State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,057 Rhode Island births in 1916 across 307 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
#36Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#52Claireoutside the national top 200
#57Armandoutside the national top 200
#60Domenicoutside the national top 200
#40Jeannette#173 nationally
#68Cecileoutside the national top 200
#72Armandooutside the national top 200
#79Pascooutside the national top 200
#80Filomenaoutside the national top 200
#82Hopeoutside the national top 200
#82Edmondoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary414US #1
#2Helen193US #2
#3Dorothy173US #3
#4Anna154US #7
#5Margaret121US #4
#6Ruth120US #5
#7Rose109US #15
#8Alice107US #13
#9Rita101US #67
#10Doris98US #32
#11Lillian90US #16
#12Elizabeth84US #8
#13Evelyn78US #11
#14Florence77US #14
#15Frances72US #9
#16Josephine72US #21
#17Mildred69US #6
#18Eleanor68US #27
#19Marie63US #12
#20Irene62US #17
#21Louise60US #18
#22Beatrice51US #38
#23Gertrude51US #35
#24Virginia51US #10
#25Marion49US #47
#26Jennie48US #79
#27Barbara46US #74
#28Grace45US #26
#29Edith42US #28
#30Edna42US #19
#31Theresa41US #98
#32Catherine39US #20
#33Eva37US #55
#34Gladys37US #22
#35Agnes36US #50
#36Angelina36
#37Elsie34US #48
#38Hazel33US #31
#39Ida33US #54
#40Jeannette33US #173
#41Viola32US #59
#42Anne31US #53
#43Bertha30US #49
#44Ethel30US #25
#45Anita29US #151
#46Lucy28US #84
#47Sophie28US #101
#48Ann26US #40
#49Julia26US #46
#50Muriel26US #134
#51Phyllis26US #95
#52Claire25
#53Marjorie25US #37
#54Esther24US #34
#55Katherine24US #51
#56Blanche23US #89
#57Hilda23US #105
#58Stella23US #63
#59Marguerite22US #78
#60Clara21US #39
#61Emma21US #41
#62Maria21US #159
#63Olga21US #126
#64Pauline21US #33
#65Sarah21US #52
#66Amelia20US #167
#67Loretta20US #113
#68Cecile19
#69Charlotte19US #80
#70Ellen18US #87
#71Emily18US #100
#72Genevieve18US #76
#73Harriet17US #106
#74Jean17US #45
#75Laura17US #64
#76Madeline17US #131
#77Thelma17US #29
#78Annie16US #36
#79Antoinette16US #175
#80Filomena16
#81Flora16US #141
#82Hope16
#83Angela15
#84Dora15US #124
#85Martha15US #24
#86Ella14US #81
#87Jeanne14US #176
#88Lena14US #85
#89Myrtle14US #58
#90Nancy14US #102
#91Victoria14US #150
#92Adeline13US #166
#93Celia13
#94Constance13
#95Leona13US #75
#96Teresa13
#97Winifred13US #148
#98Yvonne13
#99Christine12US #121
#100Eileen12US #118

Boys

#1John313US #1
#2Joseph304US #5
#3William191US #2
#4James130US #3
#5Edward128US #8
#6Frank127US #9
#7George127US #7
#8Charles120US #6
#9Albert116US #17
#10Raymond107US #16
#11Anthony95US #37
#12Robert92US #4
#13Arthur91US #18
#14Thomas86US #10
#15Walter80US #11
#16Louis76US #22
#17Henry74US #14
#18Alfred67US #43
#19Harold53US #13
#20Ernest51US #36
#21Michael50US #44
#22Richard49US #15
#23Leo48US #47
#24Peter47US #50
#25Vincent46US #67
#26Frederick44US #52
#27Norman42US #48
#28Stanley39US #34
#29Antonio37
#30Francis37US #31
#31Paul32US #12
#32Eugene30US #39
#33Donald29US #20
#34Manuel29US #133
#35Ralph27US #21
#36Russell27US #51
#37David26US #28
#38Herbert25US #40
#39Earl23US #32
#40Howard23US #25
#41Angelo22US #146
#42Fred22US #29
#43Roland22US #118
#44Andrew21US #46
#45Everett21US #91
#46Harry21US #19
#47Milton21US #72
#48Samuel21US #41
#49Carl20US #23
#50Edmund20US #134
#51Kenneth20US #27
#52Lawrence20US #38
#53Leonard20US #42
#54Philip19US #70
#55Stephen19US #87
#56Theodore18US #65
#57Armand16
#58Edgar16US #88
#59Lester16US #59
#60Domenic15
#61Edwin15US #53
#62Wilfred15US #168
#63Bernard14US #49
#64Maurice14US #100
#65Salvatore14US #150
#66Warren14US #102
#67Clarence13US #24
#68Leon13US #85
#69Nicholas13US #107
#70Victor13US #78
#71Alexander12US #99
#72Armando12
#73Benjamin12US #79
#74Elmer12US #45
#75Daniel11US #55
#76Felix11US #174
#77Gerald11US #76
#78Irving11US #109
#79Pasco11
#80Roger11US #129
#81Sidney11US #95
#82Edmond10
#83Mario10
#84Pasquale10
#85Alphonse9
#86Chester9US #54
#87Domenico9
#88Gerard9
#89Gilbert9US #106
#90Lucien9
#91Oscar9US #86
#92Arnold8US #89
#93Clifford8US #61
#94Emile8
#95Gordon8US #90
#96Hector8
#97Herman8US #56
#98Luigi8
#99Martin8US #81
#100Rene8

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑34Anita#45
↑28Hilda#57
↑26Phyllis#51
↑26Carl#49
↑24Sophie#47
↑24Theodore#56
↑22Edna#30
↑21Claire#52

Falling

↓54Lena#88
↓36Daniel#75
↓34Chester#86
↓32Celia#93
↓26Hope#82
↓25Nicholas#69
↓23Madeline#76
↓22Benjamin#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.