State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,795 Rhode Island births in 1919 across 333 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
#33Angelina#199 nationally
#34Claire#197 nationally
#39Armandoutside the national top 200
#47Armandooutside the national top 200
#56Domenicoutside the national top 200
#44Jeannette#184 nationally
#61Pascooutside the national top 200
#65Antonettaoutside the national top 200
#68Lioneloutside the national top 200
#73Cecileoutside the national top 200
#59Amelia#181 nationally

Girls

#1Mary410US #1
#2Helen186US #2
#3Dorothy183US #3
#4Rita160US #54
#5Margaret137US #4
#6Anna127US #10
#7Alice118US #13
#8Ruth117US #5
#9Rose116US #19
#10Doris94US #18
#11Elizabeth94US #8
#12Irene91US #16
#13Florence84US #14
#14Evelyn83US #11
#15Josephine80US #26
#16Lillian78US #17
#17Frances69US #9
#18Louise67US #20
#19Barbara65US #60
#20Mildred64US #6
#21Catherine62US #23
#22Virginia56US #7
#23Beatrice55US #41
#24Eleanor53US #30
#25Edith52US #29
#26Marion52US #44
#27Marie51US #12
#28Theresa50US #102
#29Gertrude49US #39
#30Jennie47US #93
#31Grace43US #34
#32Gladys37US #21
#33Angelina36US #199
#34Claire36US #197
#35Esther36US #38
#36Madeline35US #139
#37Elsie34US #47
#38Lucy32US #91
#39Anne31US #63
#40Bertha31US #52
#41Lucille31US #27
#42Edna30US #22
#43Emily30US #105
#44Jeannette30US #184
#45Agnes28US #50
#46Ethel28US #28
#47Lena28US #94
#48Ann27US #49
#49Ida27US #57
#50Marguerite27US #96
#51Phyllis27US #84
#52Julia26US #48
#53Maria24US #138
#54Muriel24US #133
#55Blanche23US #97
#56Eva23US #55
#57Stella23US #70
#58Viola23US #58
#59Amelia22US #181
#60Clara22US #43
#61Kathleen22US #101
#62Marjorie22US #33
#63Victoria22US #154
#64Pauline21US #36
#65Antonetta20
#66Hazel20US #32
#67Katherine20US #51
#68Martha20US #25
#69Nancy20US #100
#70Olga20US #137
#71Charlotte19US #79
#72Constance19US #182
#73Cecile18
#74Ellen18US #92
#75Genevieve18US #88
#76Olive18US #149
#77Sarah18US #46
#78Veronica18US #187
#79Emma17US #45
#80Hope17
#81Loretta17US #118
#82Norma17US #83
#83Filomena16
#84Jean16US #37
#85Concetta15
#86Hilda15US #123
#87Shirley15US #89
#88Sophie15US #109
#89Violet15US #74
#90Winifred15US #164
#91Carmella14
#92Celia14
#93Eileen14US #103
#94Laura14US #71
#95Lydia14US #186
#96Mae14US #99
#97Teresa14
#98Thelma14US #31
#99Vivian14US #72
#100Adeline13US #172

Boys

#1John345US #1
#2Joseph293US #7
#3William202US #2
#4George152US #6
#5Edward147US #8
#6James146US #3
#7Raymond145US #14
#8Robert141US #4
#9Frank120US #9
#10Charles117US #5
#11Arthur104US #19
#12Albert100US #18
#13Anthony93US #41
#14Thomas91US #10
#15Henry81US #16
#16Walter78US #11
#17Francis73US #34
#18Louis71US #28
#19Alfred68US #42
#20Leo57US #49
#21Peter52US #57
#22Manuel49US #118
#23Paul47US #15
#24Roland44US #119
#25Harold43US #13
#26Michael42US #46
#27Norman41US #48
#28Richard41US #12
#29Vincent41US #72
#30Ernest40US #36
#31Ralph39US #22
#32Donald37US #17
#33Russell37US #50
#34Antonio36
#35Stanley34US #37
#36Frederick33US #64
#37Eugene32US #33
#38Harry32US #20
#39Armand30
#40David30US #27
#41Angelo29US #161
#42Kenneth28US #26
#43Fred26US #30
#44Howard26US #24
#45Samuel25US #43
#46Andrew24US #47
#47Armando24
#48Lawrence24US #38
#49Stephen24US #97
#50Edmund23US #144
#51Philip23US #71
#52Salvatore22US #160
#53Leonard21US #39
#54Nicholas21US #122
#55Victor21US #68
#56Domenic20
#57Earl20US #31
#58Everett19US #93
#59Bernard18US #45
#60Daniel18US #51
#61Pasco18
#62Herbert17US #40
#63Maurice17US #108
#64Chester16US #53
#65Irving16US #111
#66Theodore16US #54
#67Edwin15US #52
#68Lionel15
#69Carl13US #29
#70Clifford13US #60
#71Edgar13US #89
#72Lewis13US #74
#73Wilfred13US #184
#74Jack12US #21
#75Lester12US #62
#76Matthew12US #152
#77Oscar12US #88
#78Roger12US #124
#79Americo11
#80Carmine11
#81Emile11
#82Gerard11
#83Gordon11US #86
#84Milton11US #73
#85Pasquale11
#86Alexander10US #113
#87Elmer10US #44
#88Leon10US #80
#89Alphonse9
#90Antone9
#91Arnold9US #94
#92Benjamin9US #79
#93Clarence9US #25
#94Earle9
#95Tony9US #136
#96Warren9US #83
#97Lucien8
#98Normand8
#99Rene8
#100Abraham7US #176

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑35Lena#47
↑35Salvatore#52
↑34Kathleen#61
↑32Phyllis#51
↑31Amelia#59
↑29Lucille#41
↑26Olga#70
↑25Gladys#32

Falling

↓43Laura#94
↓30Eileen#93
↓30Alexander#86
↓30Clarence#93
↓29Warren#96
↓25Herbert#62
↓24Katherine#67
↓23Eva#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.