Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	3,946
2	John	3,451
3	Robert	3,388
4	David	3,364
5	Michael	2,658
6	James	2,328
7	William	2,124
8	Richard	1,973
9	Brian	1,618
10	Paul	1,598
11	Peter	1,326
12	Ronald	1,311
13	Donald	1,297
14	Stephen	1,291
15	Mark	1,237
16	Thomas	1,152
17	Douglas	1,123
18	Daniel	1,094
19	Kenneth	1,052
20	Gary	941
21	Steven	921
22	Kevin	808
23	Timothy	746
24	George	667
25	Christopher	660

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	635
27	Jeffrey	632
28	Gregory	613
29	Edward	598
30	Bruce	559
31	Gordon	551
32	Charles	506
33	Terry	465
34	Gerald	459
35	Larry	437
36	Patrick	431
37	Raymond	424
38	Baby	400
39	Barry	394
40	Dennis	372
41	Alan	364
42	Randy	362
43	Frank	358
44	Lawrence	336
45	Keith	335
46	Andrew	324
47	Anthony	304
47	Glenn	304
49	Ian	303
50	Bradley	302
51	Philip	292
52	Scott	286
53	Allan	285
54	Randall	270
55	Roger	269
56	Frederick	267
57	Martin	261
58	Dale	239
59	Norman	218
60	Ralph	214
61	Walter	213
62	Murray	210
63	Glen	206
64	Eric	204
65	Leonard	203
66	Carl	191
67	Arthur	179
68	Roy	176
69	Neil	174
70	Michel	172
70	Russell	172
72	Henry	166
73	Craig	162
74	Stanley	161
75	Danny	160
76	Albert	159
76	Harold	159
78	Francis	158
79	Micheal	157
80	Perry	156
80	Ross	156
82	Alexander	155
83	Denis	154
84	Garry	148
85	Guy	147
86	Terrance	146
87	Howard	144
88	Leslie	140
89	Harry	136
90	Bryan	125
90	Grant	125
90	Ricky	125
93	Marc	124
93	Terrence	124
95	Jack	123
96	Bernard	120
97	Clifford	119
97	Ernest	119
99	Louis	118
99	Robin	118