Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	3,019
2	John	2,632
3	Robert	2,434
4	William	2,188
5	James	1,888
6	David	1,369
7	Donald	1,229
8	Ronald	1,155
9	Kenneth	852
10	Richard	776
11	Douglas	733
12	Thomas	709
13	George	689
14	Gary	609
15	Paul	565
16	Edward	551
17	Michael	530
18	Peter	523
19	Gerald	497
20	Charles	484
21	Brian	483
22	Gordon	470
23	Wayne	441
24	Larry	391
25	Raymond	345

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	318
27	Dennis	309
28	Frederick	303
29	Baby	287
30	Norman	280
31	Harold	276
32	Allan	261
32	Arthur	261
34	Barry	254
35	Bruce	249
36	Roger	219
37	Stanley	210
38	Albert	204
39	Garry	196
40	Francis	187
41	Walter	180
42	Roy	172
43	Frank	170
44	Ralph	163
45	Keith	158
46	Howard	157
47	Daniel	155
48	Murray	150
48	Stephen	150
50	Leonard	149
51	Carl	145
52	Ernest	144
52	Harry	144
54	Patrick	143
55	Lloyd	142
56	Ross	137
57	Clifford	130
58	Eric	128
59	Jack	116
60	Alan	114
61	Harvey	113
62	Alexander	109
63	Terrance	108
64	Henry	107
65	Glen	106
65	Lorne	106
67	Earl	105
68	Alfred	102
68	Leslie	102
70	Victor	101
71	Herbert	98
72	Terrence	97
73	Bernard	95
74	Philip	92
75	Allen	91
76	Glenn	90
77	Russell	88
78	Ian	85
79	Andrew	84
80	Jean	83
81	Bryan	82
81	Maurice	82
83	Reginald	81
84	Hugh	77
84	Wilfred	77
86	Edwin	76
87	Fredrick	75
87	Melvin	75
89	Anthony	73
89	Neil	73
91	Clarence	72
92	Louis	69
93	Grant	68
94	Martin	66
95	Terry	63
96	Franklin	62
97	Leo	61
98	Jerry	58
99	Dale	54
100	Christopher	53
100	Samuel	53