Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	444
2	John	346
3	Richard	276
4	William	218
5	Joseph	205
6	James	193
7	Edward	138
8	Raymond	128
9	David	123
10	Donald	118
11	Ronald	117
12	George	115
13	Thomas	104
14	Charles	100
15	Paul	96
16	Anthony	80
17	Kenneth	67
17	Peter	67
19	Michael	65
20	Arthur	60
21	Frank	59
22	Albert	58
23	Henry	53
24	Roger	47
25	Francis	43

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roland	42
27	Gerald	40
28	Walter	39
29	Daniel	36
30	Alfred	35
30	Ralph	35
32	Louis	33
32	Stephen	33
34	Bruce	30
35	Vincent	29
36	Ernest	28
37	Eugene	27
38	Carl	26
38	Frederick	26
38	Norman	26
41	Leo	25
42	Harold	23
42	Lawrence	23
44	Dennis	22
44	Normand	22
46	Howard	20
47	Gerard	19
47	Maurice	19
47	Philip	19
50	Earl	18
50	Manuel	18
52	Rene	17
53	Alan	16
53	Herbert	16
55	Stanley	14
55	Victor	14
55	Wayne	14
58	Barry	13
58	Fred	13
58	Russell	13
61	Bernard	12
61	Douglas	12
61	Edmund	12
61	Leonard	12
61	Martin	12
61	Nicholas	12
67	Harry	11
68	Armand	10
68	Roy	10
68	Wilfred	10
71	Alexander	9
71	Allan	9
71	Angelo	9
71	Benjamin	9
71	Brian	9
71	Clifford	9
71	Edwin	9
71	Gilbert	9
71	Gordon	9
71	Joel	9
71	Leon	9
82	Andrew	8
82	Salvatore	8
82	Theodore	8
85	Alvin	7
85	Antonio	7
85	Jerry	7
85	Lewis	7
89	Arnold	6
89	Eric	6
89	Everett	6
89	Franklin	6
89	Gary	6
89	Harvey	6
89	Matthew	6
89	Pasquale	6
89	Rodney	6
98	Allen	5
98	Edgar	5
98	Glenn	5
98	Lionel	5
98	Lucien	5
98	Melvin	5
98	Stuart	5