Top 100 baby boy names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1940

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Robert	445
2	2John	416
3	3William	334
4	4James	255
5	5David	244
6	6Donald	202
7	7George	184
8	8Kenneth	166
9	9Ronald	161
10	10Richard	144
11	11Gordon	128
12	12Edward	127
13	13Michael	102
14	14Gary	97
15	15Thomas	94
16	16Douglas	85
17	17Joseph	85
18	18Gerald	83
19	19Raymond	78
20	20Charles	73
21	21Peter	66
22	22Frederick	65
23	23Arthur	64
24	24Brian	64
25	25Norman	63
26	26Wayne	62
27	27Barry	60
28	28Dennis	59
29	29Allan	54
30	30Lawrence	53
31	31Walter	52
32	32Frank	48
33	33Harold	47
34	34Roy	47
35	35Stanley	46
36	36Herbert	45
37	37Paul	45
38	38Alan	44
39	39Leonard	44
40	40Daniel	43
41	41Alexander	40
42	42Ernest	40
43	43Larry	39
44	44Henry	37
45	45Bruce	35
46	46Francis	35
47	47Stephen	35
48	48Albert	31
49	49Alfred	31
50	50Clifford	31
51	51Roger	31
52	52Victor	31
53	53Jack	30
54	54Patrick	29
55	55Keith	28
56	56Ralph	26
57	57Harry	25
58	58Lloyd	25
59	59Philip	23
60	60Reginald	23
61	61Leslie	22
62	62Andrew	21
63	63Edwin	21
64	64Eric	21
65	65Howard	20
66	66Arnold	19
67	67Bernard	19
68	68Melvin	19
69	69Terrance	19
70	70Anthony	18
71	71Barrie	18
72	72Fred	18
73	73Terrence	18
74	74Garry	17
75	75Lorne	17
76	76Wilfred	17
77	77Allen	16
78	78Carl	16
79	79Marvin	16
80	80Neil	16
81	81Christopher	15
82	82Franklin	15
83	83Fredrick	15
84	84Harvey	15
85	85Hugh	15
86	86Ian	15
87	87Maurice	15
88	88Roderick	15
89	89Theodore	15
90	90Dale	14
91	91Denis	14
92	92Laurence	14
93	93Martin	14
94	94Ross	14
95	95Russell	14
96	96Clarence	13
97	97Jerry	13
98	98Phillip	13
99	99Samuel	13
100	100Terence	13

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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