Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1971
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,499 |
| 2 | David | 2,387 |
| 3 | Robert | 2,226 |
| 4 | Jason | 2,082 |
| 5 | Christopher | 2,059 |
| 6 | John | 1,827 |
| 7 | James | 1,560 |
| 8 | Joseph | 1,541 |
| 9 | Paul | 1,241 |
| 10 | Steven | 1,183 |
| 11 | Mark | 1,125 |
| 12 | Kevin | 1,101 |
| 13 | Scott | 1,077 |
| 14 | Richard | 1,014 |
| 15 | William | 971 |
| 16 | Daniel | 907 |
| 17 | Jeffrey | 899 |
| 18 | Stephen | 824 |
| 19 | Brian | 802 |
| 20 | Andrew | 764 |
| 21 | Peter | 749 |
| 22 | Gregory | 712 |
| 23 | Sean | 701 |
| 24 | Shawn | 650 |
| 25 | Timothy | 614 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Derek | 580 |
| 27 | Thomas | 542 |
| 28 | Kenneth | 494 |
| 29 | Craig | 462 |
| 30 | Bradley | 443 |
| 31 | Ronald | 440 |
| 32 | Matthew | 431 |
| 33 | Todd | 420 |
| 34 | Donald | 408 |
| 35 | Patrick | 407 |
| 36 | Trevor | 382 |
| 37 | Edward | 370 |
| 38 | Douglas | 366 |
| 39 | Jeffery | 355 |
| 40 | Anthony | 349 |
| 41 | Marc | 336 |
| 42 | Ian | 330 |
| 43 | Eric | 327 |
| 44 | George | 307 |
| 45 | Darren | 300 |
| 46 | Jonathan | 281 |
| 47 | Adam | 276 |
| 48 | Wayne | 265 |
| 49 | Gary | 262 |
| 50 | Charles | 250 |
| 51 | Brent | 242 |
| 52 | Jamie | 231 |
| 53 | Gordon | 229 |
| 54 | Shane | 226 |
| 55 | Keith | 225 |
| 56 | Dennis | 223 |
| 57 | Jeremy | 218 |
| 58 | Raymond | 210 |
| 59 | Dean | 206 |
| 60 | Frank | 202 |
| 61 | Martin | 201 |
| 62 | Colin | 200 |
| 63 | Baby | 190 |
| 64 | Cory | 179 |
| 65 | Aaron | 177 |
| 65 | Antonio | 177 |
| 67 | Philip | 176 |
| 68 | Gerald | 175 |
| 69 | Ryan | 172 |
| 70 | Bryan | 169 |
| 71 | Troy | 167 |
| 72 | Giuseppe | 165 |
| 73 | Glen | 164 |
| 74 | Darryl | 163 |
| 74 | Glenn | 163 |
| 74 | Terry | 163 |
| 77 | Roberto | 160 |
| 78 | Allan | 156 |
| 79 | Michel | 152 |
| 80 | Roger | 150 |
| 81 | Alan | 149 |
| 82 | Bruce | 147 |
| 82 | Chad | 147 |
| 84 | Alexander | 146 |
| 85 | Neil | 140 |
| 86 | Dale | 139 |
| 87 | Geoffrey | 137 |
| 88 | Rodney | 136 |
| 89 | Dwayne | 135 |
| 89 | Randy | 135 |
| 91 | Micheal | 124 |
| 92 | Corey | 123 |
| 93 | Kyle | 121 |
| 94 | Barry | 120 |
| 95 | Francesco | 118 |
| 95 | Justin | 118 |
| 97 | Joel | 116 |
| 98 | Danny | 115 |
| 98 | Lawrence | 115 |
| 100 | Larry | 113 |