Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	406
2	Joseph	326
3	William	262
4	Robert	216
5	Edward	187
6	George	174
7	Raymond	168
8	James	165
9	Thomas	125
10	Charles	117
11	Anthony	108
12	Frank	102
13	Albert	98
14	Henry	92
14	Walter	92
16	Alfred	88
16	Arthur	88
18	Richard	82
19	Donald	76
20	Louis	75
21	Francis	74
22	Ernest	61
23	Ralph	58
24	Harold	57
25	Norman	56

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Michael	55
27	Eugene	54
27	Paul	54
29	Leo	48
30	Peter	43
31	Normand	41
31	Roland	41
33	David	38
33	Vincent	38
35	Frederick	37
35	Kenneth	37
37	Harry	34
38	Manuel	33
38	Stanley	33
40	Daniel	32
41	Herbert	30
41	Russell	30
43	Nicholas	29
44	Lawrence	28
45	Earl	27
45	Leonard	27
45	Salvatore	27
48	Maurice	26
48	Samuel	26
50	Gerard	25
51	Bernard	24
51	Gerald	24
53	Howard	23
54	Stephen	22
55	Armand	21
55	Edgar	21
55	Everett	21
58	Andrew	20
58	Angelo	20
58	Domenic	20
58	Fred	20
58	Matthew	20
63	Warren	19
64	Carl	18
64	Lester	18
64	Lucien	18
67	Edwin	17
67	Mario	17
67	Roger	17
70	Antonio	16
70	Benjamin	16
70	Theodore	16
70	Victor	16
70	Wilfred	16
75	Americo	15
75	Clarence	15
75	Gordon	15
75	Milton	15
75	Rene	15
80	Alexander	14
80	Edmund	14
80	Pasco	14
83	Irving	13
84	Armando	12
84	Emile	12
84	Lionel	12
84	Philip	12
88	Clifford	11
88	Roy	11
90	Dennis	10
90	Leon	10
90	Luigi	10
90	Martin	10
90	Rudolph	10
90	Vito	10
96	Alphonse	9
96	Arnold	9
96	Chester	9
96	Christopher	9
96	Herman	9
96	Oscar	9