Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	3,935
2	John	3,364
3	Robert	3,332
4	David	3,157
5	Michael	2,462
6	William	2,328
7	James	2,257
8	Richard	1,904
9	Paul	1,533
10	Brian	1,519
11	Peter	1,347
12	Donald	1,329
13	Ronald	1,190
14	Stephen	1,135
15	Thomas	1,108
16	Mark	1,094
17	Douglas	1,083
18	Kenneth	1,059
19	Daniel	1,046
19	Gary	1,046
21	Steven	767
22	Kevin	726
23	Edward	648
24	Wayne	627
25	George	622

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	602
27	Bruce	583
28	Gregory	568
29	Christopher	559
30	Gordon	545
31	Jeffrey	530
32	Charles	495
33	Gerald	442
34	Patrick	433
35	Larry	427
36	Baby	426
37	Raymond	393
38	Terry	390
39	Lawrence	381
40	Dennis	377
41	Alan	367
42	Barry	356
43	Randy	342
44	Glenn	323
45	Allan	313
46	Andrew	292
47	Frank	291
48	Randall	284
49	Norman	282
50	Roger	275
51	Ian	274
52	Philip	267
53	Keith	259
54	Anthony	250
55	Frederick	248
56	Bradley	228
57	Glen	224
57	Martin	224
59	Scott	221
60	Dale	220
61	Eric	218
62	Arthur	217
62	Henry	217
64	Walter	207
65	Leonard	204
66	Murray	196
67	Ralph	191
68	Roy	190
69	Harold	187
70	Garry	183
71	Craig	180
72	Stanley	178
73	Danny	167
73	Francis	167
75	Neil	164
76	Alexander	162
77	Michel	159
78	Albert	151
78	Russell	151
80	Denis	149
81	Howard	148
81	Micheal	148
83	Carl	147
83	Terrance	147
85	Ross	145
86	Harry	144
87	Leslie	137
88	Randolph	133
89	Guy	132
90	Rodney	130
90	Victor	130
92	Ricky	128
93	Terrence	127
94	Bernard	124
95	Bryan	123
96	Grant	121
96	Robin	121
98	Ernest	120
99	Allen	119
100	Jack	117