Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	2,735
2	John	2,480
3	William	2,362
4	Robert	1,764
5	Donald	1,544
6	James	1,367
7	George	959
8	Ronald	764
9	Kenneth	667
10	Charles	566
11	Edward	560
12	Thomas	535
13	Gordon	506
14	Douglas	498
15	David	456
16	Harold	405
17	Gerald	404
18	Albert	357
18	Richard	357
20	Norman	341
21	Arthur	327
22	Walter	307
23	Raymond	303
24	Frederick	299
25	Stanley	262

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Baby	247
27	Jack	234
28	Peter	228
29	Francis	224
30	Allan	221
31	Paul	219
32	Roy	214
33	Frank	203
34	Howard	200
35	Lawrence	193
36	Bruce	191
36	Harry	191
38	Lloyd	181
39	Leonard	173
40	Ernest	171
41	Alfred	170
42	Earl	156
43	Henry	154
44	Michael	150
45	Ralph	146
46	Murray	145
47	Clifford	144
48	Alexander	137
49	Ross	136
50	Keith	126
51	Clarence	125
52	Herbert	119
53	Leo	117
54	Bernard	114
54	Lorne	114
54	Louis	114
57	Carl	111
58	Patrick	103
58	Victor	103
60	Russell	102
61	Wilfred	100
62	Harvey	96
63	Andrew	92
63	Daniel	92
63	Maurice	92
66	Samuel	90
67	Reginald	89
68	Jean	85
68	Leslie	85
70	Hugh	84
71	Alan	81
72	Edwin	80
73	Allen	77
74	Fredrick	72
75	Philip	71
76	Cecil	70
77	Glen	67
78	Roger	62
79	Arnold	60
79	Eugene	60
81	Ivan	57
82	Glenn	56
83	Floyd	55
83	Wallace	55
85	Neil	54
85	Stephen	54
87	Alvin	52
87	Melvin	52
89	Vernon	51
90	Eric	50
91	Edgar	49
92	Anthony	48
92	Elmer	48
94	Gilbert	47
94	Infant	47
96	Jos	46
97	Dennis	45
97	Morris	45
99	Milton	44
99	Vincent	44