State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,339 Rhode Island births in 1933 across 267 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.

#46Normandoutside the national top 200
#51Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#53Muriel#198 nationally
#56Angelooutside the national top 200
#57Gerardoutside the national top 200
#58Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#62Annetteoutside the national top 200
#6Claire#144 nationally
#63Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#66Thereseoutside the national top 200
#66Jeanoutside the national top 200
#68Madelineoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara248US #3
#2Mary187US #1
#3Joan161US #5
#4Dorothy138US #4
#5Margaret91US #7
#6Claire80US #144
#7Ann73US #34
#8Jean66US #14
#9Patricia64US #6
#10Elizabeth62US #17
#11Nancy60US #11
#12Constance59US #105
#13Beverly58US #26
#14Dolores57US #21
#15Doris57US #10
#16Anna56US #29
#17Shirley56US #9
#18Helen55US #8
#19Irene55US #46
#20Eleanor54US #38
#21Rita54US #53
#22Gloria53US #31
#23Norma53US #23
#24Ruth53US #13
#25Lorraine52US #54
#26Alice50US #22
#27Theresa50US #70
#28Carol46US #20
#29Marie46US #33
#30Pauline46US #64
#31Janet45US #25
#32Joyce44US #12
#33Florence43US #49
#34Lillian43US #51
#35Evelyn42US #30
#36Frances42US #18
#37Lucille42US #78
#38Marilyn41US #16
#39Lois40US #19
#40Marjorie40US #41
#41Louise37US #39
#42Virginia36US #15
#43Marion35US #73
#44Carolyn34US #40
#45Betty33US #2
#46Catherine33US #44
#47Jane33US #47
#48Rose33US #35
#49Anne31US #85
#50Eileen31US #115
#51Jeanne30US #125
#52Elaine27US #61
#53Muriel27US #198
#54Phyllis27US #28
#55Arlene25US #74
#56Jacqueline25US #86
#57Josephine23US #62
#58Jeannine22
#59Mildred22US #32
#60Agnes21US #118
#61Maureen21US #170
#62Annette20
#63Jeannette19
#64Beatrice18US #94
#65Gertrude18US #133
#66Therese18
#67Grace17US #69
#68Madeline17
#69Lucy16US #129
#70Sylvia16US #84
#71Vivian15US #98
#72Audrey14US #59
#73Charlotte14US #79
#74Elena14
#75Joanne14US #56
#76Loretta14US #87
#77Marguerite14US #190
#78Thelma14US #57
#79Edith13US #80
#80Elsie13US #99
#81Gladys13US #60
#82Hope13
#83Janice13US #81
#84June13US #45
#85Anita12US #116
#86Cecile12
#87Ethel12US #71
#88Judith12US #119
#89Rosemarie12US #192
#90Sally12US #76
#91Diane11US #134
#92Geraldine11US #42
#93Jeanette11US #103
#94Edna10US #55
#95Estelle10
#96Lydia10
#97Marcia10US #162
#98Martha10US #27
#99Amelia9
#100Angela9

Boys

#1Robert386US #1
#2John330US #3
#3William236US #4
#4Joseph197US #9
#5Richard192US #5
#6James150US #2
#7George136US #8
#8Raymond135US #19
#9Edward125US #11
#10Donald115US #7
#11Charles97US #6
#12Anthony95US #46
#13Thomas86US #10
#14Paul73US #14
#15Frank65US #16
#16Albert63US #30
#17Ronald57US #12
#18Arthur55US #25
#19Roger55US #48
#20Francis54US #45
#21Henry54US #24
#22David53US #13
#23Walter53US #21
#24Kenneth47US #15
#25Leo42US #75
#26Louis41US #40
#27Michael40US #53
#28Norman40US #37
#29Alfred39US #57
#30Peter38US #60
#31Eugene37US #23
#32Roland36US #114
#33Vincent35US #94
#34Ernest34US #50
#35Frederick34US #78
#36Gerald33US #22
#37Harold27US #18
#38Ralph27US #29
#39Daniel26US #42
#40Bernard23US #63
#41Philip23US #70
#42Lawrence22US #38
#43Harry19US #35
#44Manuel19US #134
#45Maurice19US #129
#46Normand19
#47Howard18US #36
#48Russell18US #67
#49Fred17US #34
#50Herbert17US #49
#51Wilfred16
#52Leonard15US #47
#53Salvatore15US #183
#54Theodore15US #68
#55Alan13US #122
#56Angelo13
#57Gerard13
#58Stanley13US #55
#59Bruce12US #91
#60Franklin12US #33
#61Gilbert12US #104
#62Martin12US #89
#63Stephen12US #126
#64Everett11US #139
#65Gordon11US #71
#66Jean11
#67Nicholas11US #160
#68Clifford10US #86
#69Marcel10
#70Andrew9US #76
#71Clarence9US #43
#72Earl9US #41
#73Edwin9US #77
#74Leon9US #85
#75Rene9
#76Samuel9US #61
#77Allen8US #84
#78Benjamin8US #118
#79Edgar8US #135
#80Mario8
#81Pasquale8
#82Antonio7
#83Armand7
#84Hugh7US #141
#85Jack7US #17
#86Leroy7US #56
#87Milton7US #113
#88Roy7US #39
#89Victor7US #116
#90Warren7US #99
#91Andre6
#92Chester6US #119
#93Elmer6US #101
#94Emile6
#95Lewis6US #92
#96Alexander5US #187
#97Allan5US #154
#98Alphonse5
#99Alvin5US #88
#100Carl5US #28

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑33Gordon#65
↑32Alan#55
↑23Bernard#40
↑22Charlotte#73
↑20Mario#80
↑19Bruce#59
↑18Carol#28
↑18Janet#31

Falling

↓36Carl#100
↓35Martha#98
↓34Alexander#96
↓22June#84
↓22Estelle#95
↓22Rene#75
↓18Edith#79
↓18Victor#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.