Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,513
2	Joseph	3,355
3	Robert	3,326
4	David	3,046
5	James	2,335
6	William	2,293
7	Michael	2,064
8	Richard	1,972
9	Paul	1,378
10	Donald	1,363
11	Brian	1,296
12	Thomas	1,196
13	Ronald	1,175
14	Douglas	1,149
15	Kenneth	1,063
16	Peter	1,039
17	Gary	974
18	Stephen	856
19	Daniel	812
20	Wayne	657
21	George	638
22	Edward	630
23	Bruce	617
24	Charles	590
25	Gordon	563

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	557
27	Mark	533
28	Dennis	521
29	Steven	504
30	Gregory	477
31	Gerald	471
32	Timothy	411
33	Patrick	397
34	Raymond	385
35	Lawrence	379
36	Christopher	368
37	Barry	362
38	Baby	359
39	Allan	358
40	Alan	354
41	Terry	304
42	Norman	302
42	Roger	302
44	Philip	294
45	Frederick	279
45	Glenn	279
47	Keith	274
48	Kevin	271
49	Frank	263
50	Arthur	245
51	Ian	241
52	Jeffrey	240
53	Leonard	219
54	Anthony	216
54	Dale	216
56	Eric	211
57	Andrew	209
58	Walter	206
59	Randall	203
60	Stanley	199
61	Murray	190
62	Randy	187
63	Bradley	186
63	Harold	186
63	Martin	186
66	Garry	184
67	Francis	182
68	Roy	179
69	Glen	175
70	Albert	173
71	Ralph	170
72	Howard	165
73	Alexander	161
74	Harry	160
75	Rodney	156
76	Henry	150
77	Ross	149
78	Neil	145
79	Terrance	140
80	Craig	139
81	Carl	137
82	Allen	131
83	Danny	127
83	Leslie	127
83	Michel	127
86	Denis	124
87	Bryan	123
88	Clifford	122
89	Jack	119
90	Victor	115
91	Micheal	114
92	Ernest	113
93	Bernard	112
93	Jean	112
95	Jerry	109
96	Lloyd	105
97	Russell	104
98	Randolph	100
99	Terrence	98
100	Lorne	96