State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,389 Rhode Island births in 1912 across 219 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.

#29Antoniooutside the national top 200
#49Jeannette#199 nationally
#53Pasqualeoutside the national top 200
#54Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#57Hopeoutside the national top 200
#61Antonettaoutside the national top 200
#61Armandoutside the national top 200
#63Constanceoutside the national top 200
#66Guidooutside the national top 200
#67Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#72Germaineoutside the national top 200
#73Edmondoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary266US #1
#2Helen111US #2
#3Dorothy88US #3
#4Margaret78US #4
#5Anna72US #7
#6Alice65US #11
#7Rose57US #15
#8Ruth53US #5
#9Lillian51US #14
#10Florence50US #12
#11Mildred47US #6
#12Elizabeth44US #8
#13Catherine40US #21
#14Doris39US #48
#15Frances36US #9
#16Gertrude34US #30
#17Irene33US #22
#18Marie30US #10
#19Emma29US #35
#20Evelyn29US #13
#21Josephine29US #28
#22Marion29US #55
#23Beatrice28US #37
#24Edith28US #31
#25Esther28US #33
#26Grace27US #24
#27Eleanor26US #39
#28Louise26US #17
#29Edna25US #16
#30Eva22US #49
#31Jennie22US #81
#32Agnes21US #40
#33Hazel21US #25
#34Loretta19US #119
#35Virginia19US #20
#36Marguerite18US #79
#37Bertha17US #36
#38Elsie16US #42
#39Theresa16US #97
#40Viola16US #52
#41Ann15US #47
#42Anne15US #58
#43Blanche15US #75
#44Emily15US #105
#45Jean15US #64
#46Martha15US #29
#47Barbara14US #102
#48Gladys14US #19
#49Jeannette14US #199
#50Katherine14US #53
#51Madeline14US #124
#52Ethel13US #18
#53Lucy13US #78
#54Angelina12
#55Maria12US #133
#56Marjorie12US #56
#57Hope11
#58Ida11US #45
#59Jessie11US #65
#60Sarah11US #41
#61Antonetta10
#62Clara10US #34
#63Constance10
#64Ella10US #69
#65Laura10US #57
#66Muriel10US #156
#67Yvonne10
#68Amelia9US #160
#69Carolyn9US #189
#70Charlotte9US #91
#71Ellen9US #86
#72Germaine9
#73Kathleen9US #118
#74Lois9US #63
#75Mabel9US #46
#76Sally9US #136
#77Stella9US #73
#78Victoria9US #150
#79Cecile8
#80Harriet8US #113
#81Sadie8US #114
#82Sophie8US #117
#83Winifred8US #162
#84Angela7
#85Anita7US #182
#86Celia7US #188
#87Claire7
#88Dolores7US #185
#89Dorothea7US #174
#90Elvira7
#91Flora7US #128
#92Hilda7US #104
#93Jane7US #89
#94Jeanette7US #166
#95Julia7US #44
#96Kathryn7US #71
#97Lena7US #72
#98Matilda7
#99Olga7US #154
#100Phyllis7US #140

Boys

#1John172US #1
#2Joseph123US #5
#3William117US #2
#4Edward80US #8
#5James75US #3
#6Charles69US #7
#7George68US #6
#8Thomas55US #10
#9Albert53US #17
#10Robert52US #4
#11Raymond48US #18
#12Anthony45US #37
#13Frank45US #9
#14Arthur40US #15
#15Harold35US #13
#16Walter35US #11
#17Louis33US #20
#18Henry32US #12
#19Ernest30US #32
#20Francis30US #35
#21Leo25US #49
#22Ralph24US #23
#23Michael23US #42
#24Alfred19US #40
#25Frederick18US #51
#26Harry18US #16
#27Paul17US #14
#28Vincent17US #72
#29Antonio15
#30Fred15US #26
#31Milton15US #64
#32Norman14US #61
#33Peter14US #48
#34Richard14US #19
#35Everett13US #96
#36Howard13US #25
#37Samuel13US #30
#38Philip12US #69
#39Angelo11US #155
#40Daniel11US #53
#41Eugene11US #41
#42Kenneth11US #33
#43Manuel11US #137
#44Nicholas11US #113
#45Russell11US #56
#46Salvatore11US #158
#47Stanley11US #43
#48Theodore11US #52
#49Edmund10US #143
#50Herbert10US #39
#51Leonard10US #45
#52Andrew9US #44
#53Pasquale9
#54Benjamin8US #67
#55David8US #29
#56Donald8US #27
#57Earl8US #34
#58Lawrence8US #38
#59Morris8US #82
#60Abraham7US #125
#61Armand7
#62Carl7US #24
#63Clarence7US #21
#64Edgar7US #85
#65Edwin7US #54
#66Guido7
#67Maurice7US #95
#68Roland7US #127
#69Sidney7US #80
#70Wilfred7US #185
#71Alexander6US #97
#72Bernard6US #60
#73Edmond6
#74Emile6
#75Gerald6US #87
#76Mario6
#77Matthew6US #156
#78Patrick6US #145
#79Victor6US #81
#80Arnold5US #99
#81Austin5
#82Chester5US #55
#83Clifford5US #62
#84Domenic5
#85Elmer5US #47
#86Gilbert5US #115
#87Hugh5US #116
#88Irving5US #94
#89Julius5US #100
#90Rocco5
#91Stephen5US #88

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑49Jean#45
↑40Barbara#47
↑32Emily#44
↑30Madeline#51
↑29Elsie#38
↑27Maria#55
↑27Marjorie#56
↑23Anne#42

Falling

↓57Julia#95
↓47Lena#97
↓35Chester#82
↓33Gladys#48
↓33Carl#62
↓31Claire#87
↓31Bernard#72
↓30Flora#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.