State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,275 Rhode Island births in 1914 across 283 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.

#35Armandoutside the national top 200
#42Antoniooutside the national top 200
#44Pasqualeoutside the national top 200
#46Angelina#195 nationally
#52Domenicoutside the national top 200
#61Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#65Mariooutside the national top 200
#69Pascooutside the national top 200
#59Jeannette#189 nationally
#71Americooutside the national top 200
#72Antoneoutside the national top 200
#73Carmellaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary350US #1
#2Helen133US #2
#3Margaret124US #4
#4Dorothy123US #3
#5Anna110US #6
#6Alice106US #12
#7Rose97US #15
#8Ruth88US #5
#9Lillian76US #16
#10Doris72US #36
#11Evelyn68US #11
#12Florence66US #13
#13Elizabeth59US #8
#14Rita57US #87
#15Frances55US #9
#16Mildred55US #7
#17Edith53US #31
#18Beatrice52US #38
#19Catherine52US #18
#20Marie48US #10
#21Irene47US #22
#22Marion46US #50
#23Grace44US #25
#24Gertrude42US #32
#25Louise42US #17
#26Josephine40US #23
#27Edna36US #19
#28Eleanor35US #28
#29Gladys33US #20
#30Ethel32US #21
#31Theresa32US #93
#32Esther31US #35
#33Elsie30US #46
#34Julia30US #42
#35Bertha29US #41
#36Virginia29US #14
#37Anne28US #53
#38Barbara28US #82
#39Clara28US #37
#40Eva27US #52
#41Jennie25US #77
#42Madeline24US #116
#43Amelia21US #156
#44Stella21US #65
#45Agnes20US #44
#46Angelina20US #195
#47Lucy20US #73
#48Hazel19US #29
#49Ida19US #49
#50Katherine18US #48
#51Loretta18US #122
#52Maria18US #135
#53Sophie18US #100
#54Lena17US #75
#55Olive17US #127
#56Viola17US #57
#57Ann16US #40
#58Genevieve16US #76
#59Jeannette16US #189
#60Muriel16US #133
#61Anita15US #186
#62Blanche15US #80
#63Marguerite15US #84
#64Pauline15US #34
#65Adeline14US #166
#66Emily14US #98
#67Jessie13US #64
#68Kathryn13US #63
#69Lucille13US #30
#70Martha13US #27
#71Olga13US #136
#72Victoria13US #145
#73Carmella12
#74Celia12US #193
#75Hilda12US #103
#76Jeanne12
#77Laura12US #59
#78Nellie12US #61
#79Winifred12US #161
#80Yvonne12
#81Annette11
#82Annie11US #33
#83Emma11US #39
#84Germaine11
#85Hope11
#86Janet11US #163
#87Mabel11US #58
#88Marjorie11US #45
#89Sylvia11US #70
#90Vera11US #68
#91Antonetta10
#92Bessie10US #55
#93Claire10
#94Dora10US #121
#95Ellen10US #86
#96Jean10US #54
#97Jeanette10US #150
#98Juliette10
#99Mae10US #85
#100Pearl10US #56

Boys

#1John284US #1
#2Joseph280US #5
#3William170US #2
#4James141US #3
#5George125US #6
#6Frank118US #9
#7Charles105US #7
#8Edward104US #8
#9Walter85US #10
#10Albert84US #15
#11Robert82US #4
#12Raymond80US #16
#13Thomas77US #11
#14Arthur76US #18
#15Louis56US #20
#16Henry54US #12
#17Alfred52US #41
#18Anthony52US #37
#19Francis49US #31
#20Ernest48US #38
#21Michael48US #40
#22Harold38US #14
#23Paul38US #13
#24Vincent35US #61
#25Leo34US #47
#26Ralph32US #21
#27Frederick29US #52
#28Richard28US #17
#29Peter27US #48
#30Norman26US #54
#31David25US #29
#32Stanley25US #39
#33Angelo24US #146
#34Harry24US #19
#35Armand23
#36Howard23US #26
#37Samuel23US #36
#38Donald22US #23
#39Eugene22US #43
#40Carl20US #24
#41Lawrence20US #35
#42Antonio19
#43Manuel18US #128
#44Pasquale18
#45Russell18US #49
#46Theodore18US #64
#47Irving17US #100
#48Nicholas17US #102
#49Maurice16US #94
#50Roland16US #121
#51Daniel15US #55
#52Domenic15
#53Herbert15US #42
#54Kenneth15US #30
#55Milton15US #69
#56Andrew14US #44
#57Everett14US #90
#58Philip14US #68
#59Stephen14US #80
#60Victor14US #76
#61Alphonse13
#62Clarence13US #22
#63Elmer13US #46
#64Wilfred13US #187
#65Mario12
#66Oscar12US #77
#67Bernard11US #50
#68Edwin11US #53
#69Pasco11
#70Alexander10US #98
#71Americo10
#72Antone10
#73Clinton10US #157
#74Gerald10US #81
#75Guido10
#76Carmine9
#77Earl9US #33
#78Edmund9US #130
#79Gordon9US #88
#80Lewis9US #72
#81Salvatore9US #148
#82Benjamin8US #70
#83Fred8US #28
#84Gilbert8US #104
#85Leonard8US #45
#86Sidney8US #89
#87Armando7
#88Dominic7
#89Felix7US #172
#90Herman7US #51
#91Martin7US #73
#92Arnold6US #97
#93Carlo6
#94Chester6US #56
#95Christopher6
#96Domenico6
#97Edgar6US #87
#98Edmond6
#99Elwood6
#100Emile6

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑53Donald#38
↑47Rita#14
↑45Armand#35
↑40Pasquale#44
↑36Viola#56
↑36Everett#57
↑32Theodore#46
↑29Elmer#63

Falling

↓51Marjorie#88
↓49Emma#83
↓45Ellen#95
↓41Benjamin#82
↓40Fred#83
↓36Edgar#97
↓35Alexander#70
↓34Laura#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.