Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joseph	3,650
2	David	3,492
3	John	3,341
4	Robert	3,253
5	Michael	2,991
6	James	2,296
7	William	1,937
8	Richard	1,786
9	Paul	1,729
10	Mark	1,709
11	Stephen	1,428
12	Brian	1,369
13	Kevin	1,278
14	Peter	1,256
15	Daniel	1,190
16	Steven	1,174
17	Thomas	1,133
18	Donald	1,121
19	Douglas	1,063
20	Ronald	1,049
21	Jeffrey	1,038
22	Christopher	1,009
23	Timothy	943
24	Kenneth	918
25	Gregory	772

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	728
27	Andrew	670
28	Scott	640
29	Edward	561
30	Wayne	542
31	George	539
32	Bradley	487
33	Gordon	480
34	Bruce	471
35	Charles	461
36	Baby	444
37	Patrick	439
38	Terry	420
39	Gerald	408
40	Raymond	397
41	Anthony	391
42	Alan	387
43	Glenn	357
44	Barry	352
45	Frank	330
46	Philip	327
47	Ian	324
48	Randy	320
49	Keith	313
50	Lawrence	312
51	Larry	299
52	Roger	297
53	Dennis	296
54	Martin	279
55	Dale	276
56	Craig	271
56	Randall	271
58	Allan	269
59	Eric	240
60	Norman	223
61	Antonio	221
62	Walter	203
63	Murray	199
64	Frederick	197
65	Danny	190
66	Dean	188
66	Marc	188
68	Russell	186
69	Shawn	182
70	Carl	177
70	Todd	177
72	Michel	176
73	Giuseppe	174
73	Glen	174
73	Roy	174
76	Neil	160
77	Leonard	157
78	Brent	156
79	Darrell	154
80	Rodney	153
81	Arthur	152
82	Micheal	150
83	Perry	147
84	Henry	143
85	Alexander	142
86	Grant	141
86	Ralph	141
88	Albert	140
88	Harold	140
90	Jean	136
91	Denis	135
92	Geoffrey	134
93	Francis	133
94	Matthew	128
94	Terrance	128
96	Bernard	124
97	Bryan	123
98	Dwayne	122
98	Stanley	122
100	Ross	121