Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1996
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 1,800 |
| 2 | Michael | 1,497 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 1,308 |
| 4 | Ryan | 1,210 |
| 5 | Joshua | 1,193 |
| 6 | Daniel | 1,125 |
| 7 | Alexander | 1,053 |
| 8 | Brandon | 1,045 |
| 9 | Tyler | 1,044 |
| 10 | Jacob | 1,043 |
| 11 | Andrew | 1,017 |
| 12 | Christopher | 999 |
| 13 | Justin | 865 |
| 14 | David | 757 |
| 15 | Jordan | 745 |
| 16 | Joseph | 739 |
| 17 | Kyle | 736 |
| 18 | Adam | 691 |
| 19 | Austin | 690 |
| 20 | James | 660 |
| 21 | William | 641 |
| 22 | Zachary | 623 |
| 23 | Benjamin | 606 |
| 24 | Eric | 594 |
| 25 | Jonathan | 589 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Dylan | 575 |
| 27 | Connor | 563 |
| 28 | Kevin | 560 |
| 29 | John | 540 |
| 30 | Robert | 538 |
| 31 | Mitchell | 507 |
| 32 | Thomas | 490 |
| 33 | Anthony | 467 |
| 34 | Nathan | 462 |
| 35 | Jesse | 442 |
| 36 | Aaron | 435 |
| 37 | Jason | 430 |
| 38 | Liam | 427 |
| 39 | Cody | 411 |
| 40 | Patrick | 407 |
| 41 | Samuel | 405 |
| 42 | Lucas | 394 |
| 43 | Cameron | 387 |
| 44 | Bradley | 385 |
| 45 | Christian | 359 |
| 46 | Steven | 352 |
| 47 | Mark | 315 |
| 48 | Evan | 310 |
| 49 | Sean | 307 |
| 50 | Tristan | 285 |
| 51 | Spencer | 272 |
| 52 | Colin | 270 |
| 52 | Jeremy | 270 |
| 54 | Cole | 257 |
| 55 | Scott | 256 |
| 56 | Peter | 248 |
| 57 | Luke | 228 |
| 58 | Timothy | 223 |
| 59 | Jake | 221 |
| 59 | Logan | 221 |
| 61 | Richard | 217 |
| 62 | Riley | 211 |
| 63 | Travis | 210 |
| 64 | Paul | 208 |
| 65 | Stephen | 207 |
| 66 | Brian | 205 |
| 67 | Jeffrey | 199 |
| 67 | Noah | 199 |
| 69 | Alex | 198 |
| 69 | Taylor | 198 |
| 71 | Brett | 196 |
| 72 | Jack | 195 |
| 73 | Ethan | 188 |
| 74 | Ian | 187 |
| 75 | Trevor | 183 |
| 76 | Mackenzie | 176 |
| 77 | Brendan | 172 |
| 77 | Nathaniel | 172 |
| 79 | Adrian | 166 |
| 79 | Curtis | 166 |
| 81 | Aidan | 164 |
| 81 | Shane | 164 |
| 83 | Shawn | 162 |
| 84 | Joel | 160 |
| 85 | Jared | 156 |
| 86 | Derek | 155 |
| 86 | Gregory | 155 |
| 86 | Nicolas | 155 |
| 89 | Devin | 153 |
| 90 | Devon | 151 |
| 90 | Mathew | 151 |
| 92 | Gabriel | 144 |
| 93 | Isaac | 143 |
| 94 | Julian | 142 |
| 95 | Marcus | 136 |
| 96 | Dakota | 134 |
| 97 | Dustin | 133 |
| 98 | Owen | 130 |
| 99 | Calvin | 128 |
| 100 | Charles | 127 |