State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,936 Rhode Island births in 1923 across 330 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.

#31Normandoutside the national top 200
#50Thereseoutside the national top 200
#50Gerardoutside the national top 200
#44Jeannette#194 nationally
#55Armandoutside the national top 200
#56Cecileoutside the national top 200
#55Angelina#199 nationally
#58Hopeoutside the national top 200
#25Claire#167 nationally
#60Domenicoutside the national top 200
#66Lucienoutside the national top 200
#68Mariooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary426US #1
#2Dorothy202US #2
#3Helen179US #3
#4Anna155US #13
#5Margaret127US #4
#6Doris123US #11
#7Ruth123US #6
#8Rita122US #50
#9Irene113US #17
#10Rose112US #23
#11Alice109US #15
#12Elizabeth101US #9
#13Virginia100US #7
#14Florence96US #18
#15Lillian96US #20
#16Marie88US #14
#17Barbara85US #33
#18Evelyn81US #12
#19Frances72US #10
#20Catherine67US #24
#21Eleanor62US #28
#22Mildred60US #8
#23Marion58US #44
#24Theresa58US #105
#25Claire56US #167
#26Gloria56US #48
#27Edith55US #36
#28Gertrude54US #59
#29Shirley53US #26
#30Louise48US #22
#31Muriel48US #114
#32Beatrice45US #46
#33Constance44US #150
#34Marjorie44US #16
#35Josephine41US #30
#36Gladys40US #29
#37Grace40US #39
#38Esther39US #47
#39Jennie39US #107
#40Pauline39US #37
#41Lucille36US #35
#42Ann35US #52
#43Edna35US #32
#44Jeannette35US #194
#45Lucy33US #92
#46Madeline33US #143
#47Anita32US #138
#48Phyllis32US #45
#49Ida30US #68
#50Therese30
#51Viola30US #79
#52Agnes29US #63
#53Julia29US #62
#54Norma28US #41
#55Angelina27US #199
#56Cecile27
#57Eva27US #66
#58Hope27
#59Jean27US #19
#60Blanche25US #119
#61Charlotte25US #77
#62Eileen25US #95
#63Laura25US #73
#64Jane24US #55
#65Nancy24US #75
#66Elsie23US #61
#67Anne22US #71
#68Lena22US #108
#69Ethel21US #38
#70Loretta21US #124
#71Bertha20US #64
#72Hazel20US #40
#73Annette19
#74Betty19US #5
#75Katherine19US #60
#76Martha19US #21
#77Olga19US #169
#78Carmella18
#79Marilyn18US #118
#80Thelma18US #31
#81Antonetta17
#82Bernice17US #43
#83Harriet17US #122
#84Hilda17US #140
#85Sophie17US #159
#86Violet17US #86
#87Elena16
#88Janet16US #121
#89Kathleen16US #70
#90Marguerite16US #115
#91Stella16US #96
#92Amelia15
#93Concetta15
#94Estelle15US #183
#95Olive15US #179
#96Yvette15
#97Antoinette14US #175
#98Carolyn14US #132
#99Emma14US #53
#100Flora14US #161

Boys

#1John406US #1
#2Joseph326US #7
#3William262US #3
#4Robert216US #2
#5Edward187US #8
#6George174US #6
#7Raymond168US #15
#8James165US #4
#9Thomas125US #12
#10Charles117US #5
#11Anthony108US #39
#12Frank102US #11
#13Albert98US #20
#14Henry92US #18
#15Walter92US #16
#16Alfred88US #42
#17Arthur88US #19
#18Richard82US #9
#19Donald76US #10
#20Louis75US #27
#21Francis74US #34
#22Ernest61US #38
#23Ralph58US #23
#24Harold57US #13
#25Norman56US #44
#26Michael55US #50
#27Eugene54US #25
#28Paul54US #14
#29Leo48US #49
#30Peter43US #58
#31Normand41
#32Roland41US #104
#33David38US #24
#34Vincent38US #72
#35Frederick37US #60
#36Kenneth37US #21
#37Harry34US #22
#38Manuel33US #114
#39Stanley33US #41
#40Daniel32US #47
#41Herbert30US #40
#42Russell30US #52
#43Nicholas29US #120
#44Lawrence28US #36
#45Earl27US #31
#46Leonard27US #37
#47Salvatore27US #151
#48Maurice26US #101
#49Samuel26US #45
#50Gerard25
#51Bernard24US #46
#52Gerald24US #54
#53Howard23US #26
#54Stephen22US #109
#55Armand21
#56Edgar21US #94
#57Everett21US #99
#58Andrew20US #53
#59Angelo20US #157
#60Domenic20
#61Fred20US #33
#62Matthew20US #163
#63Warren19US #43
#64Carl18US #28
#65Lester18US #71
#66Lucien18
#67Edwin17US #56
#68Mario17
#69Roger17US #95
#70Antonio16US #189
#71Benjamin16US #86
#72Theodore16US #62
#73Victor16US #88
#74Wilfred16US #179
#75Americo15
#76Clarence15US #29
#77Gordon15US #76
#78Milton15US #81
#79Rene15
#80Alexander14US #129
#81Edmund14US #143
#82Pasco14
#83Irving13US #124
#84Armando12
#85Emile12
#86Lionel12
#87Philip12US #70
#88Clifford11US #65
#89Roy11US #32
#90Dennis10US #181
#91Leon10US #77
#92Luigi10
#93Martin10US #80
#94Rudolph10US #128
#95Vito10
#96Alphonse9
#97Arnold9US #93
#98Chester9US #63
#99Christopher9
#100Herman9US #66

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑37Normand#31
↑36Stephen#54
↑30Viola#51
↑30Samuel#49
↑28Lucien#66
↑24Edna#43
↑22Americo#75
↑21Lena#68

Falling

↓54Marguerite#90
↓39Philip#87
↓22Agnes#52
↓22Bertha#71
↓22Edwin#67
↓21Angelo#59
↓20Lionel#86
↓19Wilfred#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.