Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,390
2	Robert	3,229
3	Joseph	3,153
4	David	2,498
5	William	2,465
6	James	2,240
7	Richard	1,732
8	Michael	1,644
9	Donald	1,255
10	Brian	1,243
11	Paul	1,200
12	Ronald	1,194
13	Douglas	1,072
14	Gary	1,062
15	Thomas	1,053
16	Kenneth	979
17	Peter	841
18	Stephen	682
19	George	663
20	Wayne	657
21	Bruce	629
22	Edward	586
23	Daniel	581
24	Larry	572
25	Gordon	554

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charles	548
27	Gerald	446
28	Dennis	439
29	Barry	410
30	Raymond	386
31	Gregory	377
32	Lawrence	367
33	Patrick	364
34	Allan	351
35	Mark	334
36	Baby	322
37	Alan	317
38	Christopher	299
39	Frederick	284
40	Steven	282
41	Keith	277
42	Timothy	274
43	Philip	267
44	Norman	261
45	Glen	253
46	Roger	252
47	Murray	219
48	Glenn	210
49	Harold	209
50	Arthur	207
50	Walter	207
52	Ian	195
53	Leonard	192
54	Eric	190
54	Francis	190
56	Stanley	181
57	Garry	178
57	Terry	178
59	Andrew	177
59	Frank	177
61	Albert	166
62	Roy	163
63	Ross	160
64	Ralph	156
65	Howard	154
66	Harry	150
67	Jeffrey	146
68	Terence	144
69	Leslie	143
70	Neil	142
71	Martin	137
72	Allen	136
72	Dale	136
74	Anthony	135
75	Denis	134
75	Randall	134
77	Alexander	132
78	Kevin	130
79	Terrance	122
80	Bryan	121
81	Carl	118
81	Terrence	118
83	Henry	117
83	Lloyd	117
85	Bernard	116
86	Clifford	114
86	Ernest	114
88	Micheal	112
88	Victor	112
90	Craig	110
91	Danny	108
91	Jack	108
93	Alfred	98
94	Russell	97
95	Jean	95
96	Randy	94
97	Rodney	92
98	Michel	91
99	Earl	89
100	Warren	88