Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	3,011
2	John	2,601
3	Robert	2,499
4	William	2,259
5	James	1,843
6	David	1,193
7	Donald	1,138
8	Ronald	1,044
9	Kenneth	796
10	George	715
10	Thomas	715
12	Richard	707
13	Douglas	673
14	Gary	637
15	Paul	574
16	Edward	533
17	Peter	508
18	Michael	488
19	Charles	468
20	Gerald	467
21	Gordon	448
22	Wayne	380
23	Brian	379
24	Raymond	341
25	Larry	322

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	306
27	Bruce	297
27	Lawrence	297
29	Frederick	292
30	Baby	282
31	Barry	280
32	Norman	273
33	Harold	272
34	Arthur	258
35	Allan	232
36	Albert	204
37	Walter	197
38	Garry	184
39	Roger	182
40	Stanley	172
41	Leonard	167
42	Francis	165
43	Roy	161
44	Murray	160
45	Daniel	157
45	Frank	157
47	Patrick	153
48	Stephen	147
49	Ernest	138
49	Lloyd	138
51	Ralph	137
52	Carl	135
53	Harry	134
54	Jack	124
55	Keith	123
55	Ross	123
57	Howard	122
58	Clifford	120
59	Earl	112
59	Lorne	112
59	Victor	112
62	Philip	111
63	Alan	107
63	Reginald	107
65	Andrew	101
66	Alexander	99
67	Herbert	98
68	Leslie	96
69	Bernard	95
69	Hugh	95
71	Alfred	94
71	Harvey	94
73	Clarence	93
74	Henry	88
75	Arnold	82
75	Leo	82
77	Ian	81
77	Wilfred	81
79	Glenn	80
80	Allen	77
81	Russell	74
82	Anthony	73
82	Jean	73
84	Bryan	72
85	Grant	71
86	Glen	70
87	Melvin	69
87	Terrence	69
89	Eric	67
89	Maurice	67
89	Winston	67
92	Terrance	66
93	Edwin	63
94	Franklin	61
95	Fredrick	60
95	Neil	60
97	Cecil	59
98	Timothy	58
99	Terry	57
100	Ivan	56
100	Louis	56
100	Samuel	56