Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1920
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 395 |
| 2 | Joseph | 330 |
| 3 | William | 258 |
| 4 | James | 191 |
| 5 | Edward | 173 |
| 6 | George | 170 |
| 7 | Robert | 165 |
| 8 | Raymond | 162 |
| 9 | Charles | 138 |
| 10 | Frank | 127 |
| 11 | Albert | 115 |
| 12 | Arthur | 108 |
| 13 | Henry | 104 |
| 13 | Thomas | 104 |
| 15 | Anthony | 90 |
| 16 | Ernest | 78 |
| 16 | Walter | 78 |
| 18 | Alfred | 72 |
| 19 | Louis | 69 |
| 19 | Richard | 69 |
| 21 | Harold | 63 |
| 22 | Michael | 62 |
| 23 | Francis | 59 |
| 24 | Ralph | 53 |
| 25 | Leo | 48 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Paul | 47 |
| 26 | Peter | 47 |
| 28 | Vincent | 46 |
| 29 | Norman | 45 |
| 30 | Frederick | 44 |
| 31 | Herbert | 41 |
| 32 | Roland | 40 |
| 33 | Antonio | 35 |
| 33 | Manuel | 35 |
| 35 | Howard | 34 |
| 36 | Donald | 33 |
| 37 | Kenneth | 32 |
| 38 | Stanley | 31 |
| 39 | Eugene | 30 |
| 39 | Leonard | 30 |
| 41 | Russell | 28 |
| 41 | Theodore | 28 |
| 43 | Lawrence | 27 |
| 44 | Daniel | 26 |
| 44 | Earl | 26 |
| 44 | Harry | 26 |
| 47 | Bernard | 25 |
| 47 | Carl | 25 |
| 49 | Everett | 24 |
| 49 | Irving | 24 |
| 51 | Normand | 23 |
| 51 | Philip | 23 |
| 53 | Andrew | 20 |
| 53 | Domenic | 20 |
| 53 | Gerard | 20 |
| 56 | Angelo | 19 |
| 56 | Chester | 19 |
| 56 | David | 19 |
| 56 | Fred | 19 |
| 56 | Maurice | 19 |
| 56 | Roger | 19 |
| 62 | Benjamin | 18 |
| 62 | Nicholas | 18 |
| 64 | Edmund | 17 |
| 64 | Gerald | 17 |
| 64 | Milton | 17 |
| 64 | Salvatore | 17 |
| 64 | Wilfred | 17 |
| 69 | Armand | 16 |
| 69 | Rene | 16 |
| 71 | Alexander | 15 |
| 71 | Lester | 15 |
| 73 | Edwin | 14 |
| 73 | Lloyd | 14 |
| 73 | Matthew | 14 |
| 73 | Warren | 14 |
| 77 | Mario | 13 |
| 77 | Victor | 13 |
| 77 | Wallace | 13 |
| 80 | Douglas | 12 |
| 80 | Samuel | 12 |
| 80 | Stephen | 12 |
| 83 | Lionel | 11 |
| 83 | Martin | 11 |
| 83 | Pasco | 11 |
| 86 | Americo | 10 |
| 86 | Carlo | 10 |
| 86 | Clifford | 10 |
| 86 | Clinton | 10 |
| 86 | Edgar | 10 |
| 86 | Elmer | 10 |
| 86 | Rocco | 10 |
| 86 | Romeo | 10 |
| 94 | Emile | 9 |
| 94 | Hector | 9 |
| 94 | Leon | 9 |
| 94 | Luigi | 9 |
| 94 | Roy | 9 |
| 94 | Tony | 9 |
| 100 | Armando | 8 |
| 100 | Domenico | 8 |
| 100 | Felix | 8 |
| 100 | Gordon | 8 |
| 100 | Jerry | 8 |
| 100 | Lewis | 8 |
| 100 | Oscar | 8 |