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Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,810 Rhode Island births in 1941 across 286 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.

#26Claire#196 nationally
#45Normandoutside the national top 200
#50Gerard#200 nationally
#69Edmundoutside the national top 200
#78Domenicoutside the national top 200
#79Murieloutside the national top 200
#79Edmondoutside the national top 200
#81Reneoutside the national top 200
#83Andreoutside the national top 200
#84Angelaoutside the national top 200
#85Carlooutside the national top 200
#86Cecileoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Patricia220US #3
#2Barbara205US #2
#3Carol188US #4
#4Mary171US #1
#5Joan145US #17
#6Judith136US #6
#7Joyce115US #13
#8Sandra100US #9
#9Nancy95US #8
#10Carolyn92US #11
#11Elaine86US #44
#12Ann84US #37
#13Pauline81US #109
#14Dorothy78US #14
#15Linda75US #5
#16Marie74US #42
#17Beverly72US #29
#18Elizabeth72US #21
#19Jean65US #32
#20Margaret63US #12
#21Janice60US #22
#22Janet57US #18
#23Kathleen49US #36
#24Frances48US #31
#25Lucille48US #119
#26Claire47US #196
#27Gloria47US #26
#28Jane46US #46
#29Virginia46US #23
#30Susan45US #27
#31Catherine44US #51
#32Eleanor44US #78
#33Marjorie42US #71
#34Maureen41US #129
#35Lorraine39US #93
#36Dolores38US #57
#37Marilyn36US #30
#38Shirley36US #10
#39Gail34US #68
#40Theresa34US #95
#41Jeanne33US #126
#42Diane32US #40
#43Helen32US #24
#44Jacqueline32US #73
#45Ruth31US #28
#46Alice30US #34
#47Anne30US #82
#48Carole30US #48
#49Rita30US #63
#50Doris29US #38
#51Anna28US #56
#52Louise28US #62
#53Phyllis28US #35
#54Roberta28US #72
#55Paula27US #151
#56Constance26US #114
#57Eileen26US #121
#58Arlene25US #77
#59Irene25US #74
#60Lois25US #43
#61Marcia25US #105
#62Joanne24US #54
#63Sheila24US #110
#64Geraldine23US #45
#65Karen23US #19
#66Rose23US #49
#67Evelyn22US #50
#68Suzanne22US #97
#69Donna21US #20
#70Lillian21US #104
#71Cynthia20US #112
#72Ellen20US #67
#73Martha20US #25
#74Edith19US #103
#75Annette18US #128
#76Brenda18US #41
#77Norma18US #47
#78Loretta17US #81
#79Muriel17
#80Anita16US #91
#81Betty16US #7
#82Judy16US #16
#83Rosemarie16US #175
#84Angela15
#85Audrey15US #117
#86Cecile15
#87Joann15US #58
#88Kathryn15US #87
#89Priscilla15US #132
#90Diana14US #100
#91Mildred14US #64
#92Christine13US #101
#93Rosemary13US #94
#94Vivian13US #113
#95Beatrice12US #143
#96Jeanette12US #98
#97Jeannette12US #198
#98Marion12US #130
#99Pamela12US #155
#100Rosalie12US #152

Boys

#1Robert427US #2
#2John351US #3
#3Richard298US #5
#4William230US #4
#5Joseph202US #12
#6James181US #1
#7David161US #7
#8Edward145US #17
#9Raymond133US #22
#10Paul127US #18
#11Ronald126US #9
#12Thomas126US #8
#13George120US #13
#14Charles104US #6
#15Donald101US #10
#16Michael98US #16
#17Anthony93US #46
#18Frank89US #21
#19Arthur76US #33
#20Kenneth73US #15
#21Albert68US #40
#22Peter67US #44
#23Gerald56US #20
#24Stephen54US #41
#25Roger52US #25
#26Louis46US #50
#27Francis42US #60
#28Walter42US #26
#29Alfred41US #74
#30Daniel40US #31
#31Frederick37US #69
#32Norman36US #49
#33Dennis35US #23
#34Eugene33US #42
#35Philip33US #52
#36Lawrence31US #34
#37Roland31US #144
#38Henry30US #28
#39Bruce29US #51
#40Ernest28US #61
#41Harold28US #24
#42Ralph27US #38
#43Leonard26US #54
#44Leo25US #116
#45Normand25
#46Herbert24US #76
#47Carl23US #29
#48Russell23US #75
#49Vincent23US #104
#50Gerard21US #200
#51Maurice21US #163
#52Howard19US #47
#53Edwin18US #97
#54Fred16US #43
#55Manuel16US #154
#56Theodore16US #95
#57Barry15US #91
#58Douglas15US #53
#59Alan14US #84
#60Brian14US #153
#61Harry14US #48
#62Stanley14US #57
#63Clifford13US #94
#64Gordon13US #92
#65Jeffrey13US #134
#66Roy13US #39
#67Allen12US #73
#68Wayne12US #37
#69Edmund11
#70Martin11US #85
#71Victor11US #118
#72Earl10US #58
#73Everett10US #166
#74Gary10US #19
#75Gilbert10US #117
#76Leon10US #93
#77Samuel10US #65
#78Domenic9
#79Edmond9
#80Patrick9US #70
#81Rene9
#82Steven9US #90
#83Andre8
#84Bernard8US #87
#85Carlo8
#86Marcel8
#87Matthew8US #198
#88Alexander7US #184
#89Allan7US #135
#90Andrew7US #82
#91Armand7
#92Edgar7US #167
#93Harvey7US #106
#94Mario7
#95Warren7US #105
#96Antonio6
#97Arnold6US #123
#98Bradford6
#99Jack6US #32
#100Jean6

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑40Edwin#53
↑34Karen#65
↑32Marjorie#33
↑30Philip#35
↑25Carole#48
↑24Brian#60
↑23Joanne#62
↑22Louise#52

Falling

↓37Arnold#97
↓35Bernard#84
↓35Allan#89
↓35Andrew#90
↓32Marion#98
↓31Brenda#76
↓27Domenic#78
↓25Alan#59

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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.