State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,462 Rhode Island births in 1937 across 257 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.

#22Claire#191 nationally
#42Normandoutside the national top 200
#50Gerardoutside the national top 200
#46Jeannette#189 nationally
#60Reneoutside the national top 200
#62Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#62Armandoutside the national top 200
#64Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#66Murieloutside the national top 200
#71Domenicoutside the national top 200
#72Jeanoutside the national top 200
#73Margueriteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara258US #2
#2Joan163US #9
#3Mary143US #1
#4Patricia143US #3
#5Carol115US #6
#6Margaret91US #10
#7Shirley82US #4
#8Marie81US #35
#9Ann80US #30
#10Dorothy77US #8
#11Nancy77US #7
#12Elizabeth76US #17
#13Jean72US #23
#14Beverly68US #14
#15Helen63US #12
#16Dolores60US #37
#17Pauline60US #87
#18Joyce57US #11
#19Frances56US #19
#20Doris52US #22
#21Janice52US #25
#22Claire50US #191
#23Sandra48US #26
#24Carolyn47US #20
#25Janet45US #18
#26Virginia45US #16
#27Elaine44US #45
#28Judith43US #34
#29Constance40US #118
#30Rita38US #69
#31Anna37US #39
#32Jane37US #42
#33Lorraine37US #83
#34Marilyn37US #13
#35Alice36US #28
#36Gloria36US #32
#37Irene35US #62
#38Roberta35US #66
#39Ruth35US #15
#40Eleanor34US #53
#41Lucille34US #98
#42Carole33US #56
#43Lois32US #29
#44Jacqueline30US #70
#45Catherine29US #47
#46Jeannette29US #189
#47Maureen29US #155
#48Evelyn28US #36
#49Rose28US #38
#50Theresa27US #95
#51Eileen26US #107
#52Lillian26US #84
#53Norma25US #33
#54June24US #71
#55Marjorie24US #57
#56Louise23US #48
#57Sylvia23US #50
#58Anne22US #92
#59Annette22US #115
#60Josephine22US #82
#61Betty21US #5
#62Claudette20
#63Florence20US #81
#64Audrey19US #85
#65Jeanne19US #149
#66Muriel19
#67Arlene18US #60
#68Loretta18US #63
#69Cynthia17US #170
#70Marcia17US #124
#71Phyllis17US #27
#72Anita16US #93
#73Marguerite16
#74Beatrice15US #120
#75Jeannine15
#76Joann15US #58
#77Diane14US #76
#78Gail14US #99
#79Kathleen14US #61
#80Marion14US #109
#81Martha13US #24
#82Mildred13US #43
#83Sheila13US #142
#84Suzanne13US #145
#85Edith12US #96
#86Ellen12US #102
#87Elsie12US #125
#88Grace12US #94
#89Joanne12US #51
#90Angela11
#91Arline11
#92Cecile11
#93Edna11US #74
#94Gertrude11US #159
#95Thelma11US #78
#96Bernice10US #104
#97Donna10US #21
#98Paula10US #165
#99Priscilla10
#100Susan10US #97

Boys

#1Robert496US #1
#2John302US #3
#3William220US #4
#4Richard216US #5
#5Joseph195US #12
#6James159US #2
#7Edward156US #13
#8Donald145US #7
#9David120US #8
#10George119US #10
#11Raymond109US #19
#12Charles106US #6
#13Paul92US #15
#14Ronald90US #11
#15Anthony89US #47
#16Thomas83US #9
#17Roger70US #36
#18Arthur68US #31
#19Frank66US #18
#20Albert61US #37
#21Gerald49US #20
#22Walter49US #26
#23Francis46US #55
#24Peter43US #52
#25Louis42US #46
#26Kenneth41US #14
#27Michael41US #27
#28Henry38US #30
#29Alfred36US #60
#30Norman35US #43
#31Leo33US #97
#32Roland33US #126
#33Stephen33US #92
#34Vincent33US #105
#35Ralph31US #34
#36Harold28US #21
#37Ernest27US #53
#38Eugene24US #33
#39Daniel23US #39
#40Frederick23US #68
#41Harry20US #41
#42Normand20
#43Leonard19US #58
#44Manuel19US #138
#45Carl18US #28
#46Fred18US #35
#47Lawrence18US #38
#48Alan16US #103
#49Russell16US #67
#50Gerard14
#51Gilbert14US #112
#52Howard14US #42
#53Philip14US #62
#54Bruce13US #70
#55Chester13US #129
#56Douglas13US #74
#57Earl13US #48
#58Nicholas13US #159
#59Stanley13US #57
#60Rene12
#61Theodore12US #86
#62Armand11
#63Bernard11US #73
#64Wilfred11
#65Andrew10US #79
#66Edgar10US #145
#67Gordon10US #75
#68Maurice10US #144
#69Allan9US #124
#70Allen9US #76
#71Domenic9
#72Jean9
#73Martin9US #87
#74Antonio8
#75Dennis8US #63
#76Edmund8
#77Edwin8US #89
#78Emile8
#79Gary8US #29
#80Larry8US #16
#81Lionel8
#82Lloyd8US #91
#83Marcel8
#84Norbert8
#85Roy8US #40
#86Salvatore8
#87Andre7
#88Clifford7US #90
#89Jack7US #23
#90Leroy7US #56
#91Patrick7US #94
#92Victor7US #117
#93Barry6US #182
#94Benjamin6US #119
#95Conrad6
#96Herbert6US #65
#97Phillip6US #98
#98Warren6US #106
#99Alexander5US #191
#100Leon5US #85

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑44Manuel#44
↑39Roberta#38
↑38Claudette#62
↑34Sandra#23
↑27Douglas#56
↑26Chester#55
↑25Jean#72
↑21Jeannette#46

Falling

↓37Herbert#96
↓35Warren#98
↓27Leon#100
↓23Jeanne#65
↓23Victor#92
↓23Benjamin#94
↓20Gail#78
↓20Edith#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.