Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1973
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason | 2,730 |
| 2 | Michael | 2,571 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,101 |
| 4 | David | 1,985 |
| 5 | Robert | 1,742 |
| 6 | James | 1,378 |
| 7 | John | 1,363 |
| 8 | Joseph | 1,280 |
| 9 | Mark | 1,162 |
| 10 | Kevin | 1,161 |
| 11 | Steven | 961 |
| 12 | Paul | 947 |
| 13 | Jeffrey | 927 |
| 14 | Daniel | 926 |
| 15 | Richard | 868 |
| 16 | Scott | 861 |
| 17 | William | 806 |
| 18 | Andrew | 751 |
| 19 | Shawn | 694 |
| 20 | Brian | 686 |
| 21 | Matthew | 673 |
| 22 | Sean | 643 |
| 23 | Stephen | 638 |
| 24 | Peter | 621 |
| 25 | Gregory | 599 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Timothy | 495 |
| 27 | Derek | 486 |
| 28 | Thomas | 445 |
| 29 | Ryan | 428 |
| 30 | Craig | 420 |
| 31 | Adam | 413 |
| 32 | Bradley | 399 |
| 33 | Jeffery | 397 |
| 34 | Trevor | 394 |
| 35 | Kenneth | 385 |
| 36 | Anthony | 354 |
| 37 | Patrick | 351 |
| 38 | Jonathan | 343 |
| 39 | Jeremy | 332 |
| 40 | Ian | 331 |
| 41 | Eric | 329 |
| 42 | Todd | 323 |
| 43 | Donald | 306 |
| 44 | Jamie | 305 |
| 45 | Shane | 298 |
| 46 | Douglas | 286 |
| 47 | Ronald | 277 |
| 48 | George | 273 |
| 48 | Marc | 273 |
| 50 | Edward | 264 |
| 51 | Aaron | 262 |
| 51 | Darren | 262 |
| 53 | Chad | 239 |
| 54 | Philip | 220 |
| 55 | Brent | 218 |
| 56 | Gary | 216 |
| 57 | Charles | 213 |
| 58 | Dennis | 203 |
| 59 | Wayne | 201 |
| 60 | Bryan | 197 |
| 61 | Martin | 194 |
| 62 | Keith | 186 |
| 62 | Raymond | 186 |
| 64 | Antonio | 178 |
| 65 | Gordon | 173 |
| 66 | Justin | 169 |
| 67 | Terry | 168 |
| 68 | Cory | 166 |
| 69 | Christian | 163 |
| 70 | Colin | 161 |
| 71 | Giuseppe | 157 |
| 72 | Dean | 156 |
| 72 | Neil | 156 |
| 74 | Alexander | 155 |
| 74 | Baby | 155 |
| 76 | Frank | 152 |
| 77 | Joel | 146 |
| 77 | Troy | 146 |
| 79 | Geoffrey | 142 |
| 80 | Dale | 138 |
| 81 | Dwayne | 135 |
| 82 | Danny | 134 |
| 82 | Michel | 134 |
| 84 | Darryl | 132 |
| 85 | Micheal | 130 |
| 86 | Gerald | 128 |
| 86 | Joshua | 128 |
| 88 | Randy | 127 |
| 89 | Stephane | 112 |
| 90 | Alan | 111 |
| 90 | Glen | 111 |
| 92 | Allan | 109 |
| 92 | Brett | 109 |
| 94 | Glenn | 108 |
| 94 | Rodney | 108 |
| 96 | Andre | 104 |
| 97 | Roger | 103 |
| 98 | Benjamin | 102 |
| 99 | Barry | 101 |
| 99 | Nelson | 101 |
| 99 | Roberto | 101 |