Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1912

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	172
2	Joseph	123
3	William	117
4	Edward	80
5	James	75
6	Charles	69
7	George	68
8	Thomas	55
9	Albert	53
10	Robert	52
11	Raymond	48
12	Anthony	45
12	Frank	45
14	Arthur	40
15	Harold	35
15	Walter	35
17	Louis	33
18	Henry	32
19	Ernest	30
19	Francis	30
21	Leo	25
22	Ralph	24
23	Michael	23
24	Alfred	19
25	Frederick	18

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Harry	18
27	Paul	17
27	Vincent	17
29	Antonio	15
29	Fred	15
29	Milton	15
32	Norman	14
32	Peter	14
32	Richard	14
35	Everett	13
35	Howard	13
35	Samuel	13
38	Philip	12
39	Angelo	11
39	Daniel	11
39	Eugene	11
39	Kenneth	11
39	Manuel	11
39	Nicholas	11
39	Russell	11
39	Salvatore	11
39	Stanley	11
39	Theodore	11
49	Edmund	10
49	Herbert	10
49	Leonard	10
52	Andrew	9
52	Pasquale	9
54	Benjamin	8
54	David	8
54	Donald	8
54	Earl	8
54	Lawrence	8
54	Morris	8
60	Abraham	7
60	Armand	7
60	Carl	7
60	Clarence	7
60	Edgar	7
60	Edwin	7
60	Guido	7
60	Maurice	7
60	Roland	7
60	Sidney	7
60	Wilfred	7
71	Alexander	6
71	Bernard	6
71	Edmond	6
71	Emile	6
71	Gerald	6
71	Mario	6
71	Matthew	6
71	Patrick	6
71	Victor	6
80	Arnold	5
80	Austin	5
80	Chester	5
80	Clifford	5
80	Domenic	5
80	Elmer	5
80	Gilbert	5
80	Hugh	5
80	Irving	5
80	Julius	5
80	Rocco	5
80	Stephen	5