Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	507
2	John	391
3	Richard	343
4	William	303
5	James	243
6	Joseph	238
7	David	202
8	Thomas	181
9	Edward	170
10	George	153
11	Ronald	150
12	Michael	147
13	Charles	144
14	Paul	136
15	Donald	130
16	Raymond	128
17	Kenneth	105
18	Anthony	100
19	Dennis	86
20	Peter	80
21	Frank	78
22	Arthur	72
23	Stephen	67
23	Walter	67
25	Roger	64

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	61
27	Daniel	58
27	Francis	58
29	Frederick	52
30	Gerald	49
31	Russell	46
32	Roland	45
33	Louis	41
34	Norman	39
35	Henry	38
36	Alan	36
37	Alfred	35
37	Ernest	35
37	Eugene	35
37	Gerard	35
41	Bruce	32
42	Vincent	31
43	Carl	28
43	Harold	28
43	Leo	28
46	Normand	27
46	Ralph	27
48	Brian	25
48	Leonard	25
50	Howard	24
50	Lawrence	24
52	Gary	23
52	Harry	23
52	Philip	23
55	Steven	20
56	Barry	18
56	Douglas	18
56	Jeffrey	18
59	Andrew	17
59	Benjamin	17
59	Bernard	17
62	Roy	16
62	Theodore	16
64	Earl	15
64	Wayne	15
66	Armand	14
67	Herbert	13
67	Manuel	13
69	Allen	12
69	Gilbert	12
69	Nicholas	12
69	Stanley	12
69	Warren	12
74	Edwin	11
74	Gordon	11
74	Maurice	11
77	Allan	10
77	Arnold	10
77	Christopher	10
77	Clifford	10
77	Edmund	10
77	Jonathan	10
77	Neil	10
77	Samuel	10
77	Victor	10
86	Denis	9
86	Everett	9
86	Fred	9
86	Jon	9
86	Patrick	9
91	Alexander	8
91	Larry	8
91	Lee	8
91	Lewis	8
91	Lucien	8
91	Stuart	8
97	Andre	7
97	Chester	7
97	Edmond	7
97	Eric	7
97	Jack	7
97	Leroy	7
97	Lloyd	7
97	Mario	7
97	Mark	7
97	Salvatore	7
97	Timothy	7