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Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,024 Rhode Island births in 1931 across 288 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.

#37Normandoutside the national top 200
#54Thereseoutside the national top 200
#54Gerardoutside the national top 200
#64Lucienoutside the national top 200
#65Annetteoutside the national top 200
#5Claire#139 nationally
#51Jeannette#185 nationally
#62Angelo#194 nationally
#70Armandoutside the national top 200
#71Domenicoutside the national top 200
#72Cecileoutside the national top 200
#48Salvatore#176 nationally

Girls

#1Mary216US #1
#2Barbara204US #4
#3Dorothy165US #3
#4Joan143US #5
#5Claire106US #139
#6Anna102US #25
#7Helen97US #6
#8Doris83US #10
#9Gloria82US #23
#10Alice80US #21
#11Shirley79US #9
#12Ann73US #35
#13Patricia69US #8
#14Margaret67US #7
#15Irene66US #37
#16Elizabeth63US #16
#17Ruth63US #11
#18Theresa62US #59
#19Jean61US #13
#20Dolores59US #14
#21Eleanor58US #40
#22Marie57US #27
#23Rita57US #48
#24Florence56US #43
#25Virginia55US #12
#26Beverly52US #31
#27Constance51US #118
#28Pauline51US #56
#29Rose51US #30
#30Norma50US #22
#31Evelyn48US #24
#32Louise48US #33
#33Marilyn48US #19
#34Lorraine47US #49
#35Frances46US #18
#36Nancy45US #17
#37Marion43US #66
#38Lillian35US #47
#39Josephine34US #51
#40Lucille32US #62
#41Betty31US #2
#42Janet31US #45
#43Jeanne31US #98
#44Marjorie31US #34
#45Mildred31US #26
#46Anne29US #80
#47Catherine29US #36
#48Joyce29US #15
#49Carolyn28US #60
#50Grace28US #70
#51Jeannette28US #185
#52Muriel27US #172
#53Phyllis27US #29
#54Therese27
#55Eileen26US #106
#56Jane26US #50
#57Beatrice23US #85
#58Jacqueline23US #78
#59June23US #44
#60Edith22US #65
#61Elaine21US #72
#62Charlotte19US #75
#63Gertrude19US #115
#64Agnes18US #103
#65Annette18
#66Arlene18US #77
#67Loretta18US #96
#68Gladys17US #55
#69Lois17US #20
#70Martha17US #28
#71Carol16US #46
#72Cecile16
#73Ellen16US #99
#74Maureen16
#75Sarah16US #71
#76Vivian16US #82
#77Edna15US #52
#78Elsie15US #86
#79Jeanette15US #105
#80Lucy15US #126
#81Madeline15US #199
#82Marguerite15US #157
#83Anita14US #117
#84Esther14US #79
#85Kathleen14US #87
#86Priscilla14
#87Helene13
#88Audrey12US #64
#89Ida12US #100
#90Sylvia12US #123
#91Angela11
#92Clara11US #61
#93Estelle11
#94Janice11US #104
#95Jennie11US #150
#96Thelma11US #53
#97Yvette11
#98Bertha10US #102
#99Eva10US #94
#100Genevieve10US #145

Boys

#1Robert390US #1
#2John315US #3
#3William248US #4
#4Joseph245US #9
#5Richard175US #5
#6Edward130US #11
#7James129US #2
#8George128US #8
#9Donald127US #7
#10Raymond122US #17
#11Thomas117US #10
#12Charles105US #6
#13Anthony104US #46
#14Arthur94US #23
#15Frank78US #16
#16Francis68US #42
#17Paul68US #12
#18Alfred64US #50
#19Albert57US #24
#20Norman56US #36
#21Henry53US #22
#22Kenneth51US #14
#23David49US #13
#24Louis49US #37
#25Roger45US #53
#26Leo42US #69
#27Ralph41US #25
#28Roland41US #107
#29Harold39US #18
#30Walter39US #20
#31Vincent38US #86
#32Michael36US #55
#33Eugene34US #21
#34Daniel30US #44
#35Frederick30US #73
#36Peter30US #61
#37Normand29
#38Maurice28US #117
#39Russell28US #63
#40Lawrence27US #38
#41Philip27US #71
#42Gilbert26US #92
#43Ernest25US #47
#44Herbert25US #41
#45Bernard23US #54
#46Gerald23US #26
#47Leonard23US #48
#48Salvatore21US #176
#49Fred20US #33
#50Ronald20US #27
#51Carl19US #28
#52Harry19US #30
#53Manuel19US #132
#54Gerard18
#55Howard18US #34
#56Roy18US #35
#57Theodore18US #70
#58Victor18US #109
#59Andrew17US #65
#60Earl17US #40
#61Nicholas17US #145
#62Angelo15US #194
#63Leon15US #84
#64Lucien15
#65Samuel15US #56
#66Stephen15US #130
#67Edwin14US #67
#68Everett14US #136
#69Milton14US #99
#70Armand13
#71Domenic13
#72Stanley13US #49
#73Wilfred13
#74Clarence12US #39
#75Edgar11US #122
#76Edmond11
#77Gordon11US #76
#78Antonio10
#79Warren10US #100
#80Carmine9
#81Chester9US #106
#82Irving9
#83Lloyd9US #68
#84Pasco9
#85Alan8US #120
#86Alexander8US #172
#87Arnold8US #98
#88Lewis8US #87
#89Lionel8
#90Rudolph8US #146
#91Allan7US #151
#92Benjamin7US #113
#93Burton7
#94Clinton7US #191
#95Edmund7US #184
#96Irwin7
#97Jerome7US #103
#98Marcel7
#99Melvin7US #51
#100Rocco7

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑42Roy#56
↑41Janet#42
↑25Carl#51
↑23Ann#12
↑23Victor#58
↑20Constance#27
↑18Carolyn#49
↑18Milton#69

Falling

↓46Edmund#95
↓37Thelma#96
↓28Marcel#98
↓26Lois#69
↓26Madeline#81
↓26Eva#99
↓23Armand#70
↓21Antonio#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.