Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1960

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

RankNameBabies
1Joseph3,840
2David3,664
3John3,251
4Robert3,238
5Michael2,944
6James2,449
7William1,957
8Richard1,833
9Mark1,718
9Paul1,718
11Brian1,506
12Stephen1,357
13Peter1,293
14Daniel1,240
15Donald1,144
16Ronald1,134
17Kevin1,129
18Steven1,112
19Thomas1,086
20Christopher1,052
21Timothy1,002
22Kenneth967
23Douglas956
24Jeffrey799
25Gary767
RankNameBabies
26Gregory728
27Scott611
28Edward585
29George574
30Bruce559
31Wayne550
32Andrew535
33Gordon505
34Charles456
35Terry450
36Baby440
37Patrick427
38Anthony416
39Bradley406
40Raymond390
41Gerald383
42Alan378
43Barry372
44Randy360
45Philip352
46Larry350
47Dennis348
47Glenn348
49Frank340
50Ian331
51Martin306
52Dale287
53Allan285
54Craig284
54Roger284
56Eric283
57Lawrence280
58Randall263
59Keith257
60Frederick241
61Norman228
62Walter220
63Michel203
64Antonio202
65Murray193
66Danny185
67Russell184
68Dean182
68Marc182
70Leonard178
71Alexander173
72Glen172
73Ralph171
74Arthur170
75Francis169
76Neil166
77Harold165
78Carl164
79Albert163
80Ricky158
81Micheal155
82Terrance151
83Perry150
84Brent147
84Darren147
84Henry147
87Roy145
88Randolph142
89Guy138
89Rodney138
89Ross138
92Stanley137
93Denis136
93Jean136
93Shawn136
96Garry132
97Howard131
98Giuseppe127
99Grant126
99Leslie126