Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	2,993
2	John	2,526
3	Robert	2,426
4	William	2,024
5	James	1,835
6	David	1,386
7	Donald	1,174
8	Ronald	998
9	Richard	896
10	Kenneth	834
11	Douglas	690
12	Thomas	686
13	George	679
14	Gary	650
15	Paul	624
16	Michael	616
17	Wayne	539
18	Brian	521
19	Peter	511
20	Edward	479
21	Charles	464
22	Gordon	421
23	Gerald	407
24	Larry	323
25	Raymond	302

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	297
27	Bruce	283
28	Frederick	282
29	Harold	270
29	Lawrence	270
31	Norman	249
32	Baby	247
33	Arthur	235
34	Allan	229
35	Barry	224
36	Daniel	219
37	Roger	207
38	Garry	201
39	Walter	188
40	Murray	185
41	Albert	183
42	Stephen	178
43	Francis	165
44	Stanley	162
45	Ralph	159
46	Roy	158
47	Leonard	157
48	Alan	152
49	Patrick	147
50	Keith	143
51	Carl	137
52	Howard	136
53	Lloyd	135
53	Ross	135
55	Frank	134
56	Ernest	123
57	Bernard	115
57	Clifford	115
59	Eric	109
60	Harry	108
61	Jean	99
62	Philip	97
63	Victor	96
64	Allen	95
65	Russell	93
66	Andrew	92
66	Ian	92
66	Jack	92
69	Alexander	90
70	Bryan	89
71	Henry	88
72	Terrance	84
73	Alfred	81
73	Earl	81
73	Glen	81
76	Glenn	80
76	Harvey	80
76	Herbert	80
76	Leslie	80
80	Lorne	77
81	Reginald	74
82	Terry	72
83	Edwin	71
84	Fredrick	70
84	Hugh	70
86	Melvin	68
87	Neil	67
88	Grant	66
89	Anthony	65
89	Martin	65
91	Maurice	64
91	Terrence	64
93	Wilfred	60
94	Eugene	59
95	Ivan	58
96	Clarence	57
97	Denis	55
98	Arnold	52
98	Gregory	52
98	Jerry	52