Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	2,733
2	Robert	2,088
3	John	2,086
4	William	1,779
5	James	1,401
6	Donald	1,112
7	Ronald	839
8	David	836
9	George	803
10	Kenneth	598
11	Thomas	570
12	Edward	534
13	Douglas	483
14	Baby	471
15	Gerald	460
16	Richard	439
17	Charles	437
18	Paul	379
19	Gordon	373
19	Peter	373
21	Gary	337
22	Michael	308
23	Frederick	260
24	Wayne	254
25	Harold	244

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Raymond	244
27	Norman	239
28	Lawrence	229
29	Arthur	227
30	Bruce	223
31	Allan	199
32	Larry	190
33	Albert	188
34	Walter	184
35	Stanley	167
36	Francis	165
37	Barry	160
38	Patrick	153
38	Roy	153
40	Frank	141
41	Brian	140
42	Dennis	137
42	Keith	137
44	Murray	135
45	Carl	132
45	Ernest	132
47	Ralph	128
47	Ross	128
49	Jack	127
50	Roger	126
51	Daniel	124
52	Leonard	121
53	Henry	118
54	Harry	114
55	Howard	113
56	Clifford	112
57	Lloyd	108
58	Bernard	104
59	Alan	101
60	Alfred	97
61	Alexander	96
62	Earl	95
63	Harvey	93
64	Glen	83
64	Herbert	83
64	Russell	83
67	Allen	81
68	Stephen	80
68	Victor	80
70	Clarence	79
71	Wilfred	76
72	Lorne	75
73	Andrew	73
73	Arnold	73
73	Maurice	73
76	Fredrick	72
77	Garry	71
77	Infant	71
77	Melvin	71
80	Glenn	70
80	Hugh	70
82	Philip	69
83	Leo	65
84	Eugene	64
84	Jean	64
84	Neil	64
87	Leslie	63
87	Louis	63
89	Cecil	62
89	Reginald	62
91	Edwin	57
91	Samuel	57
93	Anthony	56
94	Franklin	55
95	Eric	53
95	Grant	53
97	Alvin	50
97	Ian	50
99	Marvin	48
100	Malcolm	44
100	Wallace	44