State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,759 Rhode Island births in 1926 across 320 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.

#21Thereseoutside the national top 200
#27Normandoutside the national top 200
#40Gerardoutside the national top 200
#46Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#41Antonio#194 nationally
#48Armandoutside the national top 200
#58Reneoutside the national top 200
#62Lucienoutside the national top 200
#64Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#71Antonettaoutside the national top 200
#73Angelaoutside the national top 200
#73Domenicoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary309US #1
#2Dorothy198US #2
#3Helen149US #4
#4Barbara132US #16
#5Anna129US #15
#6Doris127US #7
#7Theresa125US #64
#8Margaret121US #5
#9Rita116US #50
#10Alice102US #17
#11Ruth100US #6
#12Irene96US #21
#13Gloria95US #20
#14Elizabeth88US #11
#15Rose84US #25
#16Shirley82US #14
#17Claire80US #144
#18Marie80US #18
#19Florence79US #26
#20Lillian78US #28
#21Therese75
#22Evelyn73US #13
#23Virginia73US #8
#24Mildred65US #9
#25Louise63US #27
#26Josephine61US #37
#27Frances60US #10
#28Eleanor56US #32
#29Catherine52US #31
#30Pauline51US #39
#31Muriel49US #129
#32Nancy48US #57
#33Lucille47US #43
#34Marjorie45US #22
#35Beatrice44US #58
#36Jean44US #12
#37Eileen42US #92
#38Constance40US #146
#39Marion40US #47
#40Phyllis38US #33
#41Edith36US #42
#42Ann34US #55
#43Gertrude34US #71
#44Gladys34US #35
#45Grace33US #46
#46Jeannette32
#47Anne31US #86
#48Lucy31US #106
#49Norma29US #29
#50Patricia29US #23
#51Elsie28US #69
#52Jennie28US #132
#53Marguerite28US #137
#54Beverly27US #74
#55Laura27US #81
#56Jeanne26US #88
#57Madeline25US #163
#58Betty24US #3
#59Edna24US #38
#60Hilda24US #139
#61Ida24US #82
#62Jane24US #56
#63Thelma24US #36
#64Angelina23
#65Clara23US #61
#66Esther23US #62
#67Agnes22US #77
#68Bernice22US #45
#69Carolyn22US #114
#70Joan22US #51
#71Antonetta21
#72Ethel21US #41
#73Angela20
#74Bertha20US #76
#75Blanche19US #147
#76Estelle19US #186
#77Eva19US #79
#78Cecile18
#79Elaine18US #68
#80Kathleen18US #83
#81Martha18US #24
#82Charlotte17US #78
#83June17US #40
#84Arlene16US #108
#85Ellen16US #100
#86Emma16US #59
#87Filomena16
#88Hope16
#89Jacqueline16US #119
#90Lois16US #19
#91Olga16US #183
#92Olive16
#93Teresa16US #181
#94Emily15US #142
#95Janet15US #110
#96Joyce15US #44
#97Lena15US #123
#98Marilyn15US #65
#99Anita14US #150
#100Caroline14US #174

Boys

#1John420US #2
#2Joseph300US #8
#3Robert268US #1
#4William255US #4
#5George192US #6
#6Raymond185US #15
#7James168US #3
#8Edward158US #10
#9Anthony135US #42
#10Charles125US #5
#11Richard117US #7
#12Thomas108US #11
#13Frank107US #12
#14Arthur104US #20
#15Albert98US #21
#16Louis84US #30
#17Donald83US #9
#18Francis80US #35
#19Walter78US #17
#20Norman74US #39
#21Paul69US #13
#22Henry68US #19
#23Alfred65US #45
#24Leo61US #54
#25Ernest60US #37
#26Peter59US #58
#27Normand57
#28Roland51US #107
#29Kenneth48US #18
#30Ralph44US #24
#31Roger43US #89
#32Frederick40US #64
#33Vincent39US #77
#34Bernard37US #49
#35Harold37US #14
#36Michael37US #56
#37Daniel36US #46
#38David36US #22
#39Eugene32US #23
#40Gerard31
#41Antonio30US #194
#42Everett30US #119
#43Maurice30US #110
#44Herbert29US #44
#45Manuel29US #120
#46Russell29US #52
#47Earl28US #32
#48Armand27
#49Lawrence27US #36
#50Samuel27US #48
#51Angelo26US #172
#52Edwin26US #55
#53Harry26US #25
#54Fred25US #31
#55Stanley25US #43
#56Howard24US #27
#57Leonard24US #38
#58Rene21
#59Gerald20US #41
#60Philip19US #70
#61Andrew18US #59
#62Lucien18
#63Salvatore18US #158
#64Stephen18US #130
#65Edmund17US #156
#66Milton17US #83
#67Clarence16US #29
#68Gordon16US #76
#69Nicholas16US #133
#70Carl15US #26
#71Gilbert15US #101
#72Chester14US #79
#73Domenic14
#74Arnold13US #99
#75Leon13US #73
#76Marcel13
#77Ronald13US #88
#78Rudolph13US #111
#79Edmond12
#80Irving12US #144
#81Theodore12US #63
#82Martin11US #80
#83Victor11US #94
#84Benjamin10US #98
#85Clifford10US #62
#86Lester10US #78
#87Lionel10
#88Oscar10US #105
#89Wallace10US #95
#90Armando9
#91Dennis9US #173
#92Edgar9US #109
#93Lloyd9US #60
#94Luigi9
#95Pasco9
#96Rocco9
#97Wilfred9
#98Alexander8US #146
#99Burton8
#100Elmer8US #61

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑40Patricia#50
↑38Jane#62
↑32Clara#65
↑30Edwin#52
↑28Samuel#50
↑27Bernard#34
↑26Bernice#68
↑26Gilbert#71

Falling

↓32Anita#99
↓31Victor#83
↓28Cecile#78
↓26Lena#97
↓25Edgar#92
↓24Jacqueline#89
↓23Wilfred#97
↓22Eva#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.