State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,504 Rhode Island births in 1924 across 346 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.

#28Normandoutside the national top 200
#36Angelina#195 nationally
#44Antoniooutside the national top 200
#46Armandoutside the national top 200
#49Gerardoutside the national top 200
#51Thereseoutside the national top 200
#53Cecileoutside the national top 200
#54Wilfred#194 nationally
#64Domenicoutside the national top 200
#67Hopeoutside the national top 200
#28Claire#160 nationally
#69Jeannetteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary414US #1
#2Dorothy208US #2
#3Helen169US #3
#4Anna143US #13
#5Rita141US #49
#6Doris134US #9
#7Alice126US #15
#8Margaret126US #5
#9Ruth116US #6
#10Barbara110US #28
#11Rose108US #25
#12Theresa108US #96
#13Elizabeth100US #11
#14Marie97US #14
#15Evelyn91US #12
#16Florence90US #20
#17Irene90US #18
#18Virginia88US #7
#19Lillian78US #23
#20Eleanor74US #29
#21Marion72US #46
#22Mildred72US #8
#23Gloria67US #41
#24Catherine66US #27
#25Louise64US #24
#26Josephine63US #34
#27Frances61US #10
#28Claire59US #160
#29Marjorie53US #17
#30Shirley52US #19
#31Beatrice51US #50
#32Muriel50US #126
#33Norma49US #40
#34Gertrude48US #60
#35Grace44US #43
#36Angelina42US #195
#37Edith42US #36
#38Agnes41US #63
#39Ann41US #55
#40Eileen40US #93
#41Lucille40US #37
#42Pauline40US #38
#43Bertha37US #65
#44Constance37US #154
#45Anne36US #79
#46Ethel35US #39
#47Gladys35US #30
#48Jennie33US #111
#49Esther31US #51
#50Jean31US #16
#51Therese31
#52Lucy30US #98
#53Cecile29
#54Jane29US #53
#55Madeline29US #150
#56Nancy29US #69
#57Phyllis29US #44
#58Betty28US #4
#59Elsie28US #61
#60Lois26US #22
#61Viola26US #82
#62Marguerite24US #125
#63Anita22US #142
#64Ida22US #70
#65Thelma22US #33
#66Edna21US #31
#67Hope21
#68Jeanne21US #90
#69Jeannette21
#70June20US #45
#71Kathleen20US #76
#72Loretta20US #124
#73Julia19US #62
#74Katherine19US #59
#75Lena19US #112
#76Emma18US #57
#77Antonetta17
#78Blanche17US #137
#79Charlotte17US #80
#80Estelle17US #180
#81Eva17US #66
#82Genevieve17US #107
#83Maria17US #119
#84Patricia17US #35
#85Teresa17
#86Beverly16US #121
#87Sarah16US #54
#88Adeline15US #191
#89Carolyn15US #127
#90Clara15US #56
#91Laura15US #72
#92Olga15US #165
#93Pearl15US #78
#94Priscilla15
#95Amelia14
#96Filomena14
#97Hazel14US #42
#98Marilyn14US #101
#99Martha14US #21
#100Miriam14US #143

Boys

#1John426US #2
#2Joseph344US #7
#3William278US #3
#4Robert258US #1
#5George198US #6
#6Edward188US #9
#7Raymond179US #15
#8James177US #4
#9Charles145US #5
#10Frank132US #12
#11Thomas127US #11
#12Arthur122US #20
#13Albert115US #21
#14Anthony107US #39
#15Francis94US #34
#16Alfred91US #43
#17Leo90US #51
#18Walter81US #16
#19Henry80US #18
#20Richard79US #8
#21Louis78US #28
#22Donald72US #10
#23Ernest65US #37
#24Harold62US #13
#25Roland62US #98
#26Michael57US #54
#27Norman53US #42
#28Normand52
#29Ralph52US #23
#30Paul50US #14
#31Vincent50US #78
#32Frederick48US #62
#33Eugene42US #25
#34Peter42US #59
#35Manuel40US #108
#36Daniel39US #47
#37Harry39US #22
#38Kenneth39US #19
#39David32US #24
#40Maurice31US #102
#41Roger31US #93
#42Stanley31US #40
#43Earl30US #33
#44Antonio29
#45Russell29US #52
#46Armand28
#47Edwin26US #55
#48Herbert26US #41
#49Gerard25
#50Howard25US #26
#51Andrew24US #56
#52Angelo23US #165
#53Theodore23US #65
#54Wilfred23US #194
#55Edmund21US #148
#56Everett21US #104
#57Fred21US #32
#58Gerald21US #49
#59Lawrence21US #36
#60Leonard20US #38
#61Nicholas20US #122
#62Philip20US #71
#63Victor20US #90
#64Domenic19
#65Rudolph19US #138
#66Carl17US #27
#67Alexander16US #129
#68Bernard16US #46
#69Gilbert16US #100
#70Stephen15US #110
#71Benjamin14US #89
#72Clifford14US #64
#73Irving14US #137
#74Lucien14
#75Pasco14
#76Pasquale14
#77Salvatore14US #157
#78Arnold13US #95
#79Edgar13US #96
#80Milton13US #81
#81Rocco13
#82Warren13US #58
#83Americo12
#84Chester12US #67
#85Gordon12US #75
#86Lionel12
#87Mario12
#88Clarence11US #29
#89Jean11
#90Rene11
#91Samuel11US #45
#92Carlo10
#93Gaetano10
#94Omer10
#95Oscar10US #99
#96Antone9
#97Armando9
#98Emile9
#99Fernand9
#100Jack9US #17

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑29Rudolph#65
↑28Bertha#43
↑28Marguerite#62
↑28Roger#41
↑26Antonio#44
↑26Edmund#55
↑25Philip#62
↑23Ethel#46

Falling

↓42Samuel#91
↓30Salvatore#77
↓28Laura#91
↓25Jeannette#69
↓25Hazel#97
↓24Eva#81
↓23Edna#66
↓23Martha#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.