Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 2000

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,476
2	Joshua	1,199
3	Nicholas	1,127
4	Jacob	1,091
5	Michael	1,029
6	Ryan	948
7	Daniel	829
8	Andrew	806
9	Alexander	805
10	Tyler	785
11	Ethan	704
12	Benjamin	703
13	Noah	655
14	Justin	653
15	Brandon	640
16	Kyle	597
17	Christopher	591
18	William	585
19	Adam	568
20	Nathan	555
21	Joseph	554
22	Cameron	551
23	David	548
24	Dylan	535
25	Zachary	534

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Liam	520
27	James	493
28	Jordan	476
29	Thomas	442
30	Anthony	437
31	Lucas	429
32	Eric	426
33	Samuel	423
34	John	421
35	Austin	405
36	Jonathan	403
37	Connor	392
38	Evan	367
39	Kevin	358
40	Robert	346
41	Jack	339
42	Aidan	335
43	Cole	314
44	Owen	310
45	Jason	305
46	Christian	298
47	Aaron	286
48	Mitchell	279
49	Riley	271
50	Hunter	265
51	Patrick	262
52	Tristan	248
53	Spencer	244
54	Logan	231
55	Luke	226
56	Sean	222
57	Steven	218
58	Mark	217
59	Gabriel	201
60	Isaac	193
61	Jared	191
62	Peter	185
63	Caleb	184
63	Carter	184
65	Cody	183
66	Curtis	182
67	Nathaniel	181
68	Alex	177
69	Bradley	174
70	Jake	172
71	Colin	168
71	Jeremy	168
73	Jesse	166
74	Ian	160
75	Jackson	159
76	Nicolas	152
77	Sebastian	151
78	Brayden	150
79	Brendan	148
79	Dawson	148
81	Marcus	146
82	Mason	145
83	Brian	144
84	Timothy	141
85	Devon	139
86	Richard	137
86	Trevor	137
88	Tanner	135
89	Scott	133
90	Joel	132
91	Jakob	131
92	Julian	130
92	Paul	130
92	Simon	130
95	Maxwell	128
96	Blake	127
96	Nolan	127
96	Stephen	127
99	Adrian	126
100	Gavin	124