State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,018 Rhode Island births in 1932 across 276 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.

#36Normandoutside the national top 200
#45Angelooutside the national top 200
#53Reneoutside the national top 200
#57Jeanoutside the national top 200
#58Thereseoutside the national top 200
#6Claire#140 nationally
#67Maureenoutside the national top 200
#67Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#68Armandoutside the national top 200
#70Marceloutside the national top 200
#71Cecileoutside the national top 200
#72Gerardoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara229US #3
#2Mary225US #1
#3Joan148US #5
#4Dorothy135US #4
#5Anna98US #24
#6Claire93US #140
#7Margaret84US #7
#8Dolores80US #18
#9Patricia79US #6
#10Ann76US #34
#11Doris76US #10
#12Shirley72US #9
#13Jean70US #15
#14Helen69US #8
#15Elizabeth68US #17
#16Gloria68US #25
#17Marie68US #31
#18Rita68US #53
#19Nancy67US #13
#20Beverly62US #28
#21Theresa62US #60
#22Alice59US #21
#23Constance59US #99
#24Ruth57US #11
#25Irene55US #43
#26Pauline54US #59
#27Evelyn50US #23
#28Norma50US #22
#29Virginia49US #14
#30Lorraine47US #55
#31Lucille46US #63
#32Marilyn46US #16
#33Rose44US #33
#34Frances42US #19
#35Eleanor40US #45
#36Louise38US #36
#37Lillian37US #48
#38Lois37US #20
#39Phyllis36US #30
#40Eileen35US #114
#41Florence35US #47
#42Joyce33US #12
#43Mildred31US #26
#44Anne30US #81
#45Betty30US #2
#46Carol30US #32
#47Carolyn30US #46
#48Catherine30US #39
#49Janet30US #35
#50Jeannette30US #175
#51Jeanne29US #112
#52Marion29US #73
#53Marjorie29US #37
#54Agnes27US #115
#55Elaine27US #68
#56Muriel26US #181
#57Beatrice25US #87
#58Therese25
#59Jacqueline24US #85
#60Jane24US #49
#61Edith23US #69
#62June23US #44
#63Martha22US #27
#64Josephine21US #57
#65Audrey20US #61
#66Gladys20US #54
#67Maureen20
#68Esther19US #82
#69Gertrude19US #124
#70Arlene18US #80
#71Cecile18
#72Lucy18US #128
#73Estelle17
#74Loretta17US #89
#75Grace16US #72
#76Madeline15
#77Elsie14US #97
#78Judith14US #144
#79Anita13US #116
#80Janice13US #94
#81Kathleen13US #83
#82Marguerite13US #182
#83Sylvia13US #96
#84Thelma13US #51
#85Bernice12US #71
#86Bertha12US #101
#87Marian12US #86
#88Roberta12US #109
#89Antonetta11
#90Hope11
#91Katherine11US #95
#92Laura11US #88
#93Teresa11
#94Angelina10
#95Charlotte10US #74
#96Edna10US #50
#97Ellen10US #104
#98Ethel10US #66
#99Blanche9US #192
#100Diana9

Boys

#1Robert399US #1
#2John346US #3
#3Joseph231US #9
#4William210US #4
#5Richard188US #5
#6James168US #2
#7Edward156US #11
#8Donald143US #7
#9George143US #8
#10Raymond141US #19
#11Charles106US #6
#12Frank92US #15
#13Anthony91US #45
#14Thomas87US #10
#15Albert71US #26
#16Arthur69US #25
#17Paul68US #13
#18Ronald65US #16
#19Alfred63US #49
#20Henry61US #23
#21Norman61US #37
#22David55US #12
#23Francis55US #43
#24Walter54US #21
#25Ernest45US #47
#26Roland44US #111
#27Roger41US #50
#28Kenneth40US #14
#29Louis40US #39
#30Harold38US #18
#31Gerald37US #24
#32Leo37US #74
#33Daniel35US #42
#34Eugene35US #22
#35Vincent35US #93
#36Normand34
#37Michael33US #54
#38Peter33US #62
#39Harry32US #32
#40Maurice31US #122
#41Frederick30US #73
#42Lawrence30US #35
#43Ralph27US #27
#44Herbert23US #44
#45Angelo20
#46Fred20US #33
#47Howard20US #36
#48Everett19US #140
#49Gilbert19US #97
#50Theodore19US #67
#51Manuel18US #129
#52Philip18US #70
#53Rene17
#54Russell17US #63
#55Stanley17US #52
#56Andrew16US #69
#57Jean16
#58Leonard16US #48
#59Salvatore16US #181
#60Earl15US #41
#61Nicholas15US #163
#62Alexander14US #178
#63Bernard13US #60
#64Carl13US #28
#65Edmund13US #190
#66Stephen13US #124
#67Wilfred13
#68Armand12
#69Lloyd12US #71
#70Marcel12
#71Victor12US #110
#72Gerard11
#73Milton11US #106
#74Antonio10
#75Edgar10US #135
#76Edwin10US #72
#77Lionel10
#78Bruce9US #98
#79Leon9US #83
#80Martin9US #88
#81Melvin9US #51
#82Samuel9US #56
#83Allen8US #80
#84Lucien8
#85Pasco8
#86Roy8US #38
#87Alan7US #127
#88Alvin7US #87
#89Benjamin7US #115
#90Domenic7
#91Douglas7US #85
#92Edmond7
#93Jack7US #17
#94Pasquale7
#95Wallace7US #117
#96Arnold6US #100
#97Fernand6
#98Gordon6US #81
#99Harvey6US #95
#100Mario6

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑32Ronald#18
↑31Lois#38
↑30Edmund#65
↑28Marcel#70
↑25Carol#46
↑24Alexander#62
↑23Audrey#65
↑20Estelle#73

Falling

↓33Charlotte#95
↓30Roy#86
↓25Josephine#64
↓25Grace#75
↓24Ellen#97
↓21Gordon#98
↓20Lucien#84
↓19Edna#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.