State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,377 Rhode Island births in 1918 across 337 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
#39Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#31Claire#186 nationally
#49Armandoutside the national top 200
#52Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#38Jeannette#185 nationally
#55Cecileoutside the national top 200
#59Armandooutside the national top 200
#62Domenicoutside the national top 200
#67Annetteoutside the national top 200
#68Antonettaoutside the national top 200
#70Gerardoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary458US #1
#2Helen220US #2
#3Dorothy171US #3
#4Rita150US #58
#5Margaret141US #4
#6Rose127US #17
#7Anna120US #10
#8Alice118US #13
#9Doris113US #19
#10Ruth104US #5
#11Florence103US #14
#12Elizabeth82US #9
#13Irene79US #16
#14Frances77US #8
#15Virginia76US #7
#16Lillian75US #15
#17Marie74US #12
#18Mildred72US #6
#19Catherine70US #20
#20Eleanor69US #26
#21Barbara68US #60
#22Josephine67US #24
#23Evelyn65US #11
#24Beatrice62US #40
#25Louise62US #18
#26Jennie57US #91
#27Gertrude52US #39
#28Edith51US #30
#29Marion51US #45
#30Esther46US #38
#31Claire44US #186
#32Agnes42US #47
#33Eva42US #55
#34Theresa41US #101
#35Grace40US #31
#36Ethel39US #28
#37Lucy38US #90
#38Jeannette37US #185
#39Angelina35
#40Madeline34US #135
#41Stella33US #67
#42Clara32US #43
#43Katherine32US #50
#44Marguerite32US #86
#45Edna31US #23
#46Ida30US #57
#47Bertha29US #51
#48Marjorie29US #34
#49Charlotte28US #78
#50Elsie27US #49
#51Laura27US #64
#52Yvonne27
#53Anne26US #54
#54Blanche26US #96
#55Cecile26
#56Viola26US #59
#57Gladys25US #22
#58Julia25US #48
#59Pauline25US #35
#60Emily24US #105
#61Emma24US #46
#62Anita23US #151
#63Eileen23US #110
#64Hazel23US #33
#65Victoria23US #134
#66Ann22US #44
#67Annette22
#68Antonetta22
#69Jean22US #37
#70Lucille21US #29
#71Maria21US #147
#72Muriel21US #130
#73Pearl20US #56
#74Harriet19US #106
#75Loretta19US #116
#76Martha19US #25
#77Ella18US #84
#78Genevieve18US #81
#79Nancy18US #102
#80Violet18US #83
#81Angela17
#82Lena17US #93
#83Phyllis17US #80
#84Sophie17US #108
#85Sylvia17US #71
#86Bernice16US #41
#87Celia16
#88Ellen16US #92
#89Thelma16US #32
#90Amelia15US #183
#91Caroline15US #154
#92Estelle15US #139
#93Hope15
#94Jane15US #53
#95Kathleen15US #99
#96Olga15US #141
#97Teresa15
#98Hilda14US #114
#99Isabelle14
#100Mabel14US #74

Boys

#1John357US #1
#2Joseph316US #7
#3William254US #2
#4James169US #3
#5George162US #6
#6Edward161US #8
#7Raymond137US #15
#8Robert135US #4
#9Frank130US #9
#10Charles128US #5
#11Thomas122US #10
#12Albert109US #19
#13Anthony101US #39
#14Arthur99US #17
#15Francis91US #30
#16Henry81US #16
#17Louis81US #24
#18Alfred80US #42
#19Walter76US #11
#20Harold65US #13
#21Manuel60US #126
#22Ernest58US #37
#23Leo56US #48
#24Ralph54US #22
#25Paul51US #14
#26Frederick50US #59
#27Vincent47US #73
#28Donald44US #18
#29Richard42US #12
#30Stanley41US #36
#31Michael39US #45
#32Roland37US #121
#33Peter36US #53
#34Antonio34
#35Norman34US #49
#36Harry31US #20
#37Herbert31US #40
#38Nicholas31US #113
#39Angelo30US #162
#40Victor29US #63
#41David28US #28
#42Daniel27US #52
#43Russell26US #50
#44Kenneth25US #27
#45Howard24US #26
#46Philip23US #71
#47Fred22US #33
#48Samuel20US #43
#49Armand19
#50Carl19US #25
#51Earl19US #31
#52Eugene19US #35
#53Everett19US #93
#54Leonard19US #41
#55Theodore19US #64
#56Alexander18US #104
#57Andrew18US #46
#58Bernard18US #47
#59Armando17
#60Edwin17US #55
#61Wilfred17US #179
#62Domenic16
#63Clarence15US #23
#64Clifford15US #60
#65Edmund15US #140
#66Milton15US #76
#67Warren15US #90
#68Lloyd14US #51
#69Stephen14US #96
#70Gerard13
#71Irving13US #108
#72Lawrence13US #38
#73Lionel13
#74Mario13
#75Edgar12US #89
#76Gerald12US #72
#77Maurice12US #103
#78Oscar12US #87
#79Pasco12
#80Carlo11
#81Emile11
#82Gilbert11US #105
#83Gordon11US #85
#84Matthew11US #148
#85Normand11
#86Rene11
#87Salvatore11US #155
#88Benjamin9US #79
#89Chester9US #54
#90Edmond9
#91Elmer9US #44
#92Jack9US #21
#93Morris9US #101
#94Pasquale9
#95Roy9US #32
#96Alphonse8
#97Leon8US #77
#98Melvin8US #56
#99Nathan8US #150
#100Omer8

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑40Clara#42
↑27Antonetta#68
↑26Philip#46
↑26Carl#50
↑26Warren#67
↑25Charlotte#49
↑24Harriet#74
↑24Victor#40

Falling

↓44Lena#82
↓34Ann#66
↓31Genevieve#78
↓31Benjamin#88
↓27Lawrence#72
↓26Stephen#69
↓24Eugene#52
↓22Gladys#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.