Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,677
2	Christopher	2,133
3	Matthew	1,848
4	Ryan	1,748
5	David	1,710
6	Jason	1,669
7	Robert	1,289
8	Andrew	1,191
9	Adam	1,177
10	James	1,142
11	Daniel	1,114
12	Joseph	1,066
13	John	977
14	Jonathan	845
15	Jeffrey	827
16	Kevin	794
17	Mark	791
18	Justin	753
19	Steven	739
20	Paul	673
21	Brian	668
22	Scott	651
23	William	621
24	Richard	610
25	Joshua	570

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	541
27	Shawn	530
28	Nicholas	526
29	Eric	518
30	Timothy	505
31	Jeremy	499
32	Sean	495
33	Bradley	494
34	Derek	460
35	Patrick	448
36	Aaron	443
37	Peter	428
38	Thomas	426
39	Gregory	414
40	Benjamin	371
41	Anthony	358
42	Trevor	354
43	Nathan	329
44	Jesse	322
45	Brandon	320
46	Ian	317
47	Jordan	305
48	Kyle	303
49	Craig	285
50	Alexander	267
51	Kenneth	263
52	Bryan	250
53	Tyler	243
54	Joel	228
55	Philip	225
56	Jamie	224
57	Jeffery	222
58	Chad	219
59	Marc	212
60	Shane	211
61	Shaun	209
62	Cory	204
63	Darryl	191
64	Charles	190
65	Colin	184
66	Brent	181
67	Darren	169
68	Douglas	156
69	Mathew	155
70	Ronald	154
71	Travis	150
72	Edward	148
73	Martin	147
74	Raymond	146
75	George	142
76	Gary	139
77	Donald	137
77	Keith	137
79	Adrian	135
80	Luke	133
81	Curtis	129
82	Neil	128
83	Geoffrey	127
84	Todd	126
85	Cameron	124
86	Jacob	123
87	Dennis	121
88	Andre	119
89	Lee	117
90	Brett	115
90	Graham	115
92	Micheal	114
93	Dustin	110
94	Corey	108
94	Kristopher	108
96	Lucas	107
96	Michel	107
98	Wayne	106
99	Alan	105
100	Gordon	103