Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	3,566
2	John	3,515
3	Robert	3,364
4	David	3,242
5	James	2,408
6	William	2,293
7	Michael	2,206
8	Richard	1,943
9	Paul	1,497
10	Brian	1,429
11	Donald	1,291
12	Douglas	1,165
13	Thomas	1,145
14	Ronald	1,122
15	Peter	1,117
16	Gary	1,102
17	Kenneth	1,080
18	Stephen	1,007
19	Daniel	895
20	Mark	670
21	Bruce	660
22	George	653
23	Wayne	652
24	Gordon	623
25	Edward	585

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	573
27	Charles	557
28	Larry	545
29	Gregory	496
30	Kevin	492
31	Dennis	491
32	Gerald	443
33	Timothy	436
34	Patrick	418
35	Raymond	416
36	Christopher	395
37	Baby	394
38	Barry	390
39	Alan	367
40	Lawrence	362
41	Terry	358
42	Glenn	326
43	Allan	318
44	Jeffrey	315
45	Roger	308
46	Philip	302
47	Keith	286
48	Norman	258
49	Andrew	253
49	Frank	253
51	Randall	251
52	Frederick	249
53	Randy	237
54	Bradley	220
54	Martin	220
54	Murray	220
54	Walter	220
58	Ian	219
59	Anthony	218
60	Eric	216
61	Leonard	208
62	Dale	207
63	Harold	200
64	Ralph	199
65	Stanley	197
66	Arthur	196
67	Glen	189
68	Neil	182
69	Roy	181
70	Garry	179
71	Albert	174
72	Francis	170
73	Henry	159
74	Howard	158
75	Craig	156
76	Ross	149
77	Carl	147
78	Alexander	146
79	Micheal	137
79	Scott	137
81	Rodney	136
82	Bryan	134
82	Leslie	134
84	Bernard	133
85	Harry	132
86	Danny	131
87	Clifford	129
88	Jean	127
88	Russell	127
88	Terrance	127
91	Denis	123
92	Randolph	119
93	Jack	115
94	Ernest	112
95	Lloyd	111
95	Michel	111
97	Allen	110
98	Terrence	109
99	Guy	108
100	Victor	107