Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	353
2	Joseph	320
3	William	238
4	Edward	152
5	James	147
6	George	144
7	Robert	123
8	Charles	122
9	Raymond	115
10	Frank	108
11	Albert	103
12	Thomas	99
13	Arthur	84
14	Alfred	83
14	Anthony	83
16	Henry	78
17	Francis	76
18	Walter	74
19	Louis	65
20	Paul	55
21	Leo	53
21	Richard	53
23	Manuel	45
24	Michael	44
24	Stanley	44

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frederick	42
27	Norman	40
28	Eugene	38
28	Ralph	38
30	Peter	37
31	Ernest	36
31	Harold	36
33	Donald	33
33	Vincent	33
35	Antonio	31
35	Russell	31
37	Nicholas	29
38	Armand	28
38	David	28
38	Herbert	28
38	Samuel	28
42	Bernard	25
42	Stephen	25
44	Harry	24
44	Lawrence	24
44	Milton	24
44	Roland	24
48	Leonard	22
49	Earl	21
50	Fred	20
50	Gerard	20
50	Howard	20
50	Kenneth	20
54	Angelo	19
55	Daniel	18
56	Alexander	17
57	Benjamin	16
57	Edmund	16
57	Everett	16
57	Irving	16
57	Maurice	16
57	Theodore	16
63	Roger	15
63	Victor	15
65	Americo	14
65	Andrew	14
65	Chester	14
65	Domenic	14
65	Salvatore	14
65	Wilfred	14
71	Gerald	13
71	Philip	13
73	Clarence	12
73	Edwin	12
75	Armando	11
75	Carl	11
75	Matthew	11
75	Pasco	11
75	Pasquale	11
75	Rene	11
81	Edgar	10
81	Gordon	10
81	Lloyd	10
81	Mario	10
81	Sidney	10
86	Carmino	9
86	Conrad	9
86	Elmer	9
86	Leon	9
86	Lionel	9
86	Lucien	9
86	Nelson	9
86	Warren	9
94	Antone	8
94	Jack	8
94	Lester	8
94	Luigi	8
94	Martin	8
94	Tony	8
100	Arnold	7
100	Bertrand	7
100	Douglas	7
100	Edmond	7
100	Phillip	7
100	Rocco	7