Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	3,291
2	John	3,222
3	Robert	2,971
4	William	2,333
5	James	2,138
6	David	2,029
7	Richard	1,498
8	Donald	1,351
9	Ronald	1,329
10	Kenneth	994
11	Douglas	954
12	Paul	915
13	Thomas	890
14	Brian	885
15	Michael	866
16	Gary	859
17	Wayne	740
18	George	684
19	Peter	647
20	Edward	560
21	Gerald	544
22	Larry	519
23	Charles	507
24	Dennis	497
25	Gordon	493

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	381
27	Raymond	366
28	Barry	338
29	Allan	333
30	Daniel	329
31	Frederick	328
32	Lawrence	319
33	Stephen	287
34	Baby	285
35	Garry	275
36	Norman	272
37	Harold	267
38	Patrick	242
39	Roger	233
40	Arthur	223
41	Alan	204
42	Gregory	200
43	Leonard	191
44	Roy	188
45	Murray	183
46	Frank	172
47	Francis	167
47	Keith	167
49	Ross	164
50	Albert	163
51	Ralph	162
52	Stanley	159
52	Walter	159
54	Terrance	155
55	Howard	152
56	Terry	151
57	Glenn	146
58	Bryan	143
58	Harry	143
60	Clifford	142
61	Carl	139
61	Eric	139
63	Lloyd	138
64	Ernest	137
65	Leslie	130
66	Terrence	129
67	Alexander	128
68	Philip	122
69	Glen	120
70	Allen	118
71	Bernard	117
72	Lorne	115
73	Ian	111
73	Timothy	111
75	Jack	109
76	Christopher	104
77	Alfred	102
77	Andrew	102
79	Jean	101
79	Victor	101
81	Russell	100
82	Earl	98
83	Anthony	97
84	Reginald	96
85	Harvey	94
85	Hugh	94
87	Fredrick	87
88	Herbert	85
89	Henry	83
90	Dale	82
90	Rodney	82
92	Maurice	79
93	Martin	77
93	Neil	77
93	Steven	77
96	Melvin	75
96	Warren	75
98	Grant	74
99	Leo	73
99	Mark	73