Top 100 baby boy names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1950

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Robert	836
2	2David	641
3	3John	620
4	4James	459
5	5William	450
6	6Richard	398
7	7Kenneth	355
8	8Donald	342
9	9Ronald	288
10	10Douglas	272
11	11Michael	268
12	12Brian	251
13	13Thomas	209
14	14Gordon	208
15	15Gary	203
16	16Peter	173
17	17Wayne	172
18	18Dennis	171
19	19Daniel	163
20	20Bruce	160
21	21Larry	155
22	22Edward	149
23	23George	148
24	24Gerald	146
25	25Patrick	135
26	26Charles	117
27	27Gregory	117
28	28Allan	115
29	29Paul	112
30	30Joseph	106
31	31Raymond	104
32	32Norman	91
33	33Stephen	87
34	34Alan	86
35	35Barry	84
36	36Lawrence	84
37	37Terry	77
38	38Christopher	74
39	39Leslie	74
40	40Arthur	69
41	41Mark	69
42	42Frederick	68
43	43Ian	65
44	44Leonard	63
45	45Walter	62
46	46Eric	60
47	47Glen	58
48	48Keith	57
49	49Stanley	57
50	50Garry	55
51	51Glenn	55
52	52Harold	53
53	53Roger	52
54	54Roy	51
55	55Dale	50
56	56Steven	50
57	57Frank	49
58	58Ralph	47
59	59Russell	47
60	60Murray	45
61	61Philip	45
62	62Ross	45
63	63Victor	45
64	64Ernest	44
65	65Andrew	43
66	66Rodney	43
67	67Clifford	42
68	68Jack	42
69	69Timothy	42
70	70Albert	41
71	71Craig	38
72	72Harry	38
73	73Henry	37
74	74Martin	37
75	75Terrance	37
76	76Lorne	36
77	77Randall	36
78	78Colin	35
79	79Alexander	34
80	80Francis	34
81	81Grant	34
82	82Allen	33
83	83Bryan	33
84	84Terrence	33
85	85Lloyd	32
86	86Anthony	31
87	87Danny	31
88	88Lyle	30
89	89Marvin	29
90	90Robin	29
91	91Terence	29
92	92Melvin	28
93	93Roderick	28
94	94Alfred	27
95	95Neil	27
96	96Randy	27
97	97Daryl	26
98	98Denis	26
99	99Herbert	26
100	100Earl	25

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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