Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	3,681
2	John	3,534
3	David	3,525
4	Robert	3,406
5	James	2,433
6	Michael	2,304
7	William	2,262
8	Richard	1,934
9	Paul	1,434
10	Brian	1,422
11	Donald	1,358
12	Peter	1,245
13	Ronald	1,156
14	Douglas	1,154
15	Stephen	1,119
16	Thomas	1,112
17	Gary	1,075
18	Kenneth	1,001
19	Daniel	950
20	Mark	867
21	Wayne	689
22	Steven	685
23	George	660
24	Edward	621
25	Bruce	604

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	567
27	Gordon	544
28	Charles	510
29	Timothy	500
30	Gerald	497
31	Gregory	489
32	Larry	488
33	Christopher	446
34	Dennis	425
35	Jeffrey	421
36	Baby	403
37	Raymond	394
38	Patrick	387
39	Barry	376
40	Terry	367
41	Alan	364
42	Lawrence	354
43	Glenn	307
44	Allan	306
45	Roger	296
46	Keith	293
47	Frank	291
48	Randy	285
49	Frederick	278
49	Philip	278
51	Anthony	275
51	Randall	275
53	Norman	269
54	Ian	256
55	Eric	250
56	Andrew	249
57	Bradley	232
58	Harold	219
59	Martin	215
60	Murray	212
61	Leonard	207
62	Walter	206
63	Dale	202
64	Glen	195
65	Arthur	192
66	Francis	188
67	Ralph	187
68	Henry	179
69	Neil	172
69	Stanley	172
71	Michel	169
72	Roy	166
73	Garry	164
74	Craig	163
75	Harry	161
76	Carl	157
77	Danny	155
77	Scott	155
79	Howard	153
80	Albert	152
81	Micheal	142
82	Alexander	140
82	Leslie	140
84	Denis	138
84	Russell	138
86	Bernard	135
87	Terrance	134
88	Victor	128
89	Jean	126
90	Bryan	125
90	Grant	125
90	Randolph	125
93	Guy	123
94	Ross	122
95	Clifford	119
95	Terrence	119
97	Jack	118
97	Kim	118
99	Rodney	117
100	Terence	111
100	Warren	111