Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	430
2	Richard	303
3	John	281
4	William	225
5	Joseph	182
6	James	174
7	Edward	138
8	Thomas	133
9	Ronald	128
10	David	117
11	Raymond	115
12	Donald	113
13	George	108
14	Paul	107
15	Anthony	88
16	Charles	86
17	Frank	73
18	Peter	66
19	Michael	65
20	Kenneth	64
21	Roger	62
22	Albert	54
23	Francis	50
24	Walter	48
25	Arthur	47

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gerald	46
27	Norman	44
28	Alfred	42
29	Henry	41
29	Stephen	41
31	Louis	34
32	Dennis	32
33	Daniel	31
34	Alan	30
35	Leo	29
35	Ralph	29
37	Ernest	27
37	Eugene	27
37	Roland	27
40	Bruce	25
40	Frederick	25
42	Harold	24
43	Vincent	23
44	Harry	22
44	Russell	22
46	Leonard	21
47	Douglas	19
47	Lawrence	19
49	Bernard	18
49	Fred	18
51	Domenic	17
52	Carl	16
52	Manuel	16
54	Allan	15
54	Andrew	15
54	Earl	15
54	Howard	15
54	Maurice	15
54	Normand	15
60	Arnold	14
60	Everett	14
60	Gerard	14
60	Herbert	14
60	Theodore	14
65	Philip	13
66	Nicholas	12
66	Victor	12
66	Wayne	12
69	Allen	11
69	Angelo	11
69	Leon	11
69	Martin	11
73	Armand	10
73	Gilbert	10
73	Jean	10
73	Milton	10
73	Stanley	10
73	Wilfred	10
79	Barry	9
79	Benjamin	9
79	Gordon	9
79	Larry	9
79	Samuel	9
84	Brian	8
84	Clifford	8
84	Edmund	8
84	Emile	8
84	Harvey	8
84	Patrick	8
84	Steven	8
91	Alexander	7
91	Duncan	7
91	Edwin	7
91	Gary	7
91	Jerry	7
91	Lionel	7
91	Lucien	7
91	Salvatore	7
91	Warren	7
100	Andre	6
100	Chester	6
100	Gene	6
100	Hugh	6
100	Jack	6
100	Matthew	6
100	Neil	6
100	Timothy	6