Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1968

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

RankNameBabies
1Michael2,749
2David2,724
3Robert2,563
4John2,185
5Joseph2,094
6James1,668
7Christopher1,451
8Paul1,436
9Mark1,364
10Richard1,269
11William1,130
12Kevin1,079
13Steven1,066
14Brian952
15Jeffrey920
16Peter906
17Stephen852
18Daniel804
19Scott782
20Andrew750
21Timothy736
22Kenneth640
23Thomas607
24Ronald602
25Gregory571
RankNameBabies
26Sean566
27Donald545
28Douglas494
29Shawn455
30Todd434
31Darren423
32George396
33Patrick391
34Anthony385
34Gary385
36Bradley373
37Jeffery344
38Edward333
39Wayne319
40Jason318
41Craig314
42Dean301
43Antonio273
43Ian273
45Baby272
46Gordon269
47Raymond250
48Charles247
49Bruce243
50Eric237
50Marc237
52Trevor227
53Philip221
54Keith215
55Matthew212
56Terry211
57Glen205
58Allan204
59Giuseppe203
60Dennis198
61Frank196
62Martin195
63Randy185
64Gerald184
65Derek183
66Glenn180
67Brent177
68Rodney174
69Roger167
70Roberto159
71Alan157
72Barry154
73Bryan153
73Jonathan153
75Troy151
76Darryl147
77Dale146
78Alexander141
79Colin137
80Jamie135
81Danny133
82Grant132
83Michel131
84Geoffrey129
85Kelly128
86Lawrence123
87Dwayne121
87Giovanni121
89Norman117
89Victor117
91Walter116
92Larry113
93Neil111
94Mario110
95Domenico109
96Frederick108
96Shane108
98Warren107
99Micheal106
100Carl104
100Francesco104