State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,652 Rhode Island births in 1930 across 301 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.

#33Normandoutside the national top 200
#47Armandoutside the national top 200
#60Gerardoutside the national top 200
#61Thereseoutside the national top 200
#61Irvingoutside the national top 200
#54Angelo#190 nationally
#66Reneoutside the national top 200
#67Domenicoutside the national top 200
#63Jeannette#196 nationally
#57Antonio#189 nationally
#70Marceloutside the national top 200
#71Wilfredoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary278US #1
#2Barbara206US #6
#3Dorothy176US #3
#4Anna116US #23
#5Joan106US #8
#6Doris98US #9
#7Shirley95US #11
#8Helen92US #4
#9Dolores88US #13
#10Claire86US #136
#11Elizabeth80US #15
#12Rita78US #42
#13Theresa78US #50
#14Irene74US #33
#15Patricia74US #7
#16Eleanor72US #39
#17Jean72US #14
#18Margaret72US #5
#19Gloria69US #30
#20Alice65US #20
#21Marie65US #26
#22Nancy59US #24
#23Ruth58US #10
#24Virginia58US #12
#25Rose56US #29
#26Beverly55US #34
#27Lillian55US #44
#28Evelyn54US #19
#29Pauline50US #52
#30Louise49US #31
#31Florence48US #38
#32Catherine47US #35
#33Norma47US #25
#34Phyllis46US #28
#35Ann45US #41
#36Lorraine44US #46
#37Lucille44US #59
#38Frances43US #16
#39Jeanne39US #92
#40Jacqueline38US #74
#41Marilyn38US #22
#42Betty37US #2
#43Lois37US #17
#44Marion35US #60
#45Eileen34US #110
#46Marjorie34US #32
#47Constance32US #147
#48Jane32US #55
#49Josephine31US #49
#50Muriel31US #155
#51Anne30US #83
#52Mildred28US #21
#53Grace27US #62
#54Joyce27US #18
#55Madeline27US #173
#56Beatrice26US #76
#57Edith24US #61
#58Loretta24US #105
#59Thelma24US #45
#60Gladys23US #48
#61Therese23
#62Agnes22US #102
#63Jeannette22US #196
#64Arlene20US #103
#65Elaine20US #69
#66Gertrude20US #96
#67Carolyn19US #72
#68June18US #47
#69Teresa18US #194
#70Anita17US #115
#71Marguerite17US #159
#72Audrey16US #63
#73Eva16US #86
#74Jeannine16
#75Lucy16US #119
#76Charlotte15US #75
#77Hope15
#78Roberta15US #125
#79Carol14US #54
#80Clara14US #64
#81Edna14US #51
#82Helene14
#83Janet14US #53
#84Jennie14US #152
#85Laura14US #89
#86Vivian14US #91
#87Estelle13
#88Esther13US #77
#89Hilda13US #158
#90Kathleen13US #84
#91Yvonne13US #165
#92Angelina12
#93Bernice12US #58
#94Elsie12US #88
#95Ethel12US #65
#96Geraldine12US #43
#97Lena12US #144
#98Yvette12
#99Angela11
#100Emily11US #154

Boys

#1Robert385US #1
#2John323US #3
#3Joseph253US #9
#4William225US #4
#5Raymond174US #16
#6James159US #2
#7George154US #8
#8Edward147US #10
#9Richard144US #5
#10Donald128US #7
#11Anthony124US #44
#12Charles116US #6
#13Frank100US #13
#14Paul81US #12
#15Albert79US #24
#16Thomas78US #11
#17Alfred75US #46
#18Arthur72US #23
#19Henry72US #22
#20Norman58US #40
#21David57US #15
#22Leo57US #63
#23Kenneth56US #17
#24Vincent54US #84
#25Ernest52US #43
#26Louis52US #34
#27Walter52US #19
#28Roland51US #107
#29Francis49US #42
#30Peter49US #56
#31Michael47US #54
#32Eugene43US #21
#33Normand43
#34Frederick41US #74
#35Ralph41US #25
#36Harold40US #18
#37Daniel35US #47
#38Roger35US #58
#39Gerald31US #30
#40Harry31US #28
#41Bernard27US #52
#42Herbert27US #35
#43Ronald27US #37
#44Leonard26US #45
#45Lawrence25US #36
#46Howard24US #31
#47Armand22
#48Earl22US #38
#49Edmund22US #177
#50Manuel22US #121
#51Maurice20US #116
#52Russell20US #60
#53Philip19US #75
#54Angelo18US #190
#55Gilbert18US #90
#56Salvatore18US #167
#57Antonio17US #189
#58Everett17US #134
#59Fred17US #32
#60Gerard17
#61Irving16
#62Edgar15US #119
#63Stanley15US #49
#64Stephen15US #138
#65Andrew14US #62
#66Rene14
#67Domenic13
#68Edwin13US #66
#69Gordon13US #77
#70Marcel13
#71Wilfred13
#72Clifford12US #73
#73Nicholas12US #147
#74Theodore12US #67
#75Lionel11
#76Carl10US #26
#77Lucien10
#78Martin10US #83
#79Samuel10US #55
#80Harvey9US #92
#81Victor9US #100
#82Benjamin8US #115
#83Douglas8US #89
#84Herman8US #78
#85Lewis8US #87
#86Mario8
#87Milton8US #93
#88Omer8
#89Romeo8
#90Warren8US #96
#91Burton7
#92Carlo7
#93Hugh7US #131
#94Leroy7US #53
#95Lloyd7US #69
#96Melvin7US #50
#97Pasco7
#98Roy7US #33
#99Alan6US #136
#100Armando6

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑42Salvatore#56
↑37Edmund#49
↑36Stephen#64
↑32Edgar#62
↑29Arlene#64
↑26Thelma#59
↑26Irving#61
↑25Lorraine#36

Falling

↓35Roy#98
↓29Theodore#74
↓29Carl#76
↓26Angelina#92
↓26Bernice#93
↓26Emily#100
↓25Therese#61
↓22Josephine#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.