Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	2,751
2	Michael	2,651
3	Christopher	2,109
4	David	2,008
5	Robert	1,663
6	Joseph	1,490
7	James	1,316
8	John	1,292
9	Mark	1,211
10	Kevin	1,091
11	Paul	983
12	Daniel	943
13	Jeffrey	925
14	Steven	868
15	Matthew	860
16	Andrew	850
17	William	838
18	Scott	789
19	Richard	769
20	Shawn	713
21	Ryan	645
22	Brian	637
23	Peter	627
24	Stephen	603
25	Gregory	582

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sean	547
27	Timothy	520
28	Adam	495
29	Craig	430
30	Thomas	420
31	Jeremy	415
32	Derek	405
33	Bradley	404
34	Jonathan	380
35	Patrick	374
36	Kenneth	371
37	Anthony	359
38	Jeffery	353
39	Aaron	350
40	Eric	349
41	Donald	341
41	Trevor	341
43	Ian	324
44	Shane	308
45	Todd	306
46	George	291
47	Marc	288
48	Chad	278
49	Darren	269
50	Ronald	266
51	Jamie	265
52	Edward	256
53	Charles	247
54	Douglas	245
55	Brent	206
56	Philip	204
57	Joshua	191
58	Keith	190
59	Martin	188
60	Alexander	183
61	Bryan	181
61	Dennis	181
63	Colin	174
64	Gordon	172
64	Justin	172
66	Geoffrey	163
67	Antonio	161
68	Benjamin	160
68	Joel	160
68	Wayne	160
71	Troy	156
72	Raymond	154
73	Gary	153
74	Darryl	152
75	Christian	150
75	Cory	150
77	Baby	143
78	Frank	141
79	Neil	138
80	Dean	135
80	Kyle	135
82	Nathan	133
83	Danny	132
83	Terry	132
85	Allan	129
86	Nicholas	127
87	Giuseppe	125
88	Marco	122
89	Nelson	120
90	Adrian	117
90	Micheal	117
92	Brett	115
92	Gerald	115
94	Brandon	112
95	Roger	111
96	Alan	109
96	Dale	109
96	Randy	109
99	Tyler	105
100	Dwayne	103
100	Lee	103
100	Roberto	103