State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,541 Rhode Island births in 1929 across 302 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.

#26Normandoutside the national top 200
#36Thereseoutside the national top 200
#46Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#49Gerardoutside the national top 200
#64Cecileoutside the national top 200
#66Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#66Armandoutside the national top 200
#67Reneoutside the national top 200
#69Mariooutside the national top 200
#46Angelo#176 nationally
#74Lioneloutside the national top 200
#75Lucienoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary269US #1
#2Dorothy185US #3
#3Barbara183US #7
#4Helen123US #4
#5Anna122US #20
#6Doris106US #6
#7Alice97US #21
#8Margaret95US #5
#9Theresa88US #49
#10Irene85US #29
#11Claire82US #134
#12Elizabeth79US #15
#13Marie79US #22
#14Shirley75US #9
#15Rita73US #52
#16Gloria72US #28
#17Virginia71US #11
#18Jean69US #12
#19Evelyn67US #19
#20Eleanor66US #38
#21Florence66US #35
#22Joan65US #13
#23Rose63US #26
#24Ruth59US #8
#25Dolores55US #14
#26Nancy50US #32
#27Josephine48US #45
#28Lillian48US #40
#29Lucille48US #57
#30Pauline48US #50
#31Norma46US #25
#32Ann44US #46
#33Frances44US #16
#34Mildred44US #18
#35Patricia44US #10
#36Therese44
#37Lois39US #17
#38Louise39US #31
#39Marion39US #53
#40Phyllis39US #24
#41Muriel37US #149
#42Beverly36US #39
#43Catherine36US #34
#44Eileen35US #98
#45Marilyn34US #33
#46Jeannette32
#47Beatrice31US #72
#48Anne30US #91
#49Marjorie30US #30
#50Agnes29US #94
#51Betty29US #2
#52Carolyn29US #77
#53Edith29US #59
#54Jane29US #62
#55Constance27US #159
#56Elaine27US #67
#57Gertrude26US #95
#58Grace26US #54
#59Jeanne26US #92
#60June26US #48
#61Lorraine26US #42
#62Marguerite26US #155
#63Jacqueline25US #87
#64Cecile24
#65Joyce24US #23
#66Angelina21
#67Bernice21US #55
#68Jennie21US #152
#69Ellen20US #97
#70Esther20US #71
#71Gladys19US #44
#72Janet18US #82
#73Elsie17US #78
#74Emily17US #151
#75Loretta17US #127
#76Lucy17US #116
#77Martha17US #27
#78Yvette17
#79Angela16
#80Charlotte16US #73
#81Viola16US #109
#82Bertha15US #93
#83Hilda15US #157
#84Hope15
#85Thelma15US #41
#86Audrey14US #58
#87Estelle14
#88Genevieve14US #142
#89Geraldine14US #43
#90Priscilla14
#91Anita13US #125
#92Annette13
#93Arlene13US #105
#94Arline13
#95Edna13US #51
#96Ethel13US #56
#97Eva13US #83
#98Jeannine13US #172
#99Winifred13
#100Annie12US #37

Boys

#1John323US #3
#2Robert299US #1
#3Joseph245US #9
#4William237US #4
#5James163US #2
#6George157US #8
#7Richard144US #6
#8Edward140US #10
#9Raymond139US #15
#10Donald123US #7
#11Anthony113US #44
#12Charles101US #5
#13Albert99US #24
#14Thomas97US #11
#15Frank85US #12
#16Arthur73US #22
#17Alfred72US #41
#18Paul70US #13
#19Francis67US #39
#20Norman64US #40
#21Henry61US #21
#22Roland53US #104
#23Walter53US #19
#24Louis51US #32
#25David49US #17
#26Normand48
#27Leo47US #60
#28Eugene45US #20
#29Roger45US #64
#30Ernest44US #43
#31Ralph42US #26
#32Frederick40US #67
#33Michael38US #54
#34Kenneth37US #18
#35Vincent37US #82
#36Harold31US #16
#37Gerald28US #33
#38Daniel27US #47
#39Herbert27US #25
#40Maurice26US #125
#41Bernard25US #52
#42Harry25US #27
#43Stanley25US #48
#44Peter24US #55
#45Theodore24US #65
#46Angelo22US #176
#47Carl22US #28
#48Earl22US #36
#49Gerard21
#50Manuel21US #111
#51Howard20US #31
#52Lawrence20US #38
#53Russell20US #56
#54Andrew18US #59
#55Fred18US #34
#56Leonard18US #42
#57Ronald18US #45
#58Gilbert17US #91
#59Gordon17US #79
#60Leon17US #81
#61Everett16US #130
#62Clifford15US #72
#63Roy15US #35
#64Victor14US #100
#65Antonio13US #186
#66Armand13
#67Rene13
#68Clarence12US #37
#69Mario12
#70Nicholas12US #142
#71Philip12US #76
#72Edwin11US #66
#73Lester11US #88
#74Lionel11
#75Lucien11
#76Wilfred11
#77Alvin10US #77
#78Benjamin10US #107
#79Jean10
#80Lloyd10US #62
#81Malcolm10
#82Matthew10US #189
#83Pasco10
#84Alexander9US #156
#85Domenic9
#86Edmund9US #171
#87Irving9US #185
#88Martin9US #83
#89Milton9US #94
#90Pasquale9
#91Rudolph9US #140
#92Americo8
#93Burton8
#94Edgar8US #116
#95Gennaro8
#96Leroy8US #51
#97Rocco8
#98Salvatore8US #160
#99Samuel8US #53
#100Stephen8US #126

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑43Carolyn#52
↑35Joan#22
↑33Carl#47
↑32Lois#37
↑29Leon#60
↑24Theodore#45
↑23Lucien#75
↑23Alvin#77

Falling

↓38Edmund#86
↓38Salvatore#98
↓36Wilfred#76
↓34Ethel#96
↓33Edgar#94
↓29Rudolph#91
↓23Gertrude#57
↓20Antonio#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.