Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	313
2	Joseph	304
3	William	191
4	James	130
5	Edward	128
6	Frank	127
6	George	127
8	Charles	120
9	Albert	116
10	Raymond	107
11	Anthony	95
12	Robert	92
13	Arthur	91
14	Thomas	86
15	Walter	80
16	Louis	76
17	Henry	74
18	Alfred	67
19	Harold	53
20	Ernest	51
21	Michael	50
22	Richard	49
23	Leo	48
24	Peter	47
25	Vincent	46

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frederick	44
27	Norman	42
28	Stanley	39
29	Antonio	37
29	Francis	37
31	Paul	32
32	Eugene	30
33	Donald	29
33	Manuel	29
35	Ralph	27
35	Russell	27
37	David	26
38	Herbert	25
39	Earl	23
39	Howard	23
41	Angelo	22
41	Fred	22
41	Roland	22
44	Andrew	21
44	Everett	21
44	Harry	21
44	Milton	21
44	Samuel	21
49	Carl	20
49	Edmund	20
49	Kenneth	20
49	Lawrence	20
49	Leonard	20
54	Philip	19
54	Stephen	19
56	Theodore	18
57	Armand	16
57	Edgar	16
57	Lester	16
60	Domenic	15
60	Edwin	15
60	Wilfred	15
63	Bernard	14
63	Maurice	14
63	Salvatore	14
63	Warren	14
67	Clarence	13
67	Leon	13
67	Nicholas	13
67	Victor	13
71	Alexander	12
71	Armando	12
71	Benjamin	12
71	Elmer	12
75	Daniel	11
75	Felix	11
75	Gerald	11
75	Irving	11
75	Pasco	11
75	Roger	11
75	Sidney	11
82	Edmond	10
82	Mario	10
82	Pasquale	10
85	Alphonse	9
85	Chester	9
85	Domenico	9
85	Gerard	9
85	Gilbert	9
85	Lucien	9
85	Oscar	9
92	Arnold	8
92	Clifford	8
92	Emile	8
92	Gordon	8
92	Hector	8
92	Herman	8
92	Luigi	8
92	Martin	8
92	Rene	8