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Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,369 Rhode Island births in 1935 across 255 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.

#31Normandoutside the national top 200
#8Claire#171 nationally
#46Gerardoutside the national top 200
#49Armandoutside the national top 200
#50Murieloutside the national top 200
#52Reneoutside the national top 200
#42Jeannette#186 nationally
#59Marceloutside the national top 200
#64Angelooutside the national top 200
#66Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#66Edmondoutside the national top 200
#69Margueriteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara237US #3
#2Joan187US #7
#3Shirley175US #2
#4Mary172US #1
#5Patricia139US #5
#6Dorothy111US #6
#7Dolores85US #26
#8Claire73US #171
#9Ann70US #30
#10Marie70US #33
#11Helen68US #10
#12Jean68US #18
#13Beverly66US #20
#14Carol64US #11
#15Margaret62US #8
#16Anna60US #34
#17Elizabeth59US #17
#18Nancy54US #9
#19Doris53US #13
#20Elaine49US #51
#21Carolyn48US #28
#22Joyce44US #12
#23Constance43US #125
#24Ruth43US #15
#25Eleanor42US #48
#26Frances42US #19
#27Rose42US #37
#28Irene41US #52
#29Theresa41US #86
#30Alice40US #25
#31Marilyn40US #14
#32Jane39US #43
#33Marjorie39US #46
#34Norma38US #29
#35Rita38US #63
#36Gloria37US #32
#37Jacqueline35US #79
#38Lorraine35US #68
#39Sandra34US #50
#40Pauline33US #80
#41Janice31US #47
#42Jeannette31US #186
#43Lois31US #21
#44Lucille31US #85
#45June30US #55
#46Louise30US #45
#47Arlene29US #59
#48Evelyn29US #31
#49Virginia29US #16
#50Muriel28
#51Lillian27US #66
#52Phyllis27US #27
#53Janet25US #22
#54Judith25US #54
#55Maureen25US #162
#56Audrey24US #64
#57Betty23US #4
#58Catherine23US #42
#59Jeanne23US #133
#60Anne22US #84
#61Sheila22US #151
#62Sylvia22US #60
#63Mildred19US #35
#64Eileen18US #108
#65Carole17US #93
#66Jeannine17
#67Joanne17US #44
#68Josephine17US #75
#69Marguerite17
#70Florence16US #74
#71Grace16US #83
#72Madeline16
#73Roberta16US #77
#74Ellen15US #95
#75Gail15US #127
#76Gladys15US #78
#77Edith14US #87
#78Sally14US #58
#79Anita13US #119
#80Genevieve13US #196
#81Edna12US #67
#82Gertrude12US #145
#83Julia12US #102
#84Agnes11US #138
#85Angela11
#86Annette11US #142
#87Bernice11US #90
#88Caroline11US #178
#89Charlotte11US #65
#90Jeanette11US #104
#91Kathleen11US #71
#92Laura11US #101
#93Loretta11US #69
#94Martha11US #24
#95Suzanne11US #154
#96Yvonne11US #98
#97Beatrice10US #107
#98Cecile10
#99Cynthia10US #179
#100Geraldine10US #40

Boys

#1Robert424US #1
#2John300US #3
#3Richard259US #5
#4William224US #4
#5Joseph181US #10
#6Donald158US #7
#7James155US #2
#8Raymond138US #17
#9George128US #8
#10Edward112US #13
#11Charles96US #6
#12Thomas82US #9
#13Paul79US #14
#14Anthony78US #52
#15Ronald73US #12
#16Albert71US #31
#17Roger67US #36
#18Frank59US #16
#19Arthur54US #29
#20Norman54US #38
#21David53US #11
#22Francis47US #53
#23Kenneth46US #15
#24Henry45US #27
#25Michael44US #41
#26Alfred43US #63
#27Louis42US #42
#28Ernest41US #55
#29Walter41US #23
#30Ralph36US #32
#31Normand35
#32Roland33US #119
#33Eugene31US #26
#34Harold29US #20
#35Frederick28US #73
#36Peter28US #59
#37Daniel26US #43
#38Lawrence26US #35
#39Leo26US #92
#40Gerald24US #21
#41Vincent22US #106
#42Gordon21US #70
#43Harry19US #37
#44Howard19US #39
#45Maurice19US #130
#46Gerard18
#47Philip18US #65
#48Russell18US #68
#49Armand17
#50Gilbert17US #111
#51Bernard16US #67
#52Rene16
#53Herbert15US #58
#54Leonard15US #54
#55Nicholas15US #158
#56Stanley15US #56
#57Bruce14US #77
#58Dennis14US #72
#59Marcel14
#60Earl13US #46
#61Manuel13US #137
#62Andrew12US #85
#63Victor12US #116
#64Angelo11
#65Arnold11US #103
#66Edmond11
#67Everett11US #146
#68Fred11US #34
#69Milton11US #117
#70Stephen11US #113
#71Theodore11US #79
#72Wilfred11
#73Carl9US #28
#74Leon9US #86
#75Leroy9US #50
#76Roy9US #40
#77Samuel9US #62
#78Warren9US #97
#79Alexander8US #186
#80Clifford8US #88
#81Edwin8US #89
#82Harvey8US #99
#83Jerry8US #22
#84Salvatore8
#85Alan7US #122
#86Allan7US #150
#87Benjamin7US #123
#88Edmund7
#89Emile7
#90Jean7
#91Lloyd7US #84
#92Romeo7
#93Allen6US #83
#94Antonio6
#95Bertrand6
#96Chester6US #121
#97Clarence6US #48
#98Domenic6
#99Lester6US #114
#100Pasco6

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑41Marcel#59
↑38Dennis#58
↑36Harry#43
↑35Gordon#42
↑29Sandra#39
↑24Elaine#20
↑22Carolyn#21
↑22Sally#78

Falling

↓29Cynthia#99
↓27Martha#94
↓25Kathleen#91
↓25Domenic#98
↓24Florence#70
↓23Pauline#40
↓23Carl#73
↓22Alan#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.