Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	323
2	Robert	299
3	Joseph	245
4	William	237
5	James	163
6	George	157
7	Richard	144
8	Edward	140
9	Raymond	139
10	Donald	123
11	Anthony	113
12	Charles	101
13	Albert	99
14	Thomas	97
15	Frank	85
16	Arthur	73
17	Alfred	72
18	Paul	70
19	Francis	67
20	Norman	64
21	Henry	61
22	Roland	53
22	Walter	53
24	Louis	51
25	David	49

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Normand	48
27	Leo	47
28	Eugene	45
28	Roger	45
30	Ernest	44
31	Ralph	42
32	Frederick	40
33	Michael	38
34	Kenneth	37
34	Vincent	37
36	Harold	31
37	Gerald	28
38	Daniel	27
38	Herbert	27
40	Maurice	26
41	Bernard	25
41	Harry	25
41	Stanley	25
44	Peter	24
44	Theodore	24
46	Angelo	22
46	Carl	22
46	Earl	22
49	Gerard	21
49	Manuel	21
51	Howard	20
51	Lawrence	20
51	Russell	20
54	Andrew	18
54	Fred	18
54	Leonard	18
54	Ronald	18
58	Gilbert	17
58	Gordon	17
58	Leon	17
61	Everett	16
62	Clifford	15
62	Roy	15
64	Victor	14
65	Antonio	13
65	Armand	13
65	Rene	13
68	Clarence	12
68	Mario	12
68	Nicholas	12
68	Philip	12
72	Edwin	11
72	Lester	11
72	Lionel	11
72	Lucien	11
72	Wilfred	11
77	Alvin	10
77	Benjamin	10
77	Jean	10
77	Lloyd	10
77	Malcolm	10
77	Matthew	10
77	Pasco	10
84	Alexander	9
84	Domenic	9
84	Edmund	9
84	Irving	9
84	Martin	9
84	Milton	9
84	Pasquale	9
84	Rudolph	9
92	Americo	8
92	Burton	8
92	Edgar	8
92	Gennaro	8
92	Leroy	8
92	Rocco	8
92	Salvatore	8
92	Samuel	8
92	Stephen	8