Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,546
2	Joseph	3,427
3	Robert	3,396
4	William	2,523
5	David	2,434
6	James	2,429
7	Richard	1,614
8	Donald	1,449
9	Ronald	1,433
10	Michael	1,095
11	Douglas	1,093
12	Brian	1,061
13	Kenneth	1,030
14	Paul	966
15	Thomas	945
16	Wayne	872
17	Gary	790
18	George	777
19	Peter	762
20	Larry	622
21	Edward	610
22	Gordon	567
23	Gerald	539
24	Charles	511
25	Dennis	476

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	456
27	Daniel	409
27	Raymond	409
29	Lawrence	396
30	Allan	390
31	Barry	376
32	Stephen	369
33	Frederick	343
34	Baby	335
35	Norman	307
36	Harold	277
37	Gregory	275
38	Garry	267
39	Patrick	264
40	Arthur	257
41	Roger	253
42	Keith	222
43	Leonard	217
44	Murray	208
45	Alan	207
46	Roy	204
47	Terry	200
48	Glenn	194
49	Terrance	193
50	Walter	189
51	Francis	183
52	Albert	181
53	Philip	180
54	Bryan	177
55	Frank	173
55	Ian	173
57	Howard	168
58	Stanley	165
59	Eric	160
60	Harry	158
61	Timothy	156
62	Lloyd	154
63	Andrew	152
64	Ernest	150
65	Carl	147
66	Steven	146
67	Ralph	144
68	Glen	143
69	Christopher	139
70	Lorne	133
70	Ross	133
72	Clifford	131
73	Jack	130
74	Allen	127
75	Alexander	124
76	Russell	121
77	Leslie	120
77	Terrence	120
79	Earl	101
80	Henry	100
81	Danny	95
82	Victor	94
83	Martin	92
84	Bernard	91
84	Herbert	91
86	Alfred	88
86	Anthony	88
86	Edwin	88
89	Hugh	87
90	Neil	86
91	Reginald	85
92	Mark	84
93	Harvey	81
94	Fredrick	80
94	Jean	80
96	Dale	79
96	Warren	79
98	Maurice	78
99	Denis	77
100	Grant	72
100	Jeffrey	72
100	Rodney	72