Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	2,707
2	John	2,069
3	William	1,874
4	Robert	1,870
5	James	1,326
6	Donald	1,229
7	Ronald	918
8	George	819
9	Edward	684
10	David	584
11	Kenneth	553
12	Thomas	505
13	Charles	494
14	Douglas	424
15	Gerald	417
16	Gordon	409
17	Richard	337
18	Paul	332
19	Peter	282
20	Norman	281
21	Harold	263
22	Raymond	257
23	Frederick	238
24	Walter	237
25	Arthur	224

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	223
27	Bruce	210
28	Baby	207
29	Lawrence	191
30	Michael	180
31	Frank	174
32	Allan	173
33	Stanley	165
34	Roy	161
35	Leonard	160
36	Jack	157
37	Francis	156
38	Gary	152
39	Ernest	150
40	Harry	149
41	Murray	148
42	Ralph	146
43	Carl	142
44	Howard	135
45	Keith	133
46	Patrick	130
47	Ross	128
48	Lloyd	122
49	Roger	113
50	Henry	109
51	Earl	105
52	Bernard	104
53	Daniel	102
54	Clifford	100
55	Alfred	98
55	Harvey	98
57	Alexander	97
58	Herbert	96
59	Leo	93
60	Clarence	89
61	Jean	84
62	Reginald	83
63	Marvin	82
63	Maurice	82
63	Victor	82
66	Lorne	81
66	Russell	81
68	Glen	78
69	Hugh	75
69	Louis	75
71	Larry	74
72	Arnold	73
73	Wilfred	71
74	Barry	70
75	Fredrick	69
75	Wayne	69
77	Allen	68
77	Andrew	68
77	Dennis	68
80	Alan	66
80	Glenn	66
82	Philip	64
82	Samuel	64
84	Edwin	63
85	Cecil	60
86	Brian	58
86	Leslie	58
88	Ivan	57
89	Melvin	56
90	Eric	52
91	Eugene	51
92	Stephen	48
93	Garry	47
93	Jos	47
93	Martin	47
96	Alvin	46
97	Anthony	44
98	Neil	42
99	Ian	41
100	Franklin	40
100	Gilbert	40
100	Warren	40