Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	564
2	John	425
3	Richard	374
4	William	307
5	Joseph	233
6	James	230
7	David	214
8	Thomas	200
9	Ronald	177
10	Edward	172
11	Raymond	161
12	Paul	152
13	George	146
14	Charles	137
15	Michael	125
16	Donald	124
17	Anthony	112
18	Kenneth	101
19	Peter	89
20	Arthur	82
21	Frank	76
22	Albert	71
23	Roger	70
24	Walter	68
25	Dennis	67

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Stephen	67
27	Gerald	60
28	Frederick	58
29	Daniel	57
29	Francis	57
31	Louis	47
32	Norman	46
33	Alfred	45
33	Ernest	45
35	Henry	43
36	Bruce	40
37	Eugene	38
38	Lawrence	37
39	Russell	36
40	Carl	34
41	Alan	33
41	Vincent	33
43	Stanley	32
44	Douglas	30
44	Roland	30
46	Harry	29
46	Leo	29
46	Ralph	29
49	Harold	28
49	Philip	28
51	Gary	25
51	Steven	25
53	Gerard	24
53	Leonard	24
55	Howard	22
55	Jeffrey	22
57	Bernard	21
57	Maurice	21
59	Earl	20
60	Armand	18
60	Gordon	18
62	Brian	17
62	Nicholas	17
64	Fred	16
64	Gilbert	16
66	Allen	15
66	Barry	15
66	Patrick	15
66	Samuel	15
70	Andrew	14
70	Herbert	14
70	Manuel	14
70	Victor	14
74	Edgar	13
74	Edmund	13
74	Edwin	13
74	Rene	13
78	Allan	12
78	Craig	12
78	Everett	12
78	Normand	12
78	Wilfred	12
83	Roy	11
83	Salvatore	11
83	Wayne	11
86	Jack	10
86	Kevin	10
86	Leon	10
89	Lee	9
89	Mark	9
89	Martin	9
89	Theodore	9
93	Andre	8
93	Arnold	8
93	Clifford	8
93	Harvey	8
93	Marcel	8
93	Milton	8
93	Neil	8
93	Warren	8