State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,230 Rhode Island births in 1928 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.

#31Normandoutside the national top 200
#40Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#44Gerardoutside the national top 200
#45Thereseoutside the national top 200
#48Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#53Armandoutside the national top 200
#45Antonio#190 nationally
#67Reneoutside the national top 200
#73Hopeoutside the national top 200
#74Mariooutside the national top 200
#13Claire#136 nationally
#78Pascooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary319US #1
#2Dorothy198US #3
#3Barbara173US #8
#4Anna129US #16
#5Theresa125US #49
#6Helen123US #4
#7Margaret110US #5
#8Doris99US #7
#9Marie97US #21
#10Alice96US #19
#11Evelyn86US #17
#12Shirley85US #10
#13Claire83US #136
#14Virginia82US #9
#15Elizabeth81US #14
#16Irene80US #28
#17Rita79US #57
#18Gloria76US #25
#19Eleanor74US #36
#20Lillian70US #35
#21Ruth66US #6
#22Rose65US #24
#23Florence58US #32
#24Frances57US #13
#25Phyllis56US #26
#26Louise55US #31
#27Dolores50US #20
#28Catherine49US #33
#29Marion49US #47
#30Jean46US #12
#31Lucille46US #51
#32Marjorie45US #29
#33Mildred45US #15
#34Gertrude43US #86
#35Norma42US #23
#36Ann41US #54
#37Eileen41US #102
#38Nancy41US #43
#39Josephine39US #42
#40Beverly38US #46
#41Constance38US #162
#42Patricia38US #11
#43Grace36US #52
#44Jane35US #62
#45Therese35
#46Lorraine33US #39
#47Muriel33US #139
#48Jeannette32
#49Pauline32US #48
#50Edith31US #56
#51Beatrice29US #70
#52Marguerite29US #147
#53Marilyn29US #38
#54Betty28US #2
#55Jeanne27US #90
#56Anne26US #93
#57Joan26US #27
#58Jacqueline25US #97
#59Joyce25US #30
#60June24US #44
#61Elsie23US #73
#62Ethel23US #55
#63Gladys23US #41
#64Esther21US #66
#65Jennie21US #143
#66Lucy21US #112
#67Thelma21US #40
#68Elaine20US #68
#69Lois20US #18
#70Agnes19US #85
#71Blanche19US #153
#72Emily19US #150
#73Hope19
#74Ida19US #87
#75Madeline19US #167
#76Martha19US #22
#77Teresa19US #172
#78Estelle17US #187
#79Julia17US #80
#80Yvonne17US #181
#81Angelina16
#82Eva16US #79
#83Hilda16US #148
#84Loretta16US #123
#85Anita15US #137
#86Cecile15
#87Charlotte15US #72
#88Antonetta14
#89Bernice14US #53
#90Flora14US #173
#91Viola14US #103
#92Caroline13US #175
#93Veronica13
#94Bertha12US #81
#95Carolyn12US #91
#96Elena12
#97Genevieve12US #134
#98Kathleen12US #82
#99Victoria12
#100Vivian12US #78

Boys

#1John359US #2
#2Robert337US #1
#3Joseph271US #9
#4William248US #4
#5George170US #8
#6James170US #3
#7Edward166US #10
#8Richard154US #6
#9Raymond146US #16
#10Anthony128US #44
#11Charles116US #5
#12Albert106US #23
#13Thomas104US #11
#14Frank95US #12
#15Alfred93US #33
#16Donald85US #7
#17Arthur81US #22
#18Henry70US #21
#19Norman68US #39
#20Francis67US #40
#21Walter67US #18
#22Ernest63US #43
#23Roland59US #107
#24Paul58US #13
#25Louis56US #32
#26Eugene53US #20
#27Leo53US #61
#28Michael49US #53
#29Kenneth48US #17
#30Frederick46US #67
#31Normand44
#32David43US #19
#33Harold42US #14
#34Ralph39US #24
#35Roger39US #71
#36Peter37US #56
#37Manuel36US #111
#38Russell35US #55
#39Vincent33US #82
#40Wilfred32
#41Bernard31US #49
#42Harry31US #26
#43Earl29US #37
#44Gerard29
#45Antonio27US #190
#46Herbert27US #25
#47Stanley27US #45
#48Edmund23US #163
#49Gerald23US #41
#50Fred21US #36
#51Maurice21US #119
#52Everett20US #123
#53Armand19
#54Arnold19US #98
#55Leonard19US #42
#56Daniel18US #47
#57Howard18US #31
#58Philip18US #73
#59Nicholas17US #140
#60Salvatore17US #158
#61Edgar16US #114
#62Rudolph16US #134
#63Angelo15US #177
#64Gilbert15US #96
#65Roy15US #34
#66Clifford14US #68
#67Rene14
#68Ronald14US #50
#69Theodore14US #66
#70Alexander13US #152
#71Andrew13US #60
#72Benjamin13US #106
#73Lawrence13US #38
#74Mario13
#75Chester12US #88
#76Gordon12US #77
#77Milton12US #92
#78Pasco12
#79Samuel12US #52
#80Carl11US #28
#81Domenic11
#82Lionel11
#83Luigi11
#84Wallace11US #104
#85Victor10US #99
#86Clarence9US #35
#87Conrad9
#88Dante9
#89Leon9US #81
#90Marcel9
#91Matthew9US #182
#92Pasquale9
#93Stephen9US #130
#94Carlo8
#95Edmond8
#96Hugh8US #129
#97Irving8US #166
#98Lucien8
#99Malcolm8
#100Alvin7US #72

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑43Dolores#27
↑33Roy#65
↑24Wilfred#40
↑22Thelma#67
↑22Ida#74
↑22Manuel#37
↑22Everett#52
↑22Nicholas#59

Falling

↓33Angelina#81
↓26Kathleen#98
↓26Stephen#93
↓25Pauline#49
↓25Domenic#81
↓22Gordon#76
↓22Edmond#95
↓20Carolyn#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.