State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,699 Rhode Island births in 1927 across 319 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.

#23Normandoutside the national top 200
#30Thereseoutside the national top 200
#42Gerardoutside the national top 200
#48Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#50Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#50Reneoutside the national top 200
#52Antoniooutside the national top 200
#56Domenicoutside the national top 200
#65Armandoutside the national top 200
#68Cecileoutside the national top 200
#68Mariooutside the national top 200
#64Wilfred#194 nationally

Girls

#1Mary338US #1
#2Dorothy197US #2
#3Anna153US #16
#4Barbara152US #10
#5Helen132US #4
#6Doris122US #7
#7Theresa120US #52
#8Margaret113US #5
#9Rita102US #54
#10Virginia96US #8
#11Alice94US #17
#12Rose94US #23
#13Marie90US #20
#14Claire89US #136
#15Evelyn89US #15
#16Ruth84US #6
#17Irene81US #21
#18Shirley81US #9
#19Lillian72US #32
#20Gloria71US #22
#21Jean62US #14
#22Florence61US #28
#23Eleanor59US #33
#24Pauline59US #42
#25Frances58US #12
#26Elizabeth57US #13
#27Lucille56US #45
#28Catherine54US #31
#29Mildred54US #11
#30Therese54
#31Louise46US #27
#32Marion46US #51
#33Nancy46US #56
#34Ann40US #59
#35Norma39US #26
#36Beatrice38US #67
#37Eileen37US #91
#38Gertrude37US #78
#39Josephine37US #39
#40Edith36US #48
#41Muriel36US #138
#42Phyllis36US #29
#43Lorraine35US #44
#44Marjorie33US #25
#45Jane32US #60
#46Betty31US #3
#47Jeanne31US #85
#48Angelina30
#49Grace29US #50
#50Jeannette29
#51Constance28US #155
#52Jennie28US #135
#53Marilyn28US #46
#54Joan27US #41
#55Patricia27US #18
#56Beverly26US #57
#57Lois26US #19
#58Esther25US #65
#59Ethel25US #47
#60Gladys25US #37
#61Anne24US #92
#62Elaine24US #69
#63Agnes23US #81
#64Arlene23US #108
#65Elsie23US #72
#66Lucy23US #112
#67Anita22US #148
#68Cecile22
#69June22US #43
#70Dolores21US #34
#71Edna21US #40
#72Kathleen21US #83
#73Marguerite21US #143
#74Bernice20US #49
#75Carolyn20US #99
#76Lena20US #130
#77Carmela19
#78Estelle19US #173
#79Jacqueline19US #115
#80Julia19US #76
#81Olga19US #186
#82Viola19US #101
#83Charlotte18US #75
#84Hope18
#85Stella18US #123
#86Blanche17US #151
#87Madeleine17
#88Madeline17US #163
#89Thelma17US #38
#90Antonetta16
#91Emma16US #64
#92Maria16US #107
#93Teresa16US #174
#94Ellen15US #93
#95Hilda15US #144
#96Ida15US #84
#97Laura15US #82
#98Angela14
#99Audrey14US #62
#100Caroline14US #179

Boys

#1John392US #2
#2Joseph319US #9
#3Robert299US #1
#4William291US #4
#5Raymond231US #15
#6George203US #7
#7James194US #3
#8Edward164US #10
#9Charles135US #5
#10Richard125US #6
#11Frank114US #12
#12Thomas109US #11
#13Anthony108US #43
#14Arthur100US #22
#15Albert96US #23
#16Donald85US #8
#17Louis84US #29
#18Francis78US #36
#19Norman77US #39
#20Paul71US #13
#21Henry66US #19
#22Roland65US #109
#23Normand58
#24Ernest55US #41
#25Walter55US #17
#26Leo53US #55
#27Ralph50US #24
#28David45US #21
#29Alfred44US #45
#30Harold44US #14
#31Roger40US #84
#32Vincent40US #77
#33Peter39US #59
#34Earl37US #33
#35Eugene36US #20
#36Frederick35US #64
#37Gerald34US #38
#38Michael33US #52
#39Russell31US #54
#40Bernard30US #50
#41Maurice30US #122
#42Gerard29
#43Harry29US #25
#44Howard29US #28
#45Kenneth26US #18
#46Stanley26US #44
#47Herbert25US #42
#48Daniel24US #46
#49Philip23US #75
#50Rene23
#51Angelo21US #168
#52Antonio21
#53Edwin21US #57
#54Gordon21US #74
#55Lawrence20US #37
#56Domenic19
#57Edmund19US #160
#58Leonard19US #40
#59Manuel19US #116
#60Andrew18US #56
#61Clifford18US #65
#62Fred18US #35
#63Gilbert18US #99
#64Wilfred18US #194
#65Armand17
#66Samuel17US #49
#67Stephen17US #125
#68Mario16
#69Ronald16US #63
#70Theodore16US #62
#71Warren16US #79
#72Edgar14US #107
#73Edmond14
#74Everett14US #120
#75Lester14US #83
#76Marcel14
#77Rudolph14US #110
#78Carl13US #26
#79Lionel13
#80Milton13US #88
#81Nicholas12US #137
#82Salvatore12US #149
#83Bertrand11
#84Clarence11US #32
#85Lewis11US #82
#86Lucien11
#87Fernand10
#88Oscar10US #113
#89Victor10US #98
#90Antone9
#91Douglas9US #104
#92Laurent9
#93Leroy9US #51
#94Pasco9
#95Wallace9US #96
#96Leon8US #78
#97Omer8
#98Roy8US #34
#99Allen7US #95
#100Dante7

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑45Marilyn#53
↑33Lois#57
↑33Wilfred#64
↑32Anita#67
↑24Clifford#61
↑22Gerald#37
↑21Lena#76
↑20Arlene#64

Falling

↓42Laura#97
↓35Hilda#95
↓35Ida#96
↓32Everett#74
↓31Madeline#88
↓26Thelma#89
↓25Angela#98
↓24Lucien#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.