Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	387
2	Joseph	346
3	William	269
4	James	189
5	George	187
6	Robert	182
7	Edward	175
8	Raymond	166
9	Frank	144
10	Charles	135
11	Arthur	114
12	Albert	113
13	Anthony	110
13	Thomas	110
15	Henry	108
16	Walter	96
17	Francis	91
18	Louis	79
19	Vincent	63
20	Alfred	61
21	Richard	60
22	Leo	59
22	Michael	59
24	Norman	58
25	Harold	57

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ernest	56
26	Peter	56
28	Paul	50
28	Ralph	50
30	Manuel	48
31	Kenneth	45
32	Donald	41
33	Roland	40
34	Lawrence	38
35	Frederick	37
36	Earl	36
37	Antonio	35
37	Stanley	35
39	David	34
39	Eugene	34
41	Angelo	33
42	Russell	32
43	Fred	29
43	Warren	29
45	Herbert	28
45	Howard	28
45	Philip	28
48	Maurice	27
49	Leonard	25
50	Bernard	23
51	Harry	22
52	Salvatore	21
52	Theodore	21
54	Gerard	20
54	Victor	20
54	Wilfred	20
57	Edmund	19
57	Nicholas	19
59	Benjamin	18
59	Edgar	18
59	Edwin	18
62	Alexander	17
62	Armando	17
62	Chester	17
62	Leon	17
62	Lionel	17
62	Normand	17
68	Armand	16
68	Daniel	16
68	Domenic	16
68	Mario	16
68	Roger	16
73	Everett	15
73	Gerald	15
73	Gilbert	15
73	Irving	15
73	Lucien	15
73	Samuel	15
79	Carl	14
79	Matthew	14
79	Oscar	14
79	Roy	14
83	Andrew	13
83	Arnold	13
83	Gordon	13
83	Lloyd	13
83	Stephen	13
83	Wallace	13
89	Clarence	12
89	Pasquale	12
89	Rene	12
92	Clifford	10
92	Edmond	10
92	Emile	10
92	Guido	10
92	Leroy	10
92	Milton	10
92	Tony	10
99	Antone	9
99	Bertrand	9
99	Dominick	9
99	Harvey	9