Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1985
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,724 |
| 2 | Christopher | 2,245 |
| 3 | Matthew | 2,170 |
| 4 | Andrew | 1,758 |
| 5 | Ryan | 1,675 |
| 6 | David | 1,631 |
| 7 | Daniel | 1,603 |
| 8 | Adam | 1,346 |
| 9 | Kyle | 1,242 |
| 10 | Jason | 1,231 |
| 11 | Robert | 1,163 |
| 12 | James | 1,161 |
| 13 | Joseph | 1,105 |
| 14 | Joshua | 1,072 |
| 15 | Justin | 964 |
| 16 | Jonathan | 936 |
| 17 | Kevin | 907 |
| 18 | Jeffrey | 871 |
| 19 | Mark | 866 |
| 20 | John | 833 |
| 21 | Steven | 764 |
| 22 | Tyler | 742 |
| 23 | Nicholas | 693 |
| 24 | Eric | 691 |
| 25 | William | 645 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Brandon | 610 |
| 27 | Alexander | 592 |
| 28 | Scott | 588 |
| 29 | Brian | 584 |
| 30 | Sean | 574 |
| 31 | Paul | 566 |
| 32 | Stephen | 533 |
| 33 | Thomas | 519 |
| 34 | Patrick | 498 |
| 35 | Shawn | 496 |
| 36 | Richard | 494 |
| 37 | Timothy | 485 |
| 38 | Bradley | 473 |
| 38 | Gregory | 473 |
| 40 | Derek | 459 |
| 41 | Jordan | 429 |
| 42 | Aaron | 425 |
| 43 | Jesse | 423 |
| 44 | Peter | 417 |
| 45 | Anthony | 410 |
| 46 | Benjamin | 394 |
| 47 | Nathan | 385 |
| 48 | Ian | 357 |
| 49 | Corey | 331 |
| 50 | Bryan | 325 |
| 51 | Jeremy | 319 |
| 52 | Trevor | 311 |
| 53 | Craig | 291 |
| 54 | Marc | 279 |
| 55 | Cory | 278 |
| 56 | Shane | 273 |
| 57 | Joel | 265 |
| 58 | Philip | 242 |
| 59 | Brent | 235 |
| 60 | Colin | 225 |
| 61 | Jamie | 220 |
| 62 | Kenneth | 219 |
| 63 | Zachary | 218 |
| 64 | Chad | 189 |
| 64 | Charles | 189 |
| 66 | Mathew | 188 |
| 67 | Jacob | 185 |
| 68 | Dustin | 183 |
| 69 | Adrian | 182 |
| 70 | Cameron | 167 |
| 71 | Cody | 166 |
| 72 | Travis | 152 |
| 73 | Edward | 151 |
| 74 | Curtis | 149 |
| 75 | Luke | 143 |
| 76 | Douglas | 140 |
| 76 | Geoffrey | 140 |
| 78 | Keith | 139 |
| 79 | Darren | 137 |
| 80 | Samuel | 134 |
| 81 | Donald | 133 |
| 81 | Simon | 133 |
| 83 | Neil | 130 |
| 84 | Brett | 126 |
| 84 | Evan | 126 |
| 86 | Martin | 125 |
| 87 | Graham | 124 |
| 88 | George | 123 |
| 89 | Andre | 121 |
| 90 | Jeffery | 119 |
| 91 | Gary | 118 |
| 92 | Darryl | 117 |
| 93 | Brendan | 115 |
| 94 | Mitchell | 112 |
| 94 | Nathaniel | 112 |
| 96 | Todd | 111 |
| 97 | Devin | 110 |
| 97 | Shaun | 110 |
| 99 | Lee | 108 |
| 99 | Micheal | 108 |
| 99 | Troy | 108 |