Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	385
2	John	323
3	Joseph	253
4	William	225
5	Raymond	174
6	James	159
7	George	154
8	Edward	147
9	Richard	144
10	Donald	128
11	Anthony	124
12	Charles	116
13	Frank	100
14	Paul	81
15	Albert	79
16	Thomas	78
17	Alfred	75
18	Arthur	72
18	Henry	72
20	Norman	58
21	David	57
21	Leo	57
23	Kenneth	56
24	Vincent	54
25	Ernest	52

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Louis	52
25	Walter	52
28	Roland	51
29	Francis	49
29	Peter	49
31	Michael	47
32	Eugene	43
32	Normand	43
34	Frederick	41
34	Ralph	41
36	Harold	40
37	Daniel	35
37	Roger	35
39	Gerald	31
39	Harry	31
41	Bernard	27
41	Herbert	27
41	Ronald	27
44	Leonard	26
45	Lawrence	25
46	Howard	24
47	Armand	22
47	Earl	22
47	Edmund	22
47	Manuel	22
51	Maurice	20
51	Russell	20
53	Philip	19
54	Angelo	18
54	Gilbert	18
54	Salvatore	18
57	Antonio	17
57	Everett	17
57	Fred	17
57	Gerard	17
61	Irving	16
62	Edgar	15
62	Stanley	15
62	Stephen	15
65	Andrew	14
65	Rene	14
67	Domenic	13
67	Edwin	13
67	Gordon	13
67	Marcel	13
67	Wilfred	13
72	Clifford	12
72	Nicholas	12
72	Theodore	12
75	Lionel	11
76	Carl	10
76	Lucien	10
76	Martin	10
76	Samuel	10
80	Harvey	9
80	Victor	9
82	Benjamin	8
82	Douglas	8
82	Herman	8
82	Lewis	8
82	Mario	8
82	Milton	8
82	Omer	8
82	Romeo	8
82	Warren	8
91	Burton	7
91	Carlo	7
91	Hugh	7
91	Leroy	7
91	Lloyd	7
91	Melvin	7
91	Pasco	7
91	Roy	7
99	Alan	6
99	Armando	6
99	Carmino	6
99	Chester	6
99	Dennis	6
99	Edmond	6
99	Emile	6
99	Jack	6
99	Leon	6
99	Lester	6
99	Matthew	6
99	Oliver	6
99	Pasquale	6