State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,559 Rhode Island births in 1917 across 322 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.

#35Antonio#200 nationally
#38Armandoutside the national top 200
#51Gerardoutside the national top 200
#54Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#65Americooutside the national top 200
#68Domenicoutside the national top 200
#73Cecileoutside the national top 200
#75Celiaoutside the national top 200
#75Armandooutside the national top 200
#78Pascooutside the national top 200
#55Jeannette#177 nationally
#79Pasqualeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary442US #1
#2Helen186US #2
#3Dorothy160US #3
#4Rita137US #63
#5Anna134US #7
#6Margaret131US #4
#7Alice122US #13
#8Ruth115US #5
#9Rose110US #16
#10Lillian93US #15
#11Elizabeth89US #8
#12Doris82US #25
#13Irene82US #17
#14Josephine79US #21
#15Mildred74US #6
#16Evelyn72US #11
#17Florence71US #14
#18Frances67US #9
#19Virginia67US #10
#20Barbara62US #67
#21Edith61US #28
#22Louise61US #19
#23Beatrice60US #39
#24Marie59US #12
#25Catherine57US #18
#26Marion53US #45
#27Grace51US #30
#28Jennie47US #81
#29Eleanor45US #26
#30Gertrude41US #37
#31Marjorie41US #36
#32Ann37US #44
#33Theresa37US #97
#34Esther36US #38
#35Gladys36US #23
#36Bertha35US #51
#37Julia35US #47
#38Lena35US #85
#39Edna33US #20
#40Viola33US #59
#41Emily30US #103
#42Ethel30US #24
#43Anne29US #53
#44Stella29US #62
#45Ida28US #56
#46Agnes27US #48
#47Genevieve27US #77
#48Madeline27US #127
#49Marguerite27US #78
#50Elsie26US #50
#51Pauline26US #33
#52Eva25US #54
#53Hazel25US #31
#54Angelina24
#55Jeannette24US #177
#56Loretta24US #114
#57Lucy24US #88
#58Maria24US #146
#59Laura22US #65
#60Sarah22US #52
#61Blanche21US #91
#62Eileen21US #106
#63Jean21US #40
#64Katherine21US #49
#65Vera21US #66
#66Anita20US #137
#67Muriel20US #128
#68Phyllis20US #92
#69Sylvia20US #69
#70Jeanette19US #132
#71Amelia18US #173
#72Annie18US #35
#73Cecile18
#74Charlotte18US #76
#75Celia17
#76Lucille17US #29
#77Martha17US #22
#78Kathleen16US #101
#79Nancy16US #98
#80Olive16US #138
#81Thelma16US #32
#82Clara15US #41
#83Ellen15US #90
#84Emma15US #46
#85Estelle15US #129
#86Hilda15US #112
#87Hope14
#88Myrtle14US #58
#89Violet14US #84
#90Concetta13
#91Jane13US #55
#92Sophie13US #100
#93Stasia13
#94Antoinette12US #170
#95Antonetta12
#96Carmella12
#97Dorothea12US #180
#98Harriet12US #104
#99Jessie12US #70
#100Nellie12US #64

Boys

#1John353US #1
#2Joseph320US #5
#3William238US #2
#4Edward152US #8
#5James147US #3
#6George144US #6
#7Robert123US #4
#8Charles122US #7
#9Raymond115US #16
#10Frank108US #9
#11Albert103US #18
#12Thomas99US #10
#13Arthur84US #17
#14Alfred83US #43
#15Anthony83US #38
#16Henry78US #15
#17Francis76US #30
#18Walter74US #11
#19Louis65US #23
#20Paul55US #13
#21Leo53US #47
#22Richard53US #14
#23Manuel45US #128
#24Michael44US #44
#25Stanley44US #34
#26Frederick42US #51
#27Norman40US #46
#28Eugene38US #39
#29Ralph38US #21
#30Peter37US #50
#31Ernest36US #37
#32Harold36US #12
#33Donald33US #20
#34Vincent33US #65
#35Antonio31US #200
#36Russell31US #52
#37Nicholas29US #109
#38Armand28
#39David28US #28
#40Herbert28US #40
#41Samuel28US #42
#42Bernard25US #49
#43Stephen25US #89
#44Harry24US #19
#45Lawrence24US #36
#46Milton24US #75
#47Roland24US #117
#48Leonard22US #41
#49Earl21US #32
#50Fred20US #29
#51Gerard20
#52Howard20US #26
#53Kenneth20US #27
#54Angelo19US #152
#55Daniel18US #54
#56Alexander17US #97
#57Benjamin16US #76
#58Edmund16US #135
#59Everett16US #94
#60Irving16US #106
#61Maurice16US #101
#62Theodore16US #63
#63Roger15US #119
#64Victor15US #78
#65Americo14
#66Andrew14US #48
#67Chester14US #56
#68Domenic14
#69Salvatore14US #155
#70Wilfred14US #164
#71Gerald13US #69
#72Philip13US #66
#73Clarence12US #25
#74Edwin12US #55
#75Armando11
#76Carl11US #24
#77Matthew11US #149
#78Pasco11
#79Pasquale11
#80Rene11
#81Edgar10US #88
#82Gordon10US #84
#83Lloyd10US #53
#84Mario10
#85Sidney10US #95
#86Carmino9
#87Conrad9
#88Elmer9US #45
#89Leon9US #82
#90Lionel9
#91Lucien9
#92Nelson9US #194
#93Warren9US #93
#94Antone8
#95Jack8US #22
#96Lester8US #61
#97Luigi8
#98Martin8US #77
#99Tony8US #131
#100Arnold7US #91

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑50Lena#38
↑38Eileen#62
↑37Gerard#51
↑32Nicholas#37
↑30Emily#41
↑28Madeline#48
↑25Genevieve#47
↑22Marjorie#31

Falling

↓45Sophie#92
↓37Lester#96
↓29Hilda#86
↓27Carl#76
↓27Warren#93
↓25Harriet#98
↓23Emma#84
↓23Edgar#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.