Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	442
2	John	291
3	Richard	243
4	Joseph	200
5	William	198
6	James	156
7	Donald	139
8	Edward	137
9	George	127
10	Raymond	124
11	Thomas	101
12	Charles	86
13	Ronald	80
14	David	78
15	Anthony	75
16	Paul	74
17	Frank	69
18	Arthur	68
19	Roger	67
20	Albert	57
21	Norman	50
21	Walter	50
23	Francis	48
24	Louis	47
25	Michael	39

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gerald	38
27	Peter	37
28	Ernest	36
28	Roland	36
30	Henry	34
31	Alfred	33
32	Kenneth	31
32	Leo	31
34	Vincent	29
35	Harold	28
36	Ralph	27
37	Daniel	24
38	Eugene	23
38	Frederick	23
40	Gerard	22
41	Carl	21
41	Philip	21
41	Stephen	21
44	Everett	20
44	Lawrence	20
46	Normand	19
47	Bernard	18
47	Fred	18
47	Russell	18
50	Bruce	17
50	Earl	17
50	Howard	17
50	Leonard	17
50	Maurice	17
55	Armand	15
56	Alan	13
56	Harry	13
58	Edmund	12
58	Herbert	12
58	Rene	12
61	Gordon	11
61	Stanley	11
61	Warren	11
64	Allan	10
64	Andrew	10
66	Arnold	9
66	Gilbert	9
66	Martin	9
66	Victor	9
70	Angelo	8
70	Benjamin	8
70	Domenic	8
70	Leon	8
70	Malcolm	8
70	Melvin	8
70	Nicholas	8
70	Roy	8
70	Samuel	8
70	Theodore	8
70	Wilfred	8
81	Chester	7
81	Clifford	7
81	Douglas	7
81	Edmond	7
81	Emile	7
81	Harvey	7
81	Lewis	7
81	Manuel	7
81	Noel	7
81	Salvatore	7
91	Alexander	6
91	Andre	6
91	Antonio	6
91	Barry	6
91	Carmine	6
91	Irving	6
91	Jean	6
91	Leroy	6
91	Lucien	6
91	Pasquale	6
91	Wayne	6