Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	492
2	John	294
3	Richard	237
4	Joseph	221
5	William	193
6	James	189
7	Raymond	159
8	George	126
9	Donald	125
10	David	116
10	Thomas	116
12	Edward	113
13	Charles	97
14	Anthony	94
14	Ronald	94
16	Paul	78
17	Kenneth	59
18	Arthur	58
18	Roger	58
20	Frank	54
20	Peter	54
22	Francis	53
23	Albert	50
24	Louis	48
24	Walter	48

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Michael	46
27	Gerald	42
27	Norman	42
29	Alfred	41
30	Henry	39
31	Leo	36
32	Eugene	34
33	Ralph	31
34	Ernest	30
34	Frederick	30
34	Roland	30
37	Harold	29
38	Stephen	26
39	Russell	23
39	Vincent	23
41	Daniel	22
41	Normand	22
43	Harry	20
43	Leonard	20
45	Alan	19
45	Bernard	19
45	Fred	19
45	Nicholas	19
45	Philip	19
50	Lawrence	18
50	Maurice	18
52	Bruce	17
52	Stanley	17
54	Gordon	16
54	Howard	16
56	Armand	15
57	Allan	14
57	Carl	14
57	Theodore	14
57	Warren	14
61	Douglas	13
61	Leon	13
61	Manuel	13
64	Edgar	12
65	Allen	11
65	Arnold	11
65	Marcel	11
65	Rene	11
69	Dennis	10
69	Herbert	10
69	Victor	10
69	Wayne	10
69	Wilfred	10
74	Clifford	9
74	Earl	9
74	Edwin	9
74	Samuel	9
78	Andrew	8
78	Patrick	8
78	Roy	8
81	Everett	7
81	Gerard	7
81	Joel	7
81	Laurence	7
81	Lucien	7
86	Andre	6
86	Domenic	6
86	Edmond	6
86	Gilbert	6
86	Harvey	6
86	Lloyd	6
86	Murray	6
86	Wallace	6
94	Benjamin	5
94	Bertrand	5
94	Brian	5
94	Christopher	5
94	Clinton	5
94	Don	5
94	Edmund	5
94	Gary	5
94	Jack	5
94	Jerome	5
94	Jesse	5
94	Leroy	5
94	Lewis	5
94	Lionel	5
94	Matthew	5
94	Melvin	5
94	Oscar	5
94	Sheldon	5
94	Sidney	5