Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	420
2	Joseph	300
3	Robert	268
4	William	255
5	George	192
6	Raymond	185
7	James	168
8	Edward	158
9	Anthony	135
10	Charles	125
11	Richard	117
12	Thomas	108
13	Frank	107
14	Arthur	104
15	Albert	98
16	Louis	84
17	Donald	83
18	Francis	80
19	Walter	78
20	Norman	74
21	Paul	69
22	Henry	68
23	Alfred	65
24	Leo	61
25	Ernest	60

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peter	59
27	Normand	57
28	Roland	51
29	Kenneth	48
30	Ralph	44
31	Roger	43
32	Frederick	40
33	Vincent	39
34	Bernard	37
34	Harold	37
34	Michael	37
37	Daniel	36
37	David	36
39	Eugene	32
40	Gerard	31
41	Antonio	30
41	Everett	30
41	Maurice	30
44	Herbert	29
44	Manuel	29
44	Russell	29
47	Earl	28
48	Armand	27
48	Lawrence	27
48	Samuel	27
51	Angelo	26
51	Edwin	26
51	Harry	26
54	Fred	25
54	Stanley	25
56	Howard	24
56	Leonard	24
58	Rene	21
59	Gerald	20
60	Philip	19
61	Andrew	18
61	Lucien	18
61	Salvatore	18
61	Stephen	18
65	Edmund	17
65	Milton	17
67	Clarence	16
67	Gordon	16
67	Nicholas	16
70	Carl	15
70	Gilbert	15
72	Chester	14
72	Domenic	14
74	Arnold	13
74	Leon	13
74	Marcel	13
74	Ronald	13
74	Rudolph	13
79	Edmond	12
79	Irving	12
79	Theodore	12
82	Martin	11
82	Victor	11
84	Benjamin	10
84	Clifford	10
84	Lester	10
84	Lionel	10
84	Oscar	10
84	Wallace	10
90	Armando	9
90	Dennis	9
90	Edgar	9
90	Lloyd	9
90	Luigi	9
90	Pasco	9
90	Rocco	9
90	Wilfred	9
98	Alexander	8
98	Burton	8
98	Elmer	8
98	Romeo	8
98	Warren	8