State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,935 Rhode Island births in 1922 across 334 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.

#39Angelina#198 nationally
#43Armandoutside the national top 200
#46Gerardoutside the national top 200
#46Jeannette#197 nationally
#57Cecileoutside the national top 200
#26Claire#167 nationally
#60Antonio#200 nationally
#61Hopeoutside the national top 200
#55Wilfred#191 nationally
#66Lioneloutside the national top 200
#68Normandoutside the national top 200
#72Annetteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary461US #1
#2Dorothy202US #2
#3Helen184US #3
#4Doris145US #11
#5Anna140US #12
#6Rita134US #52
#7Margaret131US #4
#8Ruth123US #5
#9Alice118US #15
#10Rose103US #23
#11Barbara97US #40
#12Lillian94US #19
#13Virginia94US #7
#14Florence93US #18
#15Marie91US #14
#16Irene89US #17
#17Evelyn86US #13
#18Elizabeth82US #9
#19Marion80US #42
#20Eleanor70US #28
#21Mildred68US #8
#22Catherine67US #24
#23Frances67US #10
#24Josephine64US #27
#25Gloria61US #61
#26Claire56US #167
#27Gertrude55US #48
#28Theresa52US #109
#29Beatrice51US #43
#30Agnes47US #62
#31Marjorie47US #16
#32Louise45US #22
#33Jennie44US #105
#34Lucille42US #33
#35Edith38US #34
#36Marguerite37US #106
#37Muriel37US #112
#38Ann36US #49
#39Angelina35US #198
#40Constance35US #149
#41Gladys35US #25
#42Lucy34US #93
#43Shirley34US #39
#44Eileen33US #96
#45Esther32US #44
#46Jeannette32US #197
#47Norma32US #46
#48Phyllis32US #53
#49Bertha31US #63
#50Laura31US #68
#51Grace30US #38
#52Pauline30US #36
#53Elsie29US #59
#54Madeline29US #143
#55Anne27US #66
#56Eva27US #64
#57Cecile26
#58Ethel26US #32
#59Emily25US #121
#60Anita24US #141
#61Hope24
#62Martha24US #21
#63Thelma24US #31
#64Clara23US #47
#65Jean23US #20
#66Loretta21US #125
#67Edna20US #29
#68Ida20US #65
#69Jane20US #55
#70Julia20US #60
#71Nancy20US #78
#72Annette19
#73Antonetta19
#74Bernice19US #41
#75Olga19US #156
#76Sarah19US #51
#77Ellen18US #95
#78Genevieve18US #98
#79Jeanne18US #97
#80Olive18US #169
#81Viola18US #72
#82Emma17US #50
#83Lois17US #35
#84Maria17US #132
#85Stella17US #88
#86Sylvia17US #94
#87Betty16US #6
#88Katherine16US #54
#89Lena16US #107
#90Patricia16US #69
#91Sophie16US #153
#92Victoria16US #186
#93Carmella15
#94Estelle15US #168
#95Veronica15US #196
#96Yolanda15
#97Amelia14US #195
#98Carmela14
#99Janet14US #129
#100Kathleen14US #80

Boys

#1John405US #1
#2Joseph352US #7
#3William250US #3
#4Robert236US #2
#5George180US #6
#6James173US #4
#7Raymond161US #16
#8Edward159US #8
#9Albert128US #20
#10Charles128US #5
#11Frank119US #10
#12Anthony116US #39
#13Thomas109US #11
#14Arthur107US #19
#15Henry88US #17
#16Louis83US #27
#17Alfred75US #42
#18Ernest75US #37
#19Walter74US #15
#20Francis72US #34
#21Richard66US #9
#22Leo58US #51
#23Paul56US #14
#24Donald54US #12
#25Ralph54US #23
#26Harold53US #13
#27Vincent53US #71
#28Norman52US #44
#29Manuel43US #119
#30Peter42US #57
#31Roland40US #115
#32Daniel39US #47
#33Michael38US #48
#34Russell38US #49
#35Eugene36US #25
#36Kenneth36US #21
#37David35US #24
#38Angelo34US #161
#39Harry33US #22
#40Earl31US #31
#41Stanley31US #41
#42Frederick29US #60
#43Armand27
#44Fred27US #33
#45Edwin25US #52
#46Gerard25
#47Herbert25US #40
#48Philip24US #70
#49Salvatore24US #154
#50Lawrence22US #36
#51Leonard22US #38
#52Maurice22US #103
#53Nicholas22US #122
#54Theodore22US #62
#55Wilfred22US #191
#56Warren21US #45
#57Gerald20US #58
#58Howard20US #26
#59Andrew19US #53
#60Antonio19US #200
#61Bernard19US #46
#62Everett18US #98
#63Roger17US #96
#64Edmund16US #153
#65Lester16US #69
#66Lionel16
#67Matthew16US #159
#68Normand16
#69Benjamin15US #82
#70Gordon15US #76
#71Victor15US #86
#72Armando14
#73Domenic14
#74Edgar14US #93
#75Irving14US #124
#76Leon14US #77
#77Gilbert13US #100
#78Milton13US #74
#79Samuel13US #43
#80Carl12US #30
#81Oscar12US #92
#82Rene12
#83Wallace12US #87
#84Alexander11US #125
#85Elmer11US #54
#86Emile11
#87Franklin11US #126
#88Mario11
#89Rudolph11US #138
#90Stephen11US #101
#91Chester10US #64
#92Clarence10US #29
#93Dante10
#94Lucien10
#95Pasquale10
#96Alphonse9
#97Americo9
#98Clifford9US #63
#99Douglas9US #106
#100Edmond9

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑37Emily#59
↑37Daniel#32
↑36Thelma#63
↑26Eileen#44
↑25Laura#50
↑25Armand#43
↑24Andrew#59
↑21Pauline#52

Falling

↓33Ida#68
↓29Lena#89
↓27Chester#91
↓26Ethel#58
↓26Anita#60
↓23Sylvia#86
↓23Antonio#60
↓22Alexander#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.