Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	427
2	John	351
3	Richard	298
4	William	230
5	Joseph	202
6	James	181
7	David	161
8	Edward	145
9	Raymond	133
10	Paul	127
11	Ronald	126
11	Thomas	126
13	George	120
14	Charles	105
15	Donald	101
16	Michael	98
17	Anthony	93
18	Frank	89
19	Arthur	76
20	Kenneth	73
21	Albert	68
22	Peter	67
23	Gerald	56
24	Stephen	54
25	Roger	52

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	46
27	Francis	42
27	Walter	42
29	Alfred	41
30	Daniel	40
31	Frederick	37
32	Norman	36
33	Dennis	35
34	Eugene	33
34	Philip	33
36	Lawrence	31
36	Roland	31
38	Henry	30
39	Bruce	29
40	Ernest	28
40	Harold	28
42	Ralph	27
43	Leonard	26
44	Leo	25
44	Normand	25
46	Herbert	24
47	Carl	23
47	Russell	23
47	Vincent	23
50	Gerard	21
50	Maurice	21
52	Howard	19
53	Edwin	18
54	Fred	16
54	Manuel	16
54	Theodore	16
57	Barry	15
57	Douglas	15
59	Alan	14
59	Brian	14
59	Harry	14
59	Stanley	14
63	Clifford	13
63	Gordon	13
63	Jeffrey	13
63	Roy	13
67	Allen	12
67	Wayne	12
69	Edmund	11
69	Martin	11
69	Victor	11
72	Earl	10
72	Everett	10
72	Gary	10
72	Gilbert	10
72	Leon	10
72	Samuel	10
78	Domenic	9
78	Edmond	9
78	Patrick	9
78	Rene	9
78	Steven	9
83	Andre	8
83	Bernard	8
83	Carlo	8
83	Marcel	8
83	Matthew	8
88	Alexander	7
88	Allan	7
88	Andrew	7
88	Armand	7
88	Edgar	7
88	Harvey	7
88	Mario	7
88	Warren	7
96	Antonio	6
96	Arnold	6
96	Bradford	6
96	Jack	6
96	Jean	6
96	Laurence	6
96	Lewis	6
96	Lloyd	6
96	Milton	6
96	Nicholas	6
96	Stuart	6
96	Timothy	6