State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,491 Rhode Island births in 1943 across 317 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.

#53Gerardoutside the national top 200
#60Armandoutside the national top 200
#63Claireoutside the national top 200
#75Edmundoutside the national top 200
#77Reneoutside the national top 200
#80Angelaoutside the national top 200
#81Normandoutside the national top 200
#82Deborahoutside the national top 200
#82Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#84Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#87Kevinoutside the national top 200
#93Andreoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Carol250US #5
#2Barbara246US #2
#3Patricia241US #3
#4Mary234US #1
#5Judith186US #7
#6Sandra183US #6
#7Linda160US #4
#8Joan138US #21
#9Nancy124US #9
#10Elaine123US #46
#11Joyce121US #16
#12Ann104US #37
#13Carolyn88US #11
#14Elizabeth88US #23
#15Jean88US #36
#16Kathleen80US #22
#17Janice78US #26
#18Margaret74US #14
#19Beverly73US #32
#20Susan72US #18
#21Marie71US #45
#22Frances69US #31
#23Karen68US #15
#24Dorothy65US #19
#25Janet64US #20
#26Maureen63US #105
#27Marilyn62US #27
#28Catherine61US #48
#29Diane61US #24
#30Jane55US #44
#31Gail53US #55
#32Lucille53US #125
#33Sharon51US #8
#34Eileen48US #68
#35Pauline48US #112
#36Shirley48US #12
#37Lorraine46US #94
#38Carole45US #42
#39Donna43US #17
#40Virginia42US #25
#41Joanne41US #49
#42Constance40US #109
#43Paula39US #93
#44Jeanne38US #113
#45Cynthia37US #101
#46Helen37US #28
#47Jacqueline37US #65
#48Phyllis37US #39
#49Rita37US #52
#50Gloria35US #30
#51Irene35US #85
#52Sheila34US #92
#53Anne33US #80
#54Geraldine33US #51
#55Lois33US #43
#56Arlene32US #90
#57Dolores31US #74
#58Marcia31US #96
#59Pamela31US #54
#60Suzanne31US #86
#61Alice30US #38
#62Annette30US #142
#63Claire30
#64Marjorie30US #79
#65Theresa30US #100
#66Joann29US #60
#67Louise27US #70
#68Ruth26US #33
#69Doris25US #40
#70Roberta25US #66
#71Rose25US #50
#72Evelyn24US #53
#73Maryann24US #135
#74Eleanor23US #107
#75Betty22US #10
#76Martha22US #29
#77Norma22US #58
#78Priscilla22US #146
#79Charlotte21US #47
#80Angela19
#81Anna19US #64
#82Deborah19
#83Ellen19US #67
#84Brenda18US #35
#85Christine18US #84
#86Diana18US #62
#87Florence18US #124
#88Rosemary18US #97
#89Marion17US #129
#90Marsha17US #132
#91Vivian17US #122
#92Anita16US #98
#93Katherine16US #78
#94Maria16US #103
#95Paulette16US #166
#96Andrea15US #169
#97Bonnie15US #34
#98Cecile15
#99Dianne15US #88
#100Lynda15US #115

Boys

#1Robert564US #2
#2John425US #3
#3Richard374US #5
#4William307US #4
#5Joseph233US #13
#6James230US #1
#7David214US #6
#8Thomas200US #8
#9Ronald177US #9
#10Edward172US #18
#11Raymond161US #22
#12Paul152US #19
#13George146US #14
#14Charles137US #7
#15Michael125US #10
#16Donald124US #11
#17Anthony112US #44
#18Kenneth101US #15
#19Peter89US #39
#20Arthur82US #30
#21Frank76US #21
#22Albert71US #43
#23Roger70US #24
#24Walter68US #26
#25Dennis67US #20
#26Stephen67US #29
#27Gerald60US #23
#28Frederick58US #70
#29Daniel57US #25
#30Francis57US #64
#31Louis47US #53
#32Norman46US #56
#33Alfred45US #78
#34Ernest45US #61
#35Henry43US #31
#36Bruce40US #51
#37Eugene38US #47
#38Lawrence37US #32
#39Russell36US #73
#40Carl34US #33
#41Alan33US #67
#42Vincent33US #106
#43Stanley32US #54
#44Douglas30US #28
#45Roland30US #150
#46Harry29US #50
#47Leo29US #133
#48Ralph29US #40
#49Harold28US #27
#50Philip28US #57
#51Gary25US #16
#52Steven25US #58
#53Gerard24
#54Leonard24US #55
#55Howard22US #48
#56Jeffrey22US #116
#57Bernard21US #92
#58Maurice21US #165
#59Earl20US #60
#60Armand18
#61Gordon18US #98
#62Brian17US #120
#63Nicholas17US #148
#64Fred16US #45
#65Gilbert16US #123
#66Allen15US #76
#67Barry15US #82
#68Patrick15US #69
#69Samuel15US #62
#70Andrew14US #79
#71Herbert14US #86
#72Manuel14US #149
#73Victor14US #97
#74Edgar13US #168
#75Edmund13
#76Edwin13US #107
#77Rene13
#78Allan12US #136
#79Craig12US #164
#80Everett12US #174
#81Normand12
#82Wilfred12
#83Roy11US #38
#84Salvatore11
#85Wayne11US #41
#86Jack10US #34
#87Kevin10
#88Leon10US #103
#89Lee9US #91
#90Mark9US #101
#91Martin9US #83
#92Theodore9US #96
#93Andre8
#94Arnold8US #131
#95Clifford8US #94
#96Harvey8US #111
#97Marcel8
#98Milton8US #141
#99Neil8US #162
#100Warren8US #102

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑40Gary#51
↑36Jeffrey#56
↑35Harry#46
↑32Sharon#33
↑31Sheila#52
↑29Donna#39
↑26Pamela#59
↑25Lucille#32

Falling

↓35Doris#69
↓35Theodore#92
↓32Roberta#70
↓32Ellen#83
↓26Wayne#85
↓25Ruth#68
↓25Marion#89
↓23Martin#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.