Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	359
2	Robert	337
3	Joseph	271
4	William	248
5	George	170
5	James	170
7	Edward	166
8	Richard	154
9	Raymond	146
10	Anthony	128
11	Charles	116
12	Albert	106
13	Thomas	104
14	Frank	95
15	Alfred	93
16	Donald	85
17	Arthur	81
18	Henry	70
19	Norman	68
20	Francis	67
20	Walter	67
22	Ernest	63
23	Roland	59
24	Paul	58
25	Louis	56

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	53
26	Leo	53
28	Michael	49
29	Kenneth	48
30	Frederick	46
31	Normand	44
32	David	43
33	Harold	42
34	Ralph	39
34	Roger	39
36	Peter	37
37	Manuel	36
38	Russell	35
39	Vincent	33
40	Wilfred	32
41	Bernard	31
41	Harry	31
43	Earl	29
43	Gerard	29
45	Antonio	27
45	Herbert	27
45	Stanley	27
48	Edmund	23
48	Gerald	23
50	Fred	21
50	Maurice	21
52	Everett	20
53	Armand	19
53	Arnold	19
53	Leonard	19
56	Daniel	18
56	Howard	18
56	Philip	18
59	Nicholas	17
59	Salvatore	17
61	Edgar	16
61	Rudolph	16
63	Angelo	15
63	Gilbert	15
63	Roy	15
66	Clifford	14
66	Rene	14
66	Ronald	14
66	Theodore	14
70	Alexander	13
70	Andrew	13
70	Benjamin	13
70	Lawrence	13
70	Mario	13
75	Chester	12
75	Gordon	12
75	Milton	12
75	Pasco	12
75	Samuel	12
80	Carl	11
80	Domenic	11
80	Lionel	11
80	Luigi	11
80	Wallace	11
85	Victor	10
86	Clarence	9
86	Conrad	9
86	Dante	9
86	Leon	9
86	Marcel	9
86	Matthew	9
86	Pasquale	9
86	Stephen	9
94	Carlo	8
94	Edmond	8
94	Hugh	8
94	Irving	8
94	Lucien	8
94	Malcolm	8
100	Alvin	7
100	Americo	7
100	Carmine	7
100	Douglas	7
100	Edwin	7
100	Emile	7
100	Lloyd	7
100	Martin	7
100	Warren	7