Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1983
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,826 |
| 2 | Christopher | 2,388 |
| 3 | Matthew | 2,232 |
| 4 | David | 1,789 |
| 5 | Ryan | 1,674 |
| 6 | Andrew | 1,621 |
| 7 | Jason | 1,524 |
| 8 | Adam | 1,404 |
| 9 | Robert | 1,279 |
| 10 | Daniel | 1,248 |
| 11 | James | 1,222 |
| 12 | Joseph | 1,106 |
| 13 | John | 949 |
| 14 | Jonathan | 922 |
| 15 | Jeffrey | 921 |
| 16 | Justin | 897 |
| 17 | Kevin | 871 |
| 18 | Mark | 840 |
| 19 | Steven | 838 |
| 20 | Kyle | 813 |
| 21 | Joshua | 749 |
| 22 | William | 700 |
| 23 | Brian | 698 |
| 24 | Paul | 613 |
| 25 | Eric | 608 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Richard | 588 |
| 27 | Stephen | 587 |
| 28 | Sean | 567 |
| 29 | Scott | 564 |
| 30 | Nicholas | 515 |
| 31 | Bradley | 501 |
| 32 | Aaron | 497 |
| 33 | Gregory | 494 |
| 34 | Tyler | 484 |
| 35 | Thomas | 470 |
| 36 | Timothy | 467 |
| 37 | Shawn | 457 |
| 38 | Brandon | 446 |
| 39 | Derek | 434 |
| 40 | Peter | 420 |
| 41 | Patrick | 409 |
| 42 | Jeremy | 390 |
| 43 | Jordan | 374 |
| 44 | Anthony | 369 |
| 45 | Benjamin | 347 |
| 46 | Ian | 338 |
| 47 | Trevor | 335 |
| 48 | Alexander | 332 |
| 49 | Nathan | 326 |
| 50 | Jesse | 284 |
| 51 | Craig | 282 |
| 52 | Bryan | 262 |
| 53 | Kenneth | 249 |
| 54 | Shane | 246 |
| 55 | Colin | 237 |
| 56 | Philip | 230 |
| 57 | Chad | 213 |
| 58 | Charles | 212 |
| 58 | Joel | 212 |
| 60 | Marc | 202 |
| 61 | Brent | 190 |
| 62 | Cory | 186 |
| 62 | Travis | 186 |
| 64 | Mathew | 183 |
| 65 | Jamie | 180 |
| 66 | Geoffrey | 162 |
| 67 | Jacob | 157 |
| 68 | Edward | 150 |
| 69 | Jeffery | 148 |
| 70 | Adrian | 145 |
| 70 | Douglas | 145 |
| 70 | Dustin | 145 |
| 73 | Andre | 143 |
| 74 | Darryl | 142 |
| 75 | Cameron | 139 |
| 76 | Martin | 136 |
| 77 | Shaun | 133 |
| 78 | Donald | 132 |
| 79 | Keith | 131 |
| 80 | Neil | 130 |
| 81 | Curtis | 126 |
| 82 | Brendan | 124 |
| 82 | Raymond | 124 |
| 84 | Corey | 120 |
| 85 | Darren | 119 |
| 86 | George | 117 |
| 87 | Zachary | 116 |
| 88 | Gary | 113 |
| 89 | Graham | 111 |
| 89 | Ronald | 111 |
| 91 | Todd | 110 |
| 92 | Alan | 109 |
| 93 | Evan | 108 |
| 94 | Kristopher | 107 |
| 94 | Troy | 107 |
| 96 | Lucas | 104 |
| 97 | Luke | 103 |
| 97 | Simon | 103 |
| 99 | Lee | 101 |
| 99 | Micheal | 101 |
| 99 | Phillip | 101 |