Top 100 baby boy names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1938

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Robert	397
2	2John	328
3	3William	304
4	4James	219
5	5David	214
6	6Donald	211
7	7Ronald	150
8	8Kenneth	147
9	9George	146
10	10Richard	117
11	11Gordon	112
12	12Edward	102
13	13Thomas	101
14	14Charles	80
15	15Peter	77
16	16Douglas	75
17	17Raymond	70
18	18Joseph	69
19	19Gerald	64
20	20Norman	63
21	21Arthur	62
22	22Walter	57
23	23Gary	53
24	24Allan	51
25	25Lawrence	51
26	26Brian	49
27	27Frederick	48
28	28Michael	46
29	29Wayne	46
30	30Albert	44
31	31Frank	43
32	32Stanley	43
33	33Leonard	42
34	34Harold	40
35	35Harry	39
36	36Henry	39
37	37Ralph	38
38	38Barry	37
39	39Ernest	36
40	40Roy	36
41	41Alan	35
42	42Daniel	35
43	43Clifford	34
44	44Dennis	34
45	45Larry	33
46	46Paul	31
47	47Alfred	29
48	48Bruce	29
49	49Herbert	28
50	50Francis	25
51	51Alexander	24
52	52Philip	24
53	53Ian	23
54	54Eric	21
55	55Harvey	21
56	56Allen	20
57	57Carl	20
58	58Leslie	20
59	59Lloyd	20
60	60Victor	20
61	61Arnold	19
62	62Jack	19
63	63Roger	19
64	64Neil	17
65	65Patrick	17
66	66Andrew	16
67	67Garry	16
68	68Howard	16
69	69Hugh	16
70	70Keith	16
71	71Lorne	16
72	72Malcolm	16
73	73Martin	16
74	74Maurice	16
75	75Stephen	16
76	76Glen	15
77	77Earl	14
78	78Russell	14
79	79Sidney	14
80	80Wilfred	14
81	81Anthony	13
82	82Leo	13
83	83Samuel	13
84	84Terence	13
85	85Bernard	12
86	86Edwin	12
87	87Marvin	12
88	88Clarence	11
89	89Fredrick	11
90	90Melvin	11
91	91Phillip	11
92	92Vernon	11
93	93Warren	11
94	94Eugene	10
95	95Murray	10
96	96Roland	10
97	97Ross	10
98	98Terrance	10
99	99Terrence	10
100	100Theodore	10

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Coverage: Names given 5 or more times in a year. Original data · Licence

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