Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	2,601
2	Michael	2,471
3	David	2,203
4	Christopher	2,172
5	Robert	2,032
6	John	1,633
7	Joseph	1,382
8	James	1,353
9	Paul	1,119
10	Kevin	1,095
11	Mark	1,083
12	Steven	1,052
13	Scott	926
14	Richard	896
15	Daniel	861
16	William	849
17	Jeffrey	834
18	Andrew	759
19	Brian	708
20	Stephen	706
21	Peter	647
22	Gregory	641
23	Sean	631
24	Shawn	612
25	Derek	563

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Matthew	559
27	Timothy	528
28	Kenneth	483
29	Thomas	448
30	Bradley	428
31	Craig	401
32	Jeffery	378
33	Donald	376
34	Patrick	374
35	Todd	358
36	Trevor	350
37	Ronald	343
38	Ian	336
39	Douglas	323
40	Adam	320
41	Anthony	319
42	Darren	317
43	Ryan	315
44	George	309
45	Jonathan	302
46	Eric	290
47	Marc	287
48	Jeremy	285
49	Shane	284
50	Edward	280
51	Jamie	257
52	Charles	245
53	Brent	236
54	Keith	235
55	Baby	228
56	Aaron	227
57	Wayne	223
58	Gary	222
59	Dennis	211
60	Bryan	202
61	Martin	199
61	Raymond	199
63	Colin	181
64	Chad	179
65	Philip	178
66	Antonio	174
67	Dean	173
68	Giuseppe	168
69	Geoffrey	166
69	Troy	166
71	Christian	164
72	Gordon	163
73	Dale	162
74	Alexander	159
75	Frank	151
76	Dwayne	148
77	Darryl	147
78	Allan	144
78	Terry	144
80	Cory	143
81	Brett	141
81	Justin	141
83	Neil	138
84	Randy	134
85	Roger	130
86	Gerald	129
87	Micheal	128
88	Michel	126
89	Bruce	125
90	Joel	124
91	Glen	122
92	Duane	118
93	Danny	116
94	Stephane	113
95	Adrian	112
96	Kyle	111
97	Carl	110
98	Roberto	109
99	Benjamin	108
100	Mario	107