Top 100 baby boy names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1948

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Robert	767
2	2John	682
3	3David	580
4	4James	507
5	5William	477
6	6Richard	388
7	7Kenneth	357
8	8Ronald	346
9	9Donald	343
10	10Brian	263
11	11Michael	256
12	12Douglas	240
13	13Thomas	220
14	14Gordon	218
15	15Larry	177
16	16Gary	174
17	17Dennis	172
18	18George	170
19	19Edward	162
20	20Wayne	160
21	21Gerald	149
22	22Peter	144
23	23Allan	126
24	24Bruce	114
25	25Stephen	112
26	26Raymond	109
27	27Lawrence	107
28	28Paul	107
29	29Norman	104
30	30Joseph	100
31	31Barry	97
32	32Daniel	96
33	33Patrick	96
34	34Garry	93
35	35Alan	91
36	36Charles	89
37	37Gregory	86
38	38Leonard	86
39	39Arthur	77
40	40Frederick	76
41	41Roy	66
42	42Ian	65
43	43Ernest	62
44	44Harold	62
45	45Stanley	62
46	46Lorne	58
47	47Terry	58
48	48Roger	57
49	49Clifford	54
50	50Ralph	53
51	51Dale	52
52	52Christopher	51
53	53Eric	50
54	54Terrance	50
55	55Keith	48
56	56Murray	48
57	57Albert	47
58	58Walter	47
59	59Harry	44
60	60Frank	41
61	61Melvin	41
62	62Robin	41
63	63Bryan	40
64	64Danny	39
65	65Jack	39
66	66Leslie	39
67	67Mark	38
68	68Steven	38
69	69Victor	38
70	70Francis	37
71	71Philip	37
72	72Glen	36
73	73Phillip	36
74	74Terrence	36
75	75Allen	35
76	76Ross	34
77	77Timothy	34
78	78Colin	33
79	79Earl	33
80	80Rodney	33
81	81Russell	32
82	82Alexander	31
83	83Lloyd	31
84	84Neil	31
85	85Glenn	30
86	86Harvey	30
87	87Howard	30
88	88Martin	30
89	89Roderick	30
90	90Anthony	28
91	91Randall	28
92	92Andrew	26
93	93Reginald	26
94	94Carl	25
95	95Alfred	24
96	96Grant	24
97	97Henry	24
98	98Terence	24
99	99Warren	24
100	100Bernard	23

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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