Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	392
2	Joseph	319
3	Robert	299
4	William	291
5	Raymond	231
6	George	203
7	James	194
8	Edward	164
9	Charles	135
10	Richard	125
11	Frank	114
12	Thomas	109
13	Anthony	108
14	Arthur	100
15	Albert	96
16	Donald	85
17	Louis	84
18	Francis	78
19	Norman	77
20	Paul	71
21	Henry	66
22	Roland	65
23	Normand	58
24	Ernest	55
24	Walter	55

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Leo	53
27	Ralph	50
28	David	45
29	Alfred	44
29	Harold	44
31	Roger	40
31	Vincent	40
33	Peter	39
34	Earl	37
35	Eugene	36
36	Frederick	35
37	Gerald	34
38	Michael	33
39	Russell	31
40	Bernard	30
40	Maurice	30
42	Gerard	29
42	Harry	29
42	Howard	29
45	Kenneth	26
45	Stanley	26
47	Herbert	25
48	Daniel	24
49	Philip	23
49	Rene	23
51	Angelo	21
51	Antonio	21
51	Edwin	21
51	Gordon	21
55	Lawrence	20
56	Domenic	19
56	Edmund	19
56	Leonard	19
56	Manuel	19
60	Andrew	18
60	Clifford	18
60	Fred	18
60	Gilbert	18
60	Wilfred	18
65	Armand	17
65	Samuel	17
65	Stephen	17
68	Mario	16
68	Ronald	16
68	Theodore	16
68	Warren	16
72	Edgar	14
72	Edmond	14
72	Everett	14
72	Lester	14
72	Marcel	14
72	Rudolph	14
78	Carl	13
78	Lionel	13
78	Milton	13
81	Nicholas	12
81	Salvatore	12
83	Bertrand	11
83	Clarence	11
83	Lewis	11
83	Lucien	11
87	Fernand	10
87	Oscar	10
87	Victor	10
90	Antone	9
90	Douglas	9
90	Laurent	9
90	Leroy	9
90	Pasco	9
90	Wallace	9
96	Leon	8
96	Omer	8
96	Roy	8
99	Allen	7
99	Dante	7
99	Harvey	7
99	Irving	7
99	Laurence	7
99	Lloyd	7
99	Martin	7
99	Rocco	7
99	Vernon	7