Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	2,893
2	John	2,363
3	Robert	2,243
4	William	2,060
5	James	1,521
6	Donald	1,095
7	David	1,034
8	Ronald	1,028
9	George	744
10	Kenneth	710
11	Thomas	650
12	Richard	597
13	Gary	540
14	Douglas	535
15	Edward	532
16	Gerald	501
17	Paul	499
18	Charles	497
19	Peter	434
20	Michael	388
21	Gordon	374
22	Wayne	343
23	Frederick	318
24	Larry	316
25	Baby	306

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	299
27	Harold	298
28	Raymond	292
29	Norman	274
30	Bruce	255
31	Brian	248
32	Barry	227
33	Arthur	225
34	Walter	223
35	Albert	213
36	Allan	210
37	Dennis	207
38	Roger	185
39	Francis	167
40	Ernest	151
41	Daniel	149
41	Murray	149
43	Patrick	147
44	Frank	141
44	Garry	141
44	Ralph	141
47	Stanley	139
48	Lloyd	137
49	Leonard	134
50	Harry	133
50	Roy	133
52	Howard	130
53	Carl	128
54	Jack	124
55	Clifford	121
56	Victor	118
57	Keith	109
58	Winston	108
59	Alan	107
60	Ross	106
61	Earl	104
61	Philip	104
63	Alexander	103
64	Harvey	102
65	Henry	100
65	Herbert	100
67	Glen	97
68	Stephen	95
69	Bernard	93
69	Lorne	93
71	Alfred	87
72	Russell	84
73	Allen	82
73	Andrew	82
75	Reginald	80
76	Franklin	77
76	Wilfred	77
78	Clarence	76
79	Jean	75
80	Melvin	74
81	Fredrick	72
82	Glenn	71
82	Neil	71
84	Eugene	68
85	Grant	67
85	Maurice	67
87	Edwin	66
87	Eric	66
87	Leslie	66
90	Hugh	65
91	Anthony	63
92	Arnold	61
92	Leo	61
94	Terrence	57
95	Ian	56
96	Louis	55
97	Alvin	53
98	Samuel	52
99	Terrance	51
100	Ivan	50