Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,308
2	Robert	3,242
3	Joseph	2,980
4	David	2,416
5	William	2,344
6	James	2,168
7	Richard	1,501
8	Donald	1,343
9	Michael	1,320
10	Ronald	1,205
11	Paul	1,058
12	Kenneth	1,044
13	Brian	1,039
14	Thomas	1,015
15	Douglas	1,014
16	Peter	765
17	George	723
18	Gary	697
19	Wayne	662
20	Larry	651
21	Edward	628
22	Gordon	593
23	Charles	563
24	Bruce	553
25	Stephen	538

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gerald	526
27	Daniel	506
28	Dennis	423
29	Raymond	399
30	Lawrence	369
31	Allan	363
32	Baby	337
33	Barry	320
34	Patrick	316
35	Gregory	304
36	Frederick	265
37	Norman	263
38	Keith	235
38	Roger	235
40	Garry	223
41	Philip	221
42	Arthur	215
42	Harold	215
44	Steven	213
45	Alan	206
46	Leonard	205
47	Roy	199
48	Murray	192
49	Francis	181
50	Timothy	179
51	Christopher	178
52	Terry	176
53	Howard	173
54	Mark	170
55	Eric	168
56	Glenn	162
56	Ian	162
58	Stanley	161
59	Bryan	159
59	Harry	159
61	Frank	157
62	Alexander	155
63	Glen	151
63	Ralph	151
63	Terrance	151
63	Walter	151
67	Ross	146
68	Albert	143
69	Carl	141
70	Leslie	135
70	Neil	135
72	Andrew	133
72	Lloyd	133
74	Ernest	130
75	Terrence	127
76	Dale	125
77	Allen	122
78	Jean	121
79	Lorne	120
80	Anthony	116
81	Clifford	109
81	Henry	109
83	Hugh	106
84	Victor	105
85	Russell	103
86	Jack	99
87	Martin	98
88	Danny	97
89	Reginald	95
90	Bernard	94
90	Phillip	94
92	Alfred	93
93	Micheal	90
94	Grant	89
95	Randall	88
96	Denis	87
97	Rodney	85
98	Harvey	78
98	Terence	78
100	Leo	76