Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,693
2	Jason	2,121
3	Christopher	2,062
4	David	1,907
5	Robert	1,530
6	James	1,298
7	Joseph	1,219
8	Ryan	1,191
9	John	1,134
10	Andrew	1,117
11	Mark	1,063
12	Kevin	1,050
13	Matthew	1,016
14	Daniel	963
15	Jeffrey	937
16	Steven	899
17	Paul	771
18	Richard	759
19	Scott	703
20	Brian	697
21	William	652
22	Shawn	645
23	Jeremy	618
24	Adam	606
25	Timothy	550

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	549
27	Sean	540
28	Gregory	510
29	Peter	498
30	Eric	460
31	Jonathan	431
32	Bradley	422
33	Thomas	386
34	Derek	379
35	Aaron	375
36	Patrick	361
37	Ian	352
38	Jamie	347
39	Anthony	342
39	Jeffery	342
41	Trevor	339
42	Darryl	332
43	Benjamin	324
44	Craig	315
45	Kenneth	305
46	Chad	302
47	Joshua	297
48	Charles	267
49	Shane	254
50	Justin	252
51	Cory	248
51	Donald	248
53	Marc	246
54	George	243
55	Todd	240
56	Douglas	230
57	Darren	224
58	Philip	223
59	Nathan	216
60	Bryan	209
60	Edward	209
62	Ronald	202
63	Corey	201
64	Keith	182
65	Brent	179
66	Colin	178
67	Neil	175
68	Alexander	174
69	Wesley	169
70	Martin	168
71	Geoffrey	160
72	Kyle	158
73	Nicholas	154
74	Dennis	152
75	Joel	149
76	Shaun	146
77	Raymond	137
78	Adrian	136
79	Gary	134
79	Wayne	134
81	Antonio	128
82	Micheal	127
83	Brandon	126
83	Tyler	126
85	Jesse	125
86	Christian	122
86	Dwayne	122
88	Terry	121
89	Gordon	120
89	Randy	120
91	Marco	119
92	Kristopher	114
92	Lee	114
94	Danny	112
94	Jay	112
96	Allan	111
97	Steve	109
98	Michel	106
99	Baby	105
100	Daryl	104