State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,056 Rhode Island births in 1913 across 237 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.

#34Antoniooutside the national top 200
#45Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#59Germaineoutside the national top 200
#59Guidooutside the national top 200
#39Wilfred#180 nationally
#53Jeannette#192 nationally
#62Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#64Cecileoutside the national top 200
#65Claireoutside the national top 200
#69Luigioutside the national top 200
#70Filomenaoutside the national top 200
#71Alphonseoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary269US #1
#2Helen112US #2
#3Margaret92US #4
#4Anna91US #7
#5Dorothy84US #3
#6Elizabeth70US #8
#7Lillian60US #16
#8Rose59US #14
#9Ruth58US #5
#10Florence54US #13
#11Catherine47US #22
#12Alice45US #11
#13Marie44US #10
#14Mildred44US #6
#15Evelyn40US #12
#16Doris38US #44
#17Gertrude38US #33
#18Irene38US #21
#19Eleanor35US #34
#20Josephine35US #24
#21Gladys34US #19
#22Marion31US #51
#23Beatrice30US #37
#24Edna28US #18
#25Frances28US #9
#26Eva26US #50
#27Ethel25US #20
#28Virginia24US #15
#29Blanche22US #76
#30Elsie22US #40
#31Grace22US #25
#32Julia21US #42
#33Barbara20US #94
#34Emma20US #38
#35Jennie20US #80
#36Louise20US #17
#37Marjorie19US #48
#38Bertha18US #39
#39Edith18US #29
#40Esther18US #32
#41Clara17US #36
#42Ida17US #49
#43Laura17US #62
#44Agnes16US #41
#45Angelina16
#46Ann16US #46
#47Anne16US #57
#48Emily16US #99
#49Martha16US #28
#50Ellen14US #88
#51Sarah14US #43
#52Theresa14US #97
#53Jeannette13US #192
#54Lena13US #73
#55Madeline13US #117
#56Stella13US #69
#57Amelia12US #161
#58Genevieve12US #84
#59Germaine12
#60Katherine12US #54
#61Rita12US #116
#62Yvonne12
#63Annie11US #30
#64Cecile11
#65Claire11
#66Eileen11US #184
#67Hazel11US #27
#68Olive11US #129
#69Phyllis11US #122
#70Filomena10
#71Jean10US #60
#72Loretta10US #118
#73Lucy10US #77
#74Marguerite10US #78
#75Maria10US #133
#76Muriel10US #137
#77Myrtle10US #53
#78Angela9
#79Anita9US #193
#80Jessie9US #61
#81Mae9US #79
#82Olga9US #148
#83Sylvia9US #72
#84Vera9US #68
#85Bessie8US #47
#86Dora8US #109
#87Ella8US #70
#88Etta8US #197
#89Janet8US #162
#90Minnie8US #63
#91Nancy8US #102
#92Viola8US #52
#93Adeline7US #173
#94Carmela7
#95Christina7
#96Elvira7
#97Helena7
#98Juliette7
#99Kathleen7US #110
#100Natalie7

Boys

#1John201US #1
#2Joseph173US #5
#3William145US #2
#4James99US #3
#5George81US #6
#6Edward80US #8
#7Frank71US #9
#8Albert62US #16
#9Charles62US #7
#10Thomas62US #10
#11Arthur60US #17
#12Henry49US #12
#13Walter47US #11
#14Anthony46US #38
#15Robert45US #4
#16Francis44US #30
#17Alfred43US #42
#18Raymond40US #18
#19Louis35US #20
#20Harold31US #13
#21Michael29US #40
#22Vincent26US #66
#23Ernest24US #34
#24Ralph24US #22
#25Stanley22US #41
#26Frederick21US #49
#27Peter21US #51
#28Harry20US #15
#29Leo20US #48
#30Paul20US #14
#31Richard20US #19
#32Manuel19US #125
#33Roland19US #128
#34Antonio17
#35Alexander16US #98
#36Howard16US #26
#37Eugene15US #43
#38Kenneth15US #33
#39Wilfred15US #180
#40Angelo14US #153
#41Benjamin14US #70
#42Daniel14US #54
#43Fred14US #27
#44Herbert14US #39
#45Philip14US #69
#46Samuel14US #36
#47David13US #29
#48Earl13US #31
#49Nicholas13US #110
#50Norman13US #57
#51Edwin12US #55
#52Maurice12US #95
#53Milton12US #71
#54Russell12US #50
#55Stephen12US #86
#56Andrew10US #47
#57Bernard10US #52
#58Clarence10US #21
#59Guido10
#60Carl9US #23
#61Edgar9US #87
#62Edmund9US #131
#63Lawrence9US #35
#64Martin9US #75
#65Chester8US #56
#66Clifford8US #68
#67Clinton8US #178
#68Leonard8US #46
#69Luigi8
#70Sidney8US #90
#71Alphonse7
#72Domenico7
#73Gerald7US #84
#74Gilbert7US #103
#75Oscar7US #76
#76Pasco7
#77Rocco7
#78Theodore7US #60
#79Victor7US #80
#80Armand6
#81Emilio6
#82Lionel6
#83Matthew6US #151
#84Pasquale6
#85Roger6US #138
#86Tony6US #147
#87Warren6US #109
#88Abraham5US #142
#89Antone5
#90Arnold5US #92
#91Donald5US #25
#92Elmer5US #45
#93Everett5US #97
#94Gerard5
#95Herman5US #53
#96Jacob5US #117
#97Leon5US #81
#98Leroy5US #63
#99Lester5US #59
#100Lucien5

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑63Julia#32
↑43Lena#54
↑36Alexander#35
↑36Stephen#55
↑35Roland#33
↑31Phyllis#69
↑31Wilfred#39
↑27Gladys#21

Falling

↓58Everett#93
↓52Viola#92
↓38Loretta#72
↓38Marguerite#74
↓35Donald#91
↓34Hazel#67
↓31Pasquale#84
↓30Theodore#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.