Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	3,853
2	David	3,437
3	Robert	3,232
4	John	3,207
5	Michael	2,817
6	James	2,333
7	William	2,106
8	Richard	2,035
9	Paul	1,718
10	Brian	1,652
11	Peter	1,319
12	Stephen	1,292
13	Mark	1,240
14	Daniel	1,214
15	Ronald	1,205
16	Thomas	1,143
17	Douglas	1,137
18	Donald	1,132
19	Kenneth	992
20	Kevin	964
21	Gary	892
22	Timothy	867
23	Steven	865
24	Christopher	675
25	Jeffrey	656

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	646
27	Edward	602
28	George	587
29	Bruce	581
30	Gregory	571
31	Gordon	542
32	Charles	515
33	Raymond	451
34	Terry	446
35	Larry	445
36	Gerald	441
37	Patrick	433
38	Baby	431
39	Barry	401
40	Scott	397
41	Andrew	394
42	Alan	370
43	Lawrence	348
44	Dennis	344
45	Randy	332
46	Bradley	331
47	Anthony	320
48	Glenn	314
49	Ian	312
50	Frank	306
51	Allan	301
52	Dale	293
53	Philip	284
54	Randall	283
55	Keith	273
56	Roger	264
57	Eric	263
58	Norman	262
59	Martin	260
60	Frederick	236
61	Murray	216
62	Leonard	196
63	Walter	192
64	Harold	191
64	Ralph	191
66	Glen	188
67	Neil	179
68	Alexander	175
68	Henry	175
70	Francis	171
70	Ricky	171
72	Danny	167
73	Craig	166
74	Michel	162
74	Terrance	162
76	Howard	160
76	Perry	160
78	Arthur	158
79	Roy	157
80	Denis	155
80	Micheal	155
82	Russell	154
83	Carl	151
84	Albert	147
85	Leslie	141
86	Bryan	140
87	Bernard	135
88	Jean	132
89	Rodney	131
90	Marc	128
91	Antonio	127
91	Geoffrey	127
93	Dean	126
94	Matthew	125
94	Stanley	125
96	Grant	124
97	Colin	123
98	Gerard	121
99	Randolph	120
100	Garry	118
100	Giuseppe	118