Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	2,694
2	Robert	2,015
3	John	1,914
4	William	1,699
5	James	1,308
6	Donald	1,175
7	Ronald	894
8	George	803
9	David	720
10	Kenneth	585
11	Edward	571
12	Thomas	494
13	Charles	492
14	Gerald	434
15	Douglas	432
16	Gordon	393
17	Richard	364
18	Paul	331
19	Baby	320
20	Peter	290
21	Frederick	286
22	Raymond	274
23	Norman	268
24	Harold	256
25	Albert	232

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	226
27	Walter	223
28	Lawrence	209
29	Gary	206
30	Bruce	205
31	Stanley	195
32	Michael	193
33	Francis	175
34	Ralph	173
35	Allan	169
36	Frank	167
37	Carl	162
38	Jack	132
39	Roy	130
40	Murray	127
41	Ernest	123
41	Harry	123
43	Daniel	121
43	Leonard	121
45	Earl	117
46	Roger	115
47	Bernard	111
47	Larry	111
49	Howard	109
50	Alfred	107
51	Lloyd	105
52	Herbert	104
53	Clifford	103
53	Keith	103
55	Patrick	101
55	Ross	101
57	Wayne	99
58	Victor	98
59	Alexander	96
60	Arnold	89
61	Lorne	88
62	Leo	84
62	Wilfred	84
64	Harvey	82
64	Jean	82
66	Clarence	81
66	Henry	81
68	Hugh	77
69	Brian	74
70	Alan	72
71	Andrew	71
72	Russell	67
73	Glen	65
73	Maurice	65
75	Marvin	63
76	Allen	62
76	Fredrick	62
78	Alvin	61
78	Louis	61
80	Dennis	60
80	Philip	60
82	Anthony	59
82	Glenn	59
82	Leslie	59
85	Barry	58
85	Edwin	58
87	Melvin	57
88	Ivan	56
88	Reginald	56
90	Cecil	55
90	Garry	55
90	Samuel	55
93	Martin	54
94	Eric	53
95	Infant	49
96	Eugene	48
96	Ian	48
96	Neil	48
99	Gilbert	46
99	Stephen	46
99	Vincent	46