Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,311
2	Joseph	3,284
3	Robert	3,240
4	William	2,421
5	David	2,331
6	James	2,272
7	Richard	1,532
8	Donald	1,347
9	Ronald	1,288
10	Michael	1,134
11	Douglas	1,015
12	Brian	980
13	Thomas	979
14	Paul	975
15	Kenneth	960
16	Wayne	779
17	Gary	713
18	Peter	689
19	George	639
20	Larry	633
21	Gordon	537
22	Edward	522
23	Dennis	489
24	Gerald	470
25	Charles	444

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	440
27	Daniel	433
28	Stephen	412
29	Raymond	384
30	Lawrence	379
31	Allan	372
32	Barry	338
33	Baby	334
34	Norman	296
35	Frederick	291
36	Patrick	275
37	Garry	258
37	Gregory	258
39	Arthur	249
39	Harold	249
41	Roger	238
42	Philip	228
43	Alan	224
44	Keith	205
45	Francis	204
46	Murray	194
47	Albert	185
48	Terry	183
49	Leonard	182
50	Christopher	181
51	Terrance	177
52	Walter	171
53	Roy	167
54	Mark	166
55	Bryan	162
55	Ralph	162
57	Glen	158
57	Terrence	158
59	Frank	156
60	Eric	154
61	Howard	152
62	Harry	151
62	Ross	151
64	Stanley	147
65	Carl	145
65	Glenn	145
67	Allen	138
68	Ian	136
69	Andrew	135
69	Steven	135
71	Alexander	134
72	Timothy	131
73	Ernest	129
74	Clifford	123
74	Lloyd	123
76	Lorne	120
77	Leslie	117
78	Victor	114
79	Russell	113
80	Anthony	108
80	Dale	108
82	Bernard	107
82	Martin	107
84	Neil	101
85	Reginald	99
86	Jack	98
87	Earl	95
88	Alfred	94
89	Jean	93
90	Henry	90
91	Denis	84
91	Leo	84
93	Danny	82
94	Phillip	80
95	Fredrick	79
96	Maurice	77
97	Grant	76
98	Louis	75
98	Warren	75
100	Hugh	73
100	Micheal	73