State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,944 Rhode Island births in 1942 across 313 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.

#41Claire#199 nationally
#46Gerard#193 nationally
#64Normandoutside the national top 200
#65Reneoutside the national top 200
#66Armandoutside the national top 200
#67Edmundoutside the national top 200
#74Edmondoutside the national top 200
#76Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#78Angelaoutside the national top 200
#80Emileoutside the national top 200
#83Andreoutside the national top 200
#84Angelooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara260US #2
#2Patricia255US #3
#3Carol225US #5
#4Mary173US #1
#5Judith167US #7
#6Sandra152US #6
#7Nancy127US #8
#8Joan124US #18
#9Linda118US #4
#10Elizabeth116US #22
#11Joyce108US #13
#12Elaine102US #45
#13Carolyn94US #10
#14Ann90US #38
#15Marie84US #43
#16Margaret83US #14
#17Dorothy82US #17
#18Beverly78US #32
#19Janet77US #19
#20Janice75US #25
#21Kathleen70US #24
#22Jean66US #36
#23Pauline65US #112
#24Marilyn63US #27
#25Susan60US #21
#26Diane56US #28
#27Virginia56US #23
#28Maureen55US #102
#29Frances54US #30
#30Lorraine53US #91
#31Constance49US #116
#32Shirley48US #12
#33Rita44US #55
#34Doris43US #41
#35Irene42US #80
#36Karen42US #16
#37Helen41US #26
#38Roberta41US #66
#39Anne40US #76
#40Carole39US #35
#41Claire39US #199
#42Gloria39US #31
#43Ruth39US #33
#44Catherine38US #49
#45Gail38US #60
#46Jacqueline38US #69
#47Eileen36US #88
#48Geraldine36US #47
#49Jeanne36US #119
#50Marjorie36US #74
#51Ellen35US #64
#52Jane35US #46
#53Dolores34US #63
#54Paula34US #136
#55Alice33US #39
#56Lois33US #44
#57Lucille32US #118
#58Joanne31US #48
#59Suzanne31US #103
#60Cynthia30US #101
#61Phyllis29US #37
#62Arlene28US #83
#63Eleanor28US #87
#64Marion28US #130
#65Sharon28US #11
#66Louise25US #61
#67Martha25US #29
#68Donna24US #20
#69June24US #107
#70Rose24US #50
#71Joann23US #58
#72Theresa23US #98
#73Anna22US #59
#74Annette22US #134
#75Brenda22US #40
#76Claudette22
#77Marcia22US #105
#78Angela21
#79Evelyn21US #53
#80Jeannette21US #194
#81Betty20US #9
#82Charlotte20US #51
#83Sheila20US #94
#84Anita19US #93
#85Pamela19US #106
#86Priscilla19US #135
#87Jeannine18
#88Meredith18
#89Sally18US #56
#90Lillian17US #111
#91Josephine16US #100
#92Maria16US #97
#93Beatrice15US #146
#94Deborah15
#95Diana15US #68
#96Madeleine15
#97Rosemary15US #92
#98Christine14US #96
#99Mildred14US #71
#100Norma14US #52

Boys

#1Robert509US #2
#2John470US #3
#3Richard404US #5
#4William307US #4
#5Joseph266US #11
#6James245US #1
#7David178US #6
#8Thomas162US #8
#9Paul158US #19
#10Ronald154US #9
#11Raymond148US #24
#12Edward132US #17
#13Michael131US #13
#14George126US #14
#15Donald118US #10
#16Anthony104US #44
#17Charles102US #7
#18Frank97US #21
#19Peter97US #39
#20Kenneth91US #15
#21Arthur88US #29
#22Stephen74US #32
#23Dennis71US #20
#24Albert69US #40
#25Roger69US #25
#26Louis66US #51
#27Walter55US #26
#28Alfred53US #76
#29Gerald53US #22
#30Henry53US #31
#31Francis51US #58
#32Frederick49US #68
#33Roland45US #143
#34Norman44US #53
#35Daniel41US #28
#36Douglas39US #23
#37Ralph37US #38
#38Bruce36US #50
#39Vincent36US #101
#40Ernest35US #61
#41Philip35US #54
#42Lawrence30US #30
#43Russell29US #70
#44Alan28US #81
#45Eugene28US #45
#46Gerard26US #193
#47Howard26US #49
#48Leo26US #120
#49Harold24US #27
#50Fred23US #46
#51Stanley22US #56
#52Carl21US #36
#53Earl19US #62
#54Andrew18US #80
#55Bernard18US #90
#56Manuel18US #153
#57Theodore18US #91
#58Victor18US #99
#59Wayne18US #41
#60Allan16US #124
#61Gilbert16US #128
#62Brian15US #139
#63Herbert15US #83
#64Normand15
#65Rene15
#66Armand14
#67Edmund14
#68Martin14US #85
#69Maurice14US #166
#70Nicholas14US #142
#71Larry13US #12
#72Leonard13US #57
#73Clifford12US #95
#74Edmond12
#75Steven12US #75
#76Allen11US #71
#77Arnold11US #130
#78Barry11US #79
#79Benjamin11US #129
#80Emile11
#81Harry11US #48
#82Samuel11US #59
#83Andre10
#84Angelo10
#85Gordon10US #92
#86Gregory10US #165
#87Roy10US #42
#88Antonio9
#89Conrad9
#90Edwin9US #105
#91Gary9US #18
#92Jeffrey9US #116
#93Marcel9
#94Wilfred9
#95Clarence8US #67
#96Edgar8US #164
#97Jean8
#98Lee8US #87
#99Gene7US #82
#100Jack7US #34

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑36Andrew#54
↑34Marion#64
↑29Karen#36
↑29Bernard#55
↑29Allan#60
↑25Constance#31
↑25Armand#66
↑24Irene#35

Falling

↓37Edwin#90
↓32Lucille#57
↓32Theresa#72
↓31Eleanor#63
↓29Leonard#72
↓27Jeffrey#92
↓24Jane#52
↓23Norma#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.