Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	509
2	John	470
3	Richard	404
4	William	307
5	Joseph	266
6	James	245
7	David	178
8	Thomas	162
9	Paul	158
10	Ronald	154
11	Raymond	148
12	Edward	132
13	Michael	131
14	George	126
15	Donald	118
16	Anthony	104
17	Charles	102
18	Frank	97
18	Peter	97
20	Kenneth	91
21	Arthur	88
22	Stephen	74
23	Dennis	71
24	Albert	69
24	Roger	69

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	66
27	Walter	55
28	Alfred	53
28	Gerald	53
28	Henry	53
31	Francis	51
32	Frederick	49
33	Roland	45
34	Norman	44
35	Daniel	41
36	Douglas	39
37	Ralph	37
38	Bruce	36
38	Vincent	36
40	Ernest	35
40	Philip	35
42	Lawrence	30
43	Russell	29
44	Alan	28
44	Eugene	28
46	Gerard	26
46	Howard	26
46	Leo	26
49	Harold	24
50	Fred	23
51	Stanley	22
52	Carl	21
53	Earl	19
54	Andrew	18
54	Bernard	18
54	Manuel	18
54	Theodore	18
54	Victor	18
54	Wayne	18
60	Allan	16
60	Gilbert	16
62	Brian	15
62	Herbert	15
62	Normand	15
62	Rene	15
66	Armand	14
66	Edmund	14
66	Martin	14
66	Maurice	14
66	Nicholas	14
71	Larry	13
71	Leonard	13
73	Clifford	12
73	Edmond	12
73	Steven	12
76	Allen	11
76	Arnold	11
76	Barry	11
76	Benjamin	11
76	Emile	11
76	Harry	11
76	Samuel	11
83	Andre	10
83	Angelo	10
83	Gordon	10
83	Gregory	10
83	Roy	10
88	Antonio	9
88	Conrad	9
88	Edwin	9
88	Gary	9
88	Jeffrey	9
88	Marcel	9
88	Wilfred	9
95	Clarence	8
95	Edgar	8
95	Jean	8
95	Lee	8
99	Gene	7
99	Jack	7
99	Leon	7
99	Milton	7
99	Patrick	7
99	Timothy	7
99	Warren	7