Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	3,811
2	David	3,651
3	John	3,337
4	Robert	3,279
5	Michael	2,816
6	James	2,504
7	William	2,102
8	Richard	1,949
9	Paul	1,676
10	Brian	1,601
11	Mark	1,510
12	Stephen	1,392
13	Peter	1,379
14	Daniel	1,236
15	Donald	1,202
16	Ronald	1,182
17	Thomas	1,119
18	Douglas	1,074
19	Steven	1,033
20	Kevin	987
21	Timothy	975
22	Kenneth	914
23	Gary	905
24	Christopher	780
25	Jeffrey	716

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	612
27	Wayne	610
28	Edward	608
29	Bruce	578
30	George	568
31	Gordon	553
32	Charles	465
33	Raymond	458
34	Scott	447
35	Gerald	440
36	Terry	427
37	Patrick	420
38	Alan	395
38	Dennis	395
40	Barry	390
41	Andrew	387
42	Larry	384
43	Baby	381
44	Bradley	365
45	Anthony	348
45	Philip	348
47	Frank	333
48	Randy	328
49	Ian	325
50	Keith	321
51	Lawrence	316
52	Dale	312
52	Randall	312
54	Allan	303
55	Glenn	285
56	Roger	279
57	Eric	268
58	Martin	260
59	Norman	251
60	Walter	243
61	Craig	226
62	Frederick	210
63	Glen	202
64	Ralph	190
65	Russell	188
66	Roy	185
67	Danny	182
68	Harold	177
69	Ricky	174
70	Antonio	171
70	Henry	171
72	Murray	170
72	Perry	170
74	Dean	162
75	Leonard	158
75	Neil	158
77	Albert	157
78	Michel	155
79	Arthur	154
79	Micheal	154
81	Terrance	152
82	Alexander	150
82	Carl	150
82	Denis	150
85	Harry	140
85	Jean	140
85	Marc	140
88	Francis	138
88	Howard	138
88	Stanley	138
91	Leslie	137
92	Giuseppe	134
93	Bernard	133
94	Guy	130
95	Shawn	129
96	Darrell	128
97	Garry	127
97	Grant	127
99	Bryan	120
99	Ross	120