Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1962

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

RankNameBabies
1David3,805
2Joseph3,534
3Robert3,314
4John3,296
5Michael2,945
6James2,237
7Mark1,765
8William1,747
9Richard1,675
10Paul1,669
11Brian1,377
12Stephen1,339
13Peter1,273
14Kevin1,258
15Daniel1,216
16Jeffrey1,176
17Steven1,162
18Christopher1,066
19Donald1,024
20Thomas1,009
21Ronald996
22Kenneth947
23Douglas910
24Timothy906
25Gregory850
RankNameBabies
26Scott804
27Andrew647
28Gary621
29Edward558
30Wayne519
31Bruce516
32Glenn485
33Bradley484
34Baby483
35Gordon437
36George435
37Raymond421
38Terry401
39Charles400
40Alan395
41Patrick386
42Anthony376
43Gerald360
44Barry331
45Ian326
46Martin311
47Frank308
48Philip306
49Craig298
50Roger289
51Dennis288
52Keith287
53Randy281
54Allan280
55Dale273
56Todd266
57Larry264
58Randall257
59Norman246
60Eric243
61Lawrence236
62Glen222
63Antonio216
64Marc208
65Shawn206
66Dean194
67Danny186
68Leonard177
68Michel177
70Brent171
71Frederick169
71Giuseppe169
73Walter165
74Russell164
75Neil162
76Grant157
76Murray157
78Darrell155
79Micheal152
80Alexander147
81Ralph146
82Carl145
83Perry143
84Roy140
85Denis137
85Harold137
87Albert136
87Jeffery136
89Arthur135
89Geoffrey135
91Vincent132
92Rodney131
93Howard130
94Pierre127
95Stanley126
96Francis123
96Henry123
98Colin121
98Warren121
100Bernard120
100Matthew120