State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,896 Rhode Island births in 1910 across 125 distinct names.

Distinctively Rhode Island

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Rhode Island more than they say America.

#25Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#37Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#42Jeannette#192 nationally
#57Claireoutside the national top 200
#64Cecileoutside the national top 200
#68Hopeoutside the national top 200
#72Rita#198 nationally
#75Angelaoutside the national top 200
#76Annetteoutside the national top 200
#48Adeline#172 nationally
#78Antoinette#200 nationally
#83Heleneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary141US #1
#2Helen63US #2
#3Margaret55US #3
#4Dorothy54US #4
#5Alice45US #10
#6Anna44US #6
#7Ruth42US #5
#8Florence34US #12
#9Rose33US #16
#10Catherine31US #22
#11Irene31US #21
#12Mildred29US #8
#13Elizabeth25US #7
#14Lillian24US #14
#15Evelyn21US #17
#16Ethel20US #13
#17Gertrude20US #26
#18Edith19US #35
#19Esther17US #38
#20Frances17US #11
#21Beatrice16US #36
#22Gladys16US #15
#23Marie16US #9
#24Marion16US #59
#25Angelina15
#26Doris15US #64
#27Josephine15US #30
#28Louise15US #20
#29Theresa13US #96
#30Agnes12US #41
#31Elsie12US #44
#32Hazel12US #24
#33Julia12US #49
#34Marjorie12US #68
#35Grace11US #23
#36Loretta11US #124
#37Yvonne11
#38Anne10US #67
#39Viola10US #48
#40Edna9US #18
#41Eleanor9US #55
#42Jeannette9US #192
#43Madeline9US #145
#44Marguerite9US #84
#45Martha9US #28
#46Pauline9US #42
#47Virginia9US #29
#48Adeline8US #172
#49Ann8US #52
#50Charlotte8US #99
#51Eva8US #45
#52Ida8US #47
#53Maria8US #132
#54Myrtle8US #43
#55Amelia7US #163
#56Christine7US #123
#57Claire7
#58Flora7US #108
#59Katherine7US #57
#60Mabel7US #46
#61Sarah7US #40
#62Barbara6US #136
#63Caroline6US #146
#64Cecile6
#65Clara6US #32
#66Emily6US #110
#67Estelle6US #112
#68Hope6
#69Jean6US #77
#70Laura6US #53
#71Phyllis6US #175
#72Rita6US #198
#73Sylvia6US #92
#74Winifred6US #185
#75Angela5
#76Annette5
#77Annie5US #19
#78Antoinette5US #200
#79Bertha5US #33
#80Betty5US #69
#81Blanche5US #74
#82Emma5US #34
#83Helene5
#84Jennie5US #81
#85Kathleen5US #131
#86Lena5US #66
#87Marian5US #106
#88Muriel5US #187
#89Nancy5US #105

Boys

#1John66US #1
#2Joseph56US #6
#3William37US #3
#4James35US #2
#5George26US #5
#6Charles24US #7
#7Edward21US #9
#8Henry18US #10
#9Francis16US #36
#10Arthur15US #17
#11Frank15US #8
#12Harold14US #18
#13Walter14US #13
#14Raymond13US #19
#15Thomas13US #12
#16Anthony12US #37
#17Robert12US #4
#18Albert11US #14
#19Alfred11US #38
#20Ernest10US #31
#21Louis10US #24
#22Frederick9US #69
#23Leo9US #51
#24Richard9US #21
#25Harry8US #16
#26Paul8US #15
#27Peter8US #56
#28Stanley7US #47
#29Vincent7US #99
#30Clarence6US #20
#31Herbert6US #41
#32Chester5US #61
#33Daniel5US #53
#34Eugene5US #39
#35Lawrence5US #35
#36Manuel5US #107

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.