State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,772 Rhode Island births in 1938 across 274 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.

#13Claire#184 nationally
#42Normandoutside the national top 200
#56Armandoutside the national top 200
#63Murieloutside the national top 200
#67Marceloutside the national top 200
#68Reneoutside the national top 200
#58Jeannette#186 nationally
#73Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#74Angelaoutside the national top 200
#82Gerardoutside the national top 200
#83Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#84Laurenceoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara223US #2
#2Mary164US #1
#3Patricia148US #3
#4Carol147US #6
#5Joan142US #10
#6Nancy100US #7
#7Ann80US #32
#8Beverly80US #18
#9Dorothy78US #8
#10Elaine77US #42
#11Judith74US #12
#12Shirley74US #5
#13Claire69US #184
#14Margaret67US #9
#15Elizabeth65US #17
#16Marie65US #37
#17Jean56US #27
#18Pauline54US #97
#19Irene51US #72
#20Marilyn51US #19
#21Lorraine50US #93
#22Rita48US #74
#23Carolyn47US #15
#24Helen47US #13
#25Sandra47US #14
#26Dolores45US #43
#27Joyce45US #11
#28Frances43US #23
#29Gail43US #77
#30Janice41US #24
#31Maureen41US #144
#32Alice39US #29
#33Gloria39US #36
#34Janet38US #16
#35Constance37US #117
#36Jane37US #44
#37Eleanor36US #60
#38Virginia35US #22
#39Anne34US #84
#40Carole34US #46
#41Jeanne34US #148
#42Marion34US #118
#43Norma34US #34
#44Ruth34US #21
#45Doris32US #25
#46Betty31US #4
#47Evelyn29US #38
#48June29US #79
#49Arlene28US #63
#50Jacqueline28US #69
#51Louise28US #59
#52Marjorie28US #53
#53Lucille27US #106
#54Phyllis27US #28
#55Catherine25US #48
#56Lois25US #33
#57Anna24US #40
#58Jeannette24US #186
#59Lillian24US #88
#60Rose24US #39
#61Eileen22US #113
#62Marcia22US #116
#63Muriel22
#64Anita21US #99
#65Theresa21US #92
#66Grace20US #100
#67Kathleen20US #58
#68Sheila20US #136
#69Cynthia19US #160
#70Beatrice18US #125
#71Linda18US #31
#72Loretta18US #62
#73Roberta18US #73
#74Angela17
#75Donna17US #20
#76Rosalie17US #66
#77Annette16US #119
#78Geraldine16US #45
#79Joanne16US #57
#80Sylvia16US #56
#81Diane15US #64
#82Florence15US #90
#83Jeannine15
#84Martha15US #26
#85Paula14US #163
#86Susan14US #71
#87Caroline13US #181
#88Ellen13US #89
#89Sally13US #54
#90Claudette12
#91Josephine12US #83
#92Bernice11US #112
#93Cecile11
#94Gertrude11US #172
#95Lucy11US #154
#96Madeleine11
#97Madeline11
#98Mildred11US #52
#99Diana10US #151
#100Ethel10US #94

Boys

#1Robert492US #1
#2John294US #3
#3Richard237US #5
#4Joseph221US #12
#5William193US #4
#6James189US #2
#7Raymond159US #20
#8George126US #11
#9Donald125US #7
#10David116US #8
#11Thomas116US #9
#12Edward113US #13
#13Charles97US #6
#14Anthony94US #46
#15Ronald94US #10
#16Paul78US #15
#17Kenneth59US #14
#18Arthur58US #32
#19Roger58US #31
#20Frank54US #18
#21Peter54US #48
#22Francis53US #51
#23Albert50US #37
#24Louis48US #47
#25Walter48US #26
#26Michael46US #21
#27Gerald42US #19
#28Norman42US #43
#29Alfred41US #69
#30Henry39US #30
#31Leo36US #104
#32Eugene34US #33
#33Ralph31US #35
#34Ernest30US #55
#35Frederick30US #71
#36Roland30US #124
#37Harold29US #23
#38Stephen26US #74
#39Russell23US #70
#40Vincent23US #110
#41Daniel22US #39
#42Normand22
#43Harry20US #44
#44Leonard20US #57
#45Alan19US #91
#46Bernard19US #75
#47Fred19US #38
#48Nicholas19US #161
#49Philip19US #64
#50Lawrence18US #36
#51Maurice18US #143
#52Bruce17US #66
#53Stanley17US #59
#54Gordon16US #78
#55Howard16US #42
#56Armand15
#57Allan14US #119
#58Carl14US #29
#59Theodore14US #84
#60Warren14US #102
#61Douglas13US #60
#62Leon13US #85
#63Manuel13US #144
#64Edgar12US #157
#65Allen11US #73
#66Arnold11US #111
#67Marcel11
#68Rene11
#69Dennis10US #49
#70Herbert10US #68
#71Victor10US #117
#72Wayne10US #40
#73Wilfred10
#74Clifford9US #89
#75Earl9US #50
#76Edwin9US #90
#77Samuel9US #62
#78Andrew8US #82
#79Patrick8US #88
#80Roy8US #41
#81Everett7US #159
#82Gerard7
#83Joel7US #134
#84Laurence7
#85Lucien7
#86Andre6
#87Domenic6
#88Edmond6
#89Gilbert6US #116
#90Harvey6US #99
#91Lloyd6US #92
#92Murray6
#93Wallace6US #139
#94Benjamin5US #125
#95Bertrand5
#96Brian5
#97Christopher5
#98Clinton5US #196
#99Don5US #52
#100Edmund5

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑49Gail#29
↑38Marion#42
↑38Warren#60
↑38Leon#62
↑26Herbert#70
↑24Jeanne#41
↑22Grace#66
↑22Donna#75

Falling

↓38Gilbert#89
↓35Roberta#73
↓32Gerard#82
↓31Josephine#91
↓28Claudette#90
↓26Anna#57
↓25Doris#45
↓24Edmund#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.