Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	496
2	John	302
3	William	220
4	Richard	216
5	Joseph	195
6	James	159
7	Edward	156
8	Donald	145
9	David	120
10	George	119
11	Raymond	109
12	Charles	106
13	Paul	92
14	Ronald	90
15	Anthony	89
16	Thomas	83
17	Roger	70
18	Arthur	68
19	Frank	66
20	Albert	61
21	Gerald	49
21	Walter	49
23	Francis	46
24	Peter	43
25	Louis	42

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	41
26	Michael	41
28	Henry	38
29	Alfred	36
30	Norman	35
31	Leo	33
31	Roland	33
31	Stephen	33
31	Vincent	33
35	Ralph	31
36	Harold	28
37	Ernest	27
38	Eugene	24
39	Daniel	23
39	Frederick	23
41	Harry	20
41	Normand	20
43	Leonard	19
43	Manuel	19
45	Carl	18
45	Fred	18
45	Lawrence	18
48	Alan	16
48	Russell	16
50	Gerard	14
50	Gilbert	14
50	Howard	14
50	Philip	14
54	Bruce	13
54	Chester	13
54	Douglas	13
54	Earl	13
54	Nicholas	13
54	Stanley	13
60	Rene	12
60	Theodore	12
62	Armand	11
62	Bernard	11
62	Wilfred	11
65	Andrew	10
65	Edgar	10
65	Gordon	10
65	Maurice	10
69	Allan	9
69	Allen	9
69	Domenic	9
69	Jean	9
69	Martin	9
74	Antonio	8
74	Dennis	8
74	Edmund	8
74	Edwin	8
74	Emile	8
74	Gary	8
74	Larry	8
74	Lionel	8
74	Lloyd	8
74	Marcel	8
74	Norbert	8
74	Roy	8
74	Salvatore	8
87	Andre	7
87	Clifford	7
87	Jack	7
87	Leroy	7
87	Patrick	7
87	Victor	7
93	Barry	6
93	Benjamin	6
93	Conrad	6
93	Herbert	6
93	Phillip	6
93	Warren	6
99	Alexander	5
99	Leon	5
99	Nelson	5
99	Wallace	5