	64
83	Philip	62
84	Elmer	61
84	Eugene	61
84	Jos	61
87	Floyd	59
88	Edgar	57
89	Wallace	55
90	Alvin	52
90	Glenn	52
92	Morris	51
92	Vincent	51
94	Martin	50
94	Roland	50
96	Anthony	49
96	Dennis	49
96	Stephen	49
96	Stewart	49
100	Infant	47