Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1979
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,805 |
| 2 | Christopher | 2,029 |
| 3 | Jason | 1,938 |
| 4 | David | 1,914 |
| 5 | Ryan | 1,416 |
| 6 | Robert | 1,392 |
| 7 | Matthew | 1,293 |
| 8 | James | 1,259 |
| 9 | Joseph | 1,200 |
| 10 | Andrew | 1,128 |
| 11 | John | 1,105 |
| 12 | Mark | 1,023 |
| 13 | Adam | 1,013 |
| 14 | Daniel | 1,011 |
| 15 | Kevin | 927 |
| 16 | Jeffrey | 847 |
| 17 | Steven | 841 |
| 18 | Paul | 702 |
| 19 | Scott | 685 |
| 20 | Brian | 664 |
| 21 | Richard | 636 |
| 22 | William | 631 |
| 23 | Jeremy | 554 |
| 24 | Stephen | 548 |
| 25 | Nicholas | 545 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jonathan | 540 |
| 27 | Shawn | 530 |
| 28 | Timothy | 520 |
| 29 | Peter | 486 |
| 30 | Gregory | 481 |
| 31 | Bradley | 459 |
| 32 | Eric | 449 |
| 33 | Sean | 441 |
| 34 | Thomas | 422 |
| 35 | Joshua | 420 |
| 36 | Patrick | 418 |
| 37 | Aaron | 410 |
| 38 | Trevor | 394 |
| 39 | Justin | 382 |
| 40 | Derek | 372 |
| 41 | Ian | 363 |
| 42 | Shaun | 332 |
| 43 | Anthony | 320 |
| 44 | Jamie | 315 |
| 45 | Kenneth | 301 |
| 46 | Benjamin | 300 |
| 47 | Craig | 296 |
| 48 | Jeffery | 291 |
| 49 | Chad | 277 |
| 50 | Shane | 273 |
| 51 | Nathan | 245 |
| 52 | Charles | 237 |
| 53 | Bryan | 236 |
| 54 | Alexander | 230 |
| 55 | Philip | 227 |
| 56 | Marc | 225 |
| 57 | Darryl | 224 |
| 58 | Joel | 215 |
| 59 | Kyle | 213 |
| 60 | Douglas | 208 |
| 61 | Cory | 207 |
| 62 | Brent | 203 |
| 62 | Tyler | 203 |
| 64 | Brandon | 198 |
| 65 | Colin | 193 |
| 66 | Donald | 190 |
| 67 | Neil | 189 |
| 68 | Jesse | 177 |
| 69 | Darren | 171 |
| 70 | Martin | 170 |
| 71 | George | 168 |
| 72 | Keith | 164 |
| 73 | Edward | 162 |
| 74 | Todd | 154 |
| 75 | Ronald | 149 |
| 75 | Travis | 149 |
| 77 | Geoffrey | 147 |
| 78 | Gary | 145 |
| 79 | Dennis | 144 |
| 80 | Corey | 142 |
| 81 | Wesley | 134 |
| 82 | Micheal | 124 |
| 83 | Raymond | 123 |
| 84 | Gordon | 118 |
| 84 | Jordan | 118 |
| 86 | Christian | 117 |
| 87 | Kristopher | 115 |
| 88 | Curtis | 114 |
| 89 | Adrian | 113 |
| 90 | Jacob | 112 |
| 90 | Randy | 112 |
| 92 | Wayne | 108 |
| 93 | Lucas | 107 |
| 94 | Allan | 105 |
| 94 | Marco | 105 |
| 96 | Cameron | 103 |
| 97 | Troy | 102 |
| 98 | Danny | 100 |
| 99 | Luke | 97 |
| 100 | Lee | 96 |
| 100 | Mathew | 96 |