Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1940

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	John	2,301
3	Robert	2,073
4	William	1,933
5	James	1,462
6	Donald	1,073
7	David	1,017
8	Ronald	890
9	George	746
10	Kenneth	617
10	Thomas	617
12	Richard	534
13	Edward	500
14	Charles	486
15	Gerald	473
16	Baby	470
17	Douglas	466
18	Gary	457
19	Paul	450
20	Peter	410
21	Gordon	395
22	Michael	333
23	Frederick	290
24	Raymond	286
25	Norman	266

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	263
27	Harold	262
28	Bruce	254
29	Lawrence	253
30	Larry	236
31	Walter	229
32	Arthur	228
33	Brian	198
34	Albert	192
35	Allan	187
36	Barry	185
37	Dennis	164
38	Stanley	159
39	Francis	152
39	Murray	152
41	Ralph	151
42	Leonard	149
43	Frank	148
44	Lloyd	146
45	Roy	138
46	Carl	135
46	Patrick	135
48	Daniel	134
49	Roger	132
50	Harry	131
51	Ernest	130
52	Ross	129
53	Howard	121
54	Alexander	120
55	Clifford	117
56	Jack	113
57	Keith	112
58	Henry	107
59	Alfred	106
59	Reginald	106
61	Garry	105
62	Philip	102
63	Bernard	99
63	Earl	99
65	Stephen	95
66	Hugh	91
67	Harvey	89
68	Clarence	87
68	Victor	87
70	Allen	81
70	Glen	81
72	Herbert	80
73	Andrew	79
74	Maurice	75
75	Glenn	73
76	Alan	71
76	Leslie	71
76	Wilfred	71
79	Russell	69
80	Louis	68
81	Lorne	67
82	Jean	63
83	Cecil	62
83	Eugene	62
83	Fredrick	62
86	Samuel	61
87	Edwin	60
88	Anthony	59
88	Infant	59
88	Leo	59
91	Arnold	57
91	Eric	57
93	Ian	56
93	Jerry	56
93	Melvin	56
96	Neil	52
97	Grant	51
97	Marvin	51
99	Winston	50
100	Terrence	49