State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,152 Rhode Island births in 1921 across 347 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.

#36Angelina#192 nationally
#37Antonio#188 nationally
#54Cecileoutside the national top 200
#54Gerardoutside the national top 200
#40Claire#182 nationally
#63Armandooutside the national top 200
#66Lioneloutside the national top 200
#67Normandoutside the national top 200
#56Wilfred#189 nationally
#68Armandoutside the national top 200
#59Jeannette#191 nationally
#70Domenicoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary485US #1
#2Dorothy218US #2
#3Helen203US #3
#4Margaret146US #4
#5Anna140US #11
#6Alice137US #15
#7Rita136US #48
#8Ruth123US #5
#9Doris122US #13
#10Rose118US #20
#11Florence99US #17
#12Virginia98US #6
#13Irene96US #18
#14Barbara89US #40
#15Evelyn89US #12
#16Marie87US #14
#17Elizabeth82US #10
#18Lillian79US #19
#19Beatrice68US #41
#20Eleanor64US #29
#21Louise62US #22
#22Mildred62US #7
#23Frances61US #9
#24Marjorie55US #16
#25Catherine54US #23
#26Gertrude53US #46
#27Josephine50US #28
#28Edith48US #33
#29Gladys47US #24
#30Marion43US #43
#31Theresa43US #107
#32Ethel41US #32
#33Agnes40US #56
#34Anita39US #134
#35Ida39US #67
#36Angelina38US #192
#37Gloria38US #102
#38Lucy37US #93
#39Bertha36US #59
#40Claire35US #182
#41Grace34US #35
#42Marguerite33US #98
#43Ann32US #53
#44Clara31US #45
#45Constance31US #149
#46Edna31US #27
#47Esther31US #42
#48Shirley31US #44
#49Muriel30US #119
#50Lucille28US #31
#51Martha28US #21
#52Elsie27US #55
#53Jennie27US #99
#54Cecile26
#55Eva26US #63
#56Madeline25US #139
#57Norma25US #51
#58Genevieve24US #90
#59Jeannette24US #191
#60Lena24US #104
#61Loretta24US #122
#62Olive24US #154
#63Sylvia24US #88
#64Viola24US #66
#65Charlotte23US #79
#66Julia23US #58
#67Olga23US #153
#68Phyllis23US #60
#69Anne22US #70
#70Eileen22US #100
#71Hazel22US #34
#72Jean22US #25
#73Pauline22US #37
#74Blanche21US #112
#75Laura21US #71
#76Hope20
#77Stella20US #86
#78Violet20US #81
#79Concetta19
#80Katherine19US #49
#81Antonetta18
#82Hilda18US #123
#83Kathleen18US #83
#84Nancy18US #87
#85Vivian18US #68
#86Adeline17US #177
#87Ellen17US #95
#88Estelle17US #161
#89Isabelle17
#90Yvonne17
#91Carolyn16US #146
#92Jeanne16US #109
#93Pearl16US #65
#94Winifred16US #163
#95Annie15US #36
#96Emily15US #121
#97Filomena15
#98Leona15US #92
#99Thelma15US #30
#100Carmella14

Boys

#1John387US #1
#2Joseph346US #7
#3William269US #3
#4James189US #4
#5George187US #6
#6Robert182US #2
#7Edward175US #8
#8Raymond166US #16
#9Frank144US #9
#10Charles135US #5
#11Arthur114US #19
#12Albert113US #20
#13Anthony110US #40
#14Thomas110US #11
#15Henry108US #17
#16Walter96US #15
#17Francis91US #35
#18Louis79US #29
#19Vincent63US #70
#20Alfred61US #43
#21Richard60US #10
#22Leo59US #50
#23Michael59US #47
#24Norman58US #46
#25Harold57US #12
#26Ernest56US #38
#27Peter56US #57
#28Paul50US #14
#29Ralph50US #23
#30Manuel48US #113
#31Kenneth45US #22
#32Donald41US #13
#33Roland40US #107
#34Lawrence38US #37
#35Frederick37US #61
#36Earl36US #31
#37Antonio35US #188
#38Stanley35US #41
#39David34US #25
#40Eugene34US #26
#41Angelo33US #148
#42Russell32US #52
#43Fred29US #33
#44Warren29US #24
#45Herbert28US #42
#46Howard28US #27
#47Philip28US #72
#48Maurice27US #101
#49Leonard25US #39
#50Bernard23US #45
#51Harry22US #21
#52Salvatore21US #159
#53Theodore21US #65
#54Gerard20
#55Victor20US #83
#56Wilfred20US #189
#57Edmund19US #142
#58Nicholas19US #114
#59Benjamin18US #82
#60Edgar18US #90
#61Edwin18US #54
#62Alexander17US #116
#63Armando17
#64Chester17US #56
#65Leon17US #74
#66Lionel17
#67Normand17
#68Armand16
#69Daniel16US #49
#70Domenic16
#71Mario16
#72Roger16US #99
#73Everett15US #95
#74Gerald15US #60
#75Gilbert15US #103
#76Irving15US #124
#77Lucien15
#78Samuel15US #44
#79Carl14US #30
#80Matthew14US #161
#81Oscar14US #92
#82Roy14US #32
#83Andrew13US #51
#84Arnold13US #91
#85Gordon13US #84
#86Lloyd13US #58
#87Stephen13US #97
#88Wallace13US #88
#89Clarence12US #28
#90Pasquale12
#91Rene12
#92Clifford10US #62
#93Edmond10
#94Emile10
#95Guido10
#96Leroy10US #55
#97Milton10US #75
#98Tony10US #134
#99Antone9
#100Bertrand9

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑37Armando#63
↑35Bertha#39
↑32Clara#44
↑32Warren#44
↑31Leon#65
↑30Edgar#60
↑29Martha#51
↑24Angelina#36

Falling

↓39Eileen#70
↓34Blanche#74
↓34Jeanne#92
↓33Katherine#80
↓33Emily#96
↓31Carl#79
↓31Milton#97
↓30Andrew#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.