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Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,882 Rhode Island births in 1911 across 167 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.

#27Jeannette#192 nationally
#42Hopeoutside the national top 200
#45Angelina#199 nationally
#37Antonio#187 nationally
#56Claireoutside the national top 200
#58Earleoutside the national top 200
#59Angelaoutside the national top 200
#63Pasqualeoutside the national top 200
#68Germaineoutside the national top 200
#47Rita#179 nationally
#69Jeanneoutside the national top 200
#77Filomenaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary168US #1
#2Helen82US #2
#3Anna66US #6
#4Margaret64US #3
#5Dorothy50US #4
#6Ruth50US #5
#7Alice49US #11
#8Rose46US #14
#9Florence39US #12
#10Elizabeth37US #7
#11Irene34US #21
#12Lillian33US #13
#13Evelyn30US #16
#14Catherine26US #20
#15Gladys25US #18
#16Louise25US #19
#17Doris24US #56
#18Gertrude23US #30
#19Josephine23US #29
#20Edith22US #31
#21Edna20US #17
#22Mildred20US #8
#23Virginia20US #26
#24Marie19US #9
#25Beatrice17US #37
#26Frances17US #10
#27Jeannette17US #192
#28Marion17US #58
#29Ann16US #53
#30Eleanor16US #49
#31Grace16US #23
#32Bertha15US #36
#33Emma15US #35
#34Esther15US #34
#35Hazel14US #25
#36Ethel13US #15
#37Jennie13US #85
#38Julia13US #44
#39Laura13US #57
#40Clara12US #33
#41Eva12US #46
#42Hope12
#43Loretta12US #118
#44Lucy12US #77
#45Angelina11US #199
#46Marguerite11US #87
#47Rita11US #179
#48Agnes10US #39
#49Blanche10US #75
#50Lena10US #70
#51Mae10US #71
#52Martha10US #28
#53Theresa10US #100
#54Viola10US #47
#55Amelia9US #174
#56Claire9
#57Harriet9US #115
#58Vera9US #67
#59Angela8
#60Charlotte8US #95
#61Flora8US #117
#62Ida8US #45
#63Nancy8US #110
#64Sophie8US #125
#65Anne7US #64
#66Annie7US #24
#67Elsie7US #41
#68Germaine7
#69Jeanne7
#70Katherine7US #55
#71Myrtle7US #50
#72Nora7US #116
#73Pearl7US #48
#74Ella6US #63
#75Ellen6US #84
#76Emily6US #103
#77Filomena6
#78Genevieve6US #93
#79Hilda6US #101
#80Lydia6US #142
#81Madeline6US #133
#82Maria6US #129
#83Marjorie6US #59
#84Phyllis6US #155
#85Teresa6
#86Adeline5US #176
#87Barbara5US #119
#88Bernice5US #51
#89Betty5US #69
#90Cecelia5US #175
#91Cecilia5
#92Dora5US #104
#93Elena5
#94Jean5US #74
#95Mabel5US #43
#96Matilda5
#97Sylvia5US #82
#98Victoria5US #160
#99Violet5US #83
#100Vivian5US #80

Boys

#1John110US #1
#2Joseph108US #6
#3William65US #2
#4George63US #4
#5James57US #3
#6Edward51US #9
#7Frank37US #8
#8Charles36US #7
#9Thomas36US #10
#10Raymond32US #19
#11Robert32US #5
#12Albert30US #15
#13Anthony26US #35
#14Henry26US #11
#15Arthur25US #18
#16Harry21US #13
#17Leo20US #51
#18Louis19US #21
#19Francis18US #33
#20Peter18US #50
#21Alfred17US #39
#22Ernest17US #32
#23Harold14US #16
#24Walter14US #12
#25Frederick12US #52
#26Manuel12US #112
#27Michael12US #38
#28David11US #27
#29Carl10US #26
#30Eugene10US #43
#31Herbert10US #41
#32Paul10US #17
#33Fred9US #22
#34Russell9US #55
#35Samuel9US #30
#36Vincent9US #80
#37Antonio8US #187
#38Donald8US #36
#39Philip8US #69
#40Richard8US #20
#41Bernard7US #54
#42Maurice7US #99
#43Max7US #106
#44Milton7US #70
#45Theodore7US #56
#46Andrew6US #42
#47Chester6US #58
#48Daniel6US #53
#49Earl6US #34
#50Edgar6US #83
#51Kenneth6US #40
#52Leonard6US #46
#53Norman6US #63
#54Roland6US #147
#55Salvatore6US #166
#56Stanley6US #44
#57Clarence5US #23
#58Earle5
#59Howard5US #28
#60Jesse5US #72
#61Leon5US #77
#62Oscar5US #68
#63Pasquale5
#64Roy5US #31
#65Victor5US #81
#66Wilfred5US #183

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑49Emma#33
↑47Bertha#32
↑47Jennie#37
↑36Lena#50
↑32Blanche#49
↑31Laura#39
↑26Hope#42
↑26Nancy#63

Falling

↓49Marjorie#83
↓38Madeline#81
↓38Adeline#86
↓36Elsie#67
↓35Mabel#95
↓29Maria#82
↓28Stanley#56
↓27Anne#65

Every state

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