Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	3,205
2	John	2,826
3	Robert	2,486
4	William	2,106
5	James	1,802
6	David	1,559
7	Donald	1,142
8	Ronald	1,137
9	Richard	994
10	Kenneth	840
11	Douglas	772
12	Thomas	753
13	Gary	712
13	Paul	712
15	Michael	660
16	George	648
17	Peter	589
18	Brian	575
19	Wayne	513
20	Edward	499
21	Charles	473
22	Gordon	453
23	Gerald	426
24	Larry	416
25	Dennis	360

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	321
27	Frederick	291
28	Lawrence	290
29	Bruce	285
30	Barry	266
31	Allan	265
32	Baby	260
33	Daniel	246
34	Arthur	237
35	Harold	230
36	Garry	217
36	Norman	217
38	Roger	209
39	Murray	186
40	Patrick	184
41	Walter	182
42	Keith	178
42	Stephen	178
44	Leonard	176
44	Stanley	176
46	Albert	175
47	Roy	171
48	Ralph	157
49	Francis	155
50	Alan	154
50	Frank	154
52	Victor	151
53	Ernest	138
53	Ross	138
55	Harry	137
56	Howard	133
57	Carl	123
57	Eric	123
59	Lloyd	122
60	Clifford	120
61	Bryan	110
61	Jack	110
63	Terry	109
64	Lorne	107
65	Alexander	105
65	Glen	105
67	Ian	103
68	Andrew	99
69	Leslie	98
70	Russell	96
70	Terrence	96
72	Terrance	95
73	Gregory	93
73	Jean	93
75	Allen	90
75	Glenn	90
77	Bernard	89
77	Henry	89
77	Philip	89
80	Fredrick	84
81	Neil	82
82	Earl	80
82	Harvey	80
84	Reginald	77
85	Alfred	73
85	Anthony	73
87	Louis	72
88	Herbert	71
88	Leo	71
90	Franklin	70
90	Timothy	70
92	Grant	68
92	Maurice	68
94	Hugh	65
95	Clarence	63
96	Steven	61
97	Jerry	60
97	Wilfred	60
99	Martin	59
99	Vincent	59