Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,805
2	David	2,665
3	Robert	2,580
4	John	2,101
5	Joseph	1,818
6	Christopher	1,810
7	James	1,764
8	Jason	1,491
9	Paul	1,341
10	Mark	1,333
11	Steven	1,305
12	Kevin	1,208
13	Richard	1,139
14	William	1,114
15	Jeffrey	1,015
16	Scott	930
17	Daniel	928
18	Andrew	857
19	Brian	853
20	Stephen	847
21	Peter	800
22	Gregory	666
23	Timothy	661
24	Derek	622
24	Sean	622

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	590
27	Thomas	589
28	Shawn	556
29	Ronald	517
30	Donald	465
31	Craig	454
32	Douglas	447
33	Todd	441
34	Patrick	414
35	Bradley	407
36	Edward	401
37	Jeffery	389
38	Matthew	380
39	George	352
40	Darren	349
41	Anthony	334
42	Eric	321
43	Ian	316
44	Trevor	311
45	Gary	308
46	Marc	297
47	Wayne	279
48	Charles	269
49	Jonathan	257
50	Brent	241
51	Baby	240
52	Gordon	236
53	Dennis	232
53	Raymond	232
55	Philip	231
56	Antonio	228
57	Keith	226
58	Glen	225
58	Jamie	225
60	Colin	220
61	Dean	214
62	Martin	206
63	Terry	197
64	Giuseppe	192
65	Dwayne	190
66	Frank	185
67	Roger	178
68	Bruce	176
69	Allan	175
70	Shane	174
70	Troy	174
72	Glenn	170
73	Gerald	169
74	Neil	168
75	Bryan	167
76	Alexander	165
77	Dale	164
78	Adam	163
78	Rodney	163
80	Alan	162
80	Randy	162
82	Darryl	161
83	Geoffrey	155
84	Cory	151
85	Roberto	147
86	Danny	138
86	Michel	138
88	Jeremy	128
89	Corey	126
90	Barry	124
91	Lawrence	123
92	Giovanni	121
93	Aaron	119
94	Norman	118
95	Micheal	117
96	Carl	116
97	Larry	111
97	Mario	111
99	Francesco	110
100	Leonard	107