State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,591 Rhode Island births in 1946 across 332 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.

#40Gerard#197 nationally
#61Normandoutside the national top 200
#65Claireoutside the national top 200
#68Reneoutside the national top 200
#76Edmundoutside the national top 200
#64Maurice#176 nationally
#90Domenicoutside the national top 200
#59Roland#166 nationally
#97Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#44Leo#147 nationally
#92Everett#191 nationally
#43Pauline#133 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia287US #3
#2Barbara268US #4
#3Carol253US #5
#4Mary253US #1
#5Linda200US #2
#6Sandra182US #6
#7Susan174US #8
#8Nancy167US #7
#9Kathleen166US #16
#10Judith157US #10
#11Donna138US #13
#12Joan112US #28
#13Margaret107US #17
#14Janice106US #22
#15Elaine103US #47
#16Ann102US #40
#17Joyce90US #20
#18Diane89US #19
#19Cheryl88US #27
#20Elizabeth82US #25
#21Paula82US #69
#22Karen80US #15
#23Sharon80US #9
#24Carolyn77US #12
#25Suzanne76US #52
#26Jean72US #37
#27Beverly71US #30
#28Dorothy71US #23
#29Gail71US #49
#30Maureen69US #95
#31Janet68US #21
#32Jane64US #35
#33Lorraine64US #93
#34Jeanne62US #83
#35Shirley62US #18
#36Marilyn61US #29
#37Jacqueline60US #62
#38Cynthia57US #46
#39Frances55US #39
#40Christine53US #50
#41Anne51US #81
#42Marie50US #54
#43Pauline49US #133
#44Gloria48US #26
#45Dianne45US #76
#46Joanne45US #57
#47Virginia45US #31
#48Pamela43US #34
#49Sheila42US #70
#50Rosemary41US #74
#51Lucille40US #137
#52Deborah39US #119
#53Joann39US #90
#54Roberta38US #86
#55Marcia37US #89
#56Theresa37US #96
#57Eileen36US #80
#58Ellen36US #58
#59Catherine34US #48
#60Constance34US #100
#61Helen33US #36
#62Phyllis33US #41
#63Alice32US #44
#64Carole32US #72
#65Claire32
#66Martha32US #32
#67Lois30US #55
#68Louise30US #91
#69Diana28US #42
#70Arlene27US #113
#71Geraldine27US #66
#72Leslie26US #130
#73Rita26US #56
#74Ruth26US #38
#75Paulette25US #117
#76Judy24US #11
#77Priscilla24US #160
#78Rose24US #60
#79Jo23US #53
#80Marjorie23US #106
#81Marsha22US #98
#82Betty21US #14
#83Denise21US #169
#84Doris21US #51
#85Maria21US #88
#86Norma21US #77
#87Charlene20US #107
#88Irene20US #102
#89Brenda19US #24
#90Evelyn19US #65
#91Eleanor18US #139
#92Kathryn18US #63
#93Charlotte17US #64
#94Dolores17US #104
#95Lillian17US #129
#96Lynne17US #153
#97Anita16US #84
#98Florence16US #146
#99Lynn16US #94
#100Mildred16US #103

Boys

#1Robert650US #2
#2Richard488US #5
#3John472US #3
#4James365US #1
#5William352US #4
#6David277US #6
#7Joseph251US #14
#8Thomas217US #8
#9Paul207US #18
#10Ronald206US #10
#11Michael193US #7
#12Edward167US #19
#13Charles164US #9
#14Raymond160US #25
#15Donald156US #13
#16George146US #16
#17Kenneth137US #15
#18Stephen120US #24
#19Dennis109US #17
#20Peter108US #38
#21Anthony92US #44
#22Frank89US #22
#23Arthur77US #36
#24Albert73US #52
#25Roger71US #23
#26Gerald66US #27
#27Henry64US #41
#28Daniel60US #21
#29Alfred58US #94
#30Alan57US #49
#31Bruce53US #32
#32Louis52US #63
#33Frederick50US #75
#34Walter48US #30
#35Francis47US #80
#36Lawrence46US #31
#37Norman46US #76
#38Wayne43US #29
#39Ernest42US #71
#40Gerard42US #197
#41Russell42US #66
#42Vincent42US #110
#43Steven41US #28
#44Leo39US #147
#45Ralph37US #48
#46Gary36US #12
#47Jeffrey33US #78
#48Eugene32US #57
#49Harry32US #50
#50Gregory30US #56
#51Philip29US #61
#52Douglas28US #34
#53Leonard28US #67
#54Barry27US #68
#55Harold27US #33
#56Andrew26US #84
#57Carl24US #39
#58Howard24US #55
#59Roland24US #166
#60Brian22US #103
#61Normand21
#62Glenn20US #81
#63Mark20US #58
#64Maurice19US #176
#65Nicholas19US #144
#66Craig18US #108
#67Earl18US #82
#68Rene18
#69Martin17US #92
#70Roy17US #43
#71Theodore17US #101
#72Bernard16US #102
#73Clifford16US #100
#74Herbert16US #97
#75Allan15US #124
#76Edmund15
#77Gilbert15US #138
#78Stanley15US #65
#79Christopher14US #150
#80Fred13US #51
#81Gordon13US #111
#82Jack13US #35
#83Jonathan13US #173
#84Samuel13US #70
#85Warren13US #105
#86Allen12US #74
#87Manuel12US #157
#88Patrick12US #59
#89Timothy12US #60
#90Domenic11
#91Edwin11US #112
#92Everett11US #191
#93Kevin11US #179
#94Larry10US #11
#95Leslie10US #119
#96Phillip10US #83
#97Wilfred10
#98Alexander9US #188
#99Eric9US #134
#100Leon9US #113

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑26Joann#53
↑26Ellen#58
↑25Rosemary#50
↑23Martin#69
↑20Theresa#56
↑19Christine#40
↑18Diana#69
↑18Roy#70

Falling

↓26Larry#94
↓23Geraldine#71
↓22Brenda#89
↓21Carole#64
↓20Phyllis#62
↓20Marjorie#80
↓19Rita#73
↓19Jack#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.