State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,313 Rhode Island births in 1936 across 262 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.

#9Claire#176 nationally
#40Gerardoutside the national top 200
#46Normandoutside the national top 200
#55Armandoutside the national top 200
#58Edmundoutside the national top 200
#60Murieloutside the national top 200
#60Reneoutside the national top 200
#70Madelineoutside the national top 200
#70Angelooutside the national top 200
#72Domenicoutside the national top 200
#74Thereseoutside the national top 200
#74Malcolmoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara212US #3
#2Joan185US #7
#3Mary167US #1
#4Patricia132US #5
#5Shirley128US #2
#6Dorothy94US #6
#7Ann87US #28
#8Carol87US #10
#9Claire69US #176
#10Dolores67US #30
#11Jean67US #20
#12Elizabeth65US #18
#13Pauline64US #82
#14Nancy63US #8
#15Beverly60US #17
#16Marilyn58US #13
#17Margaret57US #9
#18Helen56US #11
#19Marie56US #33
#20Lorraine52US #76
#21Rita52US #69
#22Anna50US #36
#23Carolyn47US #23
#24Doris47US #15
#25Janet47US #21
#26Joyce46US #12
#27Virginia46US #14
#28Elaine45US #50
#29Eleanor45US #47
#30Ruth44US #16
#31Evelyn42US #34
#32Alice41US #27
#33Irene41US #57
#34Jane39US #42
#35Frances37US #19
#36Maureen37US #155
#37Gloria36US #32
#38Janice35US #31
#39Judith34US #43
#40Catherine33US #44
#41Lois33US #26
#42Jeanne32US #141
#43Lucille32US #92
#44Norma32US #29
#45Theresa32US #88
#46Constance31US #133
#47Rose30US #37
#48June27US #62
#49Marjorie26US #49
#50Anne25US #89
#51Florence25US #80
#52Phyllis24US #25
#53Arlene23US #54
#54Carole23US #73
#55Jacqueline23US #66
#56Lillian23US #79
#57Sandra23US #38
#58Gail21US #101
#59Louise21US #46
#60Muriel21
#61Betty19US #4
#62Eileen19US #103
#63Marion19US #93
#64Audrey18US #68
#65Edith18US #87
#66Ellen18US #99
#67Jeannette18US #188
#68Loretta18US #70
#69Josephine17US #77
#70Madeline17
#71Marlene17US #39
#72Sylvia17US #53
#73Annette16US #125
#74Therese16
#75Katherine15US #100
#76Kathleen15US #67
#77Roberta15US #64
#78Grace14US #86
#79Marguerite14
#80Mildred14US #40
#81Angela13
#82Delores13US #58
#83Marcia13US #138
#84Vivian13US #115
#85Beatrice12US #121
#86Cynthia12US #184
#87Geraldine12US #41
#88Martha12US #24
#89Priscilla12
#90Rosemarie12US #158
#91Agnes11US #139
#92Bernice11US #95
#93Cecile11
#94Diane11US #112
#95Esther11US #107
#96Gladys11US #84
#97Joanne11US #48
#98Lucy11US #147
#99Charlotte10US #61
#100Claudette10

Boys

#1Robert442US #1
#2John291US #3
#3Richard242US #5
#4Joseph200US #11
#5William198US #4
#6James156US #2
#7Donald139US #7
#8Edward137US #13
#9George127US #9
#10Raymond124US #17
#11Thomas101US #8
#12Charles86US #6
#13Ronald80US #12
#14David78US #10
#15Anthony75US #48
#16Paul74US #15
#17Frank69US #16
#18Arthur68US #30
#19Roger67US #35
#20Albert57US #34
#21Norman50US #43
#22Walter50US #26
#23Francis48US #50
#24Louis47US #44
#25Michael39US #33
#26Gerald38US #19
#27Peter37US #56
#28Ernest36US #55
#29Roland36US #118
#30Henry34US #28
#31Alfred33US #60
#32Kenneth31US #14
#33Leo31US #94
#34Vincent29US #109
#35Harold28US #21
#36Ralph27US #31
#37Daniel24US #41
#38Eugene23US #29
#39Frederick23US #70
#40Gerard22
#41Carl21US #27
#42Philip21US #63
#43Stephen21US #99
#44Everett20US #154
#45Lawrence20US #37
#46Normand19
#47Bernard18US #68
#48Fred18US #36
#49Russell18US #69
#50Bruce17US #73
#51Earl17US #47
#52Howard17US #40
#53Leonard17US #54
#54Maurice17US #137
#55Armand15
#56Alan13US #108
#57Harry13US #39
#58Edmund12
#59Herbert12US #62
#60Rene12
#61Gordon11US #75
#62Stanley11US #58
#63Warren11US #95
#64Allan10US #138
#65Andrew10US #83
#66Arnold9US #111
#67Gilbert9US #113
#68Martin9US #92
#69Victor9US #116
#70Angelo8
#71Benjamin8US #123
#72Domenic8
#73Leon8US #82
#74Malcolm8
#75Melvin8US #53
#76Nicholas8US #157
#77Roy8US #42
#78Samuel8US #67
#79Theodore8US #87
#80Wilfred8
#81Chester7US #127
#82Clifford7US #90
#83Douglas7US #78
#84Edmond7
#85Emile7
#86Harvey7US #97
#87Lewis7US #101
#88Manuel7US #135
#89Noel7
#90Salvatore7
#91Alexander6US #200
#92Andre6
#93Antonio6
#94Barry6US #185
#95Carmine6
#96Irving6
#97Jean6
#98Leroy6US #57
#99Lucien6
#100Pasquale6

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑32Carl#41
↑30Edmund#58
↑29Alan#56
↑28Janet#25
↑27Pauline#13
↑27Stephen#43
↑26Domenic#72
↑25Loretta#68

Falling

↓30Joanne#97
↓27Manuel#88
↓25Jeannette#67
↓23Constance#46
↓23Leroy#98
↓21Nicholas#76
↓20Rose#47
↓20Gladys#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.