Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	390
2	John	315
3	William	248
4	Joseph	244
5	Richard	175
6	Edward	130
7	James	129
8	George	128
9	Donald	127
10	Raymond	122
11	Thomas	117
12	Charles	105
13	Anthony	104
14	Arthur	94
15	Frank	78
16	Francis	68
16	Paul	68
18	Alfred	64
19	Albert	57
20	Norman	56
21	Henry	53
22	Kenneth	51
23	David	49
23	Louis	49
25	Roger	45

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Leo	42
27	Ralph	41
27	Roland	41
29	Harold	39
29	Walter	39
31	Vincent	38
32	Michael	36
33	Eugene	34
34	Daniel	30
34	Frederick	30
34	Peter	30
37	Normand	29
38	Maurice	28
38	Russell	28
40	Lawrence	27
40	Philip	27
42	Gilbert	26
43	Ernest	25
43	Herbert	25
45	Bernard	23
45	Gerald	23
45	Leonard	23
48	Salvatore	21
49	Fred	20
49	Ronald	20
51	Carl	19
51	Harry	19
51	Manuel	19
54	Gerard	18
54	Howard	18
54	Roy	18
54	Theodore	18
54	Victor	18
59	Andrew	17
59	Earl	17
59	Nicholas	17
62	Angelo	15
62	Leon	15
62	Lucien	15
62	Samuel	15
62	Stephen	15
67	Edwin	14
67	Everett	14
67	Milton	14
70	Armand	13
70	Domenic	13
70	Stanley	13
70	Wilfred	13
74	Clarence	12
75	Edgar	11
75	Edmond	11
75	Gordon	11
78	Antonio	10
78	Warren	10
80	Carmine	9
80	Chester	9
80	Irving	9
80	Lloyd	9
80	Pasco	9
85	Alan	8
85	Alexander	8
85	Arnold	8
85	Lewis	8
85	Lionel	8
85	Rudolph	8
91	Allan	7
91	Benjamin	7
91	Burton	7
91	Clinton	7
91	Edmund	7
91	Irwin	7
91	Jerome	7
91	Marcel	7
91	Melvin	7
91	Rocco	7