State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,681 Rhode Island births in 1920 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.

#33Antonio#190 nationally
#37Claire#194 nationally
#51Normandoutside the national top 200
#54Domenicoutside the national top 200
#55Gerardoutside the national top 200
#54Jeannette#189 nationally
#66Cecileoutside the national top 200
#60Angelina#193 nationally
#69Armandoutside the national top 200
#70Reneoutside the national top 200
#77Mariooutside the national top 200
#79Hopeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary452US #1
#2Dorothy206US #2
#3Helen180US #3
#4Margaret151US #4
#5Rita149US #52
#6Anna141US #10
#7Ruth129US #5
#8Alice123US #15
#9Doris105US #14
#10Elizabeth102US #8
#11Marie101US #13
#12Rose96US #20
#13Barbara93US #47
#14Irene90US #17
#15Virginia90US #7
#16Evelyn89US #12
#17Florence86US #16
#18Frances84US #9
#19Josephine76US #28
#20Mildred76US #6
#21Lillian65US #18
#22Catherine64US #21
#23Eleanor64US #25
#24Gertrude59US #42
#25Louise57US #19
#26Beatrice54US #41
#27Edith51US #32
#28Marion49US #43
#29Madeline48US #138
#30Jennie47US #97
#31Eileen43US #100
#32Grace41US #37
#33Edna38US #27
#34Theresa38US #108
#35Anita37US #131
#36Agnes35US #54
#37Claire35US #194
#38Eva34US #58
#39Gladys34US #22
#40Blanche33US #102
#41Esther33US #39
#42Julia33US #55
#43Lucille33US #29
#44Marjorie33US #24
#45Anne32US #65
#46Elsie32US #51
#47Katherine30US #45
#48Lena30US #98
#49Emma29US #46
#50Ethel29US #30
#51Laura28US #63
#52Lucy28US #94
#53Ida27US #66
#54Jeannette27US #189
#55Jean26US #33
#56Shirley26US #56
#57Ann25US #49
#58Jeanne25US #114
#59Marguerite25US #93
#60Angelina24US #193
#61Loretta24US #120
#62Constance23US #165
#63Emily23US #119
#64Hilda22US #125
#65Pauline22US #36
#66Cecile21
#67Nancy21US #95
#68Bernice20US #40
#69Hazel20US #34
#70Jane20US #48
#71Sophie20US #129
#72Stella20US #82
#73Viola20US #59
#74Bertha19US #57
#75Charlotte19US #79
#76Clara19US #44
#77Dorothea19US #187
#78Genevieve19US #86
#79Hope19
#80Martha19US #23
#81Norma19US #69
#82Olive19US #151
#83Carmella18
#84Ellen18US #92
#85Phyllis18US #72
#86Adeline17US #176
#87Estelle17US #158
#88Olga17US #146
#89Antoinette16US #180
#90Teresa16
#91Filomena15
#92Isabelle15
#93Vera15US #75
#94Amelia14US #190
#95Antonetta14
#96Isabel14US #199
#97Maria14US #130
#98Myrtle14US #68
#99Thelma14US #31
#100Angela13

Boys

#1John395US #1
#2Joseph330US #7
#3William258US #2
#4James191US #4
#5Edward173US #8
#6George170US #6
#7Robert165US #3
#8Raymond162US #15
#9Charles138US #5
#10Frank127US #9
#11Albert115US #19
#12Arthur108US #18
#13Henry104US #17
#14Thomas104US #11
#15Anthony90US #43
#16Ernest78US #37
#17Walter78US #13
#18Alfred72US #42
#19Louis69US #28
#20Richard69US #10
#21Harold63US #12
#22Michael62US #50
#23Francis59US #34
#24Ralph53US #22
#25Leo48US #48
#26Paul47US #14
#27Peter47US #57
#28Vincent46US #73
#29Norman45US #47
#30Frederick44US #60
#31Herbert41US #41
#32Roland40US #114
#33Antonio35US #190
#34Manuel35US #118
#35Howard34US #24
#36Donald33US #16
#37Kenneth32US #23
#38Stanley31US #40
#39Eugene30US #30
#40Leonard30US #38
#41Russell28US #51
#42Theodore28US #63
#43Lawrence27US #36
#44Daniel26US #52
#45Earl26US #31
#46Harry26US #21
#47Bernard25US #46
#48Carl25US #27
#49Everett24US #95
#50Irving24US #116
#51Normand23
#52Philip23US #71
#53Andrew20US #49
#54Domenic20
#55Gerard20
#56Angelo19US #155
#57Chester19US #55
#58David19US #25
#59Fred19US #33
#60Maurice19US #102
#61Roger19US #103
#62Benjamin18US #83
#63Nicholas18US #124
#64Edmund17US #138
#65Gerald17US #64
#66Milton17US #74
#67Salvatore17US #156
#68Wilfred17US #176
#69Armand16
#70Rene16
#71Alexander15US #117
#72Lester15US #69
#73Edwin14US #53
#74Lloyd14US #58
#75Matthew14US #152
#76Warren14US #39
#77Mario13
#78Victor13US #81
#79Wallace13US #93
#80Douglas12US #106
#81Samuel12US #44
#82Stephen12US #96
#83Lionel11
#84Martin11US #78
#85Pasco11
#86Americo10
#87Carlo10
#88Clifford10US #59
#89Clinton10US #158
#90Edgar10US #89
#91Elmer10US #45
#92Rocco10
#93Romeo10
#94Emile9
#95Hector9
#96Leon9US #75
#97Luigi9
#98Roy9US #32
#99Tony9US #136
#100Armando8

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑62Eileen#31
↑47Normand#51
↑43Laura#51
↑31Shirley#56
↑31Herbert#31
↑30Emma#49
↑30Benjamin#62
↑29Jean#55

Falling

↓53Armando#100
↓44Maria#97
↓36Samuel#81
↓35Amelia#94
↓34Bertha#74
↓34Phyllis#85
↓33Stephen#82
↓30Antonetta#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.