Top 100 baby boy names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1939

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Robert	376
2	2John	365
3	3William	325
4	4James	233
5	5David	203
6	6Donald	167
7	7Kenneth	142
8	8George	134
9	9Edward	116
10	10Richard	115
11	11Ronald	113
12	12Thomas	104
13	13Gordon	86
14	14Charles	84
15	15Peter	82
16	16Michael	77
17	17Raymond	71
18	18Frederick	70
19	19Gerald	70
20	20Norman	65
21	21Joseph	64
22	22Douglas	62
23	23Gary	62
24	24Wayne	57
25	25Arthur	52
26	26Walter	51
27	27Lawrence	50
28	28Barry	47
29	29Frank	46
30	30Harold	45
31	31Allan	44
32	32Albert	42
33	33Larry	41
34	34Dennis	38
35	35Brian	37
36	36Roy	37
37	37Stanley	37
38	38Paul	35
39	39Harry	34
40	40Alan	32
41	41Clifford	31
42	42Leonard	30
43	43Ralph	30
44	44Jack	28
45	45Roger	28
46	46Melvin	27
47	47Ernest	26
48	48Daniel	25
49	49Ian	25
50	50Patrick	25
51	51Victor	25
52	52Alfred	24
53	53Lorne	24
54	54Anthony	23
55	55Henry	23
56	56Wilfred	23
57	57Leslie	22
58	58Keith	21
59	59Lloyd	21
60	60Terrence	21
61	61Alexander	20
62	62Carl	20
63	63Francis	20
64	64Herbert	20
65	65Howard	20
66	66Allen	18
67	67Andrew	18
68	68Bruce	18
69	69Glen	17
70	70Laurence	17
71	71Edwin	16
72	72Reginald	16
73	73Terence	16
74	74Terrance	16
75	75Harvey	15
76	76Neil	15
77	77Bernard	14
78	78Bryan	14
79	79Eric	14
80	80Maurice	14
81	81Philip	14
82	82Barrie	13
83	83Fredrick	13
84	84Stephen	13
85	85Clarence	12
86	86Eugene	12
87	87Jerry	12
88	88Earl	11
89	89Fred	11
90	90Lyle	11
91	91Malcolm	11
92	92Martin	11
93	93Russell	11
94	94Vernon	11
95	95Colin	10
96	96Dale	10
97	97Denis	10
98	98Elmer	10
99	99Glenn	10
100	100Hugh	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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