Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1997
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 1,672 |
| 2 | Michael | 1,318 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 1,278 |
| 4 | Joshua | 1,214 |
| 5 | Jacob | 1,209 |
| 6 | Ryan | 1,075 |
| 7 | Daniel | 1,025 |
| 8 | Andrew | 976 |
| 9 | Brandon | 936 |
| 10 | Tyler | 912 |
| 11 | Alexander | 883 |
| 12 | Kyle | 825 |
| 13 | Christopher | 806 |
| 14 | Justin | 758 |
| 15 | Austin | 702 |
| 16 | David | 694 |
| 17 | Jordan | 683 |
| 18 | James | 670 |
| 19 | Adam | 650 |
| 20 | Joseph | 628 |
| 21 | William | 618 |
| 22 | Zachary | 588 |
| 23 | Dylan | 576 |
| 24 | Benjamin | 554 |
| 25 | Connor | 529 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Eric | 502 |
| 27 | Robert | 493 |
| 28 | Liam | 488 |
| 29 | Kevin | 486 |
| 30 | Jonathan | 485 |
| 31 | John | 480 |
| 32 | Thomas | 458 |
| 33 | Anthony | 442 |
| 34 | Nathan | 439 |
| 35 | Cameron | 404 |
| 36 | Mitchell | 400 |
| 37 | Lucas | 391 |
| 38 | Aaron | 380 |
| 38 | Jason | 380 |
| 40 | Samuel | 360 |
| 41 | Cody | 331 |
| 42 | Jesse | 328 |
| 43 | Patrick | 327 |
| 44 | Noah | 309 |
| 45 | Bradley | 306 |
| 45 | Cole | 306 |
| 45 | Steven | 306 |
| 48 | Evan | 300 |
| 49 | Christian | 293 |
| 50 | Mark | 292 |
| 51 | Spencer | 290 |
| 52 | Ethan | 285 |
| 53 | Riley | 270 |
| 53 | Sean | 270 |
| 55 | Jeremy | 267 |
| 56 | Peter | 258 |
| 57 | Colin | 242 |
| 58 | Luke | 229 |
| 59 | Tristan | 228 |
| 60 | Scott | 227 |
| 61 | Logan | 226 |
| 62 | Jack | 223 |
| 63 | Brendan | 213 |
| 64 | Stephen | 211 |
| 65 | Jake | 208 |
| 66 | Alex | 201 |
| 67 | Owen | 200 |
| 68 | Timothy | 197 |
| 69 | Aidan | 188 |
| 70 | Brian | 186 |
| 71 | Nathaniel | 181 |
| 72 | Paul | 180 |
| 73 | Ian | 177 |
| 74 | Jeffrey | 176 |
| 75 | Travis | 174 |
| 76 | Jared | 173 |
| 76 | Richard | 173 |
| 78 | Trevor | 165 |
| 79 | Derek | 163 |
| 80 | Adrian | 161 |
| 81 | Gabriel | 158 |
| 82 | Brett | 156 |
| 83 | Nicolas | 155 |
| 84 | Isaac | 154 |
| 85 | Devon | 153 |
| 85 | Mathew | 153 |
| 85 | Taylor | 153 |
| 88 | Curtis | 149 |
| 88 | Gregory | 149 |
| 88 | Shane | 149 |
| 88 | Shawn | 149 |
| 92 | Mackenzie | 148 |
| 93 | Caleb | 145 |
| 93 | Marcus | 145 |
| 95 | Bailey | 143 |
| 96 | Devin | 141 |
| 97 | Joel | 132 |
| 98 | Vincent | 123 |
| 99 | Carter | 116 |
| 100 | Simon | 115 |