Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1986
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,688 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,378 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,170 |
| 4 | Andrew | 2,025 |
| 5 | Daniel | 1,598 |
| 6 | David | 1,566 |
| 7 | Ryan | 1,544 |
| 8 | Kyle | 1,363 |
| 9 | Adam | 1,310 |
| 10 | Robert | 1,162 |
| 11 | James | 1,134 |
| 11 | Jason | 1,134 |
| 13 | Joseph | 1,096 |
| 14 | Justin | 992 |
| 15 | Jonathan | 986 |
| 16 | Joshua | 973 |
| 17 | Kevin | 891 |
| 18 | John | 793 |
| 19 | Jeffrey | 790 |
| 20 | Tyler | 778 |
| 21 | Mark | 770 |
| 22 | Nicholas | 748 |
| 23 | Steven | 736 |
| 24 | Alexander | 690 |
| 25 | Eric | 668 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Brandon | 656 |
| 27 | William | 637 |
| 28 | Scott | 636 |
| 29 | Bradley | 543 |
| 30 | Thomas | 539 |
| 31 | Sean | 536 |
| 32 | Brian | 534 |
| 33 | Paul | 529 |
| 34 | Shawn | 526 |
| 35 | Jordan | 513 |
| 36 | Stephen | 512 |
| 37 | Anthony | 477 |
| 38 | Richard | 473 |
| 39 | Patrick | 469 |
| 40 | Benjamin | 459 |
| 41 | Gregory | 442 |
| 42 | Aaron | 439 |
| 42 | Jesse | 439 |
| 44 | Peter | 408 |
| 45 | Timothy | 398 |
| 46 | Jeremy | 387 |
| 47 | Derek | 383 |
| 48 | Nathan | 373 |
| 49 | Ian | 357 |
| 50 | Corey | 352 |
| 51 | Shane | 351 |
| 52 | Trevor | 320 |
| 53 | Bryan | 284 |
| 54 | Cory | 273 |
| 55 | Joel | 253 |
| 56 | Craig | 236 |
| 57 | Jacob | 224 |
| 58 | Colin | 223 |
| 59 | Philip | 220 |
| 60 | Marc | 215 |
| 61 | Mathew | 209 |
| 62 | Brent | 203 |
| 63 | Kenneth | 199 |
| 64 | Brett | 198 |
| 65 | Charles | 197 |
| 66 | Zachary | 195 |
| 67 | Jamie | 187 |
| 68 | Evan | 184 |
| 69 | Adrian | 180 |
| 69 | Cody | 180 |
| 71 | Cameron | 169 |
| 72 | Dustin | 168 |
| 73 | Chad | 167 |
| 74 | Curtis | 158 |
| 75 | Brendan | 156 |
| 76 | Travis | 155 |
| 77 | Darren | 151 |
| 78 | Samuel | 148 |
| 79 | Simon | 142 |
| 80 | Luke | 139 |
| 81 | Mitchell | 138 |
| 82 | Douglas | 135 |
| 83 | Micheal | 132 |
| 84 | Graham | 130 |
| 85 | Edward | 129 |
| 86 | Donald | 127 |
| 87 | Keith | 126 |
| 88 | Geoffrey | 124 |
| 89 | Christian | 117 |
| 90 | Dylan | 116 |
| 91 | Andre | 115 |
| 92 | Raymond | 113 |
| 93 | Erik | 111 |
| 94 | George | 110 |
| 95 | Neil | 108 |
| 96 | Shaun | 107 |
| 97 | Kristopher | 106 |
| 98 | Taylor | 105 |
| 99 | Jeffery | 104 |
| 99 | Phillip | 104 |