Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1988
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,664 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,309 |
| 3 | Andrew | 2,061 |
| 4 | Christopher | 1,975 |
| 5 | David | 1,537 |
| 6 | Daniel | 1,485 |
| 7 | Kyle | 1,429 |
| 8 | Justin | 1,365 |
| 9 | Ryan | 1,344 |
| 10 | Joshua | 1,282 |
| 11 | Robert | 1,134 |
| 12 | Adam | 1,116 |
| 13 | James | 1,063 |
| 14 | Joseph | 976 |
| 15 | Jason | 874 |
| 16 | Jonathan | 858 |
| 17 | Tyler | 853 |
| 18 | Alexander | 845 |
| 19 | Nicholas | 813 |
| 20 | Kevin | 811 |
| 21 | John | 763 |
| 22 | Steven | 722 |
| 23 | Brandon | 700 |
| 24 | Eric | 684 |
| 25 | Mark | 664 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Scott | 642 |
| 27 | Thomas | 635 |
| 28 | William | 628 |
| 29 | Jeffrey | 608 |
| 30 | Jordan | 605 |
| 31 | Patrick | 555 |
| 32 | Jesse | 544 |
| 33 | Sean | 535 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 521 |
| 35 | Anthony | 515 |
| 35 | Bradley | 515 |
| 37 | Stephen | 508 |
| 38 | Paul | 502 |
| 39 | Brian | 490 |
| 40 | Aaron | 478 |
| 41 | Richard | 457 |
| 42 | Gregory | 407 |
| 43 | Peter | 402 |
| 44 | Timothy | 393 |
| 45 | Nathan | 384 |
| 46 | Derek | 370 |
| 47 | Jeremy | 362 |
| 48 | Shawn | 354 |
| 49 | Zachary | 341 |
| 50 | Corey | 337 |
| 51 | Cody | 327 |
| 52 | Shane | 313 |
| 53 | Jacob | 308 |
| 54 | Ian | 305 |
| 55 | Trevor | 285 |
| 56 | Travis | 266 |
| 57 | Bryan | 261 |
| 58 | Colin | 260 |
| 59 | Mitchell | 255 |
| 60 | Joel | 247 |
| 61 | Cory | 239 |
| 62 | Cameron | 232 |
| 62 | Evan | 232 |
| 64 | Philip | 228 |
| 65 | Dustin | 218 |
| 66 | Craig | 211 |
| 67 | Brendan | 206 |
| 67 | Chad | 206 |
| 69 | Marc | 201 |
| 70 | Brett | 197 |
| 71 | Kenneth | 193 |
| 72 | Charles | 192 |
| 72 | Samuel | 192 |
| 74 | Brent | 188 |
| 74 | Jamie | 188 |
| 76 | Curtis | 185 |
| 76 | Mathew | 185 |
| 78 | Lucas | 183 |
| 79 | Spencer | 167 |
| 80 | Dylan | 166 |
| 81 | Geoffrey | 154 |
| 82 | Micheal | 153 |
| 83 | Darren | 152 |
| 84 | Luke | 151 |
| 84 | Taylor | 151 |
| 86 | Edward | 149 |
| 87 | Adrian | 139 |
| 87 | Alex | 139 |
| 89 | Vincent | 138 |
| 90 | Douglas | 137 |
| 91 | Simon | 135 |
| 92 | Christian | 133 |
| 93 | Devin | 131 |
| 94 | Devon | 128 |
| 95 | Martin | 124 |
| 96 | Phillip | 122 |
| 97 | Keith | 119 |
| 98 | Donald | 118 |
| 99 | George | 117 |
| 100 | Jared | 116 |
| 100 | Raymond | 116 |