Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1965

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

RankNameBabies
1David3,154
2Joseph3,095
3Robert2,975
4Michael2,941
5John2,846
6James2,020
7Paul1,613
8Richard1,494
9Mark1,439
10William1,417
11Christopher1,298
12Steven1,224
13Kevin1,211
14Brian1,139
15Daniel1,069
16Peter1,065
17Jeffrey1,060
18Timothy978
19Stephen974
20Thomas866
21Kenneth837
22Scott812
23Donald808
24Ronald804
25Andrew796
RankNameBabies
26Gregory740
27Douglas728
28Gary511
29Edward484
30Bradley439
31Patrick431
32George420
33Wayne402
34Gordon385
35Anthony377
36Baby365
37Shawn360
38Raymond355
39Bruce354
39Darren354
41Charles343
41Todd343
43Allan342
44Terry330
45Glenn328
46Ian302
47Frank283
48Eric268
49Craig267
50Dennis264
51Gerald263
52Darryl261
53Philip260
54Keith258
55Barry253
56Sean247
57Martin240
58Roger235
59Antonio234
60Dean225
61Larry212
62Randy210
63Glen208
64Dale195
64Marc195
66Lawrence194
67Alan190
68Brent187
68Matthew187
70Rodney186
71Darrin184
72Norman166
73Randall165
74Giuseppe164
75Jeffery154
76Michel153
77Derek149
78Frederick148
79Micheal146
80Russell143
81Neil142
82Danny141
83Carl136
84Vincent135
85Grant134
86Roberto128
87Alexander127
88Walter126
89Bryan123
90Leonard119
91Victor118
92Jonathan117
92Warren117
94Denis115
94Harold115
96Murray114
97Ralph113
98Giovanni112
99Jean109
99Roy109
99Stanley109