State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,075 Rhode Island births in 1925 across 339 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.

#25Thereseoutside the national top 200
#31Normandoutside the national top 200
#38Jeannette#195 nationally
#48Armandoutside the national top 200
#50Cecileoutside the national top 200
#51Antoniooutside the national top 200
#54Domenicoutside the national top 200
#57Gerardoutside the national top 200
#59Reneoutside the national top 200
#22Claire#159 nationally
#60Angelina#197 nationally
#68Yvetteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary383US #1
#2Dorothy211US #2
#3Helen177US #4
#4Anna149US #13
#5Doris141US #8
#6Margaret131US #5
#7Rita129US #48
#8Theresa109US #80
#9Barbara108US #22
#10Gloria107US #20
#11Rose99US #26
#12Evelyn95US #12
#13Irene94US #19
#14Ruth94US #6
#15Marie92US #16
#16Elizabeth86US #10
#17Florence83US #24
#18Lillian83US #25
#19Virginia81US #7
#20Alice79US #15
#21Frances79US #11
#22Claire73US #159
#23Shirley73US #17
#24Catherine63US #29
#25Therese62
#26Eleanor59US #31
#27Josephine53US #36
#28Louise51US #27
#29Mildred51US #9
#30Beatrice48US #50
#31Marion46US #47
#32Marjorie42US #21
#33Pauline42US #38
#34Jean41US #14
#35Lucille40US #41
#36Muriel39US #126
#37Grace38US #44
#38Jeannette37US #195
#39Phyllis37US #40
#40Ann36US #52
#41Anne36US #85
#42Betty36US #3
#43Edith36US #42
#44Constance35US #152
#45Eileen34US #96
#46Nancy34US #60
#47Norma34US #34
#48Gertrude33US #70
#49Elsie32US #63
#50Cecile31
#51Madeline31US #158
#52Lucy27US #102
#53Agnes26US #69
#54Esther26US #56
#55Eva26US #71
#56Jennie26US #121
#57Ethel25US #43
#58Jeanne25US #89
#59Marguerite25US #132
#60Angelina24US #197
#61Gladys24US #33
#62Charlotte23US #77
#63Edna23US #37
#64Ida23US #82
#65Jacqueline23US #135
#66Viola23US #84
#67Anita22US #146
#68Yvette22
#69Lois21US #18
#70Bertha20US #74
#71Lena20US #124
#72Beverly19US #105
#73Estelle18US #176
#74Hilda18US #142
#75Hope18
#76Laura18US #75
#77Yolanda18
#78Concetta17
#79Emily17US #145
#80Madeleine17
#81Martha17US #23
#82Olive17
#83Vivian17US #76
#84Carolyn16US #127
#85Elaine16US #73
#86Julia16US #65
#87June16US #39
#88Katherine16US #61
#89Marilyn16US #83
#90Patricia16US #28
#91Sylvia16US #106
#92Annette15
#93Audrey15US #78
#94Bernice15US #46
#95Blanche15US #138
#96Carmela15
#97Clara15US #55
#98Dora15US #136
#99Hazel15US #45
#100Jane15US #53

Boys

#1John413US #2
#2Joseph312US #7
#3William276US #3
#4Robert254US #1
#5Edward184US #9
#6James173US #4
#7Raymond171US #15
#8George162US #6
#9Thomas127US #11
#10Charles125US #5
#11Frank119US #12
#12Richard119US #8
#13Anthony114US #39
#14Albert108US #21
#15Arthur106US #20
#16Donald97US #10
#17Francis79US #35
#18Alfred77US #43
#19Louis77US #29
#20Walter77US #16
#21Henry73US #18
#22Leo71US #54
#23Paul68US #13
#24Ernest56US #37
#25Vincent52US #71
#26Norman50US #41
#27Ralph48US #25
#28Peter47US #60
#29Eugene46US #24
#30David44US #22
#31Normand44
#32Kenneth42US #19
#33Harold41US #14
#34Michael41US #55
#35Roland41US #98
#36Frederick38US #65
#37Harry37US #23
#38Manuel36US #114
#39Daniel34US #44
#40Earl33US #31
#41Roger33US #90
#42Maurice32US #111
#43Herbert30US #42
#44Stanley29US #40
#45Lawrence26US #36
#46Andrew25US #56
#47Russell25US #53
#48Armand24
#49Fred24US #33
#50Leonard24US #38
#51Antonio23
#52Victor23US #89
#53Angelo22US #168
#54Domenic22
#55Edmund21US #152
#56Everett21US #108
#57Gerard21
#58Philip21US #75
#59Rene21
#60Nicholas20US #133
#61Bernard19US #48
#62Gerald19US #45
#63Salvatore19US #155
#64Milton18US #80
#65Theodore18US #63
#66Chester17US #73
#67Edgar17US #96
#68Lionel17
#69Carl16US #28
#70Howard16US #26
#71Lucien16
#72Stephen16US #122
#73Pasco14
#74Wilfred14US #188
#75Benjamin13US #93
#76Edmond13
#77Pasquale13
#78Samuel13US #46
#79Alexander12US #137
#80Alvin12US #70
#81Arnold12US #95
#82Edwin11US #57
#83Guido11
#84Marcel11
#85Antone10
#86Clarence10US #30
#87Gordon10US #72
#88Herve10
#89Jean10
#90Oscar10US #99
#91Rudolph10US #136
#92Warren10US #66
#93Americo9
#94Armando9
#95Clifford9US #59
#96Clinton9US #172
#97Gilbert9US #105
#98Jerome9US #113
#99Leon9US #76
#100Lloyd9US #62

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑31Jeannette#38
↑31Rene#59
↑26Therese#25
↑26Eva#55
↑18Phyllis#39
↑18Martha#81
↑18Chester#66
↑18Lionel#68

Falling

↓46Jane#100
↓35Edwin#82
↓28Gilbert#97
↓27Bertha#70
↓26Rudolph#91
↓24Angelina#60
↓23Clifford#95
↓20Howard#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.