Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1978
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,772 |
| 2 | Christopher | 2,056 |
| 3 | Jason | 2,024 |
| 4 | David | 1,826 |
| 5 | Robert | 1,403 |
| 6 | James | 1,277 |
| 7 | Ryan | 1,275 |
| 8 | Matthew | 1,222 |
| 9 | Joseph | 1,136 |
| 10 | John | 1,078 |
| 11 | Andrew | 1,012 |
| 12 | Mark | 1,000 |
| 13 | Kevin | 975 |
| 14 | Daniel | 973 |
| 15 | Jeffrey | 930 |
| 16 | Steven | 818 |
| 17 | Adam | 786 |
| 18 | Paul | 779 |
| 19 | Richard | 658 |
| 20 | Brian | 648 |
| 21 | Scott | 645 |
| 22 | William | 644 |
| 23 | Stephen | 594 |
| 24 | Timothy | 586 |
| 25 | Shawn | 570 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jeremy | 540 |
| 27 | Peter | 502 |
| 28 | Sean | 499 |
| 29 | Gregory | 475 |
| 30 | Jonathan | 465 |
| 31 | Bradley | 421 |
| 32 | Patrick | 417 |
| 33 | Eric | 415 |
| 34 | Derek | 413 |
| 35 | Aaron | 381 |
| 35 | Thomas | 381 |
| 37 | Trevor | 377 |
| 38 | Joshua | 376 |
| 39 | Craig | 347 |
| 39 | Shaun | 347 |
| 41 | Ian | 339 |
| 42 | Nicholas | 327 |
| 43 | Benjamin | 308 |
| 44 | Justin | 305 |
| 45 | Chad | 294 |
| 46 | Anthony | 291 |
| 46 | Kenneth | 291 |
| 48 | Darryl | 287 |
| 49 | Jeffery | 273 |
| 50 | Marc | 267 |
| 51 | Charles | 255 |
| 52 | Jamie | 249 |
| 53 | Nathan | 241 |
| 54 | Donald | 230 |
| 55 | Shane | 223 |
| 56 | Philip | 217 |
| 57 | Bryan | 212 |
| 58 | Cory | 207 |
| 59 | Douglas | 205 |
| 59 | Kyle | 205 |
| 61 | Todd | 199 |
| 62 | Darren | 193 |
| 63 | George | 189 |
| 64 | Martin | 186 |
| 65 | Brent | 185 |
| 66 | Edward | 184 |
| 67 | Neil | 182 |
| 68 | Colin | 178 |
| 69 | Alexander | 172 |
| 70 | Ronald | 169 |
| 71 | Joel | 167 |
| 72 | Gary | 164 |
| 73 | Geoffrey | 159 |
| 73 | Keith | 159 |
| 73 | Tyler | 159 |
| 76 | Dennis | 150 |
| 77 | Wesley | 149 |
| 78 | Brandon | 147 |
| 79 | Jesse | 140 |
| 79 | Raymond | 140 |
| 81 | Christian | 137 |
| 82 | Andre | 133 |
| 83 | Micheal | 131 |
| 84 | Dwayne | 129 |
| 85 | Gordon | 128 |
| 86 | Corey | 127 |
| 87 | Kristopher | 125 |
| 88 | Curtis | 120 |
| 89 | Wayne | 119 |
| 90 | Danny | 114 |
| 91 | Antonio | 113 |
| 92 | Randy | 111 |
| 93 | Baby | 110 |
| 94 | Adrian | 107 |
| 95 | Marco | 105 |
| 96 | Cameron | 104 |
| 97 | Simon | 102 |
| 98 | Alan | 101 |
| 99 | Lee | 100 |
| 100 | Steve | 98 |