State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,336 Rhode Island births in 1915 across 302 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.

#30Antoniooutside the national top 200
#39Angelina#199 nationally
#51Cecileoutside the national top 200
#56Hopeoutside the national top 200
#62Armandoutside the national top 200
#49Jeannette#187 nationally
#64Lioneloutside the national top 200
#66Annetteoutside the national top 200
#61Celia#195 nationally
#69Armandooutside the national top 200
#72Antonettaoutside the national top 200
#72Mariooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary415US #1
#2Helen161US #2
#3Dorothy138US #3
#4Anna137US #7
#5Alice109US #13
#6Margaret107US #4
#7Ruth106US #5
#8Lillian88US #15
#9Doris87US #34
#10Florence85US #14
#11Elizabeth84US #8
#12Rose83US #16
#13Evelyn70US #10
#14Rita70US #71
#15Mildred68US #6
#16Irene62US #17
#17Eleanor60US #28
#18Frances60US #9
#19Beatrice57US #37
#20Marion57US #50
#21Catherine55US #19
#22Josephine55US #22
#23Marie55US #11
#24Gertrude49US #35
#25Jennie44US #73
#26Edith43US #31
#27Grace42US #27
#28Virginia40US #12
#29Louise39US #18
#30Gladys36US #21
#31Lucy36US #79
#32Bertha35US #46
#33Esther33US #33
#34Lena33US #77
#35Theresa33US #93
#36Ethel32US #23
#37Ida32US #54
#38Elsie31US #41
#39Angelina30US #199
#40Barbara29US #83
#41Agnes28US #45
#42Clara28US #38
#43Eva28US #55
#44Hazel27US #26
#45Maria26US #146
#46Anne25US #52
#47Blanche25US #87
#48Julia25US #44
#49Jeannette24US #187
#50Viola24US #59
#51Cecile23
#52Edna23US #20
#53Madeline23US #121
#54Marjorie23US #39
#55Katherine22US #49
#56Hope20
#57Laura20US #61
#58Pauline20US #32
#59Stella20US #64
#60Ann19US #43
#61Celia19US #195
#62Emily19US #99
#63Flora19US #140
#64Jean19US #48
#65Amelia18US #165
#66Annette18
#67Marguerite18US #85
#68Myrtle18US #58
#69Nancy18US #102
#70Olive18US #123
#71Sophie18US #97
#72Antonetta17
#73Claire17
#74Emma17US #40
#75Genevieve17US #76
#76Martha17US #25
#77Phyllis17US #100
#78Angela16
#79Anita16US #164
#80Loretta16US #115
#81Sarah16US #51
#82Victoria16US #151
#83Yvonne16
#84Ellen14US #88
#85Hilda14US #107
#86Antoinette13US #173
#87Charlotte13US #81
#88Jane13US #69
#89Leona13US #74
#90Lucille13US #29
#91Teresa13
#92Betty12US #53
#93Carmela12
#94Carmella12
#95Caroline12US #137
#96Concetta12
#97Etta12
#98Isabelle12US #178
#99Janet12US #158
#100Mae12US #89

Boys

#1John326US #1
#2Joseph292US #5
#3William182US #2
#4Edward144US #8
#5James137US #3
#6George130US #6
#7Frank115US #9
#8Charles106US #7
#9Raymond88US #16
#10Robert84US #4
#11Albert82US #17
#12Thomas82US #10
#13Arthur81US #18
#14Walter69US #11
#15Henry66US #14
#16Anthony64US #36
#17Louis61US #23
#18Alfred58US #42
#19Ernest55US #35
#20Francis53US #29
#21Michael51US #43
#22Richard45US #15
#23Frederick42US #52
#24Leo40US #47
#25Harold39US #12
#26Vincent38US #65
#27Paul36US #13
#28Manuel33US #134
#29Stanley33US #34
#30Antonio32
#31Eugene32US #41
#32Donald31US #20
#33Ralph30US #21
#34Roland30US #118
#35David29US #31
#36Herbert29US #40
#37Norman28US #50
#38Peter28US #49
#39Daniel25US #55
#40Harry25US #19
#41Russell25US #51
#42Stephen23US #86
#43Kenneth22US #28
#44Nicholas22US #104
#45Salvatore22US #148
#46Edwin20US #53
#47Fred20US #26
#48Howard20US #25
#49Samuel20US #39
#50Lawrence19US #37
#51Benjamin18US #71
#52Chester18US #54
#53Lloyd16US #62
#54Earl15US #33
#55Everett15US #89
#56Alexander14US #103
#57Andrew14US #46
#58Angelo14US #149
#59Clarence14US #24
#60Edgar14US #85
#61Milton14US #73
#62Armand13
#63Edmund13US #136
#64Lionel13
#65Bernard12US #48
#66Philip12US #69
#67Roy12US #32
#68Victor12US #74
#69Armando11
#70Gerald11US #78
#71Leonard10US #44
#72Mario10
#73Maurice10US #101
#74Wilfred10US #181
#75Carl9US #22
#76Carmino9
#77Gordon9US #90
#78Irving9US #107
#79Lewis9US #70
#80Theodore9US #64
#81Carlo8
#82Dante8
#83Domenico8
#84Edmond8
#85Guido8
#86Leon8US #82
#87Martin8US #79
#88Oscar8US #88
#89Patrick8US #164
#90Adolph7US #178
#91Arnold7US #91
#92Jacob7US #121
#93Matthew7US #150
#94Nicola7
#95Pasquale7
#96Alphonse6
#97Aram6
#98Cornelius6
#99Douglas6US #158
#100Gerard6

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑42Chester#52
↑37Edgar#60
↑36Salvatore#45
↑36Fred#47
↑34Marjorie#54
↑32Jean#64
↑31Benjamin#51
↑29Hope#56

Falling

↓51Pasquale#95
↓35Carl#75
↓35Alphonse#96
↓34Theodore#80
↓31Irving#78
↓29Loretta#80
↓27Armand#62
↓25Edna#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.