Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,243
2	Robert	3,158
3	Joseph	3,137
4	David	2,433
5	William	2,268
6	James	2,159
7	Richard	1,578
8	Michael	1,490
9	Donald	1,351
10	Ronald	1,215
11	Brian	1,139
12	Paul	1,090
13	Thomas	1,007
14	Douglas	1,003
15	Kenneth	1,000
16	Gary	922
17	Peter	777
18	George	703
19	Wayne	638
20	Larry	605
21	Edward	596
22	Charles	570
23	Daniel	555
24	Stephen	545
25	Gordon	520

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	517
27	Dennis	489
28	Gerald	472
29	Raymond	391
30	Baby	377
31	Gregory	363
32	Lawrence	359
33	Allan	354
34	Barry	339
35	Patrick	314
36	Mark	288
37	Frederick	287
38	Steven	267
39	Norman	263
40	Roger	253
41	Alan	249
42	Garry	223
43	Keith	220
44	Glen	216
44	Philip	216
46	Harold	215
47	Christopher	209
48	Eric	202
49	Murray	199
50	Timothy	192
51	Arthur	190
52	Leonard	188
53	Frank	184
53	Walter	184
55	Francis	183
55	Ian	183
57	Terry	179
58	Stanley	170
59	Albert	166
59	Andrew	166
61	Glenn	162
62	Roy	159
63	Ralph	157
64	Harry	153
65	Ross	148
66	Leslie	137
66	Terrance	137
68	Bryan	136
69	Howard	134
70	Alexander	133
71	Martin	130
72	Jack	127
73	Allen	122
74	Carl	121
74	Lloyd	121
76	Clifford	120
77	Neil	118
78	Ernest	116
78	Terrence	116
80	Dale	109
81	Randall	108
82	Lorne	105
83	Anthony	101
84	Danny	100
85	Terence	98
86	Bernard	94
87	Henry	91
88	Earl	89
88	Victor	89
90	Denis	88
91	Grant	87
91	Jean	87
91	Jeffrey	87
94	Alfred	86
95	Micheal	85
96	Fredrick	82
96	Hugh	82
98	Maurice	79
98	Roderick	79
98	Russell	79