Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ontario

#5,202 most common boys' name of all time · #12,903 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1967–2024

Rank among boys
#5,202
Rank overall
#12,903 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
877
Since 2016
65
Peak year
1991 #2,126
Best rank
#1,977 1973
Girls Boys peak 35/yr
198020002020

Ontario first appears in 1967. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 7 7 #10,113
2022 — 7 7 #10,026
2021 — 14 14 #6,127
2020 — 8 8 #8,908
2019 — 5 5 #12,490
2018 — 8 8 #8,980
2017 — 6 6 #11,083
2016 — 10 10 #7,740
2014 — 9 9 #8,281
2013 — 6 6 #10,990
2012 — 6 6 #11,080
2011 — 14 14 #6,022
2010 — 12 12 #6,799
2009 — 9 9 #8,467
2008 — 20 20 #4,783
2007 — 14 14 #6,002
2006 — 18 18 #4,933
2005 — 19 19 #4,520
2004 — 11 11 #6,651
2003 — 16 16 #4,895
2002 — 15 15 #5,000
2001 — 24 24 #3,555
2000 — 15 15 #4,885
1999 — 24 24 #3,325
1998 — 19 19 #3,774
1997 — 26 26 #2,936
1996 — 29 29 #2,647
1995 — 22 22 #3,154
1994 — 15 15 #4,176
1993 — 19 19 #3,432
1992 — 18 18 #3,531
1991 — 35 35 #2,126
1990 — 18 18 #3,394
1989 — 30 30 #2,278
1988 — 16 16 #3,291
1987 — 19 19 #2,800
1986 — 23 23 #2,413
1985 — 22 22 #2,413
1984 — 19 19 #2,591
1983 — 20 20 #2,479
1982 — 12 12 #3,614
1981 — 20 20 #2,474
1980 — 24 24 #2,205
1979 — 21 21 #2,368
1978 — 23 23 #2,117
1977 — 14 14 #3,004
1976 — 17 17 #2,577
1975 — 22 22 #2,127
1974 — 16 16 #2,538
1973 — 22 22 #1,977
1972 — 13 13 #2,805
1971 — 8 8 #3,904
1970 — 7 7 #4,171
1969 — 6 6 #4,345
1967 — 5 5 #4,532