State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,736 Rhode Island births in 1944 across 304 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.

#39Claireoutside the national top 200
#40Gerardoutside the national top 200
#46Normandoutside the national top 200
#66Armandoutside the national top 200
#32Roland#155 nationally
#81Edmundoutside the national top 200
#82Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#82Jonathanoutside the national top 200
#86Meredithoutside the national top 200
#86Denisoutside the national top 200
#89Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#95Lucienoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Carol238US #5
#2Patricia222US #4
#3Barbara203US #2
#4Mary195US #1
#5Judith178US #9
#6Sandra164US #6
#7Linda141US #3
#8Nancy134US #7
#9Elizabeth107US #23
#10Joan104US #22
#11Elaine103US #46
#12Kathleen97US #20
#13Margaret93US #14
#14Susan92US #13
#15Ann91US #39
#16Joyce85US #18
#17Carolyn77US #11
#18Beverly71US #35
#19Maureen71US #107
#20Donna69US #17
#21Karen65US #16
#22Jean64US #37
#23Marie64US #48
#24Janet62US #21
#25Diane57US #24
#26Janice57US #28
#27Marilyn57US #27
#28Eileen56US #73
#29Frances55US #33
#30Dorothy51US #19
#31Gail51US #56
#32Pauline49US #124
#33Jacqueline48US #64
#34Jane48US #41
#35Shirley47US #15
#36Cheryl46US #36
#37Lorraine46US #93
#38Virginia46US #26
#39Claire45
#40Helen44US #31
#41Paula44US #82
#42Sharon44US #8
#43Pamela43US #44
#44Gloria42US #25
#45Irene41US #91
#46Suzanne41US #78
#47Carole40US #43
#48Marcia40US #89
#49Anne38US #86
#50Constance35US #104
#51Joanne35US #55
#52Catherine34US #49
#53Lucille34US #132
#54Alice33US #38
#55Jeanne33US #108
#56Phyllis31US #40
#57Sheila31US #103
#58Lois30US #47
#59Rita30US #54
#60Ruth30US #32
#61Martha29US #29
#62Christine28US #75
#63Dianne28US #90
#64Louise27US #69
#65Cynthia26US #105
#66Eleanor25US #122
#67Joann24US #65
#68Andrea23US #128
#69Theresa23US #96
#70Brenda22US #30
#71Judy22US #12
#72Maria22US #80
#73Marjorie22US #85
#74Roberta22US #70
#75Ellen21US #63
#76Marsha21US #111
#77Rosemary20US #99
#78Sally20US #59
#79Charlotte19US #50
#80Deborah19US #168
#81Dolores19US #92
#82Jeannette19
#83Arlene18US #101
#84Beatrice18US #156
#85Betty18US #10
#86Meredith18
#87Rose18US #52
#88Evelyn17US #57
#89Jeannine17
#90Lillian17US #126
#91Norma17US #66
#92Priscilla17US #157
#93Doris16US #42
#94Geraldine16US #53
#95Katherine16US #77
#96Anna15US #74
#97Diana15US #60
#98Marguerite15
#99Marion15US #140
#100Vivian15US #129

Boys

#1Robert507US #2
#2John391US #3
#3Richard343US #5
#4William302US #4
#5James243US #1
#6Joseph238US #13
#7David202US #6
#8Thomas181US #8
#9Edward170US #18
#10George153US #14
#11Ronald150US #10
#12Michael147US #9
#13Charles144US #7
#14Paul136US #17
#15Donald130US #11
#16Raymond128US #22
#17Kenneth105US #16
#18Anthony100US #46
#19Dennis86US #20
#20Peter80US #40
#21Frank78US #21
#22Arthur72US #29
#23Stephen67US #28
#24Walter67US #26
#25Roger64US #23
#26Albert61US #44
#27Daniel58US #25
#28Francis58US #71
#29Frederick52US #73
#30Gerald49US #24
#31Russell46US #63
#32Roland45US #155
#33Louis41US #54
#34Norman39US #58
#35Henry38US #35
#36Alan36US #55
#37Alfred35US #82
#38Ernest35US #59
#39Eugene35US #48
#40Gerard35
#41Bruce32US #51
#42Vincent31US #113
#43Carl28US #36
#44Harold28US #27
#45Leo28US #132
#46Normand27
#47Ralph27US #42
#48Brian25US #116
#49Leonard25US #56
#50Howard24US #53
#51Lawrence24US #32
#52Gary23US #15
#53Harry23US #49
#54Philip23US #60
#55Steven20US #52
#56Barry18US #84
#57Douglas18US #34
#58Jeffrey18US #101
#59Andrew17US #81
#60Benjamin17US #130
#61Bernard17US #94
#62Roy16US #39
#63Theodore16US #96
#64Earl15US #65
#65Wayne15US #37
#66Armand14
#67Herbert13US #90
#68Manuel13US #149
#69Allen12US #77
#70Gilbert12US #127
#71Nicholas12US #150
#72Stanley12US #57
#73Warren12US #100
#74Edwin11US #106
#75Gordon11US #105
#76Maurice11US #168
#77Allan10US #141
#78Arnold10US #145
#79Christopher10US #170
#80Clifford10US #99
#81Edmund10
#82Jonathan10
#83Neil10US #161
#84Samuel10US #62
#85Victor10US #107
#86Denis9
#87Everett9US #174
#88Fred9US #47
#89Jon9US #122
#90Patrick9US #64
#91Alexander8US #183
#92Larry8US #12
#93Lee8US #85
#94Lewis8US #112
#95Lucien8
#96Stuart8US #192
#97Andre7
#98Chester7US #137
#99Edmond7
#100Eric7US #158

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑36Dianne#63
↑35Normand#46
↑29Theodore#63
↑28Andrea#68
↑27Warren#73
↑24Claire#39
↑23Christine#62
↑22Maria#72

Falling

↓40Geraldine#94
↓29Stanley#72
↓27Arlene#83
↓24Catherine#52
↓24Dolores#81
↓24Doris#93
↓24Fred#88
↓22Patrick#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.