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Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,385 Rhode Island births in 1934 across 269 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.

#35Normandoutside the national top 200
#49Angelooutside the national top 200
#52Gerardoutside the national top 200
#7Claire#155 nationally
#48Jeannette#195 nationally
#58Armandoutside the national top 200
#59Murieloutside the national top 200
#61Reneoutside the national top 200
#62Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#64Conradoutside the national top 200
#66Irvingoutside the national top 200
#67Andreoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Joan229US #7
#2Barbara210US #3
#3Mary165US #1
#4Shirley144US #4
#5Dorothy121US #5
#6Patricia93US #6
#7Claire80US #155
#8Dolores67US #26
#9Nancy67US #10
#10Helen66US #9
#11Margaret66US #8
#12Beverly63US #22
#13Jean63US #16
#14Marie63US #34
#15Ann62US #32
#16Doris60US #11
#17Pauline60US #71
#18Elizabeth55US #18
#19Carol54US #14
#20Gloria54US #30
#21Anna52US #31
#22Irene49US #49
#23Eleanor48US #44
#24Lorraine48US #56
#25Marilyn47US #17
#26Ruth47US #13
#27Rita46US #63
#28Constance45US #117
#29Rose45US #37
#30Alice42US #25
#31Lucille42US #84
#32Theresa41US #77
#33Frances40US #19
#34Jacqueline39US #80
#35Janet38US #21
#36Evelyn37US #29
#37Norma37US #24
#38Louise36US #40
#39Virginia36US #15
#40Betty35US #2
#41Jane35US #48
#42Joyce32US #12
#43Carolyn31US #33
#44Elaine30US #54
#45Catherine29US #42
#46Florence29US #61
#47Jeanne29US #131
#48Jeannette29US #195
#49Lillian29US #52
#50Lois28US #20
#51Marjorie28US #41
#52Phyllis27US #28
#53Anne26US #88
#54June24US #46
#55Mildred24US #35
#56Audrey23US #69
#57Eileen22US #109
#58Maureen22US #171
#59Muriel22
#60Grace20US #79
#61Marion20US #86
#62Janice19US #68
#63Arlene18US #53
#64Judith18US #94
#65Gertrude17US #135
#66Kathleen17US #74
#67Martha17US #27
#68Sandra17US #93
#69Sylvia17US #70
#70Cynthia16US #179
#71Jeannine16
#72Bernice15US #82
#73Carole15US #89
#74Edith15US #81
#75Josephine15US #60
#76Beatrice14US #99
#77Cecile14
#78Edna14US #55
#79Loretta14US #83
#80Roberta14US #104
#81Annette13
#82Diane13US #124
#83Therese13
#84Diana12
#85Ellen12US #95
#86Marguerite12US #188
#87Sarah12US #67
#88Bertha11US #112
#89Charlotte11US #72
#90Esther11US #91
#91Katherine11US #101
#92Lucy11US #134
#93Madeline11
#94Rosemarie11
#95Agnes10US #120
#96Elsie10US #107
#97Geraldine10US #43
#98Priscilla10
#99Rosemary10US #111
#100Sally10US #62

Boys

#1Robert433US #1
#2John293US #3
#3Richard230US #5
#4William209US #4
#5Joseph189US #10
#6Edward144US #13
#7Donald141US #6
#8James141US #2
#9Raymond131US #19
#10George125US #8
#11Charles102US #7
#12Anthony90US #52
#13Thomas81US #9
#14Paul73US #14
#15Arthur70US #29
#16David67US #12
#17Ronald61US #11
#18Francis60US #49
#19Frank58US #16
#20Norman56US #38
#21Albert54US #32
#22Roger54US #39
#23Alfred51US #64
#24Louis45US #40
#25Ernest42US #51
#26Henry42US #27
#27Eugene41US #24
#28Kenneth40US #15
#29Harold38US #18
#30Roland37US #119
#31Peter36US #61
#32Frederick35US #77
#33Gerald35US #22
#34Walter31US #21
#35Normand30
#36Michael29US #47
#37Vincent29US #101
#38Daniel27US #42
#39Ralph26US #31
#40Lawrence25US #34
#41Bernard23US #65
#42Earl23US #41
#43Gilbert22US #106
#44Leo22US #86
#45Leonard21US #53
#46Andrew19US #76
#47Maurice19US #132
#48Stanley18US #58
#49Angelo16
#50Carl16US #28
#51Fred16US #33
#52Gerard16
#53Manuel16US #131
#54Russell16US #70
#55Philip14US #69
#56Bruce13US #78
#57Samuel13US #66
#58Armand12
#59Herbert12US #57
#60Howard12US #37
#61Rene12
#62Wilfred12
#63Alan11US #124
#64Conrad11
#65Edgar11US #137
#66Irving11
#67Andre10
#68Clifford10US #85
#69Milton10US #115
#70Nicholas10US #165
#71Theodore10US #74
#72Benjamin9US #117
#73Domenic9
#74Edmund9
#75Edwin9US #80
#76Everett9US #145
#77Gordon9US #71
#78Lionel9
#79Harry8US #36
#80Mario8
#81Arnold7US #105
#82Carmine7
#83Emile7
#84Frederic7
#85Lewis7US #94
#86Lucien7
#87Phillip7US #113
#88Roy7US #35
#89Salvatore7US #195
#90Stephen7US #121
#91Warren7US #96
#92Allen6US #88
#93Antonio6
#94Chester6US #123
#95Clarence6US #45
#96Dennis6US #95
#97Douglas6US #72
#98Gabriel6
#99Lester6US #110
#100Marcel6

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑50Carl#50
↑31Martha#67
↑30June#54
↑30Earl#42
↑25Armand#58
↑24Judith#64
↑24Andrew#46
↑24Andre#67

Falling

↓36Harry#79
↓36Salvatore#89
↓35Agnes#95
↓31Marcel#100
↓27Stephen#90
↓25Madeline#93
↓24Clarence#95
↓23Lucy#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.