Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	2,671
2	Robert	2,226
3	John	2,176
4	William	1,930
5	James	1,421
6	Donald	1,079
7	Ronald	921
8	David	784
9	George	734
10	Kenneth	703
11	Edward	523
12	Thomas	519
13	Douglas	495
14	Charles	469
15	Gerald	450
16	Gordon	439
17	Richard	415
18	Baby	382
19	Paul	378
20	Peter	333
21	Raymond	294
22	Frederick	286
23	Gary	285
24	Norman	248
25	Harold	246

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Michael	246
27	Arthur	230
28	Albert	216
29	Lawrence	210
30	Bruce	209
31	Allan	183
32	Walter	179
33	Leonard	171
34	Francis	165
34	Ralph	165
36	Roy	160
37	Larry	156
38	Frank	154
39	Harry	153
40	Carl	152
40	Ernest	152
42	Stanley	150
42	Wayne	150
44	Patrick	139
45	Jack	133
45	Murray	133
47	Howard	127
48	Ross	125
49	Lloyd	122
50	Daniel	120
51	Roger	117
52	Keith	116
53	Clifford	111
54	Alfred	110
55	Brian	107
56	Barry	106
57	Glen	104
57	Harvey	104
59	Earl	99
59	Herbert	99
61	Henry	98
62	Alexander	97
63	Alan	93
64	Garry	92
65	Jean	91
65	Lorne	91
67	Bernard	87
68	Clarence	84
69	Leo	83
70	Victor	82
71	Dennis	80
71	Reginald	80
73	Melvin	79
74	Hugh	78
75	Philip	74
76	Anthony	72
76	Wilfred	72
78	Russell	71
78	Stephen	71
80	Andrew	70
80	Louis	70
82	Allen	67
83	Edwin	66
83	Eric	66
85	Leslie	64
86	Marvin	63
86	Maurice	63
88	Fredrick	60
89	Glenn	56
90	Cecil	55
90	Eugene	55
92	Arnold	53
92	Neil	53
94	Ivan	52
94	Samuel	52
96	Infant	51
97	Alvin	50
98	Terrance	47
99	Grant	46
99	Wallace	46